SimCity 3 Knowledge Tree
Knowledge Tree Root (9)
General information (6 articles)
Intro to the Knowledge Tree
3/24/01
SimCity 3000 Unlimited vs. SimCity 3000
4/08/01
Release date/availability
4/08/01
System and OS requirements & compatibility
1/06/02
SimCity 3000 Guide @ SimCity.com
11/14/00
Uncompressing tar.gz files (Windows)
3/21/99
Getting started (9 articles)
Overcoming growth obstacles
1/30/99
Making money in the beginning
2/20/00
Big, well-planned cities--fast
4/10/00
Several tips to start and keep a big, successful city
8/09/99
Tips for the beginning Building Architecter
12/03/00
It pays to start your city away from the map centre
8/17/01
Simple cities for a beginner
8/17/01
Financial tips for beginners
5/10/03
Build large high-value cities quickly without cheating
7/10/03
Reference (23 articles)
Rewards and opportunities list
7/27/00
Business deals list
5/18/99
Landmarks list
2/06/00
Dimensions of all buildings
3/21/99
RCI building density table
10/03/99
RCI building density table (detailed)
10/24/99
Land value vs. density tables
10/24/99
Buildings inspired from landmarks
1/01/01
Buildings named after people at Maxis
12/30/00
Details on zone density and development
6/12/99
Meaning of SimCity Castle stats
10/24/99
SimCity 3000 HotKeys
7/30/00
SimCity 3000 Unlimited Hotkeys
11/19/00
What is a mile?
7/30/00
Holiday & seasonal items in Unlimited
7/30/00
Water system
9/22/02
Traffic and transportation specifics
10/29/02
Aura specifics
10/29/02
Crime and punishment specifics
10/29/02
Activities on the streets
11/24/02
Pollution specifics
1/14/07
The economy
4/27/03
Land value specifics
4/27/03
Strategy (7)
Tips, tricks, advice... Theories (6 articles)
Articles based on theories Building your best city 3/12/00 Anti-Slums, layout, and ma's apple pie 5/27/01 Roadless paradise, or paradise lost? 5/27/01 Railroads - getting the most out of them 10/08/01 Suburban train stations 10/08/01 Modular city design methodology 6/09/02 Zoning and RCI (5)
City layout and zone demand Politics (9 articles)
Making social and other decisions Offers: reward buildings and facilities 1/30/99 Implementing ordinances: advice 12/05/99 Reclaiming land and funds 11/07/99 Business deals: Should I or shouldn't I? 9/19/99 Making successful neighbor deals 7/04/00 Making the most of neighbor deals 3/21/99 Every mayor is different: improving your skills 12/17/00 Ordinances: the good and the bad 10/29/02 Advice on business deals 10/29/02 Finance (12 articles)
Managing and increasing your budget Money making strategies 2/20/00 Taxes: making money fast 2/20/00 Getting out of a deep debt 8/01/99 Increase your city's kitty 11/12/00 Funds: tax commerce without them leaving 2/06/00 The tax flux 11/19/00 Save a few bucks on technicalities 12/28/00 Funding light density cities 7/15/01 Borrowing: rule of thumb to stay our of red 9/22/02 Adjusting taxes without sims leaving 9/22/02 Making money through buying electricity 5/11/03 Bonds, Taxes, and Neighbour Deals 8/04/03 Land value and aesthetics (21 articles)
Improving and interpreting Land value: points for the young city 7/01/01 The invisible factor in land value determination 7/01/01 Improve land value/pollution conditions w/ trees 3/21/99 The beauty of trees 4/13/99 More parks and recreation 5/18/99 Raise land value to Astronomical 9/19/99 Increasing land value: strategies 7/01/01 Increasing land value: more than just trees 10/24/99 The park phalanx: a better park layout 8/01/99 Land value: one possible truth 5/28/00 Museums and land value 9/10/00 Cultivating land value 4/22/01 Raising land values with farms 3/15/01 Possible reason why land values fall 4/29/01 Use the Amusement Park to diverisfy your skyline 5/27/01 Get only oak trees 6/03/01 Land value: the center of the equation 7/01/01 Aesthetics of a major university 1/27/02 Redevelopment 2/16/02 Six things that boost land values 4/14/02 Tips on realistic cities 1/14/07 Transportation (10)
Planning, tricks, techniques Technical information (3) Terrain importation, editing, & generation (17 articles) Generating custom terrain from bitmaps 5/08/00 Real terrain importation Part I: Get & convert terrain 10/03/99 Real terrain importation Part II: Prepare & import terrain 10/24/99 Real terrain importation & file edit tips (Macintosh only) 10/24/99 Terrain generation with Photoshop 4.0 10/17/99 Terrain editing (in German @ the SC3K Zone) 3/17/99 Simple terrain editing for dummies 1/23/00 Generating terrain from USGS DEM files 2/07/99 Downloadable terrain editors 10/24/99 Get certain terrain types with SC3K terrain generator 3/12/00 Real terrain creation supplement 5/14/00 Terrain elements: a guide 12/10/00 Realistic terrain 4/16/00 Realistic space terrain with Unlimited 6/02/01 Creating an archipelago 3/24/02 Notes on scale 7/28/02 Terrain importing utilities and resources 10/02/04 City services (5)
Providing for your city's needs Issues (12 articles)
Problems and how to deal with them Surviving a nuclear meltdown 11/17/99 Reduce seaport pollution 12/26/99 Cleaning up water pollution 2/20/00 Dealing with the Great Depression 2/06/00 Avoiding the Great Depression all together 6/02/01 The Great Depression 9/19/99 The Great Depression - result of aging population? 3/15/01 Eliminating crime: a radical approach 3/12/00 Disasters: The real story 4/02/00 Reducing damage of disasters 5/14/00 Life expectancy at 90: dire implications! 7/15/01 Preventing depressions 8/03/03 Cool tricks (10 articles)
Undocumented features and more Getting colored cursors in Windows 11/18/01 Colored cursors for Building Architect Tool 10/10/99 Running SimCity 3000 in a window 1/31/99 How to build marinas inland 3/15/01 Use marinas as powerlines over water 3/12/00 How to reduce UFO attack damage 4/22/01 Raising elevation by 352 meters 5/06/01 Zoning & traffic loophole 10/29/01 Realism tricks for buildings and general aesthetics 8/04/02 Better bulldozing 10/02/04 Helpful processes (18 articles)
Common technical tasks Minimize SimCity 3000/BAT window 9/19/99 Running SimCity 3000 under Windows NT 5/18/99 Increasing video speed 1/31/99 Importing cities from SimCity 2000 3/21/99 Additional SimCity 2000 to 3000 import tips 4/13/99 Changing SimCity 2000 files to any 3000 file 6/12/99 Reclaim disk space from SC3000 Unlimited install 11/19/00 Reclaim disk space after BAT installation 11/17/99 How to change the names of your neighbor cities 1/16/00 Fixing sluggish performance in Unlimited 10/05/00 Take pictures of your city without Unlimited 3/24/01 Resisting building damage in disasters 10/29/00 Using the query tool to improve your city 12/28/00 Performance tips and tweaks for the Linux version of SimCity 3000 Unlimted 5/27/01 Load your city quickly 6/09/02 Render your city quickly 6/23/02 Save a completed scenario for free-play 1/14/07 Backing up building sets 4/17/05 Error and problem fixes and workarounds (20 articles) Jumping/flickering mouse pointer workarounds 9/19/99 NT: stopping SC3000 from hogging system 5/18/99 CPU cycles under Windows NT 3/10/02 Fixing dialog box flicker with Riva TNT and others 8/15/99 Hercules Terminator Beast/Savage fix 2/13/99 ATI video card flicker fix 4/13/99 PC Gamer (UK) SC3K demo expiration bug 2/18/99 Fixes for the "Unknown Exception" bug 11/17/99 Unknown Exception error: suggestion 6/12/99 Problem with the query tool: fix 4/13/99 Broken water deals bug: fix 7/04/00 Onramps stop building: fix 5/18/99 Mac system/sound freezes w/ Iomega extensions 8/15/99 How to fix "Can't find SimCity" error when using add-ons 10/03/99 Incompatibility with Action Utilities' GoMac 11/17/99 Unable to build water pump solution 2/06/00 Keeping your city from being erased under water 2/12/00 Land value calculation bug 8/26/01 SimCity 3000 Unlimited landmark pack naming bug fix 6/26/01 Rebuilding pumps destroyed by disasters 1/27/02 Special creations (33 articles)
Build advanced structures and buildings with creativity Make your mayor's house into a nice resort 1/16/00 Create a nice-looking school 7/30/00 Build a realistic-looking campus 12/17/00 Make a realistic prison 10/09/00 Creating a wine country 7/30/00 Creating a farm country 9/02/00 Creating a national park 7/04/00 How to build a national park: The Robertian way 6/02/01 How to build a nice golf course 11/19/00 Making a recreational harbor 12/17/00 Build pretty landscapes for any building 11/07/99 Creating a personal mayor's theme park 3/15/01 Creating bike paths 4/08/01 Use the Amusement Park to diverisfy your skyline 6/02/01 How to build a nice vineyard or fruit farm 7/01/01 A cheat-free mayor's mansion 11/25/01 Build an observatory 1/27/02 Create a beach 1/27/02 Create a research farm 4/14/02 Creating rice terraces 4/14/02 Building railyards 4/14/02 Build a very big wall 8/04/02 How to create forts as starter towns 3/22/03 Build a wall around your city with surface water 4/09/03 Create a road construction project 5/27/03 Build a fountain park 6/08/03 Private neighbourhood entrance 8/04/03 Create a ski resort 2/06/04 Build an island jail complex 3/18/04 Build a hillbillie hangout 3/21/04 Build a softball complex 4/03/04 Build a dream railway station 1/14/07 Build a convention center 1/14/07 Miscellaneous (11 articles) Building a garden city 10/24/99 Print a city in SimCity 3000 2/06/00 Living with hills 10/03/99 Making realistic cities 9/19/99 More realistic city tips 12/02/01 Ten points for the ultimate realistic city creation 10/29/01 Efficient way to build a miniature-sized city 7/04/00 Export city thumbnail and stats 9/19/99 SimArcheology 4/14/02 Import LDraw creations into the game 2/19/04 General (8 articles) Building the perfect mass transit system 12/28/00 Eliminate traffic and mass transit costs 3/15/01 Transportation infrastructure 7/30/00 Control your transportation flow 8/06/00 Mass transit: in efficiency, realism, and stuff 3/15/01 The where and what of mass transit 7/04/00 Bus stops: for shops and houses only? 9/23/01 How to build a big, mass transit free city 10/08/01 Roads (6 articles) Why road costs vary 10/03/99 Build boulevards without trees 1/16/00 How to make large avenues 10/15/00 Road aesthetics 5/05/02 Avenues: form or functional? 8/11/02 An alternative to regular intersections 4/27/03 Rail (5 articles) Reducing number of junctions: less traffic 7/04/00 Reducing rail crossing congestion 3/03/02 Railroading: intro to improve freight moving and realism 8/25/02 Railroading: using grades 8/25/02 Build a useful and beautiful railway system 4/16/04 Bridges (6 articles) How to build bridges 8/01/99 How to get specific bridges 5/18/99 Build bridges over land 5/22/99 How to get around halted bridge building 8/01/99 Build bridges over surface water 3/12/00 How to build double bridges 5/14/00 Tunnels (4 articles) How to build road or rail tunnels 1/25/05 Building tunnels that go underneath rivers 4/13/99 Building side-by-side tunnels 12/10/00 How to make a highway tunnel 2/06/00 Subways (3 articles) Subways only for mass transit? 7/05/99 Avoiding congested subways 6/09/02 Crossing water with your subway 10/02/04 Highways (19 articles) Beautify your highway system 4/13/99 Highways, for aesthetics only? 5/18/99 A more aesthetic highway interchange system 10/05/00 Highway interchange: dog-eared 12/03/00 Building an effective highway interchange system 3/15/01 Highway interchange: cloverleaf 7/01/01 Variation on a cloverleaf 8/17/01 Building on-ramps 6/09/02 Interconnecting highways with roads 1/22/05 Y-Splits for highways 1/22/05 Highway interchange mania 8/04/02 Ramped highway-avenue interconnection 1/22/05 Yet more cloverleafs 4/27/03 Highways to avenues: avoiding tunnels 1/22/05 Highway traffic-circle interchange 6/19/03 Half-highways and divided highways 8/01/04 Super-highways 1/25/05 Highway interchange: yet another 1/27/05 A fully funtional highway to avenue connection 7/23/06 Airports (6 articles) How to develop airports 3/21/99 Airport aesthetics 3/03/02 The lost airports of SimCity 3/04/02 Efficient airports and/or eliminating them entirely 5/18/99 Do they really want more airports? 5/18/99 Crossed airport runways 4/20/03 Seaports (2 articles) How to develop seaports 2/07/99 How to get seaport statistics 2/20/00 Simpleton series (14 articles)
Tutorials for advanced bridges, tunnels, etc Simpleton Series: Terminology for basic terrain and transportation network editing 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Cheats and scribble boards 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Inner city terrain strategy 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Flat entry to bridges 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Changing road levels via bridges 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Build a dry gully bridge 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Flat entry to tunnels 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Unequal length double tunnels 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Tunnel intersection crossing 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Build an underpass 1/29/02 Simpleton Series: Joining tunnels and bridges neatly 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Hilly or split level road system 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Highway techniques 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Bridge selection tool 3/05/02 Public services (2 articles) Building police, fire, health, education & recreational buildings 4/10/00 Optimal positions for police and fire stations 4/17/04 Utilities (general) (2 articles) Water buildings & garbage facilities: which to build 4/02/00 Compact utilities saves space 11/19/00 Power (8 articles) Where to build your power plants 2/06/00 Power plants: which to build and which not to 3/12/00 Power plant output and costs 7/30/00 Realistic thoughts on power plants 10/29/00 The true cost of energy 7/22/01 Actual cost efficiency of power plants 8/26/01 Complete examination of power sources 9/30/01 Clean power plants: which is best? 4/14/02 Water (3 articles) Coastal water pump configuration is efficient 4/10/00 Keep track of your water pumps 5/14/00 Minimize space requirements for water pumps 3/14/00 Garbage (6 articles) How to get rid of landfills 12/05/99 To export, or dispose of garbage on your own? 9/08/00 Emptying landfills faster 3/15/01 Cash for trash 7/22/01 Landfills: a warning 7/10/03 Rotating landfills 1/14/07 Blocks and grids (7 articles) Merits of 6x7 blocks 8/01/99 The benefits of double grids 9/19/99 9x9 blocks: layout theory 10/24/99 14x14 blocks: layout theory 10/24/99 7x9 blocks: layout theory 7/04/00 7x7 blocks: layout theory (simple) 9/17/00 A realistic city grid 7/29/03 Expansion and renewal (8 articles) Burms: A Theory 10/09/00 Why residential demand stops growing 12/10/00 Quick and easy urban renewal 12/10/00 The Hiltonian way of expanding 7/04/00 Free up developable land with tunnels 3/14/01 Creating suburban sprawl 6/25/01 Metropolis layout idea 8/03/02 Zone development rules 4/16/04 Tall buildings (5 articles) How to develop high-density buildings 6/20/99 How to get towers early on 4/13/99 Making a commercial island w/ very high land value 5/28/00 The map center effect 12/31/00 How to get the biggest buildings 4/08/01 Special zoning (3 articles) How to develop farms 3/21/99 Estates: getting them to grow 11/26/00 Automatic row house zoning 5/10/03 Clean industry (4 articles) Get and keep high tech industry 10/01/99 Hiding industrial buildings, keeping benefits 11/23/99 How to obtain only high-tech industries 1/23/00 Expanding clumps of clean industry 3/12/00 Quick reference: - an article at SC3000.COM. - a link external to the Knowledge Tree. Items having dates marked in red were added or updated within 2 days of the most recent update.
Tips, tricks, advice... Theories (6 articles)
Articles based on theories Building your best city 3/12/00 Anti-Slums, layout, and ma's apple pie 5/27/01 Roadless paradise, or paradise lost? 5/27/01 Railroads - getting the most out of them 10/08/01 Suburban train stations 10/08/01 Modular city design methodology 6/09/02 Zoning and RCI (5)
City layout and zone demand Politics (9 articles)
Making social and other decisions Offers: reward buildings and facilities 1/30/99 Implementing ordinances: advice 12/05/99 Reclaiming land and funds 11/07/99 Business deals: Should I or shouldn't I? 9/19/99 Making successful neighbor deals 7/04/00 Making the most of neighbor deals 3/21/99 Every mayor is different: improving your skills 12/17/00 Ordinances: the good and the bad 10/29/02 Advice on business deals 10/29/02 Finance (12 articles)
Managing and increasing your budget Money making strategies 2/20/00 Taxes: making money fast 2/20/00 Getting out of a deep debt 8/01/99 Increase your city's kitty 11/12/00 Funds: tax commerce without them leaving 2/06/00 The tax flux 11/19/00 Save a few bucks on technicalities 12/28/00 Funding light density cities 7/15/01 Borrowing: rule of thumb to stay our of red 9/22/02 Adjusting taxes without sims leaving 9/22/02 Making money through buying electricity 5/11/03 Bonds, Taxes, and Neighbour Deals 8/04/03 Land value and aesthetics (21 articles)
Improving and interpreting Land value: points for the young city 7/01/01 The invisible factor in land value determination 7/01/01 Improve land value/pollution conditions w/ trees 3/21/99 The beauty of trees 4/13/99 More parks and recreation 5/18/99 Raise land value to Astronomical 9/19/99 Increasing land value: strategies 7/01/01 Increasing land value: more than just trees 10/24/99 The park phalanx: a better park layout 8/01/99 Land value: one possible truth 5/28/00 Museums and land value 9/10/00 Cultivating land value 4/22/01 Raising land values with farms 3/15/01 Possible reason why land values fall 4/29/01 Use the Amusement Park to diverisfy your skyline 5/27/01 Get only oak trees 6/03/01 Land value: the center of the equation 7/01/01 Aesthetics of a major university 1/27/02 Redevelopment 2/16/02 Six things that boost land values 4/14/02 Tips on realistic cities 1/14/07 Transportation (10)
Planning, tricks, techniques Technical information (3) Terrain importation, editing, & generation (17 articles) Generating custom terrain from bitmaps 5/08/00 Real terrain importation Part I: Get & convert terrain 10/03/99 Real terrain importation Part II: Prepare & import terrain 10/24/99 Real terrain importation & file edit tips (Macintosh only) 10/24/99 Terrain generation with Photoshop 4.0 10/17/99 Terrain editing (in German @ the SC3K Zone) 3/17/99 Simple terrain editing for dummies 1/23/00 Generating terrain from USGS DEM files 2/07/99 Downloadable terrain editors 10/24/99 Get certain terrain types with SC3K terrain generator 3/12/00 Real terrain creation supplement 5/14/00 Terrain elements: a guide 12/10/00 Realistic terrain 4/16/00 Realistic space terrain with Unlimited 6/02/01 Creating an archipelago 3/24/02 Notes on scale 7/28/02 Terrain importing utilities and resources 10/02/04 City services (5)
Providing for your city's needs Issues (12 articles)
Problems and how to deal with them Surviving a nuclear meltdown 11/17/99 Reduce seaport pollution 12/26/99 Cleaning up water pollution 2/20/00 Dealing with the Great Depression 2/06/00 Avoiding the Great Depression all together 6/02/01 The Great Depression 9/19/99 The Great Depression - result of aging population? 3/15/01 Eliminating crime: a radical approach 3/12/00 Disasters: The real story 4/02/00 Reducing damage of disasters 5/14/00 Life expectancy at 90: dire implications! 7/15/01 Preventing depressions 8/03/03 Cool tricks (10 articles)
Undocumented features and more Getting colored cursors in Windows 11/18/01 Colored cursors for Building Architect Tool 10/10/99 Running SimCity 3000 in a window 1/31/99 How to build marinas inland 3/15/01 Use marinas as powerlines over water 3/12/00 How to reduce UFO attack damage 4/22/01 Raising elevation by 352 meters 5/06/01 Zoning & traffic loophole 10/29/01 Realism tricks for buildings and general aesthetics 8/04/02 Better bulldozing 10/02/04 Helpful processes (18 articles)
Common technical tasks Minimize SimCity 3000/BAT window 9/19/99 Running SimCity 3000 under Windows NT 5/18/99 Increasing video speed 1/31/99 Importing cities from SimCity 2000 3/21/99 Additional SimCity 2000 to 3000 import tips 4/13/99 Changing SimCity 2000 files to any 3000 file 6/12/99 Reclaim disk space from SC3000 Unlimited install 11/19/00 Reclaim disk space after BAT installation 11/17/99 How to change the names of your neighbor cities 1/16/00 Fixing sluggish performance in Unlimited 10/05/00 Take pictures of your city without Unlimited 3/24/01 Resisting building damage in disasters 10/29/00 Using the query tool to improve your city 12/28/00 Performance tips and tweaks for the Linux version of SimCity 3000 Unlimted 5/27/01 Load your city quickly 6/09/02 Render your city quickly 6/23/02 Save a completed scenario for free-play 1/14/07 Backing up building sets 4/17/05 Error and problem fixes and workarounds (20 articles) Jumping/flickering mouse pointer workarounds 9/19/99 NT: stopping SC3000 from hogging system 5/18/99 CPU cycles under Windows NT 3/10/02 Fixing dialog box flicker with Riva TNT and others 8/15/99 Hercules Terminator Beast/Savage fix 2/13/99 ATI video card flicker fix 4/13/99 PC Gamer (UK) SC3K demo expiration bug 2/18/99 Fixes for the "Unknown Exception" bug 11/17/99 Unknown Exception error: suggestion 6/12/99 Problem with the query tool: fix 4/13/99 Broken water deals bug: fix 7/04/00 Onramps stop building: fix 5/18/99 Mac system/sound freezes w/ Iomega extensions 8/15/99 How to fix "Can't find SimCity" error when using add-ons 10/03/99 Incompatibility with Action Utilities' GoMac 11/17/99 Unable to build water pump solution 2/06/00 Keeping your city from being erased under water 2/12/00 Land value calculation bug 8/26/01 SimCity 3000 Unlimited landmark pack naming bug fix 6/26/01 Rebuilding pumps destroyed by disasters 1/27/02 Special creations (33 articles)
Build advanced structures and buildings with creativity Make your mayor's house into a nice resort 1/16/00 Create a nice-looking school 7/30/00 Build a realistic-looking campus 12/17/00 Make a realistic prison 10/09/00 Creating a wine country 7/30/00 Creating a farm country 9/02/00 Creating a national park 7/04/00 How to build a national park: The Robertian way 6/02/01 How to build a nice golf course 11/19/00 Making a recreational harbor 12/17/00 Build pretty landscapes for any building 11/07/99 Creating a personal mayor's theme park 3/15/01 Creating bike paths 4/08/01 Use the Amusement Park to diverisfy your skyline 6/02/01 How to build a nice vineyard or fruit farm 7/01/01 A cheat-free mayor's mansion 11/25/01 Build an observatory 1/27/02 Create a beach 1/27/02 Create a research farm 4/14/02 Creating rice terraces 4/14/02 Building railyards 4/14/02 Build a very big wall 8/04/02 How to create forts as starter towns 3/22/03 Build a wall around your city with surface water 4/09/03 Create a road construction project 5/27/03 Build a fountain park 6/08/03 Private neighbourhood entrance 8/04/03 Create a ski resort 2/06/04 Build an island jail complex 3/18/04 Build a hillbillie hangout 3/21/04 Build a softball complex 4/03/04 Build a dream railway station 1/14/07 Build a convention center 1/14/07 Miscellaneous (11 articles) Building a garden city 10/24/99 Print a city in SimCity 3000 2/06/00 Living with hills 10/03/99 Making realistic cities 9/19/99 More realistic city tips 12/02/01 Ten points for the ultimate realistic city creation 10/29/01 Efficient way to build a miniature-sized city 7/04/00 Export city thumbnail and stats 9/19/99 SimArcheology 4/14/02 Import LDraw creations into the game 2/19/04 General (8 articles) Building the perfect mass transit system 12/28/00 Eliminate traffic and mass transit costs 3/15/01 Transportation infrastructure 7/30/00 Control your transportation flow 8/06/00 Mass transit: in efficiency, realism, and stuff 3/15/01 The where and what of mass transit 7/04/00 Bus stops: for shops and houses only? 9/23/01 How to build a big, mass transit free city 10/08/01 Roads (6 articles) Why road costs vary 10/03/99 Build boulevards without trees 1/16/00 How to make large avenues 10/15/00 Road aesthetics 5/05/02 Avenues: form or functional? 8/11/02 An alternative to regular intersections 4/27/03 Rail (5 articles) Reducing number of junctions: less traffic 7/04/00 Reducing rail crossing congestion 3/03/02 Railroading: intro to improve freight moving and realism 8/25/02 Railroading: using grades 8/25/02 Build a useful and beautiful railway system 4/16/04 Bridges (6 articles) How to build bridges 8/01/99 How to get specific bridges 5/18/99 Build bridges over land 5/22/99 How to get around halted bridge building 8/01/99 Build bridges over surface water 3/12/00 How to build double bridges 5/14/00 Tunnels (4 articles) How to build road or rail tunnels 1/25/05 Building tunnels that go underneath rivers 4/13/99 Building side-by-side tunnels 12/10/00 How to make a highway tunnel 2/06/00 Subways (3 articles) Subways only for mass transit? 7/05/99 Avoiding congested subways 6/09/02 Crossing water with your subway 10/02/04 Highways (19 articles) Beautify your highway system 4/13/99 Highways, for aesthetics only? 5/18/99 A more aesthetic highway interchange system 10/05/00 Highway interchange: dog-eared 12/03/00 Building an effective highway interchange system 3/15/01 Highway interchange: cloverleaf 7/01/01 Variation on a cloverleaf 8/17/01 Building on-ramps 6/09/02 Interconnecting highways with roads 1/22/05 Y-Splits for highways 1/22/05 Highway interchange mania 8/04/02 Ramped highway-avenue interconnection 1/22/05 Yet more cloverleafs 4/27/03 Highways to avenues: avoiding tunnels 1/22/05 Highway traffic-circle interchange 6/19/03 Half-highways and divided highways 8/01/04 Super-highways 1/25/05 Highway interchange: yet another 1/27/05 A fully funtional highway to avenue connection 7/23/06 Airports (6 articles) How to develop airports 3/21/99 Airport aesthetics 3/03/02 The lost airports of SimCity 3/04/02 Efficient airports and/or eliminating them entirely 5/18/99 Do they really want more airports? 5/18/99 Crossed airport runways 4/20/03 Seaports (2 articles) How to develop seaports 2/07/99 How to get seaport statistics 2/20/00 Simpleton series (14 articles)
Tutorials for advanced bridges, tunnels, etc Simpleton Series: Terminology for basic terrain and transportation network editing 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Cheats and scribble boards 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Inner city terrain strategy 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Flat entry to bridges 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Changing road levels via bridges 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Build a dry gully bridge 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Flat entry to tunnels 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Unequal length double tunnels 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Tunnel intersection crossing 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Build an underpass 1/29/02 Simpleton Series: Joining tunnels and bridges neatly 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Hilly or split level road system 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Highway techniques 1/27/02 Simpleton Series: Bridge selection tool 3/05/02 Public services (2 articles) Building police, fire, health, education & recreational buildings 4/10/00 Optimal positions for police and fire stations 4/17/04 Utilities (general) (2 articles) Water buildings & garbage facilities: which to build 4/02/00 Compact utilities saves space 11/19/00 Power (8 articles) Where to build your power plants 2/06/00 Power plants: which to build and which not to 3/12/00 Power plant output and costs 7/30/00 Realistic thoughts on power plants 10/29/00 The true cost of energy 7/22/01 Actual cost efficiency of power plants 8/26/01 Complete examination of power sources 9/30/01 Clean power plants: which is best? 4/14/02 Water (3 articles) Coastal water pump configuration is efficient 4/10/00 Keep track of your water pumps 5/14/00 Minimize space requirements for water pumps 3/14/00 Garbage (6 articles) How to get rid of landfills 12/05/99 To export, or dispose of garbage on your own? 9/08/00 Emptying landfills faster 3/15/01 Cash for trash 7/22/01 Landfills: a warning 7/10/03 Rotating landfills 1/14/07 Blocks and grids (7 articles) Merits of 6x7 blocks 8/01/99 The benefits of double grids 9/19/99 9x9 blocks: layout theory 10/24/99 14x14 blocks: layout theory 10/24/99 7x9 blocks: layout theory 7/04/00 7x7 blocks: layout theory (simple) 9/17/00 A realistic city grid 7/29/03 Expansion and renewal (8 articles) Burms: A Theory 10/09/00 Why residential demand stops growing 12/10/00 Quick and easy urban renewal 12/10/00 The Hiltonian way of expanding 7/04/00 Free up developable land with tunnels 3/14/01 Creating suburban sprawl 6/25/01 Metropolis layout idea 8/03/02 Zone development rules 4/16/04 Tall buildings (5 articles) How to develop high-density buildings 6/20/99 How to get towers early on 4/13/99 Making a commercial island w/ very high land value 5/28/00 The map center effect 12/31/00 How to get the biggest buildings 4/08/01 Special zoning (3 articles) How to develop farms 3/21/99 Estates: getting them to grow 11/26/00 Automatic row house zoning 5/10/03 Clean industry (4 articles) Get and keep high tech industry 10/01/99 Hiding industrial buildings, keeping benefits 11/23/99 How to obtain only high-tech industries 1/23/00 Expanding clumps of clean industry 3/12/00 Quick reference: - an article at SC3000.COM. - a link external to the Knowledge Tree. Items having dates marked in red were added or updated within 2 days of the most recent update.