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Here's one more, this one was taken in my own demo city. Image deminsions must remain within 800x600

I got confused easily as well. I've played Sim titles for a long time and not just ones by Maxis, and this game just seems very confusing to me. It's the first time I got frustrated with a game in a long time. The tutorial text wasn't very clear and didn't appear to sync well and I ended up skipping ahead and it expected me to have already done an action that I didn't do yet. It seems incomplete, even for a demo.

I too would like to offer some feedback on the demo. I've played it. That's about all I can say right now. It's not amazing. The graphics are good. The camera and scrolling is a pain. It's very hard to navigate which is something a city builder game should never have any issues with IMO. It's crashed on me several times and I have a pretty decent setup (Quad core, about 6gbs ram and a NVIDIA 8800) I put away all I could of my love for SC4 and my obvious biases. It just isn't a game I would play years from now like I would and still would Sim City 4. I still plan to play SC4 years from now, and it's 2009. Of course, this is not just because SC4 is a great game, it's because of the amazing fan base and it's wonderful assortment of custom content. But again, maybe I'm just being too darn biased. I don't know. :S

I wish I could but I overwrote the original with the photoshoped file. I went back into the game and took this unphotoshoped picture. I'm not sure it will help the same but I took it none of the less. Image dimensions must remain within 800x600

Just got done looking around Capitol City. Here's a screenie. Image dimensions must remain within 800x600

My download failed after waiting a whole day. I downloaded Download Accelerator Plus and it downloaded in about 20 minutes. Go figure. Anyways, so far I can report similar issues with scrolling as panther.

I'm currently downloading it, it's taking forever and now that all this bad commentary is coming down the pipeline I'm starting to reconsider continuing it.

Originally posted by: SimFox yeah... that transcript makes for one very, very depressing reading... So basically any comparison to SC4 and it's custom Content is pointless... CXL will never have that. MC is bent on controlling anything and everything. They clearly see custom content makers only as free/slave labor force that will provide them with artwork that MC will be distributing for "free" to those who pay for Planet Offer. ONLY! quote> That really bothered me, too. One of the biggest contributing factors to Sim City 4's success were it's fans. People who could get out and create and make new content. Keep the game fresh, and do it all for free for others to download. When I found out that MC was going to charge for new content it was a complete turn off to me. I don't think I'm alone in that feeling.

That's actually really cool looking, good thing it didn't ruin your city permanently though!

Hooray! Very nice work! I like how you did the neighborhoods. Also I like how your CJ has kind of a Mid-West/rural South flare. I am also curious about what HD tool you use. Anyways, great update!