TheMayor

---------------- On 1/11/2004 9:47:06 PM das8929 wrote: Isnt Ruapehu an active volcano??---------------- Yes, it is - and it threw an eruption only a few years back - a search on the web should bring you up some good pics. Also, there is a lake in the volcano crater - temperature varies over the years, there have been times when it people would swim in the lake while there was snow all around the rim. I think at present it is way too hot. A major worry is that within a couple of years this lake will probably break through part of the rim and cause a massive lahar, similar to or bigger than the one on Christmas Eve 1953 which so damaged the rail bridge at Tangiwae that the train from Wellington to Auckland, about 10.30pm that night, crashed into the river, with horrendous loss of lives.

---------------- On 1/6/2004 5:38:37 AM Dippit wrote: This is a great region! Although the Mayor is right, it looks nothing like New Zealand! But that doesn't matter, it's great to see a region that uses New Zealand place names. Keep up the good work!---------------- Come to think of it, my family would sure love to have that snowcapped mountain so close to the city of Auckland - so much closer for ski trips than the five hour drive down to Mt Ruapehu

I can only assume that your region depicts New Zealand after a REALLY massive earthquake that has drastically rearranged the country's whole geography! Just for starters, last time I saw it the Waikato River emptied into the Tasman Sea on the western side of the North Island - the Pacific Ocean washes the eastern shores!

---------------- On 10/31/2003 6:30:18 PM DarkMatter wrote: Another thing to realize about programmers is if they will get paid for writing something, they arn't gonna write it on their own time. This is a feature that EA wants to make money off of, from a different expansion pack. It was probably left in the .dats by accident, like some of the beta editing tools Tropod found a while back. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot more terraforming tools that WERN'T left in, like the ability to choose your terrain type, different flora sets (tundra, winter, desert, jungle), etc. My guess is Maxis and EA have a terrain/weather related expansion in the works.---------------- I'm already drooling at the prospect

---------------- On 10/10/2003 3:23:39 PM SquishyBall wrote: ---------------- On 10/9/2003 7:01:13 AM jellyman wrote: *begin rant* Intercity commuting..... -30,000,000/10 - Why oh why have they spent time on My Sims and U-Drive It and not spent time on a half way decent intercity commute algorithm *end rant* ---------------- I can understand why they'd add My Sims and U-Drive-It... My Sims: Cuz it's in their best interests to cross-promote their games. If they're giving away RH for nearly free, they gotta make their money somewhere... ---------------- Here in New Zealand RH cost $49.95, the same as each of the eps for The Sims, which converted to US dollars means we had to pay over twice as much - but I still think it was worth it !! An overall rating of 9/10 for me.

Well I seem to be by far the oldest of those "coming out" on this thread - I'll be 71 this weekend - guess I must be the forum's Granny! Born in London, but have lived in New Zealand since 1957. My computer experience goes back to the Commodore 20 and my first Maxis game was Sim Earth. Love "The Sims" and have all the ex packs except Living Large. Play other types of game as well but am not into shoot-em-ups or driving games. It's great to see what a wide area of the world is represented on these forums. I've been retired for over 10 years but the last 18 years of my working life was with the local Council - but no, not as the Mayor