Revjbro

Originally posted by: scba I uploaded something kind of like this once.quote> I haven't seen any of your models but from your description this one works alot like yours. There's at least one other person who has created a similar device.

I'm working on trying to get the images working. The first is a picture of "The Gadget" Prototype #7. The second is "The Gadget" doing it's job. I have alot of work left on the model but I know that it works. http://server4.pictiger.com/img/511143/computer-games-and-screenshots/test-city-aug-3-001156040654.jpg http://server4.pictiger.com/img/511144/computer-games-and-screenshots/test-city-sep-1-001156040750.jpg

I've been working on "The Gadget" all day. Model #5 worked after I caught it on fire. After much tweaking, I got it to explode on it's own. Unfortunately, it was too small and made a small poof. Model #6 was too big and wouldn't render properly. Model #7 rendered well, I placed it and BAM! it worked. All that's left is tweaking the model so that it looks absolutely right. It now shows up partly underground and doesn't have the wires that I want it to have. As soon as it's the way I want it I will put it on the STEX.

That's what it looks like when you plop it. A wave of abandonment passes through your city. Some cars still drive around for awhile but eventually the city becomes completely abandoned.

I created my first working BAT today. It's a huge device that will eliminate all the sims from your city within seconds of plopping it. During testing it took less than 1 minute to eliminate over 22,000 sims from a city but left all infrastructure intact. I'm now working on a smaller device that will destroy everything. I call it "The Gadget". That's all I can say about it, be forewarned.

Your's sounds like a glitch or a bug. I had an army base in one of my cities. I had placed it way out on the edge of the map and couldn't see it from where I was playing. I was playing along like normal and all of a sudden you could hear an explosion and the screen shook. The dispatch those fire trucks message came up. I clicked it and it zoomed in on my army base which was on fire. Before my trucks could get there it had burned to the ground. Unfortunately I don't know what actually happened out there because I didn't see the explosion.

I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 with no problems. What kind of bugs are you having?

Infoscott has some great suggestions too. You basically need to take your time and look at the big picture. The info and graphs are at your fingertips, use them to decide what you're wasting money on and where to put money to keep your sims relatively happy. The Rev

When I'm trying to revitalize a city I go in and look at every map that shows demands and such. Cut back on water towers and wind power plants that are expensive and produce small amounts of power. Place a larger plant that produces more power for less money per month. Overlapping schools and police stations and fire houses should be consolidated. Check road and street usage and bulldoze roads that aren't used. Government buildings that cost you money every month but do little for actual growth can be eliminated. Bulldoze the mayor's house, statue and city hall until you get back in black. Once you get your funds back up, buy eye candy if you want. Raising taxes makes more money but lowers demand. Make the taxes on things you want in your city low, if you want to keep it out, raise taxes on it. Don't dig yourself further into a hole by building an airport and spending more money to promote it. I hope some of these tips help. The Rev