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Running the Windows version of Simcity 4 on Mac in a virtual machine
doorknob60 replied to haap303's topic in SC4 Mac Users
Another option that might be worth trying is Wine, or one of its derivatives like Playonmac (port of Playonlinux) or Crossover. Now I don't have a Mac, but I know Wine can run just as well on OS X as it does in Linux, and SC4 works quite well for me in Wine using Linux, so it's worth a shot. Plain old Wine: http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/ Playonmac (port of Playonlinux, which I've never used the mac port, but it's great on Linux): http://www.playonmac.com/en Crossover (probably the easiest to use. Commercial, but free trial available. This is a very nice piece of software, and the profits directly support the Wine project): http://www.codeweavers.com/products/ -
Discussion about City Tile Size
doorknob60 replied to alex macnamara's topic in SimCity (2013) General Discussion
Yeah that kinda sucks if they don't change it. In SC4 I always use large tiles, because anything smaller just feels too small. I know the region play will be good to make up for it, but I'd really like to be able to build something bigger than only 2x2, that's pretty tiny...even my mediumish sized city I live in of about 80,000, without going into Google Maps to measure it, I'd guess is about 8x8 km, just a rough estimate, but is around that. That's 64 sq km, which with 2x2 cities you'd need 16 cities just to make up my relatively small city I live in. EDIT: According to Wikipedia, my city is 83.5 sq km, so yeah, that's like 21 tiles... -
Is sc5 going to be sold through simtropolis?
doorknob60 replied to Jamonbread's topic in SimCity (2013) General Discussion
Unlikely. Knowing EA, I can almost guarantee it will be Origin exclusive :/ It would be nice if it were available on other platforms though, but it doesn't seem likely in my opinion. -
"This is the first truly multiplayer Sim City."
doorknob60 replied to Firebird's topic in SimCity (2013) General Discussion
Works for me as long as either: 1. All the cities that affect each other are mine, like regions are in SC4, just more connected and complex (a good thing, adds realism); and/or 2. I choose who to work with like friends from real life or Simtropolis, not random people or anything I know EA can be annoying (sometimes real annoying), but they aren't completely stupid, so I'm sure it will work along the lines of that, so I'm not worried about this aspect will play out, it should be alright. -
Yes it was always one of my favorite features of SC4, and I used to always play Streets of SimCity, all the time, as a kid, just to drive around my cities, I would hate to lose that ability. Really hope there's the posibility to drive around, hopefuly in full 3D behind the wheel perspective too. That would be icing on the cake for me
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Assuming you already have the PC version discs handy, try Wine (free, will take a little set up in OSX) or Crossover Games (based on Wine, commercial product but with free trial, easier to use and better integrated with OS X). Since Wine is free and Crossover has a free trial, it's definately worth a shot first. I use Wine to play SC4 on my Linux box, and it works very well most of the time.
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Arch Linux here
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SimCity 4 in Wide Screen Mode
doorknob60 replied to Cougar2004's topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
My monitor is 1280x1024, lame ,I know. Even worse, it's an old Dell CRT I got for free Why would I pay $100+ for a new one when this one works just great? Don't worry, my computer's not as old as the monitor, though if I bought a monitor I would have had less money for new computer parts, so win there -
I have a laptop (not a netbook) with a Pentium M 1.3 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, and Intel 855GM graphics. It's like 7 years old It runs SC4 great (in Linux, didn't try it in Windows, probably the same about if you have XP). It's not a netbook, but because of its age, the stats of it are actually very similar to netbooks.
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Right now only RHW-2 and RHW-4 bridges are supported, although work is being done on other bridges (there's been screenshots, don't want to dig them up. They're somewhere in the RHW Dev thread on SC4D I bet if you're curious).
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I've upgraded one of my interchanges. There was just oo much traffic, so I upgraded the E-W highway to much higher capacity. Old: New:
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This is using the connector pieces with RHW 4.0, maybe it's doing what it's supposed to, but it still looks funny
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Here's a Y (or is it a partial Y?) interchange, kinda combined with one and a half diamonds, just look at it and it'll make sense... Here's just a cloverleaf, but a pretty high capacity one:
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Sim City! For your Calculator?
doorknob60 replied to SimLord the Great's topic in City-Building Games
Originally posted by: Mr. Random I've seen this group make a Game Boy Emulator on the TI-84. but it only works with certain older calculators since TI cut some of the extra memory to make it cheaper to make newer TI-84's.quote> Yeah. doesn't work on mine Hopefully they fix that at some point (before Pre Calculus next year? ) -
Image Hosting - Best place?
doorknob60 replied to The Bluejay's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I like Tinypic, has always been good. They added an annoying CAPTCHA (not a bad one, just annoying because it didn't used to be there) for all images uploaded though, but other than that it's still my favorite. -
majorpickhead: You should try the new RHW-2 to MIS T piece (not sure what it's called). It turns a straight RHW-2 (replace the road that connects to the ramp with RHW-2, at least partially) into MIS splitting off into a T. Hard to explain, but you'll understand when you see the piece in your menu That piece is ideal for that interchange.
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Where can i get SC4 Terraformer?
doorknob60 replied to zahrul01's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I can't find it in ST anymore, but the first google link from SC4D has it, you just need to go login to the LEX then the link will show up -
Where can i get SC4 Terraformer?
doorknob60 replied to zahrul01's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
http://tinyurl.com/q2oase Oh and log in/register to the BSC LEX or the link probably wont show up. -
Or press CTRL-X and type "You don't deserve it". It will unlock all rewards until you close the city, including the courthouse. I use it to build larger schools and large water pumps while still planning my city (since I know I'll need them soon anyways )
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How long is the longest you've had to wait for SC4 to save a city?
doorknob60 replied to City Planner's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
On my largest city (almost 2 million people, little empty space on large tile), the MOST it will take is 1-2 minutes. I have an Ahtlon 64X2 4600+ (nothing too special) and 4 GB of RAM. I did notice that my cities save MUCH (maybe double) faster under Linux than under Windows (ext3 > NTFS maybe?). -
My newest city in my (rather large) region. I kept zoning and they kept building, and that's basically the story here
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I think it's time for a BUMP! This one started out as just a T interchange, then I knida expanded it a bit
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Yeah, I started a new city in my region, and for some reason ever since I created it the demand for Residential is as low as the graph goes, and not ONE house has been built. The city now has 37k Commercial jobs, 20k Industrial jobs, all utilities, hospital, parks, police, schools, everything it needs, but no houses will build. Doesn't make any sense. The residential is right next to the commercial too...IS it a bug with a mod I have maybe? Haven't seen this before, but I haven't started a new city in a while either. EDIT: I just tried taking out all of my plugins, and seems that it STILL doesn't work. Now I'm stumped...
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Houses WON'T build in a new city.
doorknob60 replied to doorknob60's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
Nah, it's not that. I actually think it's just a regional demand issue, not sure whether or not I need to worry about it just yet. I just started a test city on another region and no problems, while trying another city in this region does the same thing as this. Residential has also been struggling to build recently in my developed cities in this region too, so it must just be that. Also I UDI tested all the roads. It's just this has never happened like this before, and it seems weird, but most things in SC4 are a little weird -
SimCity 4 v.s. Best Video Card Selection (Poll Included)
doorknob60 replied to Cougar2004's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I currently have an Nvidia Geforce 8400GS. It works just fine for SimCity, but I want something with moar power . I'll probably buy an 8800GT, 9800GT, or something similar.
