Mayor Abe

One of the things that has been missing from most of the Sim City games (and it seems, won't be in this one) is the lack of political simulation. I think that Tropico 3 actually gives a very good model of implementing this, from factions to elections. In short: perhaps having different factions based on the makeup of the city, such as public sector unions, the poor, environmentalists, etc. return petitioners to the game have regular elections every 5-10 game years, with the ability to campaign and make speeches. have unpredictable, randomly occurring political events based on factors in the city (for example badly funded police officers are more likely to have an incident of excessive force, or badly funded schools might face a scandal for having dingy classrooms) I wrote a longer blog post detailing this, but those are the basic outlines.

I would say that the political simulation option should be able to be turned-off. As for what happens when you "lose" elections, perhaps after the end of a term (in region mode) another mayor could come in and run the city, and then be subject to the same electoral test. in the co-op mode, elections could be turned on or off in the entire region. As for in the single player (hoping that is fully fledged), it would best be like tropico in that you could simply reenter the city some period before the election and try to win (or carry out city policy differently).

Welcome to Maxisland. This has been a region I have been working on for several years, using the base SC4 region. This is what it looks like now. The first city to be featured is Spring Hill, a small suburb of Mineonapolis. The city was built using mostly Mattb325's Modern Houses (avalabile only on SC4D). The city consits of mostly suburban middle class Homes on large lots. here are some examples. this is just a preview, to test reaction. A new update, including a trip to Mineonapolis, is coming soon. Note: Mods used include the Indusdry quadrupler, Bridge hieght mod, lots of riots, and, of course, the NAM. Lastly, I would like to thank Deadwoods, Simgoober, and Mattb325 for their creations.

While I agree that much of the actual content being protected by this ruling is "disturbing", I also agree with the general free speech principle the ruling is based on. Despite the unanimity, however, an average member of the public will probably take this another example of the Supreme Court gone "mad".

alas. that's kind of annoying, as the game could use a modding community. it did get good reviews, so i'm sure they'll be enough users to form a site. What I mean though, is that the game, though more limited in scope than sim city, could still accommodate new buildings or car models, etc.

although i've gotten the game, and like it very much ,I wonder if there is any kind of modding community or fansites, aside form the scenarios you can get over the internet in the game?

As a New Yorker, the NY subway comes first and foremost. However, every line conveniently stopping at the city limits (look at the Bronx portion of the map if you don't believe me) is somewhat grating form a commuting perspective-though the MNR and LIRR (commuter rail) more than compensate. technology-wise, the MTA seems to lag under its own bureaucratic weight, lagging in arrival boards for buses and trains, introducing cellphone service (some NYers would say this is a good thing), having the 2nd avenue subway "in planning or in various stages of construction since the end of WWII, etc. In terms of station design and "cleanliness", the DC metro would be nice- a system that covers the District proper relatively well, and serves all of the dense suburbs in norther. Southern Maryland and Virginia (except for Tysons Corner, but that is being worked on). However, it lacks express service (understandable, considering it had to compete for construction funds against highway-happy sprawl patterns), stations are inconveniently spaced -even in Northern parts of the District- and it seems to be run by aloof, if not incompetent management (see http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/ as an example).

A fair point to be made was that while your gripes about CXL's pricing scheme are valid, SC4 was $40 when it came out in 2003. Ironically, the lack of a large initial audience may lead CXL's community to be rather small (w/ little and low quality custom content and fan sites), thereby depressing sales form the "wait and see" category of buyers (like most who have posted on this thread)

This problem means that the UDI dosent work (I can't start any missions, even if i have the requisite buildings,) but more importantly, the dispatch dosent work; it drives the vheicle to the spot dispatched, but then the vheicle disapears. for refernce, the major addons I have are the April 08 NAM, the CAM, lots of riots mod, JRJ's street mod, the RHW, and HSRP

Excellent! Where did you get the color mod again?

If I may say so myself, next time post the photos full size (direct link to image). by forcing people to click to see the image, you already lost some potential readers.

And now, here is Farmingdale. These pictures were taken sevral months ago as part of a project to create a subway map of the city, and therefore the pictures follow the city's subwat lines. THese pictures have been converted to .jpg, so they should be veiwable to our IE users. Without further ado... This is where the red line "R" and "RR local" begin, at the border with Bed-Stuy. This stationm, called Frankie Ikes avenue, is one of the busiest on the system This here is Livingston Station, located in the neighborhood of Livingsrton. an express station, this conects to the "G" and "GG local" trains at the underground station, as well as the "P", "PO local" and "PP local" trains, which north to the indusdrial district of the city. THe livingston station, both the elevated and underground portions, constitutes the busiest station in the system. Same station, diffrent angle Parrivile. this is where the "R" and "RR local" trains connect to the "Y" and "YY" local trains. The junction is between the local and express; the track which breaks off to the left is a spur used by the "YY" and "RR" trains, making stops in the comercial district of Rockville. the right line is used by the "R" and "Y" trains and during daytiime hours, some "RR" specia trains, directly to the industrial district, where they terminate at either Hauss lane or Fullmiester street. This is a photo taken at a diffrent angle, showing both the express bypass and the Rockville station. The Elevasted rail at the bottom is the May Franks Lane shuttle. This is the Rockville North station. just after this station, there's a junction where the local rejoins the main track. This is another angle of the area that was shown in the first 2 photos. bottom left is the station where the "RR" Specials terminate. the station is closed during dusk because of the low traffic in the area at night. A more detailed veiw of the junction leading to Indusdria. note that the HSR also has a terminus nearby. At the top of the photo, one can also see the Hauss lane terminus, where the "RR" and "Y" trains end. The track that continues past Hauss lane is used by "R" and "YY" trains. they are joined at Fullmniester street by the "P" and "PP" trains. The first station the fullmiester Street branch. the "R" "YY", "P" and "PP" trains continue for sevral more blocks before terminating. note the HSR at the bottom of the canal, as well as the Orange Line EL at the extreme right of the photo. The glass roof station is where the "P" family of trains, as well as the "R" amnd "YY" trains terminate. the track that continus is used by the "A" and "AA" local trains, which turn south on River Avenue torwards COmercia East. The turn point itself is obscured, but this is where the "A" and "AA" trains turn onto RIver Avenue. One may note how long the trains are. the line is heavily used. The line nmow leads us to a sketchy area of the city near the airport. As there is no room for a midsize airport in the city, this is the city's seccond airport. THe Eye was put here to improve the mayor rating, as this area has been marred by riots. The first airport, as well as its smelly neighbors.. THe "A" and "AA" trains leave the avenut to end at the Comercia East station (not shown) Neighborhood of Comercia east, known mostly for the Farmingdale Indian casino, abnd the Farmingdale Mall (BAT by Simgoober) Comercia East Station itself. the A family of trains ends here. the track that runs past this station is used by the "G" and "GG" local trains which go to the downtown, and are 1 of only 2 lines in the city that are mostly underground. Diffrent veiw. however, the City Hall/Courthouse statuion is visibnle at the top of the photo. Detail of City/Courthouse. not included in the station name is the more acessible Farmingdale Stockmarket and Mercentile exchange. This shiows the underground junction of the "G" and "GG" trains, as well as the HSR's Down town station. This last photo (sorry about the obtrusive panel) is of the first station on the "Y"and "YY" line. the line goes west from here until Parrivile. Hope you enjoyed this tour of the Farmingdale subways.

REPLIES @nihonkaranws; But you are... @Joetropian; About that, I use the Firefox TB because I can upload multiple images (to IS)easily. Regarding the Maxisland, it was included with the original SC4. The city of Farmingdale, which I will post next, used to be the Mayor Tutorial for the original SC4. Possibly you bought the deluxe edition, and it was omitted. @Theirishnintendonerd; Thank you! That is the first unequivocally positive comment I've gotten since i started the 2nd Iteration of this CJ Probably tomorrow or Monday, I will post Pictures of Farmingdale (IE compatible, this time). I also am still looking for help with the SC4 on Vista crash. any tips appreciated.

An atheist kiling because of the victim being religious is just as bad as vice versa, and a white person killing a minority because of that is just as bad as vice versa. The point is, killing anyone because you don't like a broad characteristic about them (race, nationality, SO, politics, age) is a hate crime.

I realise that; I just used that example to explain the potential pitfalls, though I realize that this is a court interpretation, I still don't like the changes. In the case of someone being abused, for ex. , what would stop the person form getting a restraining order, or asking for police protection. Even assuming that those didn't stop the abuser (restraining orders usually fail), that would not qualify as self defense (killing the abuser) unless you were being attacked at the time. the "killing because of fear of violence" defense, is just Bush's 'Preemptive strike' strategy on a smaller scale- kill him before he kills you.

I feel that some of these changes are going too far for open interpretation- Seriously Wronged, in the eyes of a mentally unstable person, could mean someone cutting in front of them in traffic. and the "fear of serious violence" defense can also be used to dubious ends. From what I read in the article (I don't live on the isles), I don't like these changes.

Where can I download this slope mod you speak of? And I will make larger photos the next time, thank you. As for the custom Airports, I tried to make one in the plot that is now Spring Hill (see first Post) ,But I quickly lost patience. Same with PEG's waterfronts and canals.

THE RETURN OF MAXISLAND After a 1 year Hiatus, I felt like reviving my CJ, so here it is. This is what Maxisland looks like now The major addition we will be seeing today is Baltimore, a post ST (and post CAM) city. Starting with the Residential portion... I don't know how those buildings got on the terminal loop either- lol. A night shot... Sorry about the zots, but I forgot the key for the cheat code. This one here shows the commercial area, which shows the full extent of the cam (I've reached stage 10) This one shows part of the first industrial area. In case you are wondering why such ritzy commercial areas are coexisting with indstrial plants, some of them dirty, its because In the middle, with the white smoke, I built an air purifier (I forgot when I DLed it, don't ask) Here's another mixed use area, with the purifier, this time on the small "finger" that the coathanger brige in one of the night shots leads to. That last one is of the comercial area, with a closeup of the GLR line. I took these pictures pretty fast, as last August I got a new computer with Vista Premium, and the mysterious crash still happens. In addition to feedback on the CJ, tips on how to stop this crash would be appreciated. Hopefully, I will regualrly keep updating this iteration of Maxiskland- the CJ.

Here's the big problem; Firstly, one cannot stop actual criminals from getting a gun, unless production of guns was ended completely, and the death penalty was established for anyone carrying an illegal gun. But, lets look at the case itself. I live in NYC, a city with an anti gun mayor, but not a handgun ban, and crime is still on the decline here. However, in D.C., even when they had the gun ban, they had an excessive murder rate, over the ntnl. average. However, as for the high school shootings, if they happened all the time, the media would simply not over-dramatize it as they do now. What I mean to say is that a total handgun ban would not discourage troubled kids from simply bringing a knife to school. This, however, is not to say that the US dosent have an unusually high rate of gun ownership.

Well, I guess there are still some worthwhile updates on this thread. Good work rickmastfan.

1.5 GB. around 900 mb with DAT Packer (SC4D). get it. makes the game run faster

Humn... interesting. But the pictures are too British- I want something more American- cars on the Right side of the road.