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I know this is really a dumb question to ask, but I do not know how to plop! I have had sim city for a while but only played it sparingly (and without much success). And one other thing, what is the etiquette of plopping? I know some people plop all the time, and other people don't.. is it seen as taking away from the naturalism of the game?

This is really cool! I also live in the suburbs, up the Schuylkill a ways in a little town called Phoenixville. I don't think you'll make it that far though, prolly won't be room. But I can recognize and name streets! You're doing really good!

Thanks for the welcome Fred_Ginger! (Is Fred OK?) It's always hardest getting a footing in a place, the rest is comparatively easy. OK... Well roundabouts seem to be doing fine now. So that's good. As to the BATed stuff... Well, the objects in question aren't buildings though... Rather it was a French Connection set of parks (They're beautiful, I would recommend them). First they show up and then disappear into a black nothingness. It isn't the darkness of an abandoned building, but the absolute absence of color... Which makes me think it might be a video card issue. And a video card would also explain the crashing. That's still happening, more frequent than ever. I think I need to look into the paging, but I still have no clue what paging is and how it works. And stop running some background stuff. This would be much easier if I were a computer guy... Still fighting for tunnels too... It's strange, they don't seem to want to build...

Alright. Well, I've been a casual SC player for a while, and a ST lurker now and then. But I had given it up for a while and only recently came back when I finally got around to getting Rush Hour. I've started to learn my way around here, downloaded the NAM, and went crazy with some STEX BATs. But I have a few questions... First of all, I am a victim of the game crashes. I have to tread very lightly in the game. Usually scrolling in/out is a harrowing experience.. Half the time it crashes on me. After reading the thread in the Omnibus, I think I have either a video card or page file issue. I haven't looked into it, but I will soon. OK, I'm also having a bit of trouble with tunneling. I have the digging tiles downloaded (Which are hard enough to use in themselves ) and I use them, in this case, on both sides of an avenue with the intent to tunnel under it. But when I drag a road from one ditch to another, it goes over, not under. There was also a case in the game where I bulldozed an intersection and replaced it with a roundabout. (Streets meeting a one-way circle) But apparently the Sims could not navigate through it, and all of the houses in that neighborhood got the no-road sign and abandoned ship. Has anyone else ever had this happen? OK, one last thing. Some of the building I've downloaded from the STEX will, after a month or so in the game, so completely black. They're fine at first, no brown boxes or anything, but then they just turn into a black hole. Alright, if anyone has gotten this far I salute you. Is there anything else essential that I ST/SC $%&^! should know?

Well, I am a bit biased, since I was born and raised in Philadelphia suburbs. But I like Philly much better. It is larger, has more impressive architecture, and is just plain weirder. Where else would you find a museum with the largest human colon, or any of the other strange stuff we have? It isn't a clean city or a nice city, but it's gritty and down-to-earth, and that's why I like it. It is frustrating sometimes though, because the city has so much potential and is being held back by red tape and taxes coming from a corrupt city hall. Pittsburgh has a better government, to be sure.