derwilly

I think that we got your point already, thank you.

Alpha? Is there an alpha? Who do they trust besides themselves? My goodness you have issues. What's your problem? Colossal Order is giving it a try, and that can only be good for us. Yes, we have been disappointed many times before, but there's no reason to be negative at this point. Maybe, eventually, we get a worthy successor of SC4. The genre is not dead and we should be at least optimistic about this. But if you are not willing to accept other games than SC4, then please step aside and take your frustrations elsewhere.

Poor you. And what are your favorite countries, then? Pretty much every country has dark episodes. Yours probably too.

yeah it's hard to understand this policy: blatant promotion, banners, news, etc of SImCity is ok; links to a fundraiser page not ok. sellouts

they uploaded a video of terraforming, it doesn't look bad for such an early stage in development

well I wouldn't say that they are censoring it but they are refusing coverage for this and similar city builder projects. Most of these projects will fail, that we know, but they could at least use some support from this community. Maybe one succeeds. Instead we only get more and more news, links, banners and s**t about a game that, as of now, has terrible ratings on amazon and metacritic. They sure are collaborating in shoving this thing down our throats. For the first time in 10 years the Simtropolis administrators are losing their impartiality.

And what about all the links and coverage to SimCity? after all they are selling a product and asking for our money, too I know, it's not exactly the same, but I think that we could cut some slack to these people from Civitas. It seems legit or at least 100% city building related.

I'm pledging some money, too. Who knows, maybe it turns out to be what we were looking for and SimCity has obviously not delivered. Or maybe not, but still worth trying. Some coverage from the Simtropolis admins wouldn't be bad.

I'm dying to hear this revolutionary idea...

Depends on what you're looking for. The next SimCity may be all about simulation, but still has, in my opinion, some things that I don't like. Plus, it may take another year or two to start seeing modding for the game. CitiesXL 2012 is all about graphics and designing cities, not simulation; the 3D graphics are awesome and seeing your city from infinite angles from above, skyline or street level, sunset or night time, it has no match. There has been an explosion of mods in the past months. From skyscrapers, to highway systems, many new types of housing, maps, modular stuff, etc. As OcramSeattle says, take a look at the mods at xlnation: http://xlnation.net/xlex Take a look at these two city journals to have an idea of what can be achieved with good skills: http://xlnation.net/content/recent-city http://xlnation.net/content/newburgh-nm-usa So, decision is yours. If you can afford it, I would go for CXL now and wait a little until modding kicks off for SimCity (which I assume it will happen, at some point)

beautiful, so you say. It's stupid to watch this trailer and be excited about it. You mention the old SC4 trailer. Don't you remember that it had NOTHING to do with the actual game? what the hell is the point of these trailers? Hold your horses, boy. I have yet to hear EA say this will not be a game for iPad or Facebook or a multiplayer on any rubbish like that.

I think I'm going to THROW UP!!!! Check these buildings: http://www.simcity.com/en_US/media/screenshot/SimCity_Concept_Art_Police_Station ...childish and Sim City Societies come to mind Oh and don't be too stupid to fall for the trailer; remember the trailer for SC4?

yeaaaah!!!! SIM CITY SOCITIES 2!!!!!! oh, wait... wtf?

interesting update! this reminds me of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's novel, the empire of the dragons. I guess you have read it, right?

Originally posted by: zahrul3 Originally posted by: USCCL They look really cool! I've always thought that there was a serious deficiency in suburban housing stock in simtropolis. My CJ looks like that first picture on the thread. Anyways, keep up the good work and I'll keep downloading. quote> I don't think so, go to the LEX over at SC4D and search for Residentials-Small. All of them are 10x times better than Stuka's collection. Some can be found on the STEX while some are BSC Exclusive. Anything residential from these BATters are atleast 5x times better than Stuka. -Mntoes -gascooker(on LEX also) -Simgoober RLS -Ill Tonkso -mattb325(some on STEX mostly on LEX) -justanothersims86 -Everything BLaM -Glenniquote> And who the heck are you to judge other people's work like this? "all of them are 10x times better than Stuka's collection" > well it's not like you are a great star, you know. You are an amateur, just like Stuka. He's learning; he may be a bit hard headed and not listen all advices coming from expert BATters, but he's trying. Plus, his suburban collection may one day become a invaluable asset like Vanderaap's Dutch houses or Porkissimo's Paris houses. So, give the guy a break. And give yourself a break, too.

hi guys! it's been a long time since I played SC4 and dropped by. I'm having sort of a problem. I decided to start fresh an Amsterdam-based city, going easy with my plugins and using mostly Vanderaap's beautiful houses. Thing is, I am having a really hard time to see the city grow. Some residential plots never get built at all. I do have experience with this game, I know that I have to provide jobs, services, roads, no pollution, parks, landmarks, etc. I am even using the radical demand mod that so much happiness provided me in the past. But now, nothing. So, is it just me or has anyone of you had problems building a Dutch city? are these houses really demanding on the quality of jobs or services? any ideas? any help will be appreciated! derwilly EDIT: I am using the maxis blocker mod, all styles being built, radical demand

thanks SimHoTToDDy! I already have that mod, sorry. That's why some plots remain undeveloped. Oh and I checked that building style, too. Nothing happens

I have to say that this Unlocker V3 has slowed down the game a little bit. When I lay or delete roads, especially, there's a lag of a few seconds. This happens only since installing yesterday the V3. other people with the same problem?

thanks kiwispanker! What you guys are doing is awesome. I had sort of forgotten about CXL and now I am so excited unlocking all the hidden stuff, I am starting new cities from scratch! keep up with the good work, man!

Hi folks! I'll be soon starting a CJ. Here's a couple of nice pictures from it: have a good weekend!

cool! they are nice phillip. I'm goint to try them now

Hi everyone the time has come to buy a new laptop and retire my current acer aspire 5050. And with a new laptop, I am finally buying Cities XL. I'm considering getting this MSI laptop at CircuitCity, which has quite good reviews: http://www.circuitcity.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5254389&CatId=4938 what to you think about the graphics card? should it be able to run CXL at full resolution with no lag? hope you guys can help me out! thanks! derwilly

thank you guys for your help! I am probably going to get that MSI. Your input was very valuable Hail91, I have to read about that anti aliasing thing, I am not familiar with it - thanks!

Originally posted by: c-doodlez-man I was wondering where I can purchase Cities XL. I do not want to buy it online and have checked Best Buy and Wal-Mart. If anyone here didn't buy Cities XL online, which store did you buy it at?quote> you can find it on Amazon, too http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cities+xl&x=0&y=0&sprefix=Cities+