DaMaster_architect

I downloaded the HSRP, and I must say, so far it's perfect! The HSRP fits nice into the game. The balance is even better now, in my opinion. Instead of everyone using the highway, half the people in my cities use the highway to get to work, and the other half uses the HSRP. Just one note, but it may be announced before... please increase the max slope rate! It cost me like three hours and 750.000 simdollars to lay down 100 metres of HSRP track over a small slope Anyway, thanks for the efforts 3ddz and others! This is the first best addition to simcity after the NaM IMO

A: for the sake of humanity Q: why do I post too much?

A: because our computers run at windows, and windows sucks. A2: because they felt like doing so. Q: Why am I not funny?

cat eats dove, no dove.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/04/01/newegg_to_buy_dell/ it's about time that they do that

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call in the warthogs!!

Tim, linux is compatitable with ANY, really ANY kind of hardware ;-) So that won't be a problem. I strongly recomend Ubuntu Linux. It is one of the most user-friendly, easy-to-use distros around. Also, Ubuntu has the largest community in the entire linux world (www.ubuntuforums.org). This community is waaay larger than Simtropolis Also, you can order as many CDs of it as you want, I recently orderd 50, for free. These CDs come with a live-version, so you can try it out, and an installation disc, so you can install ubuntu. Also, the content of the distro doesn't depend on the distro you're using, but the window manager that comes with it. A window manager is, like the name applies, a program that makes windows for you, so you wont have to use code and command lines to get things done. The most known window managers are Gnome and KDE - Ubuntu comes with gnome. Up to that, with Ubuntu, you can download and install any program you wish by entering a simple code in a command line, or by starting up the installation manager. It's like two clicks to download and install, for example, a video-editing program. About the DVD-playability: Linux doesn't have this ability by default, because licenses prohibit it to do so. However, with two clicks you can simply install DVD-playability at Ubuntu, which is fairly easy and totally legal ofcourse. So I seriously recommend Ubuntu for you! Oh, by the way... even simcity 4 runs flawlessly at ubuntu

I agree with tag_one, such a macro grid placer would kinda ruin the feeling of simcity. Cities would look more like human farms than like cities. Maybe its better if you try to be more creative Drag some roads at random places, connect them, add more stuff at random places... simply be more freestyle! That way you would enjoy the game even more!

you're really a great BATter, tiemanj! If you continue this way, I bet your future creations will be NDEX quality @eedoon: Hmm... it appeals to a Co$$ to me. Yeah, Co$$ suits great, I think.

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why are there so many windows OSs listed in that survey, but only one Linux OS? there are soooo many linux distributions. Please, don't ignore linux! It's far better than windows, and I tell you that from my own experience. The only thing they need to improve is the difficulty of using linux... at ubuntu, things go pretty easy, but at other linux distributions, sometimes it's really a hard time to get things done. Hence, the most important ones are: - ubuntu (5.10) linux - SuSE 10 - Mandrake - Redhat - Fedora and so on.

hi vanquish, welcome to simtropolis! If you want to get rid of landfills, you should build some things like those garbage-to-power plants, that can handle the entire garbage capacity. In time, you will see your landfills getting empty. and at a certain moment, you can dezone the empty landfills. However, it takes some time for landfills to get empty. oh, and trying to demolish them with a meteor doesn't work. Believe me, I've tried

Do you have the NAM? it offers a lot of puzzle pieces, with which you can make ramps without messing up the terrain. Hope this helps

Originally posted by: Omegamrk Originally posted by: Screwballlquote> The game runs... if you need help/info.quote> Omegamrk, do you please want to cool down? We would like it if you could discuss inconsistency at a more polite way oh, by the way, I have to tell you that you are wrong about the fact that a 6600 might just be "ok". I run SimCity just fine at an onboard graphics chip (intel Extreme 845 series). @eedoon: If your wallet allows it, you might consider an 7800GS. This card performs better than a 6800GT, and is an AGP card into the bargain. Up to that, it offers more features than the 6800GT. Hope this clears things up!

@Energy Monkey: let's see how the reviews think about city life However, I doubt whether it will have a higher score than simcity (which had a score of about 91 out of 100)

I consider cracks and no-cd patches too as piracy, no offense. I was just trying to help the topicstarter out with his problem while breaking ST rule #1. Sorry about that!

like simmax, I haven't played simcity4 for quite a while. Recently, I visited simtropolis.com by accident, and I got addicted again to both simcity and simtropolis So, hi all, I'm back! Nice to see you!

There are some really cool pictures out there on this thread! Good job y'all This is a picture of my (from the stex downloaded) region. I tell you, the region is quite large. It measures 12x12 large squares! So far, I haven't done that much in the region, so I haven't really accomplished something yet As you can see, there is one unrendered city tile right in the middle of the region that kept unrendered somehow.

hmmm... I will check it out. *looks it up in simcity prima-guide* oh, hell yeah, how they are changed . I found this table in the Prima-guide: Airports' Modified Maximum Demand Cap Relief (first value is small, second is medium, third value is Large, that is, after the second upgrade of the airport) Landing strip: 102,000: 131,000: 160,000 Muncipial Airport: 288,000: 341,000: 400:000 International Airport: 700,000: 800,000: 900,000

Originally posted by: ace41690 Im not sure whether it takes advantage of 2 cores now that you mention it. Needless to say, that processor is still pretty good even if SC4 only uses 1 core.quote> no, only the newest games like Age of Empires 3 take some advantages of two cores. Eventhough, all games currently available are perfectly playable at a singlecore processor. It's gonna take some while before dual core processors really do some major advantage over single core processors... The games simply aren't programmed for dual core usage. Maybe SimCity 5 does?

I created a completely straight piece of rail. I didn't use a single bend. However, still no intercity commuting was possible.. ah well, I will check again

a real densed region with lots of well educated sims will also help raising the demand. Most important, like said above, are plazas and neighbour connections.

I have an Intel Celeron 2.4ghz processor, and 1.5gig of ram. I once added 1 gig of ram, but I didn't notice a lot of speed inprovements. However, one time I got that 1 gig of ram back out and I noticed how much slower SimCity4 runs. So you might not notice the speed increasement of adding extra ram, but I tell you, SimCity definitely runs faster. I also noticed, like some say above, that the processor indeed is the bottleneck. It simply aint strong enough for large cities. On the other hand, I've got an unused, brandnew AMD opteron 170 lying here on my desk, and I expect an ATI X1800XT within a few days. That, combined with 1 gig of ram, must be powerfull enough to run simcity on any settings