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I'm not sure that in real life mass transit is making really a profit. As far as I know, the Paris metro system for example is working at a loss. But good idea for buses in CXL is their cost to depend from the usage - the more usable is the line, the less is the cost for the player (the money collected from more tickets will reduce that cost)

From CitiesXL.com: Where do I find my savefiles? First of all, make sure you can see hidden files. Windows XP: My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders Windows Vista and Seven: Control Panel > Folder Options > View > Show hidden files and folders Your savefiles are located in the "Solo" folder: Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\your nickname\solo Windows Vista and Seven: C:\Users\your username\AppData\Local\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\your nickname\solo

Originally posted by: Gregory_C Originally posted by: ACEH Originally posted by: Skimbo I'm impressed, MC replys PS: Posted and translated it in the similar thread on the german forums. quote> They broke the silence and said "Wait. There will be nothing more than more silence"quote> At this point that's all we can say unfortunately. Legal bindings prevent us from saying any more for now.. Originally posted by: Skimbo The CMs shurely know what the community wants, what's with your directors, doo they know too what MC should develop in future times? quote> Again: I can't give more details right now; we'll have to wait and see how things evolve in may. quote> I understand Gregory, I'm just a little bit nervous about all this. I like the game very much and I hope that everything will be alright some day. But you should understand too that we, the players are very unhappy about this "silence". I hope that now you will listen to the players and implement all of our ideas into the new game. Wish you all the best!

Originally posted by: Skimbo I'm impressed, MC replys PS: Posted and translated it in the similar thread on the german forums. quote> They broke the silence and said "Wait. There will be nothing more than more silence"

Thanks for the post, Gregory! Hope everything will be fine and finally we will have a great game!

In the French forum www.forum-gc.com Gregory wrote that this 2010 was his mistake and that he meant 2011 of course. Also he wrote that the people working on the game are on full time and working on it.

 Very good, Asheroo. When will you post information about bus lines in Rooleyson?

Originally posted by: Damastius Hmmmm then I think everyside is 10km. I read it somewhere a while ago.quote> That makes sense.

10km2 means that the maps is 3.16 x 3.16 km. Isn't that too little?

@Xidillon: My avatar is one of the build in Simtropolis forum @cm39: It's definitely not your error of course. I saw the original post of Gregory. And I'm wondering what is it - a mistake or something else...

Originally posted by: cm39 For those of you who think that everybody at MC is dead, here's an answer of Gregory MC on the same subject taken on "Generation City", posted on 9 april 2010. The link : http://www.forum-gc.com/general-f30/les-comptes-de-montecristo-dans-le-rouge-t1042-10.htm "Bonjour tout le monde, comme le dit l'article pour le moment il n'y a pas grand chose de plus que je puisse ajouter puisque on ne peut pas communiquer sur l'avenir du studio pour l'instant. (ce qui explique mon silence ces derniers temps ). La seule chose sur laquelle je peux quand même insister c'est qu'on essaye surtout d'assurer l'avenir du jeu; malgré les difficultés le développement continue, la version 2010 et les packs sont toujours en cours de productions; et ils progressent bien." Translate (by me, not by a translator) ---> Hi everybody, Like the article said , i cannot add anything more on the future of the studio for now (that's why i'm silent for awhile). The only thing i can insist is that MC is working hard to assure the future of CXL. In spite of difficulties, the development continue and the 2010 version with the packs are still in production and in progress. quote> Well those are some good news among the last about MC's debt. But I am wondering is this 2010 a typing error or maybe not.....

Maybe the right question here unfortunately is "Will it ever come out"

Originally posted by: Asgardi "Listen to me, the game has its potential and it will be very sad if the things ends up like this." I agree, the game has HUGE potential. There base for the game is good. The engine can do good graphics (even if the textures are crappy right now - except trees), the simulation is quite complex, it can handle animations, road tools and so on are great and the whole package runs quite smoothly. It's just lack of content and some major features like public transport and some quality problems (textures, animations). Half a year more work and the game would be very good already.quote> Totally agree with that! The game is almost finished, it only need some mass transit, little more content and a few bug fixing. Originally posted by: Asgardi And other thing. Why the money is a problem in the first place? Where the hell are the GEMS? Even 2e/GEM*10k purchases would make serious money and how much time it makes to create GEM? 1 week with 2 workers? And, 100k sold units makes what? 1-2 million euros? Where they put the money? And, even 1000 PO subscribers would make serious income (60k/year). And then there are all those in-game advertisements...quote> Agree here too. I think that many people are waiting the ski GEM. And I also think that this GEM is almost ready according to the screenshot I've seen (yes there are screenshots with ski GEM).

Perfectly done! I like very much the neighborhood on the 5th picture - very creative. Keep up the good work!

Originally posted by: Anarkhan *MonteCristo will not communicate until a decision is made. quote> I don't understand one thing. Why they will not communicate?!? We all understand that they are in doubt but not communicating is the worst thing they can do. Why they didn't publish some news, I'm pretty sure that the fans will understand and support them. Listen to me, the game has its potential and it will be very sad if the things ends up like this. Surely hope they will find someone who is interested in the game. About the speculation for MC and EA - well, a brave assumption and I think it is little possible. It is a good idea for MC to sold the already created content - ski GEM, extra content for PO and i believe there is more. I am willing to help them with buying this additional stuff if it has a reasonable price. And again - MC, don't make an mistake and communicate! This is the only way to survive!

Originally posted by: YannickMtl By the way, my buses are barely used. Do you have to have a gigantic population for it to be used? I have may lines, connecting to each other, the whole city is covered, but yet, I barely have more than 10% overall usage. Any tips on that?quote> The bus lines has to connect your residential areas(where people live) with offices and industries (where people work). Also, only unskilled and skilled workers will take the bus. If you do these two things, the bus lines will be filled. Good advise is when creating the bus line, always choose the smallest bus size. Over the the time if the line is successful switch to normal or double decker bus when it reaches its maximum capacity. Another tip is to use same stop for more than one bus line. Then the people can change the lines at this stop (it also works when the two stops are near). Hope this will help.

The main thing is that the game is almost ready - the engine, the traffic algorithms, the terrain and so on. The only things is to fix some bugs and add a new content. I also am very surprised what can took so long for the new game. And the most irritating thing is the lack of any kind of information - at least they can publish a news saying that they are working, they will add this and this and so on. I recently wrote an email to their support but they answered that at this time they cannot tell anything. Let's hope that Cities XL 2011 is near...

I guess no one has such a problem. Did you contact Cities XL support?

Hi! You cannot trade between your own cities, the only possibility is to trade with Omnicorp. There is a mod which reduces the price, because usually they are very high. About the second question - there is only an autosave and when you quit the game the city is also autosaved. Unfortunately there is no option to save a city and then restore it - every change you make to a city cannot be reverted. But there is an option to make a save - quit the game and then go to the folder that cities are stored: Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\your nickname\solo Windows Vista and Seven: C:\Users\your username\AppData\Local\Monte Cristo\Cities XL\live\your nickname\solo Then you can make a backup of these files and then restore the cities in the state they were. It's not the easiest and most convenient way, but it works.

Thank you for your comments. I will post a few more pictures. Here is Downtown: Also some shots from the suburbs:

There are taxes in the game - look in the budget button on top of your screen. Regarding trains.... well, there aren't in the game now. Everybody hopes that there will be in the new version.

Hi all, these are two pictures from my last city:

Originally posted by: diva613 Wow really nice work, any tips on making it past 50K Citizens without going bankrupt?quote> I personally now have a city with near 400 000 - 450 000 people with a income of 100 000. But the problem comes after that because there are no more available resources on the map and I should trade but the amount of the goods is very high. So it is easy to achieve 50K with very high income

To have a good passengers and freight services, you offices and industries has to be very well connected with the edge of the map (the rest of the universe) If the road that connects them is bigger, the services are at more high level. If you build an airport and connect it with you offices, you will get even higher passenger services level. The port build on water increases you freight services.

Hi, 1) There are several forums about Cities XL, no official though. Simtropolis is the main unofficial one. You are welcomed to ask here everything that bothers you about the game. 2) This is a known shortcoming of the game. There is no known fix about it. Just be more precise when you zoom and rotate and you will get used to it.