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I love the game but i play on a labtop with a broken screen. Dont really want to buy a new computer just for this game but heard it might be released on xbox one. Any insight into this? Release date? Same quality of game? Ect ect.

So like I said this game is great and i think it is going somewhere. I'm currently playing on my HP Pavilion dv6 laptop which has 8gb or ram and a AMD A8-3500 w/ Radeon HD Graphics 1.50 GHZ. The game actually runs ok on this laptop but gets laggy as I approach ~15K people. Looking to upgrade to another laptop around or under the $500 range. Any I should check out? Thanks in advance for the help.

Have not thought about that. One other thing about my laptop is that the screen is not working. I have the connect to my TV to play the game. Kills my eyes. I'm cool adding a little cash to the budget if it will get me something that can run the game well. Just don't want to dump $1200 into some computer to just play this game. Have other priorities.

I was looking into pre-ordering for that same Amazon promo. It is disk only so does that mean you won't be able to download 3/1 but instead wait for the disk to arrive after it is hopfully sent 3/5?

Hi, I'm starting a new city and region. Here is just the very start of the city. The Center Area or closeup picture is the downtown. Enjoy Mason The Start

Thx for the print everyone..... First off I'm not to into stories but I do like the development of cities. There will not be much of a story on the CJ but I will show how the city develops step by step. I will also try to d oa better job at telling you guys whats going on in each picture. I agree, it does look "MAXIS" at this point but it is the very beginning. I don't like proping stuff down so everything so far just grew there. I promise as the city developes the pictures will ge alot more interesting. dralin321, if you like Tunnels then this city is for you. I love using them even if its not to realistic. Enjoy Mason

Enjoy

Thx for letting me know, I knew I was missing a step Anyway its just one picture of my old city. I'm about to start a new one but thought I would show this one to the Forum. If you guys have any requests for close ups on certian parts of the city please let me know. Thx Mason

Hi, just started Sim city again after about a year and I want to jump on in. I want to get the new NAM installed but came across a problem/question. Is it necessary to run the BSC Cleanitol TM thing? For some reason I can't get the thing to work. I downloaded it from the LEX and there are some errors during start up. If I need to can someone give me a link to download from a different location. Thx Mason

Do I just scan with my eyes or use the windows search tool? Anyway I do it will take along time I guess. Is there any less time consuming way or can someone help me get this program installed right?

Ahhh, I have the same problem. So I went to the simcity site to dowload it and my account has not been activated?? I activated it three years ago. I said " you accoun=t is not activated yet, please go into you email and activate your account." Well guess what, I clean out my email and the link is not there. Can someone please give a step by step proccess of how to get this file without going through Maxis? Links etc. Thx Mason

Glasnost HI, This is my first city J so plz tell me if there is anything i should add. I have always wondered what people would say about my cities. Its been awile since i played the game but after seeing all the new bats and mods i had to play again so thx to all of you BAT creaters out there for making this game playable again, all the credit goes to them. Now i have been watching the forum and seeing that people want cities that start from scratch with no cheating and little planning. Well this is your city if that. I have used no cheats and no money mods. I haven't even used the U-drive it yet for money. IF i need money i step away from the game for 30 min and let it gather. I also dont plot any big building like all those cities i see that start from nothing but have massive skyscrapers. In some cases i need to plot buildings to make districts such as the warehouse district but i will tell u what i ploted and it will be as little as possible. That is all for now so plz enjoy and leave your thoughts. Thx, Mason Well here its is from the very start. This is the center of Glasnost right at the roundabout. The main st. which is one way goes through tunnels on its way towards the industrial zone. http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/5556/thestart11ax.jpg align=baseline> I guess I did a good job so the people gave me a statue which is now located in ther center of town in the middle of the roundabout. http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5728/star44vg.jpg align=baseline> This is an overview of the town. You can see the center of town and the industial zone which is located on one of the points of the city. The power plant is build on another point on an island. http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3357/start56bf.jpg align=baseline> This is the main drag in town which leads to the industrial zone. http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/4194/startdowntown24nm.jpg align=baseline> THe people seeing that Glasnost would be a finnacial city in the future put money up to build a planed downtown not far from the center of town and right smack down where people drive to the ind. zone. Good Business. http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2743/startdowntown5kq.jpg align=baseline> This is another overview of the center of downtown with a mix of low and med residential spreading from the center. If you look close you can see the rail road the goes under the town to save land. The town has also expanded to the north with a graveyard being built on the water front. http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/3600/ovstart26ja.jpg align=baseline> This is where that train tunnel leads to. It again goes underground to save land. http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/9971/peek34th.jpg align=baseline> This is another pic of central Glasnost some yrs. later. http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/1629/peek26ug.jpg align=baseline> Since central Glasnost was already built the city needed to expand outward but the people didnot want crosstown traffic flowing through their quiet streets and the city could not afford to destroy homes to make another main st. so the city tunneled the road under the center city coming up on the other side of the new downtown and then leading to the ind zone. Also the zoning for this new area between the two one way streets and 1x1 med residential. This area will be know as the crossing becasue of the two oneway roads that needed to cross around the fountain. http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/4971/makingpart30pz.jpg align=baseline> This is a pic of the crossing district after a few yrs. http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/32/peek3bq.jpg align=baseline> Another view of the Crossing district some yrs later with much improvment around the area including city planted trees. Looking from the oppsite side as the pic above. http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9706/niceareaatnight6nl.jpg align=baseline> Expansion of North Glasnost Glasnost needs to expand from its basic roots so the town is starting to expand north. I got alittle ahead of myself last posting and put some of the northern expansion in already. The last three pics on top where part of this expansion including the Crossing District so sorry about this. The first pic is the road systems being built. This pic was before the Crossing District was built and is located in this pic just above the round fountian. The freeway goes through a several tunnels and soon the upmost part of the freeway in this pic will go right to downtown. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1563/undergroundfwexp2zl.jpg align=baseline> This is to the east of downtown and ithe upmost part of the freeway is where the tunnel connection the northern expantion freeway will be. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9766/firsthw3px.jpg align=baseline> The tunnel to the downdown is the most left tunnel in the this pic. This is a new part of town with the same building code as the Crossing Disrtict. It will be much bigger then the Crossing District. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/405/makingmedpart24sj.jpg align=baseline> Just another pic of the 1x1 residential being built. the train tracks are to mark land for the future monorail. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/484/makingthemedarea3qw.jpg align=baseline> This is the creation of the first monorail system in Glasnost in the big 1x1 residential zone. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2333/startofmonorail0gf.jpg align=baseline> This is an overview of the northern expantion that i have just shown. The tunnel to the south or in this pic the upmost is the tunnel to downtown. The Crossing District is located just alittle south of the round fountain and the larger 1x1 residential zone is taking up most of the left hand side of the picture. http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6394/northernexp4hi.jpg align=baseline> Another overview pic of the northern expantion. I just wanted to show the ways that people get to work. Out of the pic just to the right keep in mind is that freeway tunnel leading to downtown Glasnost. The one way roads heading for us(or the bottom of the pic) is leading the other way into the center of Glasnost and the oneway roads going under these roads are leading to the downtown giving the people of the big 1x1 residentail zone (can someone come up with a name for this part of town for me?) a fast way to get to work and there is also a monorail for them to take if they choose. http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1264/northerbexp5rh.jpg align=baseline>

Every City Needs a Tower Glasnost Tower was built to give better communication for the bigger businesses that are moving into town and as an observation tower for it's citizens. being built Done.'); height=15 alt=Insert smilie src=https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/9.gif width=15 border=0> http://img449.imageshack.us/img449/1646/toweratnight28qe.jpg align=baseline>

Thx for the commet da_sim_dude. I want to develope Neon Beach to look kind of like South Beach in Miami. South Beach in Miami was a run down part of town untill people re-invested money in the old Art Deco buildings. Now it is the prime real estate of Miami. Neon Beach might take the same root but im not sure. None of the buildings in that sector of town were ploted. by the way Compromise, Is that a 7E7 dreamliner in your picture space? '); height=25 alt=Insert smilie src=https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/42.gif width=15 border=0>

The Building of Neon Beach Thx for the comments everyone. It helps me to continue to play the game (which at times could get boring) and in return you get more updates. This update is the construction of Neon Beach in glasnost. After the construction of the Glasnost Harbor Bridge people flocked to the new open land right on the beach.The city wants this area to be mostly residential but we will see. The city had some funding for some canals that would cut there way through the area to allow a nice area to build houses on water. Here is where Neon Beach is located in the city of Glasnost. http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2104/overviewofglasnostsouthbeach5r.jpg align=baseline> This is right after Glasnost Harbor Bridge was built. This allowed a new area to develope along with a new way of getting to downtown FAST. http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/7679/glasnostharborbridge4fj.jpg align=baseline> Here is Neon beach in its natural form. http://img430.imageshack.us/img430/9944/sbstart2ks.jpg align=baseline> I wanted the level of the earth to be as close to the ocean level as it could. This is how I did it. It took alot of time but its a good method. http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/7052/sblevelingoff5ei.jpg align=baseline> The roads and canals are for the most part are built. I wanted traffic to flow smothly so i put in oneway roads. The area might become a congested area in the future. http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4857/addingstreetsandcanal4qt.jpg align=baseline> Some zoned area now. I hope the area does well. http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/624/zoneingsb2jp.jpg align=baseline> Here is Neon Beach today. Thx for looking, Mason. http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7830/sbtoday0gb.jpg align=baseline>

Thank you for your reply. It helps me alot to know that poeple like the city journal. If there is anything I could do to make it better please write. In a day or so I should have another update so check back soon. Till then enjoy then pictures.

The Upper Pad$ Glasnost's Downtown was becoming a popular living area which many sims wanted to move too. There was still a large open area to the south of the area that bothered a few of you earlier. The city of glasnost decided to put in another residenceial developement but more on the rich side. The area whould become know as the Upper Pads. Here is where the Upper Pads is located in the city. I will be doing this for now on to show which part of he city I'm working on. http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/3773/downtownoverview20oc.jpg align=baseline> Here is the large hole of no development in downtown where the Upper Pads will be built. There as several main oneway streets that have to make it across this area. (I have expanded them out so you can see which ones. http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5424/upperpadsstart2bh.jpg align=baseline> Here is the start of the zoning. The area will consist of med residencial along with parks and trees. To enable the main oneway roads to get across the development without them destroying the appel to the area I tunneled them under. You can see the tunnels through the pic and also the development has noly oneway in or out and that is in the center where the tunnels come up for one square. http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1594/upperpadsbeingbuilt5zw.jpg align=baseline> The area is all zoned, just waiting for people to move in now. http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1716/upperpadszoned1ep.jpg align=baseline> A closeup of the area developed near the center. Two main oneway tunnels can be seen on the bottom of the picture. http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/8508/upperpadsdone4gs.jpg align=baseline>

Here is the long overdue pic of the region of Glasnost. The neighboring cities at the time are just industrial zones but as you can see the city is getting cloes to developing suburbs http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3905/region2yb.jpg align=baseline>

A shot of downtown Glasnost and China Town. http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5695/glasnostjan1121311285818288zm.jpg align=baseline>

Some sneek peeks of China Town in Glasnost. http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7995/chinatwon26lb.jpg align=baseline> http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9127/chinatown7rj.jpg align=baseline>

Hi all, I have been gone for awile and have just now started to play the City and Region of Glasnost again. Glasnost is starting to expand past its city limits and the city is starting to look nice finally. I'M exited that i have lots of stuff to post but I think im tired of posting a step by step city build so I have some questions for you all. -Should I continue on like i have been doing, I want to start a new page with less pics to help the load times? -Should I just take interesting pics of the city and tell about it? -Should i take an overview shot of the city and then have you tell me where you would like a close up picture of a given area. -Or something eles? Well I guess i want you to grade me on this city journal since it is my first time. I will be posting in a day or so so I hope I see some comments to base my post on. Thx, Mason.

Hi all, sorry about the lack of updates. I wanted to say it still might be a couple of days. School School School, I go to the University of Arizona in Tucson and I'm having alot of tests this week. I have still been playing the game(too much for a test week) but posting takes alot of time but I'm getting quicker at doing it. The City is comming up nicely but im going kind of slow becasue i want each part of the city to mean something so i don't just build an urban sprawl. In the up and comming updates i will show the building of the new rich area of downtown (which filled in that hole), South Glasnost beach, the new finacial district, a somewhat little mexico area, and China town. Well that is all for now, off to study ACCT 210 for now, Mason, PS, I'm looking for more district or styles to build in my city(Example ChinaTown). If anyone has other ideas of what ot build post a commet. Thx Almost forgot, here is a sneek peek of where the city was at this post, you can see some of the new areas. http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/8462/peekatcityonsep12th5zy.jpg align=baseline>

I'm glad you found the Made in Oregon building, it makes a great start to a warehouse district which is something i haven't seen to much of. As for the red double-decker train it is the Spanish 'Regio Runner as T Wrecks said. I had it in my city for only a short while becasue it was to red and stood out in the city way to much. Good idea though becasue im looking for a train that is double- decker but that will not stand out. If anyone knows of some good trains plz let me know. Also if anyone knows of some good monorails that are futuristic plz let me know. Thx for all your posts, another update on a downtown development is comeing soon.

University of Glasnost This update is the building of the University in Glasnost. It is located in the Northern part of the city near the Crossing District. The University of Glasnost has occuped a building near downtown for some yrs but now the University has convenced the city to give them a large piece of land and funding for a new School. Here is the site where the planned University will be built. You can see the Crosssing District right above the fountain. The freeway was expanded with most of it underground to save land. The freeway leads to a road which you can see and then goes off to an industrial zone and then to a connecting city. Theres the Crossing District again below the fountain. Lots of land for the University. '); height=15 alt=Insert smilie src=https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/images/smilies/16.gif width=15 border=0> http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/8026/lotsofland7tl.jpg align=baseline> Here are some of the major roads that are being placed as a train goes by. Around 6000 people ride the train to a connecting city called Bullet Point which has a major industrial zone. http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/3901/uroadsarein5fm.jpg align=baseline> Some time has gone by and the University was built. It was built above the freeway tunnel which you can see the enterence near the community college and the exit in the upper right area of the picture. About 10 yrs have passed in this picture since the University was built and as you can see it is a developing area. More to come on the University of Glasnost in another update. http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/5163/unow1gb.jpg align=baseline> At the same time of the building of the University some new highrises went up in downtown. This is located ontop of the little hill that the freeway and monorail goes through in downtown. http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6357/someskyscrapers6rx.jpg align=baseline>

The Made in Oregon building in my warehouse district is by Jtportland. I think its an old download building. You can find it on the STEX file downloads by searching Made in Oregan, Mason.