piccboi824

Nope, I'm on the same page. I did the same thing with The Sims and it was a) cheaper and b) all of the major problems and issues that made me unenthused about the game before were patched through and updated so you get to have a fully positive experience at a better deal. I'm also waiting to see how people feel about the game farther out from now. People are playing it for hours (if they can) and find it so engaging now because it's still new, but will it be as fun 3 months from now after you've done everything you can? And are there even going to be worthwhile expansion packs (The Sims 3 trend has shown they can be quite hit or miss)? Even then there are a lot of things about this game that I know are limiting factors for my style of game play that I'll have to watch pan out before I even consider trying it.

I don't have friends who would play the game with the commitment required for multiplayer. I know that I play in cycles where I play intensively for a few months that back off until I have another creative spurt. With the global economy aspect, you would have to play at least weekly seeing how it would be very likely that you would have different economic conditions that could either advantage or disadvantage you whenever you next opened the game. I know because my friends and I lead busy and spontaneous lives, we wouldn't be able to schedule a weekly "SC Night" to all play at once. Another thing I always think about is the idea best friends don't always make the best neighbor/roommate. You know how you have those friends that you like, but know if you ever lived together you would probably end up resenting them? That's how I would feel playing a region with my friends. We don't have a hive mind and would probably disagree a lot on so many things and spend too much time on conflict resolution than building cities. I know that because I'm so particular, I'd rather just go and do my own thing without having to compromise or get approval from someone else.

Ok I've read a bunch of different forums about this and it's really sad that people who like the game jump down the throats of people who didn't like and didn't want to invest in a game that wasn't going to satisfy what they wanted out of that type of game. No one else jumped down the throats of people who do like the game and frankly alot of the complaints weren't even that ridiculous and were pretty rational. So to be constructive, I'll just say what I hope they do with the game or CXL 2011 -Unlock/include basic transit features like busses, trains, and el-rail/subway in single player from the get go. This was by far what really turned alot of people off from the game because these things were available even before SC4 so it's like a staple feature. -The resource system and the services systems are good concepts, but allow the option of more micromanagement for the people who want to have a challenge -As a single player type of game, it should really funtion as a stand alone single player game first, then add on the MMO aspect later. Like require a subsription in order to have access to custom comment, trade in a global economy with other players, and have sports leagues or and Olympics competition that would be better suited for multiplayer interaction. -And of course fix whatever bugs there were. These simple improvements I feel would satisfy alot of people turned off by the game initially and can atleast keep people more positive and open to the game until the more advanced improvements that we wished for come in.

Other than game crashes, I hate how in low and medium residential, high wealth sims take over everything, but then when you want the high wealth residential towers, they never want to build.

Originally posted by: Ilikeseattle SimCity 5? I want SimCity 3000 3D! The 5th SimCity PC game was SimCity Societies. All of its internal files called it SC5.quote> I would have been happy with that, in fact Cities XL in single player mode should have been SC3000 3D with the road features and better graphics and functional online trading. Just simple buses, passenger trains, and subways. If I'm spending $50 on a game that is suppose to be the next step for a genre, then it should atleast give me the basic things that were present in the genre before, not take five steps backward. Besides graphics and roads, SC2000 had more features than CXL. If they had just made essentially the same game with better graphics in single player and added more specialized custom content like trams, custom lots, etc. through paid online subscription, more people would go out and buy it and would be more prone to subscribe to planet offer for the real good stuff as long as the basic stuff was there. I know I would have bought and maybe subscribed if I was really getting something way better than SC4. But I'm not and probably won't so...

Okay I'll try, thanks for responding!

I recently installed the SC4 Update 1 for Rush Hour/Deluxe so I could get the BAT Nightlighting Fix which works fine. The problem though is that my Maxis lots are missing driveways,fences, and parking and paved textures on the lot. Has anyone had this happen before? Is there a fix for it. The game still works, it's just going to irritate me because the lot's just look dumb.

I use th Road Top Mass Transit (RTMT) mod and the same thing happens, but usually with the GLR stations. Try plogging the stations first then dragging the avenue/road through while the game is playing at regular speed. You have to pass the network through and enable it. You'll know that it worked if the automata continues to drive past the station. If the automata disappears right when they hit the station then it isn't enabled.

You have to download the latest version of the NAM and the latest version of RTMT for the stations. I can't remember if I had to download the T-RAM file separately but I would double check that.

Yeah, but the thing is, DC isn't a failing city with a lack of job opporunities. New residents continuosly move to DC because of the government presence, and companies setting up shop there. This isn't happening because there aren;t any new jobs coming in to Detroit, meaning there isn't in any demand for more housing, which means no more development. Those vacant lots are empty for a reason.

As a Miami resident and having to been downtown numerous times and in the area that the proposed streetcar would run, I can tell you that Downtown isn't a major touris destination and retail isn't all that big either. South Beach is the real retail and tourist destination.

Originally posted by: zambones Here is a fantasy map of South Florida's Tri-Rail. Any SoFLoridiains here tell me the good and bad about this map. quote> Miami's City Hall isn't in Downtown, It's south of the aena in Coconut Grove and not accessibe by the FEC corridor. Where the city hall stop is would have to be adjacent to the Government Center Metrorail station, which Is like our transit hub.

Originally posted by: hym Originally posted by: piccboi824 Instead of blaming the President for being slow on these dramatic changes that he really can't make himself, you should be blaming Congress.quote> The thing Obama is conveniently not mentioning is that he has the statutory power to instruct the Pentagon not to investigate a service member's sexuality. In other words, he has the power to effectively abolish "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," but he isn't doing it. quote> I really meant so in general, to all issues. Many people criticize Obama for not following through on alot of different promises, but it hasn't even been a year and really executive orders only go so far. They may be treated as laws, but Congressional Acts hold stronger and are alot harder to reverse. Really if it is as easy as you claim it is, then it would've been done by now.

I think some people need to go back and take American government again and understand how things work in this country. I suggest reviewing your checks and balances. The President is the head of the excecutie branch which is responsible for enforcing the laws of the country, not creating them, that's the job of the legislative branch i.e. Congress. The President can only sign bills into law or veto. He can issue executive orders that are treated as law, but can be easily reversed by someone else. He can support legislation that is in Congress, but Congress has to draft the bill and approve it before he can. So if you want a solid law or Ammendment, you have to go to Congress, not the President. Instead of blaming the President for being slow on these dramatic changes that he really can't make himself, you should be blaming Congress. I mean the Democrats who are mostly behind these ideas have the majority in both the House and the Senate and yet can't make any headway on anything on the Democratic platform.

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