Gradius125

I can't find the NAM for windows. I've looked on STEX and filtered only the NAM author and see it for Mac but not windows. Even the links that people have posted in the forums lead to a no longer existing file.

LOL! wow i'm dumb, i used that to zone in my industrial city.. o well, with that answered any reason to zone big or small?

just wondering how to get my commercial to zone 4 deep (4 spaces from the street) and why sometimes i can and sometimes i can't. also is there any difference between the size of the areas u zone? i know in industrial i've tried zoning blocks and sometimes they just dont develop, any other side effects of zoning big?

Alright it seems just adding this small highway though a main part of my city solved the problem somewhat but brings on another. I have tons of demand for residential ($ and $$$ in this city) and demand for everything (res $,$$, and $$$. IM and IHT) in an adjacent new city but my industrial city is seeing no demand for anything (the IHT is up to 20% tax to prevent it from moving in) but still its all in the tank... besides farming of course. I had a single building abandon due to commute time but is this what is causing the slump in demand? or possibly just not enough workers? but than there's all the demand in another tile? whats the deal? its just as far. And any suggestions on how to keep low wealth residential from moving into lots i want high wealth to move too? or should i just bust out a bunch of highrises for low wealth in my adjacent tile (which i plan on doing anyways) to remove some of the demand? Thanks.

yeah I took one of the main avenues going through the center and made it a highway with avenue connectors where the streets cross and it didn't help all that much. when i play my city i have huge amounts of low wealth residential wanting to move in (the bar is all the way to the top.) but no medium wealth which is what i want. Also my industrial demand is in the tank. except for a moderate amount of IHT. I look at the 'show your suburbs' thread and i'm wondering... a lot of these don't show mass transit systems, are they just on smaller tiles? how do they avoid this?

just a quick question that's probably been answered a thousand times over but finding specifics are hard here... or i'm lazy... sorry, i did look. Anyways, I have a large tile suburbs city growing and a medium tile to the right of it with all my power and industry. Now i've got to about half way across the tile on the bottom (prolly about 1/4th-ish filled) with about a 32000 pop and the furthest neighborhoods from the industiral are being abandon because the commute time is too long. I've used the tutorial in Omnibus about how to make money fast as a guide to my growth and planning... which is avenues with some commercial and streets leading to the residential areas and i've placed many bus stations in the residential areas as well as commercial. How do i fix this abandoning thing? add a highway? it seems that a highway going around the whole city would be a waste and i dont know if its a good idea to plow right though Any help would be great. Thanks. oh and i have a huge surplus in my budget (about 10k) and a ton of money, what should i be spending it on?

Alright, so i play this game sometimes in my free time and i'm really not going to for the realistic super city, i just want to build something cool and have some fun. So heres where my problem is. I look around on this site (espically zelgadis' website) and i see these downloads that sound interesting but i really dont know what they do or what the are b/c theres no disctiption and its really overwhelming cuz i dont know what to get or what i need. Since i'm a newbie to this stuff and its prolly self-explanitory in the title i'll just ask... --Is there some kind of update for SC4D thats on there that i'm missing? --Where can i download some cool maps to build on? --What files should i download to improve gameplay? (traffic/commute times ect.. see bottom) --What are some files that will give me some cool new buildings? (i saw the airbase on there and that sounded cool.. things like that and like realistic skyscrapers and industrial buildings) --And how do i download/install them? (windows xp) --*Also, i was just lookin through the highway thread and how do you plan infrastructure before development? like is that planing out your roads before their actually bought and built? Im assuming that theres a tutorial to that or its in some read me, if you could just point me in the right direction conserning instructions on how to install i should be fine. i also read the newcomers post, so i know about the NAM. The STEX is... well i have no freakin clue, you download files from it but its kinda confusing... and are those BAT groups like a bunch of custom buildings and things in one package? cuz that would be awesome, i'll just dl a few of them. Sorry if this is annoying or anything, i've been mulling around here for past few days kinda just wondering what to do then end up not even playing my city cuz i just get frustrated and play something else. Thanks for ur help.

yeah along with that, my industrial city has no form of pollution management, so i'm always getting yelled at by the environment people... plus just from the water and like 4 power plants that it needs my budget is in the crapper (barley even) but i'll try that when i get a chance. and i plan on downloading some of the maps to build on, any suggestions?

Hey I have been playing S4D and i have a city thats about 113k residential and commercial only and a industrial only city next to it and as my cities grow Ive been wondering if there's a better way to do things and stuff So my first question is, garbage. what do i do with my garbage in a fairly large commercial/residential area? i build a land fill that was pretty large prolly 9x6ish and it filled up in about 3 months. I just have little questions about things such as this and just general tips about making cities seperate (residential/commercial and another for industry) and i havn't downloaded any mods or anything... yet... im trying to keep my school work in check and not let this game take over my life like so many others have in the past.... but a few really good suggested addons wouldn't hurt but any general tips on improving my city or a nice moderiate level tutorial would be fantastic. Thanks PS i looked at some of mikes pictures and.... well it just makes me want to not play anymore because that is freakin rediculous(in a good way) and i can not immagen how much time it took to build that... wow, i am in complete awe.