Jim14409

Thanks for the responses guys. As much as I'd like to try Cities:Skylines I probably won't be getting it any time soon as my system does not meet all of the minimum requirements. At some point one has to ask if it is worth discarding perfectly good computers that are tens of times more powerful than anything used to put a man on the moon just to play the latest game, most of which turn out to be highly over-rated. I still enjoy SC4, Banished, Sid Meiers Railroads, Tropico 4 (haven't bought 5), Dawn of Discovery, and Europa Universalis 3, and a few older ones. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I've learned that even the best of new games is not going to paint the real world pink with marshmallow clouds and world peace. Thanks again for the responses.

I know nothing about Steam other than the occasional comment here and there so could you help me understand your response? You say one can run Steam in offline mode but required to be running in order to play the game. Will Steam "run" without an internet connection? Can I play without an internet connection once installed and validated? Also, how much CPU useage and RAM does Steam require? Sorry, but I'm old school. Give me a DVD a password and perhaps require a phone call or something if you must, (all of us do not have unlimited download data allowance). Patches have never been a problem since they started to be posted online. Players simply download read instructions and install. Simple. To say Steam is needed for updates and patches is simply an excuse and I doubt I would like the reasons by Paradox or any other company for being connected. I have quite a game collection (I paid for them all) but have stopped buying games for about two years now because of how they are delivered. I did purchase Banished but don't have to have Steam or anything else. I will always support such developers.

I agree on the dormer windows! Flat roofs would not look right in Banished IMO. Nice work.

Amazing how often a re-do whether it be a re-download or a re-boot straightens things out. Glad you got it working.

In the Colonial Charter mod many of the buildings are now upgradeable including the mines and quarry. There is also talk of introducing some scenarios and challenges in future updates. Colonial Charter mod is doing a super job in making the game new and fresh each update.

I've not played any of the Cities games before and so I wonder how the intriguing city in the clip came to be. For me gameplay is slightly more important than the final look. So if the gameplay (how one arrives at such good looking cities) is near as good as this looks I just might buy it.

You know how some of these new fangled bulbs have to get warmed up before they glow their brightest and even then some of them give an off colored light? Explains a lot about me huh? Well what can I say...

Thanks for info on the painting. Really like it. Ditto on Imageshack. I don't use the site enough to justify paying and I let them know as much in my goodbye note. Everyone should let them know if and why they are leaving.

Ahh! I see the electricity finally came on...the light bulb over your head lit up.

Never heard of "World of Banished" and I thought I had all the links to all the sites about the game. Thanks Mr. Moose. Concerning the gameplay of Banished... I installed the "Debug Menu" in the MOD folder and now it is an all together different game! For those times one wants to just concentrate on building and increasing population with few or no challenges or waiting just open that menu and add whatever you need to the game. I love it! but will still want to play the regular game once in a while just to keep the brain working. I too sometimes need a break from SC4. Not for any particular reason especially other than sometimes we just want and need a change, like not eating the same thing for dinner every night. SC4 is the only game however that I have ever played in about thirty years of playing video games that I always come back to so regularly and enjoyably. Shouldn't take long to save up out of the gas budget what with the falling prices. Even when prices are high I only spend about $20 every two or three months so no big savings here. EDIT: About those CTD's Have you installed the software that allows the game to access more memory (can't think of file name) and done the command line modification and use only that link to access the game? After I did that I never get CTD's except when I forget and wave one of those transportation pieces around. (I can never remember the no-no but that is what I do-do.)

After my long rant...sorry...Yesterday I found a MOD just for the thing I was complaining about. In fact there seems to be more than one, none of which I have tried. Another one is coming out anytime now in the Colonial Charter MOD which I will try out as I am already using that MOD. BTW Banished is only $20 in case you were not aware. Believe me I know...sometimes $20 can be a lot of money. I hope you are able to get it soon. What has you annoyed in SC4 if I might ask?

I would like to have some way of pre-zoning or future planning. Perhaps it could be a lighter shade of the actual zone color or have diagonal lines to indicate that it was not yet actually zoned. Also someway to designate future streets, roads, avenues, and highways as well as a way of designating the area where a university, zoo, airport or other building will be placed later. These building placement markers might all be one color and then use the text aspect to denote the actual building to be placed. Any of this may not be possible but would be helpful in my game play and planning for future growth of any town, city, or region.