GeneralEtrius

All right, I wanted to post an update. Having residential buildings close to jobs did work. I even got a bunch of $$$ high rises. However, as more and more of those high rises went up and stayed, some started to abandon due to "commute time" again. I used a route query and saw that the number of commuters in each building was slowly decreasing. I checked my traffic data view. Absolutely no congestion. Only one part of an avenue has anything close to a traffic problem. In addition, High Wealth actually does use mass transit if it is close enough! In short, my abandoning mansion problem is not as bad as it was before, though keeping $$$ high rises alive is still a challenge. Demand for all three wealth levels is through the roof, though I still get very little demand for commerce and high tech industry. Now, can anyone post a picture of their zone layouts for their cities? I'd especially like to see those who don't have any abandoned or distressed buildings so I can see how they do it!

I've heard about one square lots that serve as an airport so people can get a boost to commerce without having to deal the the large spaces being taken up by airports. I looked on the STEX, but I can't find anything. Can anyone give me a link?

I've heard about one square lots that serve as an airport so people can get a boost to commerce without having to deal the the large spaces being taken up by airports. I looked on the STEX, but I can't find anything. Can anyone give me a link?

How on earth can you have just one abandoned building?! Something weird must be up with my installation of the NAM or SC4. I can't even imagine having that kind of growth and not have abandoned buildings.

How on earth can you have just one abandoned building?! Something weird must be up with my installation of the NAM or SC4. I can't even imagine having that kind of growth and not have abandoned buildings.

May 2010 NAM, with standard settings

May 2010 NAM, with standard settings

All right, I've started a new city on a large tile. My population is 45000, with all low density residential. I've put in a massive network of highways and subways, and I'm already getting a fair number of No Job Zots and abandonments. Really, really irritating... Maybe it's because my Residential zones are getting too big, maybe the jobs are too far away (which they are not), I don't know. I used to play SC4 without the NAM, and I never had much of a problem with abandoning due to commute.

All right, I've started a new city on a large tile. My population is 45000, with all low density residential. I've put in a massive network of highways and subways, and I'm already getting a fair number of No Job Zots and abandonments. Really, really irritating... Maybe it's because my Residential zones are getting too big, maybe the jobs are too far away (which they are not), I don't know. I used to play SC4 without the NAM, and I never had much of a problem with abandoning due to commute.

I do use the NAM. Abandonment sometimes happens even if there is work literally next door.

what is that skyscraper on the bottom right of the third picture? I've seen it in several other downtown scenes and wonder what it's called so I can download it (looks WAY too good to be a Maxis building).

This is very unlikely, but with news of EA continuing to re-renting the SC5.com domain, and now this scavenger hunt (I personally threw 5 minutes away for the one in a million chance to win $1000), EA promoting SC4 on Steam, maybe this IS buildup for a SC5 announcement. One can hope while we still play SC4.

I have this problem with $$$ buildings. Eventually they abandon or poorer Sims move in. Pretty irritating. If the $$$ Sims can't find jobs, then it makes me wonder why I don't get $$$ job demand.

Ummm, the link to the BAT update takes me a to a page that says "Forbidden". What's up with that?

You see this all the time on city streets. Cars will constantly appear, drive for a few seconds, and then disappear when they reach a change in the road, such as an intersection. It looks the worst on freeways, with cars always disppearing after two seconds or when the drive onto an interchange. The only time I've seen cars that don't disappear is when they're tagged with a mission. Why do cars do this?

Okay, back to this discussion. On a Vanilla SC4 game, the automata last a LOT longer before disappearing than a game with the NAM running. So, i guess it is the NAM's fault (I had the standard Automata plugin running.)

The default cruise and cargo ships are so bad! You can see the individual polygons on the models, and textures look horrible. Are there any functional replacements for the cruise and cargo ships?

Originally posted by: Aldender Desease Research Centers are the way to go as dghh70 said.quote> Unfortunatly they give off radiation contamination, though.

I'm sick of them constantly popping up in my face.

Originally posted by: clarkjordan12345 Make everything a bit less square :Lquote> I agree. We should move on from gird, but still have it as an option, as it can keep things neat.

What are some of the other automata mods? I gave the one posted a try, and it helps a bit. The cars always disappear when entering freeway intersections. They always disappear when hitting a certain point.

The game crashes to the desktop when I try to place a car ferry. The game runs fine when I place a passenger ferry. The strange thing is that I place car ferries before and no crash occured. Can anyone explain this? This and the following several posts merged here from Bugs & Technical...

Airports are one of the most secure and safest places in the world, even before 9/11. Why do they have such high crime?

So, it's stage 7 that has a lack of variety. It's not just commerce, its also residential. I get the Hogan built all the time. (Edit: I love the STEX, but a lot of people make don't make lower stage buildings, usually sticking with Stage What is the level that starts Stage 8?

Can someone give me the link for the BAT nightlighting update? Thanks