Terse Pig

First of all, "tip of the iceberg" is a great way to put it. Secondly, the sad thing is that each sim is NOT simulated. Read some of the articles on Reddit and you'll be pretty pissed that they pawned this off on us as a "complete simulation" and it is far from it. They said that the complex computations had to be done server-side that is why it is always online but that is total BS as it is not even computing every sim. I bet my SimCity 4 with NAM, CAM, and 10k plugins would slow down my computer more than the glassbox joke.

Take a look at this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/Miscellaneous-Issues/Traffic-Agent-path-finding-quot-AI-quot-Why-so-much-of-the-game/m-p/737060#U737060 I have the same issues and if you look at all of the forums you'll notice that EVERYONE has the same issues. I thought the DRM was going to be the worst thing about the game and the launch seemed to confirm my fears. Then I was able to play quite extensively and I kept running into MAJOR issues with the simulation. The lack of space, non-functioning region connectivity, and graphical issues that are affecting the game are bad enough but when the entire backbone of your creation utterly FAILS and by that I mean the "glassbox engine", then what you have is a complete POS game. The facebook app looks better than this does and I have everything running on "Ultra" and "High". We were lead to believe that the multiplayer would open a world of connectivity and we would share a global market for goods, services, tourism, you name it...but what we got is a game with technical and graphical glitches that can't even run its own simulation. I can understand the server issues, I really can. But the very engine they touted as the "game changer" is a joke. This just makes me sad and angry. Sad that this beloved franchise has been reduced to this and angry that I fell for the marketing pitch that preyed on my memories of a fantastic game.

Check this out, there is some useful information: Also, I have been making roundabouts with avenues for my connection to the highway and it works well, you may want to try that.

Bravo.

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Well, I seem to have better luck when downloading with IE7 instead of Firefox. While it still messes up every once in a while it doesn't do it nearly as much as Firefox does.

I have tried downloading north country dude's texture file numerous times and each time I get "file is corrupt" when I try to extract it. I have updated Java, tried IE and Firefox and I've tried over the course of 5 hours to download this file. Meanwhile, I have been able to download other files with no problems. If someone has it PM me and I'll give you my e-mail so you can send it to me!! If there is some other solution that anyone knows of I'll take that as well... Thanks in advance.

1. What is your line speed? DSL 2. What is your line protocol? Are you using PPoE? Huh? 3. Who is your ISP? Road Runner 4. What operating system are you on? XP 5. What browser are you using? Is it set to save files? Fierfox, yes 6. What time of day do you download? (What is your timezone?) 12:45 p.m. Eastern 7. What version of the Java Run Time do you have? Environment 6 Update 1 I am having trouble downloading north country dude's railyard mega textures Here is the error message I get: Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no Extracting Railyard Texture Mega-Pack Vol 1.dat Error: invalid compressed data to expand (inflate) the file

OK , I haven't played this game for almost two years and I have a lot of catching up to do. I dl'd the DatPacker and the Cleanitol programs and the new NAM (correct file). I ran all cleanitol files and then ran the installs in order and I still get red arrows when I try to place certain NAM features like the Ave. Roundabout-any ideas? Thanks for your help in advance! P.S. I know the info is out there somewhere but I have been reading pages upon pages of information for the past two days so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!

Holy Cow!! I've been away for a while and this CJ is just AWESOME!! I might just start playing again...naw, I would feel too inept after seeing all of this stuff. Truly wonderful.

Here's a little shot of a great CSX lot.

Are you kidding me? This is superfunkadelicious! and, oh yeah, Welcome to Page 2!