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Originally posted by: A Nonny Moose That beast is the ugliest pile of junk I have seen since the Edsel. If this is the vaunted German engineering, give me Detroit every time. quote> I dunno. I kinda like it Though i could live without the rims...But i guess im just glad that a car company thats not Toyota, Nissan (sorry Pete), Or any Asian car maker is trying this. Im still looking forward to the Volt and I think Hydrogen will be a better alternative fuel, But it is a neat little car

For your elementary school, may i suggest the red bricks elementary by Anubis89. You can find it here- https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=18887 Great start however Time and energy will make an excellent CJ

Originally posted by: Red Lightening hi, I am having some trouble with simtropolis, that is, I keeps on saying that I have just joined!? does it say this to you? http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/6871/screenrecording9.mp4 thanks, REDquote> This is a Glitch in the site programming. It will say your join date once you have enough days to do so.

Originally posted by: Achille12345 Originally posted by: Z77 There is no possible way right now and maybe never to make the region into one solid map...HOWEVER! regions can be bigger. All you have to do is create a map or find a map that is bigger and a joining config file and use that. In fact im currently playing on a map thats 16x16 large tiles, but ive had as big as 24x24 large tiles. all you need is SC4terraformer, which is (i think) downloadable off the SC4 main website, or a black and white pic, which i have no idea how to do. Any questions for these can be answered in the omnibus, which is a ultra mega, better than EA's original users guide for all things simcity (good thing they named it omnibus!) Oh and BTW...Welcome to simtropolis!! Duckies for everyone!! quote> Wow i don't really understand. I do have this terraformer, but i don't know how to use it. Can you upload your map on Mediafire or something like that? By the way i will try to do what you just said maybe i will be able to do it. XD quote> The SC4 terraformer is quite confusing to use. Ive had to spend some time on it and i still forget somethings. If all else fails...read the instructions No...really...When you have downloaded it like you have, Open SC4Terraformer. It will also automatically open up a readme file. Everything you need to know about using SC4T and how to upload regions is in that readme. Now if you happen to download a black and white image instead of a SC4T file, Then what you need to do is save it to a easy to access file. I tend to save the black and white pic directly in my main drive. Open SC4 and create a new region. Then exit, Go to your regions folder in your documents and replace the Config file in the new region with one that you downloaded. (i really dont know yet how to make config files...) Then open SC4 and go to your new region. Once you are there and see that its al working properly, Press Ctrl-shift-alt-R and a little dialog box will pop up. Find the black and white pic and click open. It wil then begin rendering the region and depending on the size and computer can take anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour or more..(yes ive had to wait an hour..... ) And with your Mediafire question....i dont know. Simply because i have never heard of it so it would be best if someone else answered your question on that. EDIT: Because i kant spel annithyng write at alll

Computers use processes to run programs People go through processes to do certain activities Therefore People are computers

who knows....Maybe in 15 years when EA finally lets go of the source code, we can make it have all kinds of disasters

Originally posted by: Duke87 Maybe it's just me, but I find "multi-touch" to be anything but user friendly. Point and click I can do. But making gestures to perform functions is just awkward. For instance, the pinching to zoom thing. I find the idea of clicking buttons to zoom in or out far more intuitive. Although, part of my problem may just be that my fingers are too big and I utterly lack the ability to be gentile. The iPhone's "keyboard" is utterly unusable; I can't touch it without hitting three letters at a time. Similarly, the iPod's "wheel" is weird. You have to spin your thumb around to scroll. Because, you know, we can't be normal and make the list move up and down by... I dunno, pushing a pair of buttons with up and down arrows on them? Leave it to Apple to throw the obvious solution out the window and come up with some flashy contrivance instead. quote> Not trying to be like 'your wrong' or 'thats dumb' but things like the multi touch is something 'younger' people (in quotes because i am only 19...but i feel that its out of my age group) have no problem with. It is definately you, but its me too. Ive never used the 'Multi-touch' on my iPod because i see no point in it. But its the same concept as bigger things such as the 90's with Compact Disks, 2000's with Blu-ray, and now 10's with 3D. I personally see 3D as a waste of money as such i do Blu-ray. But Apple is making small steps that i guess future generations will see no problem with and it may become the norm on any devices. BTW...i hate the iPod touch keyboard too...its just too darn small..

I myself have an Ipod Touch. Love it, incredibly easy to use and user freindly. Though i have used Macs and i cant say the same. They seem to be flashy and thats all. I dont like how they are setup and id seem more inclined to use Windows because there is more openness to it and more reprogrammability. (but not as much as linux. Would love to use it, but i dont have the time, nor the expertise YET to use it to the full extent) Originally posted by: sneakeypete Quick question to any apple fanatics out there. Supposedly the iphone 4 (which does look quite nice actually), is priced at USD200 for the 16GB model, and USD300 for the 32GB model. does this 32GB model actaully add anything apart from extra storage? Yeah, that's a slight dig at apple, i really do hate their pricing schemes in general though.quote> Same as the 2 different models of PS3's, XBOX 360's, flash drives, etc. etc. etc.....No. they are just more expensive because of the increased storage capacity. I myself have a 8GB Ipod touch and have it not even half filled. My best freind's brother has a 64GB Ipod touch thats almost filled. It depends on how much your using everything. PS-to anyone that might think so....im NOT an apple fanatic..just a minor apple user

Oh Mercury....kinda sad looking back at the cars in the past and seeing how they progressed Though its better to have two thriving brands than no brand at all. BTW, My aunt drives a Mercury Mariner Hybrid...she likes it besides the fact that the electric motor wont power her up big hills from a standstill......But it just drives my opinion that Hybrids are a joke and that we should go hydrogen. @ Easy Bakes- No GMC is essentially a rebadge brand for GM. Which is one big reason im upset they let Pontiac go instead of GMC. GMC has always been that way. But im still cunfuzzled about Pontiac in other ways. Like, how did they do poorly when i see more Pontiacs than GMC's, Fords, or even cars such as Toyotas? but that'll be a mystery.....

Originally posted by: gabry85 First of all, it's always sad to see anybody lose their job, no matter what. My heart goes to those who lost their jobs and I hope they'll find a new one as soon as possible. I'm sure their experience and talents won't be wasted in vain. Cheers to all the guys over at MC, especially Philippe (I have to say, btw, he's a nice guy; wish we have met under different circumstances) and the others for their children (as written at the bottom of the game's manual), even though they're facing a very difficult moment as well. In hindsight, after the old forum (and beyond) experience, I think Monte Cristo was already facing financial difficulties, with StarPeace first and City Life later. Probably they knew that under standard marketing strategies they couldn't recover from their losses with simple retail sales, hence their gamble and the risks of the Planet Offer with all the silence and ambiguities on the developer's side and the frustation on the community's one. On the other hand, MC got some investors to "bet" on their ambitious project, which gave them more resources and opportunities to make a more appealing game to sell and allowed them to delay its release (for those who remember, CXL was supposed to be in stores within 2008). Please note this paragraph above is entirely based on personal speculation, so don't take it too seriously. Also, bear in mind I'm not attacking nor defending their decisions that brought their studio to this. I wholeheartedly agree this is not the right place. That said, I believe MC had a lot for the game under their belt. According to Paul Pedriana (Maxis' lead programmer) on this note posted by Tarkus here, it was way too early to make "The New SimCity 5" according to our dreams back at that time (2004), and therefore SCS was only a way for EA to get some quick bucks in the meantime... perhaps, not the way we were expecting it to be, but I'm still optimistic something nice will still come in the following years. This is, in part, why nobody can yet deliver a full, next-gen, SC4-like city-builder at present, but on the other hand, I strongly believe the current technology can get a little closer to SC5, and CXL did prove this is possible in a way IMHO. All in all, the game is the closest thing to SC5, despite all the tremendous amount of sacrificed features compared to SC4 Vanilla. Anyway, sorry for my rant. All the best to these guys, they need it. quote> My condolences go out to the guys and gals at MC. They definately gave it their all and i hope they all manage to get themselves employed soon. I do believe that this is not the end for city building games however. As said above and on other posts, Its hard to get a foothold in the market with SC4. The amount of Custom content and the enormous amount of computing power needed are both deterrents for game makers. FPS, MMO, and other games are popular because they are easy to create. In fact, SC4 has more interworkings and undertoned programming than new games such as Call of Duty, Fallout, Etc. because these games use the same programming essentially, just smoothed out and better looking graphics splatted on. It is more feasible to go that route than city builder. Because its essentially a gamble. If you dont make the next SC5 then you fail out. You have to make a game that beats SC4. And thats like saying that you can force everyone in the world to recycle. Not impossible but pretty darn hard to do so. But again. I hope everyone at MC has a safe memorial day(even if its not in france) and i hope they all get lucky and find jobs soon

Or you can just hit control-X then type recorder. A lot easier and no hassle or worry about downloading programs that may have viruses

Oh mai gawd! its back! i havent read this in years! i think the last time i read it i was a lurker so i was too afraid to post! wow...Great having it back Hope you can get in the mood of playing it again and maybe even making an even better region! (though thatd be pretty hard) be looking in for more

Originally posted by: abcvs Originally posted by: Pegasus Originally posted by: TekindusT You guys have made an urban-styled player to drool and consider to go rural...quote> Careful. Once you plop a shack... you'll never go back!! quote> Bring on the dirt and cow poop! quote> Or you could just Combine the two styles ....................

I personally believe there needs to be a wider variety of all sports out there, But as an avid racing fan, I think this would be a wonderful idea I know i have created wonderful tracks using the RHW that looked amazing, its just the supporting scenery that would need made. But alas...i have no BATting skill whatsoever so i cant venture onto this Its up to the wonderful modders that can do so

Originally posted by: Pegasus Originally posted by: Z77 Sweet! Now i know this is always hushy-hushy, but just in case im lucky enough...any approximate release dates for these?quote> We keep thinking that beta release is always just about 2 weeks away. Of course, that has been the thinking for about the past 2 months. Think of the SPAM as the bottle for the Idea Genie. We've opened the bottle and now we just can't get the Idea Genie back into it. Every new thing we develop leads to several new ideas... which in turn spawns more ideas... and the Feature Creep is loose and running amok. We want this to be more than just an eye-candy update... so we're finding ways to add even more playability and flexibility to the agricultural aspect of the game. We don't want it to just look different... but also play different. Unfortunately, all of that takes time. The longer it takes, the better & more extensive it will be. So how long? Oh... about 2 weeks. quote> Thanks and there definately is no worries, because again, it will be an amazing work of art and the more stuff involved the better it would be

I personally believe that we should go in with international help and try to reunite the peninsula. This petty turn your back on each other cuz we're better than you nonsense has been going on too long. An with the international help thing, i believe that the US should be a main power, but i dont believe in the ideas that certain former presidents had with 'oh they are going to hurt us with these destructive weapons...lets occupy them.' I believe in a world wide 'lets agree to help out the North Korean Citizens because they are in a tight spot.' And as said before, i definately think Japan and Russia will help the cause, and China may go ahead and let us all do so.

Sweet! Now i know this is always hushy-hushy, but just in case im lucky enough...any approximate release dates for these?

Originally posted by: StanislavSoltys this is a crime against nature. It's just stupid. Why was the cigarette invented? This all wouldn't exist if the cigarette wasn't created. quote> The Cigarette was created because people did not realize their harmful effects. all they knew was that A) it was a stress relieving substance (and people living during the dark ages needed plenty of stress relief!)(even though it was around before that) and B) it was addictive. People, though, didnt care that it was addictive, just that it made them feel better. Same with alcohol (created something clean to drink and tasted good), and most drugs before the 1950's(Feel better and sometimes thought to cure) Its only due to modern science that we now know the horrible side effects of cigarettes, and due to modern social enviroments why alcohol and drugs can be bad. (i am pro alcohol and marajuana, but anti-moronic people that abuse it ...but thats another subject that we dont need to go into As of the topic of this little boy....i honestly can't say what i think due to risk of being banned

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There is no possible way right now and maybe never to make the region into one solid map...HOWEVER! regions can be bigger. All you have to do is create a map or find a map that is bigger and a joining config file and use that. In fact im currently playing on a map thats 16x16 large tiles, but ive had as big as 24x24 large tiles. all you need is SC4terraformer, which is (i think) downloadable off the SC4 main website, or a black and white pic, which i have no idea how to do. Any questions for these can be answered in the omnibus, which is a ultra mega, better than EA's original users guide for all things simcity (good thing they named it omnibus!) Oh and BTW...Welcome to simtropolis!! Duckies for everyone!!

Twilight....*shudders*

For being a Yoshi thats rolling on the floor laughing

Pancakes again...