JamieRamsey2005

Are these needed or useful at any point in the game? We all know at this point you really only need one education building. Though I find a highschool and a University packs in more students. But what about libraries?

I think there is a Camp C: Those who would give SC5 another chance if some fundamental things were changed. What are those changes? Pick one or more from the following list: - larger city sizes - offline play - modding There are working mods I play with them all the time. Especially the one that allows me to extend roads beyond the city boarder.

I think opinions don't matter at this point. There are those in camp A that are so disappointed that this isn't SC5 that nothing Maxis/EA does will make SC palatable. Then there are those in camp B that are still playing and finding ways to have fun within the limits. Me I am in camp B for what it is worth. Why? Cause there are still things to do in the game. Once you learned the basic tricks in SC4 you could make cities explode like radioactive mushrooms after the rain as one person put it. City specialization is a big seller for me.

Can you take a screenshot of the city? Also can you double check that you set it to export? I have thought I set it to export before and it didn't stick

I gave up on public transportation I just can't seem to get the silly sims to use it. I can get maybe 5k on the buses. The bus and street car conga lines play havoc with my designs and create more congestion. I have yet to find a solution. The segregation concept some people use just doesn't seem to want to work for me.

This is my most recent attempt. I used a mod though that allowed me to create addition road connections and to remove the railroad tracks on the side of this map. No public transportation. No industry. Traffic is stable and flowing. Everyone has jobs and shopping. A nice 83% approval rating. A 12% taxes on low wealth RCI, which they are fine with. Fire and Crime are minimal. Fully upgraded City Hall and University. Overall a stable 600k+ city. PS takes about 6 hours from start to finish for my 600k+ cities.

Awesome... that is great! One question I have, though, is that I noticed it appears you adjusted/modified your road layout from what you had initially plotted out... was that a change you had anticipated having to make or did you have to do it on the fly in order to deal with traffic? It's a little more difficult to gauge from those later pictures because of the buildings, but from what I can tell, it looks like you were minimizing the number of four-way intersections. If you were to do this all over again, would you go with this layout again? Yeah... that's sort of a given. But the aim is for the population... so it doesn't really matter in this instance. One of the game achievements is having a fully upgraded City Hall... which means getting a population of 600k, I believe. I haven't really set out to get any other specific achievements before, but this one sort of appeals to me... and it certainly doesn't seem to be an easy one to get (especially with all of the flaws and bugs in the game). So I figured I'd give this a shot... partly just to see if it's possible. I mean, I know it is possible, but I want to see it and do it myself and see how it's possible. In almost all of my other cities, I've filled the maps but barely broken 120k... although I hadn't actually been trying for population, either... so I think it will be a pretty good test of skill. Yes I adjusted the layout to reduce 4 way intersections. I am not sure it really matters to be honest. At that population traffic is a mess. Buildings are constantly burning down. It requires constant maintenance. I have been playing with the layout on that same map for ages and have yet to find one that eliminates traffic or reduces it to a manageable level beyond the 300k range.

Here are 65 screenshots of one I did a while back. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64285054/SC5%20625K%2B.zip

I have bought it. Having issues with the purchase though so don't know what it is like yet. Why did I buy it? Cause it is a an Airship! As for the price? It is less than what I sometimes pay for a meal that I only get one use out of. The game works, it is playable, it is fun, but it isn't without its flaws we all know that. Why people continue to gripe is beyond me.

Now that works for me. The way I read things the only options was the streetcars, but just making it the shortest possible route while leaving the option to drive there makes a lot of sense. Thank you!

^ The original creator of this thread specifically said "I do not want this thread to turn into a complaining/rantwar about the game.... or why you have stopped playing the game because you hate they released a "broken" game."

I have played many cities with only one city in the region if that is what you are referring to.

I play cause le gasp I enjoy the game. It offers a variety of ways to play and focus on. My goals are always the same: 1. Make a profitable city 2. Make a happy city 3. Make a functional specialized city 4. Ensure that each sim has work, shelter, and shopping 5. Make a reasonable realistic looking transportation system 6. Try to do all that in one city while providing all necessary services.

There are plenty of unrealistic aspects to the game. I never claimed otherwise. However, what I am referring to is you couldn't make such a system work in real life and the fact that it does work highlights how the simulation is unrealistic.

This trick bugs me. I mean it works and that is great, but at the same time it is unrealistic and only works with two exits. *grumbles*