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I applaud your efforts. This was not a easy task. Actually you took a lot of work away from me as I was thinking why there is nothing like this already! Just another tool to make the game even more fun and satisfying. No more hunting to find the perfect piece of land. Bravo!!

A quick question: Technologically speaking, is it not possible to switch servers without leaving the game? Unless I am missing something to switch i have to exit the game and then re-enter. I understand the servers are not "connected" but, it would be nice to be able to do this. Any ideas? Thanks!

Well said!! A few thoughts. I have been playing SC for many many years. I understand technology. I understand business. From my own humble opinion: 1. The premise and idea of SC 13 is fabulous. 2. I early development was a great foundation. 3. The execution of the game, well....not so good. Now the reality. The collective "we" have a game with the great potential. I won't listen to any other opinion. You can be pissed about this and that, but we all know the problem. Whats the solution. What we have is an elephant sized list of issues. What we need is to do what i do everyday in business: Ask yourself the question. How do you eat an elephant? One Bite at A Time! I hope the guys around the table take a breath and start eating one bite at a time. I for one don't expect all issues to be fixed by July 1. I believe this game is one for the ages. A little rushed out to market, but still. The graphics, the basic game-play, the thought process needed, the challenge and of course the fun. Never before have we had the potential game to be what SImCity 2013 can and hopefully will be. Yes we spent $60 for a disappointing game, but some of use bought two copies (one for my son) so even at $120 i want to believe that each day we will be closer to being stuffed with Elephant meat! They are making progress with terrific suggestions from all of the gamers and yes, even taking three steps forward and two back sometimes can piss me off more than ever. But what Maxis conjured up and created was never done before in the scale that this game is. So many things depend on so many things and this wont happen till this happens. You all know the drill. Technology is wonderful and in this day and age we can have anything we want if someone can imagine it and of course, have someone to pay for it. No doubt we deserve a "perfect" game. In reality, perfect doesn't exist. Larger maps, trade fixes, gift fixes, all of them will be done. Don't bash the product till the white flag is raised. I can't believe Maxis wants a failure. Blame the business side if blame is needed. EA certainly dropped the ball on this one. Rush to market. Recoup investment. In hindsight, they (EA) should have be honest and said "we are not ready". I know, its easy to be a Monday morning QB. I don't like trade not working. I don't like traffic issues. I don't want to wait an hour of real time for a gift from my neighbor. But what i don't want is giving up. So, everyone keep trying, keep playing, keep critiquing positively, and let's all sit down for a nice dinner. Remember: Its all about the elephant.

ok..so we all now realize that the trade scenarios are seriously flawed. While I wish I had more time to play, please tell me that someone in charge is taking a VERY close look at this problem? I love playing BUT, without the ability to trade even in its simplest form, never mind global, but just to make a few $$ in the game, with the trucks leaving AND never returning is ridiculous.

DE Valmont, thanks for the answer..it does make sense to de-zone and let some area left open. I appreciate the response.

Ever since the latest patch I have noticed more of this "fillers". Very annoying.

It's not a big deal but does anyone else have the Leaning Tower of Pisa and it looks like this? I didn't know there was major fire in the historic building!

Thanks Xeno. I just did and now able to get all the cities back.!

Thanks for taking a moment to hopefully help. I installed a new PC tonight so I had to re-download SC. I thought all my saved cities were on the server, but, after logging in I had to re-do the Tutorial? Am I missing something? Thanks again for all and any help in advance.

Has anyone noticed (or cared) about the changes in Display (Graphic) tab in the settings section of the game? I swear I remember being able to select a filter called: Photo-Realistic Now it seems to be gone? Was i just hoping it was there or did they remove it in an update. I enjoyed the look of the game in that setting. I really made it look like a real city Just a thought......

Thanks for a quick response.....

I like alot of others got the game the day it came out. I sat thru the frustration and still believe someday it will be what everyone wants. But my question is when I change servers, am I suppose to have my cities with me or does the server I play the game on only store that city on that server? For whatever reason I changed servers tonite and could not retrieve my city and of course could not remember what server I was on when building it. Or am I a victim of what everyone describes as rollbacks?