ALTX

The "Heavenly" Simoleon Tree creates a whole lot of cash for your city, and I mean a lot, A exact guess would be about 10,000,000,000,000,000 simoleons a month!!! This is a 1x1 lot and has a simoleon overlay texture embedded within the dat. file itself You may notice that there is a custom query sound within the modd as well, one of the easter eggs i placed in The Reason this is "Heavenly" is bwecause this lot can raise desirablitiy as well as mayor rating in the close surrounding areas as well as getting rid of some pollution USE THIS LOT IN YOUR CITY FOR ONLY 1 MONTH! If you keep too much money in your game you might end up crashing your city since there is a failsafe that makes it so that a city with too much money will make the mayor "run for senator" This is a VERY SUPER RADICAL MOD!!!! This lot may or will prevent you from ever spending all of your funds due to amount this lot produces a month, If you are not confortable with this, request that you may want a bit less radical mod instead Enjoy! -ALTX

This article will list some Tips and Facts about U-Drive It that will help solve some of those "impossible" Missions. If you find any of this information "incorrect" please send me a Private Message and I will correct the problem ASAP. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Remember you DO NOT have to do any of these U-Drive it missions. All of the Rewards unlocked by UDI can also be unlocked by regular means. UDI just makes getting rewards easier and also help get rewards for cities which don't meet the games requirements, but do meet UDI requirements. For example you can't get a Advanced Research Center by regular means in a all High-Tech Industral City since 2 of the missing requirements is mayor rating and the University, UDI simplifles that by only requiring the Army Base and Industrial Development, (Shown Below in the Chart.) Both the Army Base can be in any city which makes this easier. So UDI is a fun new way of scenarios in SimCity for Rewards and for Fun! LAND VEHICLES Ok here are some tips concerning the land vehicles in U-Drive it, for U-Drive it there are 3 different types of land Vehicles, Cars and Vans, Trains, and Tanks. There are a total of 57 Different Land Vehicle Missions and 23 different Land Vehicles. In City Driving Here are a few tips: Usually stick to roads is unnecessary due to the fact you may have to reach a target quickly and you probably can't stick to the law anyway. For Missions you should drive recklessly! That means driving on the wrong side of the street, running red lights, driving on land and sidewalks, and even driving on medians, and even destroying lesser vehicles! And one of the best part of it is that as long you are playing a GOOD mission then the cops do not care whether you drive like a psychopath (like me) or not. But if you are playing a evil mission most chances your mission will end since you are around too much good police supervision. Actually that will mean the better your police force, the harder it is to do evil missions. You will get caught when a police car manage to stay within a certain range to your vehicle, or when a helicopter has the spotlight on your vehicle for a short period of time. Police always stay on the pavements, they will never leave the pavements to get to you. If there are police cars blocking you, ram them. If they get really close behind you and you can't lose them, try backing into them. When chased by a Police Helicpter, swing side to side so they can't keep the beam on you long enough. Lastly, avoid taking the highways. Your vehicle can't turn on the highway,your vehicle can't go reverse, and sometimes your vehicle can't even change lanes. Very easy to get caught by the police when you are on a highway. It's even harder when you have a Deluxe Police Station since the police helicopter provides more coverage due to the fact.. that it can go anywhere. As you can see there are about 7 police Helicopters Chasing me while I am doing the "Steal Secret Rocket Formula" mission Also here are some ways you can possibly avoid traffic on roads. If you are in the red and need a pathway with no cars so that you don't accidentally crash you would have to drive on the sidewalks or the median of a highway Be very careful though if you plan to use the siren or going on highway over/underpasses, unfortunately the siren causes vehicles to go park in the sidewalk or the median right? This is bad since cars may actually just park in front of you and you could just automatically slam into a car without knowing it. A similar problem is when cars can materialize out of nowhere and you might accidentally slam into them. But there's a way to make the sirens for the cop, fire engine, and ambulance much more useful. if you rapidly turn the siren on and off while you're driving (keep hitting enter key rapidly), all other vehicles that you come close to will disappear rather than pull over to the side, so that now you'll be able to drive without worrying about hitting other vehicles. this doesn't work on raised sections of road though (such as bridges and el-highways) so you'll still have to dodge other vehicles when you're on them. Also in Highway over/underpasses there is a automatic stick to roads option (SHIFT key) so if you were to dive into a media on a under/overpass you vehicle wail automatically be forced into one side of the road and depending on your traffic it may result in disaster. As you can see in the pic below here is the problem shown for both police sirens and the over/underpass road sticking. Yep it is a real terror. But another IMPORTANT FACT about this is that DO NOT DRIVE INTO THE MEDIANS OF AVENUES/HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS OR TOLL BOOTHS! Doing so may result as the immediate ending of your mission because your u-drive it vehicle will fade off if it runs into a Highway or something that has a built in stick to roads option and instead of forcing your vehicle off the wrong side of the road the vehicle simply just fades away. Another thing to remember about city driving is that TRY TO AVOID HITTING ANY FREIGHT TRUCKS IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS! They are stronger than any basic land vehicle like a cop car or a taxi. If you run into ANY part of the truck your car will explode or it will suffer a lot of hit points taken off. What's even worse is that if you drive near any part of your city is being constructed, most likely a cement truck will pop up out of nowhere and crush you right in the middle of the street. This happened to me a few times when I was speeding in a police cruiser. Hitting the ESC key during any mission before you crash your vehicle will terminatey our current mission without any penalty. If you think your current mission is impossible to complete, or simply too difficult, just hit ESC. Industrial areas and the roads around military bases are the most dangerous areas to drive through, since Army Trucks and Tanks will often materialize right in front of your vehicle without any warning. Here is a example of what the damage can do, yep its as painful as it sounds . And that is only hitting the car in front of the freight. If you were to drive into the freight you're dead meat. Also another fact is that about some missions that require you to drive to a certain amount of targets will NOT be granted if your targets are too close together. A example of this would be you would not get a ice cream truck delivery mission if your 3 elementary schools are too close together, that would just make the mission too easy. Also for some of the missions where you would have to use the special key like throwing money or spraying the fire hose it is more likely you will succeed if you hold down on the spacebar since I believe the special key must be held down for the effect to really work. That's what I have on u-drive it land vehicles so far...but now its time for the TRAINS. TRAINS If you had any problems solving any of the train missions it is most likely due to your train system, Here are some minor transit system adjustments and fixes. To make sure you can go to a certain rail station in either direction create a "loop-around" so that your trains can go in any direction. This can be done for freight rail and monorail but it would hardly be a use for elevated rail since there are no missions associated with elevated rail or subway.Here are 2 examples of loop around's, the first two would be a temporary solution to most uncompleted cities, so that it can be instantly destroyed after completing the mission. The second two pictures would be a different solution to most permanent cities. I created 1 picture for freight rail and monorail each. Also it is best to make the loop-arounds AFTER a rail as passed by a rail station, because if you have to go to a rail station that is right before the connection there is no turning back. A way to maybe solve this is described below. There so you can turn right there and not go right into the rail connecting when reaching that rail station. A Train Fact would be that "trains are meant to be fast". This means that trains CAN go into the red in speedometers without derailments. Like in the picture above, you can see that the tip of the point is on the verge to max speed but isn't. Driving at this speed is ok but remember to slow down near targeted rail stations since the train will not considered to have stopped at that station if it goes too fast. Also to detect when derailments are coming check to see if your speedometer is shaking. If it is then slow down and the train will slow and stop and you would have just saved yourself. Monorail stations sometimes create gaps in the track. You might not see them, but they are there. Sometimes the sims are not affected by these gaps, but they can be disastrous for your mission. Always repaint monorail over the station after plopping down one. TANKS Now tanks are pretty easy to give since they are one of the strongest vehicles in the game. They can drive into a bunch of vehicles and cause many crashes and still not get hurt that much. I think only another pack a tanks can destroy 1 tank. There are tank missions where you have to leave the city before the cops get you. This is pretty easy to accomplish since you can drive off roads fast and you can crush any cops or opposing force on the roads. But just make sure that you do NOT fun into any police helicopters since they will catch you. The other tank missions require you to destroy a certain target or destroy highlighted cells. For a accurate aim lower your tank's power completely and drive a few steps reverse. A result can end up you getting a 4 in 1 shot. Oh yeah the reason my tank is greenish is because it is behind a tree. Air Vehicles In U-drive It there are a total of 19 air missions with a total of 10 air vehicles. There are 4 helicopters and 5 planes, and there is the UFO, which is kinda like a mix. For Helicopters one of the problems include speed and accuracy. To increase the speed of a Helicopter you must first make the nose of the Helicopter point down. This can be done in mid-air by hitting S, C, and W as a combo on your keyboard. The result should look like this. A result from this will prove to be useful since the Helicopter will become faster and the accuracy of special features will be much easier. Also it would help if your altitude was around 30 since it is easier to aim the special techniques to solve missions for both helicopters and airplanes. There are facts about the vehicle that are most unlikely known. Like there isn't a special affect on a Medical Helicopter but if you do hit the special key (SPACE BAR) you will hear a weird techno tune. For the Skywriter plane though there isn't a gauge that tells you how much air spray you use it still runs out if you use too much. So I would suggest only using it over the targets while playing missions. Also to tell which way the UFO is going just make sure that you know that there is a little blue screen on the front of the UFO to indicate its front. Sea Vehicles There are a total of 11 missions and a total of 9 different sea vehicles. Ok about sea vehicles they are pretty hard to navigate through in tiny portions of water since boats can crash even in shallow water. So to complete sea missions well make sure your city has a broad area of water. Also there is a level of how strong a boat can be. NOTE: The Metal Whale may seen strong but actually its strength is equal to a tugboat Boat Levels Highest Seaport Ferry and Cruise Ship Medium Tugboat, Fishing Boat, Sailboat, Yacht, Car and Passenger Ferries, Metal Whale Lowest Cigar Boat, Speed Boat, Motor Boat Depending on level the boats can ram into a lower level and not get hurt at all. For example a Metal Whale can instantly crush a Cigar Boat but will Capsize along with a Tugboat if it cashes into it. Some Facts would include that in order to rescue a boat with a tugboat, (SOS Mission) You must first get behind the boat and hit the enter key, then drag it to the marina. Boats can crash into any building that is on the water and also crash if it goes onto too shallow water so WATCH OUT! Also for the Fishing Boat missions you have to use the nets to hit the highlighted cells and you have to use the water skier when playing cigar boat missions. REWARDS You will find here that there are some tips on achieving goal missions which have reward buildings. Here are some tips to help ease the process. HOW TO GET AREA 51 IN A CITY WITH A AIR FORCE BASE WITH U-DRIVE IT 1. plop the air force base then do the 3 missions that unlock area 51, 2. on the pop up of the last mission you have to do click the are 51 hyperlink and you should have a cursor containing area 51 3. plop it in the desired location if you do choose to demolish it, the area 51 will not be in the menu so you must follow steps 2 and 3 again to reclaim area 51 Here is a Mission Chart that lists all known missions in rush hour with rewards. Evil Missions are in Italic and there are levels associated with each mission, easy, medium, and hard. These statistics are the same of those in the Prima's Official Strategy Guide so I believe, depending on your city, they are accurate. UDI LAND VEHICLE MISSION CHART If you have a question on the statistics, please post and I will do my best to help you. Well this pretty much covers most of it. But I will continuously update this thread with more tips and pictures of how to do these missions. You could also submit something too if it is reasonable, just pm me first. --=UPDATE=-- 11/2/02 Finished UDI Land Vehicles Chart 11/10/03 Finished Improved UDI Land Vehicles Chart 11/22/03 Added Bureaucia's and Jqoc's Tips along with an Important notice --=CREDITS!=-- To Dirk and His Great Site, Along with the other Admins and Moderators, Dr Vu, who I believe created most of what U-Drive It is, Bureaucia, for adding more ways to outrun the police, Jqoc, for adding tips on driving with sirens, And to any of you who would like to submit tips or tricks here -ALTX

to hard to recreate? even with rush hour? look at the diagonal roads

Now If you like to Drive it like I do, you will like this modd. This is a modified LUA script that will increase the full potential properties of the UDI land vehicles. The Changes are now all of the land vehicles driven can go up to 200Mph, and the High performace SportsCars can go up to 300Mph. Heres the beauty of it, Even at intense seed the vehicles cannoth crash easily anymore. All land vehicles have the same strength as trains and will take a long time for them to take down, though some of the basic land vehicles; Any MySim Car Police Crusier and Van Ambulance Ice Cream Truck News Van Getaway Van Taxi Cab Stolen VehicleAll of these vehicles have relatively low density and still can be easily be crushed by high density vehicles, like Buses, Trucks, or Tanks. But the following vehicles, Fire Truck School Bus City Bus Army Truck Toxic Truck Mayor Limo Tank Garbage TruckAll of the above have high density which means if they crash into any other vehicle they will not slow down, plus it will take at least over 50 high density crashes to crash these Vehicles, But heres another side....Due to the extreme speed of the vehicles, mission targets will now require even less time to get to the target, but that really isnt a downside since you can now reach the target by all means possible, I will soon show pics of the power these improved vehicles can unleash.. -ALTX Credit goes to Buggi for finding the proper LUA script and editing it to make this modd possible......

Thanks to Tropod (for making the modifying road tutorial), me and funforfree99 are now starting the Venice project The Venice Project will consist of the roads transforming into tiny waterways and the cars turning into boats pretty nice don't you think? but i still gotta convert the rest of the roads.. and funforfree99 will still need to work on converting the cars into boats so this will be finished soon.....hopefully

Playing either Nitehawk or Woozie on the Frostwolf server. The frostwolf server is hell on DSL though.

I bet there are also some that are interested in some of your terrain defying road lots...

modernizes art ^^^ Date:1/17/2005 12:20:56 AM Author:Duke87 ^^^Lost his password, created a new account, made 200+ posts with it, and then suddenly relaized he had his password all along.... quote> LoLz

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Am I done posing yet? - Sonic