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  1. Natural Growth Philosophies / Mindsets

    JeffSalisbury replied to Daeris's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    I look at some of the custom lots that folks like EffTheGrid have made over the years, and I just can never see myself using them. Breaking away from the grid almost makes me hyperventilate

  2. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Neat! I'm in the process of building a new city on a large tile that, again, will be subway access only. Still using the roads from the vanilla game, but I'm thinking I will have to look at a pedmall only build at some point to see if that would be worth trying out.

  3. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Not sure why the pics inserted in the order they did. I specifically chose them so the most zoomed-out one would be last, but whatever. Also sorry for the double-post, but I feel the need to explain that it's weirdness with the forum and not a lack of caring on my part.

  4. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    I'm going to assume when you say "had to put an end to that by destroying them" that you're a vengeful god smiting the sims who dared to walk through the transit stations. Here are images of my current city, Goodison, named after Everton's ground. All the cities in this region will be named after Premier League grounds.

  5. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Ohhhhhh the game Banished. Sorry I was quite confused as to what you were referring to. Yeah, I came across it on Steam, and actually might have bought it during one of the major sales. Typical "Buy this now cheap and totally play it, but actually never do and forget I even own it" situation. Also sorry for not grabbing any pics of my cities for you yet Cori. Will try to in the next week or so, depends if the kids let it happen or not lol.

  6. Natural Growth Philosophies / Mindsets

    JeffSalisbury replied to Daeris's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Life with two kids under 5 has made finding time to tend to my city of Goodison (and I'm not even an Everton supporter!) a near impossibility. Once I am able to get back into it, I'll grab some screens to share here and the thread on road-less transportation I started. One thing I'll say for myself is I'm definitely borderline OCD when it comes to having symmetry in my cities. If you were to fold them in half they'd be almost identical.

  7. Natural Growth Philosophies / Mindsets

    JeffSalisbury replied to Daeris's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    It's interesting. I've tried to have a more natural growth philosophy over the years, but always come back to an extremely, almost robotic unnatural look to my cities. They tend to either be pockets of R surrounded by C and I, or bands of R between bands of C with bands of I at both ends (my current city I'm working on).

  8. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Banished?

  9. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Will try to this weekend Also, looks like this topic only has an audience of two

  10. Your Alternative Transportation Systems

    JeffSalisbury replied to JeffSalisbury's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Yes I recall seeing this as I took a deep dive searching the forums to see if a similar topic had already been created. That is pretty well the same idea I'm employing in my subways-only city. This is the same city that's been having the bizarre "no road connection" zots causing dilapidation even at the lowest density and building stage. Not to derail my own topic or anything.
  11. I've recently been playing around with creating cities that either have minimal dependence on roadways with a heavy focus on busses and rail, or avoid using roadways as a way for sims to get to and from places altogether. My latest city has zero roadway connections between R zones and C/I zones, forcing all sims to have to use the subway only. I'd be curious to hear other players' alternative transportation systems they've tried. What's worked and what hasn't? Any unexpected outcomes resulting from your transportation system?

  12. Got a quick SC4 question?... Ask here!

    JeffSalisbury replied to City_Slider's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    Because I'm only allowing subway connections between R and C/I zones, I've considered it might be causing complications for the route pathing engine. Still, I'd expect any abandonment that comes from it to be very temporary (maybe a few months after the lot develops). So far, this hasn't been the case.

  13. Got a quick SC4 question?... Ask here!

    JeffSalisbury replied to City_Slider's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    It's possible it could simply come down to the pathfinder being unable to match the sims' wealth level with an appropriate job, but I've been very careful to ensure there are enough C and I zones a short subway ride away to circumvent lack of jobs once I start upping the density of the R zones. I'll play with the density of the zones more when I'm able to hop back in to the city to see if any of the abandoned R's come back to life. It's just weird as I've never experienced R lots abandoning with the "no road connection" zot before. Definitely have with the "no jobs" zot (that zot gives me nightmares). Also, major props for using the word phooey.

  14. Got a quick SC4 question?... Ask here!

    JeffSalisbury replied to City_Slider's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    The zots do persist longer than 3 months, and it has been happening right out of the gate. I've considered that forcing all sims to use the subway could be the underlying issue, but have ensured there are always jobs available and that the commute shouldn't be too long. I've checked other lots right next door, and their commutes all say short, so it is still a mystery to me. I'm running the latest NAM as well, so having this issue has really been puzzling.

  15. Got a quick SC4 question?... Ask here!

    JeffSalisbury replied to City_Slider's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion

    The reason I ask, is I'm getting a weird situation with residential lots where, once moved from low density zoning to medium density, a number of the new lots, once grown, will show the "no roadway access" zot despite absolutely having roadway access. All of my roadways at this point are streets as I've purposely built the city to not have any roadway connections from residential zones to comm or industrial ones except via subway, so 100% of the population HAS to use the subway to get to and from work. Since all my roadways are streets, with barely any traffic due to the forced use of subways, I've been wondering if the "no roadway access" zots showing up when zones upgrade in density is due to too much foot traffic? Honestly at a loss here.
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