rovas117

CONTEXT: I play on Hard Mode. No Loans. No Kickout Mod by Corri is installed. NAM mod is installed. How do I make money in this game? I know that sounds like a stupid question to ask but I seem to struggle to balance the books properly whenever I'm playing. I've perused through countless tutorials, watched every video I could find, read up on forum posts and whatnot, but there seems to be a point where I keep making a mistake that I don't quite see. I understand that I need to make sure that I shouldn't overspend on civic services and whatnot and I'm almost micromanaging everything now to make sure I'm now going over my expenses. But I can't seem to make a profit. Or if I am, the profit I'm making is barely negligible at like a paltry $5 or something so small like that. It's important to note that I don't want to play with cheats. Can anyone give me like a flow chart or a template I can follow along to make sure that my city isn't going to fall apart at the seams at any given moment? It's always the start that's the hardest for me.

I can't seem to get SC4Terraformer to work. How do I get this thing to run properly?

I've been looking into making a custom region, but I kind of want to load it with an already set topography. I looked online in various ways to do it, coming across this video in particular: Custom Regions However, I want to do something that combines both methods shown in that video. Is it possible to make a custom region where you have full control over the tiles (small, medium, big) and at the same time have a grayscale map to customize the topography of the region? Also, additional question: what should the size of this grayscaled bmp file? I've been digging around for information regarding this but I can't seem to find it. Help would be tremendously appreciated.

I've tested these settings out and it almost feels like cheating given that I'm actually making a profit out of using public transport. I love the fact that everyone is using mass transit but the income I generate is insane. XD

Is this the type of design you mean? A bus stop every 2 blocks and a train station every 5 blocks. I'm assuming that you can only do this grid two layers deep like this because the people in the middle would opt to use a car if they were any farther from the bus stops, right?

Yes, I do have NAM and I will be copying these settings to see how it goes. X3

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I need. I never figured to do that. I guess I never really put that much thought into the game on how to zone properly. I just like having numbers go up so I ended up zoning everything into medium-high density when I could, not really understanding that it'll overload the streets. With that said, I'd like to know: how far along should bus stops be placed then? I keep trying to find this number and everyone gives me different answers. I've been wanting to know, how far should transit stops be spaced out from one another? Like how far are Sims willing to walk?

Alright. I'm going to try that strategy. The issue I have with that was that I wanted to limit the amount of intersections I have, thus limiting problems with traffic. Is it possible for me to see your city so I can copy and learn from your design?

Can someone help me understand how to properly design and layout my city? I'm like following the proper rules of road hierarchy but it seems that my city still has filled to the brim with congestion. Mind you, this is a fresh new city and there's only one highway connection entering it. These like 15 minutes in thus far--development is fast because the demands are already super high from other cities in the region. I What should I do? Can anyone point me to tutorials on how to properly design? The grid layout isn't working out either and commute time is just super high.

I feel like I've got a good grip on the game now. I've managed to build skyscrapers and whatnot. What I'm struggling with now is the traffic and attracting $$$ sims. Should I abandon the grid system for something else? How is commute time computed? Is it based on the DISTANCE the sim has to travel to their job? Or is it based on how many busy intersections they have to go through? I've been scouring Simtropolis for any in depth guide on how to deal with traffic/road layout and I can't seem to find any.

Is it possible to control what wealth grows in a lot? Like, I just want nothing but $$ Res and Com in my city. I understand you can influence this by taxing the hell out of the $$$ but I'm wondering if that's the only solution.