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The greatest gift that Maxis/EA gave us with SimCity 4 is the regional play. Instead of cities in isolation, we have an entire region with plenty of cities to interact with each other. While awesome, it's still limited. For instance, pollution will not cross the city borders and airports will provide support to the commercial zones only in the city they've been build and not it's neighbors as well. And I really hate when I have to build airports in every single city. Why not having airports providing a mayor regional role as well? Why not having hospitals and schools helping the neighboring cities as well? Overall, why not enhancing regional play? Actually, there is a mod that can do that. The Regional Tracking Mod, made by @Daeley. This mod store specific data from your cities and make them available for the entire region to enhance regional play. The mod can be used to have a look at a detailed regional population report and has even been used to donate money from one city to another. So my question is very simple. Can we use the RTM to enhance regional play even more? Can we use it to have airports, seaports, civil services, sport facilities, marinas etc not only on local action but also on regional one, providing support to the neighboring cities as well? For instance, why building airports in every city if we can use the RTM to have one or two for an entire region? Just asking
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Yo, People -- I'm not sure this is the proper place for this question -- and I apologize if I am mistaken. Regional Play -- satisfying demand between regions AND getting Sims to travel to jobs in other cities. I have read everything I could find in the tiny game manual and what was said in the Prima Strategy Guide. I'm still very fuzzy on some possibilities. Example: City A City B City C Commercial >>> >>> Empty >>> >>> Industry Residential City A has some Commercial zoning and lots of Residential. City B is virtually empty -- only road and rail connecting between A and C. City C is heavy with industry. Question: Will Sims board a train in City A and travel through City B (no stations or zones) in order to look for work in City C ?? Is that the way this regional thing works ?? OR -- do the cities have to be adjacent for this concept to work? I apologize again -- this time for being a bit dense -- but your input is welcomed.
