Simcity

[Wiglaf]

Oddly enough, it was the author of this article, Guillaume Pierre.

Despite all the negativity on EA forums and reddit regarding the game, Maxis gets for this.

Where did you post it? They are very active on Twitter

[Sava]

I made a thread in the general section of the Sim City forum. I also provided links to the youtube video in a couple other threads. I figured at the very least, a moderator of the forum would see it and let someone know. There is an onslaught of comments in that forum, which I imagine makes it hard to separate helpful posts from the ranting, trolling and counter-trolling.

[onodera]

I know that industry is useless. But now I've come to learn that you don't need commercial either.

What kind of losers had they hired as beta testers?

[Sava]

What kind of losers had they hired as beta testers?

We paid them to be the beta testers.

I don't have a problem with that, necessarily. Just let me know up front. I paid $90 for the Planetary Annihilation kickstarter... which gets me access to the first alpha. I'm going to enjoy contributing to the project in whatever way I can.

Games are expensive to make. I've got disposable income. I like the idea of being part of the process. I'm impatient and need instant gratification. If it helps make an enjoyable experience that is going to satisfy me for hundreds of hours... seems like a pretty good deal.

[Ninot]

Well I had fun building up my city.

I'm going to run very short of water, so might need to buy a lot of that from one of you.

Otherwise, nice mountain top casino town

[Guynemer]

I made a thread in the general section of the Sim City forum. I also provided links to the youtube video in a couple other threads. I figured at the very least, a moderator of the forum would see it and let someone know. There is an onslaught of comments in that forum, which I imagine makes it hard to separate helpful posts from the ranting, trolling and counter-trolling.

That forum is hilarious.

[Sava]

That forum is hilarious.

Indeed. It makes us seem like a rational and civilized bunch.

[Sava]

Here's a longer video of the issue I was experiencing.

I'm not sure what the word is about sharing the contents private messages from developers... but through my communications, I feel confident that this issue will be fixed soon:

I love watching them all unstack. It's like a clown car!

[The Mad Monk]

What kind of losers had they hired as beta testers?

They call them pre-orders.

[Wiglaf]

I know that industry is useless. But now I've come to learn that you don't need commercial either.

Isn't this a commuter town? You can see detective wing unlocked at the top at the start

[onodera]

Oh, this is golden:

simcity.GetFudgedPopulation = function (a) {
  a = "undefined" !== typeof a ? a : simcity.gGlobalUIHandler.mLastPopulation;
  if (500 >= a)
    return a;
  if (40845 < a)
    return Math.floor(8.25 * a);
  a = Math.pow(a - 500, 1.2) + 500;
  return Math.floor(a)
};
simcity.GetRoundedFudgedPopulation = function (a) {
  a = simcity.GetFudgedPopulation(a);
  return a = 25E3 < a ? 10 * Math.round(a / 10) : 5 * Math.round(a / 5)
};

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5133829#file-simcityui-js-L8510

[Sava]

Isn't this a commuter town? You can see detective wing unlocked at the top at the start

I'm not sure. The vid is in sandbox mode. However, there are claims that this works in regular play.

[Sava]

Oh, this is golden:

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/51...ityui-js-L8510

I found that interesting. It explains why the population numbers aren't reflected of the actual number of sims/agents.

Truth be told, I don't mind playing the game that is honest about such things. I know it's because of the city size. I'm even fine with that. Just be honest about it from the beginning!

The more I learn about what is really going on with the game mechanics and whatnot, the more I think the "failure" of Sim City was all a giant marketing/PR problem.

Just fire all those people, be honest about the game, fix the actual bugs... and we're good.

[Wiglaf]

Ninot's sci fi casino in No Fat Chicks:

[Wiglaf]

You should put some commercial near it for hotels.