Simcity

[Wiglaf]

Trains mother ****er

[Wiglaf]

I assume this complaint is from people without friends. Playing solo makes the whole 'region' thing kind of pointless, doesn't it? Might as well be a SP game then... oops...

Not really. You can't see how managing mostly independent economies is a different challenge from managing one?

[Sava]

Vaj Town AMERICA in the morning

[Sava]

I'm getting a weird message on a few landmarks... "DEBUG: Prequisite building"

I tried to get a screenshot but I guess the UI thingy gets rid of the message box.

[snoopy369]

Not really. You can't see how managing mostly independent economies is a different challenge from managing one?

I can see how it was implemented in a way that makes it utterly ****ty to play SP.

[snoopy369]

I'm getting a weird message on a few landmarks... "DEBUG: Prequisite building"

I tried to get a screenshot but I guess the UI thingy gets rid of the message box.

DLC probably?

[Wiglaf]

I can see how it was implemented in a way that makes it utterly ****ty to play SP.

I'm here for you.

[snoopy369]

I'm here for you.

Aww Thanks!

[Sava]

DLC probably?

Reminds me of Civ 4 when you don't fill out the XML properly for buildings. DEBUG_TXT_ADVISOR or some ****.

Wouldn't surprise me if some slapdick at Maxis made such a mistake.

[Wiglaf]

Wow Pripyat is booming. $100k with a surplus, no crime (just visited and saw local PD shut down an arsonist from VAJ town in no time flat) or garbage or sewage or water problems.

[Sava]

I think a whole bunch of your criminals were ****ing my **** up. During my last rebuild, I had 80+ criminals in a 1k pop city. Cops were going nuts. It's under control now.

[Wiglaf]

My criminals are all level 2 and 3. Some level 4's. The way it works is that, when they commit a crime and get away with it, they get more powerful and do crazier ****, up to murder and embezzlement.

[Sava]

Wow! I didn't know that. I'm going to have to investigate. For the most part, I've been playing at the furthest zoom.

[Wiglaf]

Some fundamentals on crime and fire that aren't obvious:

http://imgur.com/a/gUFqn#XGtGzU1

Note criminals will scope out "targets" to rob and attack, and will back off if it's too hot, or there's a lot of cops.

Also:

Education
Educate your population with schools and they'll put solar panels on their roofs. They will generate energy during the day.
You can build a self supporting university town.
School buses can travel to other cities and pick up high school students. (grade schools are only for your own residents!)
HS graduates transport themselves to available colleges/ universities in the region.
Police and Health Care
If your ambulance made lots of trips to your neighbor's city while you were offline, it will leave your city periodically while you're playing. (because the game is asynchronous)
The police responds to a zombie apocalypse.
Crime can spill over from other cities.
Streets, Zoning and Traffic
Can rich sims be on low density roads?
Sure, you can get mansions, fancy boutiques, high tech industrial on low density roads. Wealth and density are independent.
Can large cities be built on dense narrow street grids with transit? Or wide roads only?
Sure, either one. If you use avenues, you can upgrade to light rail. On the narrower streets you are limited to buses.
Highways can't be built nor One-Way-Roads.
Streets can't be named.
When you put a road through terrain, it edits it as necessary (or puts in tunnels & bridges)
Traffic lights have an default timer, but will switch if there is no opposing traffic.
If you destroy an intersection with sims/cars (agents) on it, agents attempt to hop to a nearby road. Failing that they'll re-spawn at their source. Failing that they'll be killed.
Rich sims have nice cars and some will speed.
Highways will eventually clog. You'll need to add busses, ferries, trains, etc.
City Specialization, Economy and City Sets
What city specialization/big business generates the most income?
People have been making lots of money with casinos. Oil, coal, ore, etc. depends on what's going on with the global market.

[Ninot]

My private region casino city is losing money hand over fist. I can't seem to get these people to build hotels.

Also, Reg, where's my invite?!