SimCity RH Game #6

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For those who haven't played before, basically we get a region, everyone takes a city, and each plays a few years, uploads theirs and downloads the others, and repeats.

A recap of the past games....

#5 - Xiamen, China

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137369

#4 - Kitakyushu, Japan

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136220

#3 - Taipei, Taiwan

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133862

#2 - Huntsville, Alabama

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106839

#1 - San Francisco, California
(location of thread unknown)

So, any suggestions for what type of map to use this time?

[Blake]

Ooooh, hope we get some more interest. These games are FUN.

For plugins i suggest the latest NAM better pathfinding, 2x capacity.

I want to build a city in a crater but I can always terraform that out of any medium sized patch of land.

[Adagio]

I'm interested... it's been a year since I last played the game*, so someone should link to (or attach) all files that needs to be in the game (patches, mods, whatever)

*And back then I only played for a few days. The last time I actually played a game for at least a few weeks was the last time I was in one of these games...

[Blake]

We'll just upload a new plugin pack, I assume.
Oh yeah, the other plugin I want is the Garbage Chute. But I wouldn't object to other interesting plugins.

[Adagio]

What does Garbage Chute do?

[Blake]

Dumps garbage off the edge of the world.
edit: and smells. People don't like living near it. And it's fairly expensive to run. But it is a clean option. The idea is the bad option is garbage dumps, the cheap option is the burner (reduced to 0 funding), the clean & expensive option is the chute.

[Maquiladora]

Ill play again.

For mods, ill use anything, just attach them here in one tidy zip, so we're all on the same page.

The map im not bothered, perhaps something that hasnt been used before, like a canyon or cliffs.

[Adagio]

How many years should each turn take? What's the turn limit? 24 hours? 48 hours? I don't have that much time on my hand to play too many years each day... I do need time for Civ IV too

[Maquiladora]

I guess if it goes like last time, the more players the more time youll get to play your turn before the next turn starts. Since we all waited and downloaded each others cities before the next turn, then all played at once.

For years, last time i think we played like 5 years per turn from start to finish.

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Looks like extreme topography is on the menu... Map should be ready soon.

[Blake]

I'd actually advocate a fixed or semi-fixed year-advancing schedule. There is no particular need to be completely syncronized, it doesn't particulary matter if someone misses one update and catches up at the next one.

I seem to recall that in the previous games we would advance every 3-6 days. I think that 5 years every 3-4 days would be ideal. So the idea would be to have a "deadline", bur flexible in case everyone uploads early, or very few people manage to upload. And if anyone joins after the game has started, or needs to take a break, they just play and catch up to whatever year we're at.

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Region has been created. Reminds me of those sample regons in high school geography textbooks used to illustrate different land formations.

The crater's in #4. The numbered tiles are all medium sized.

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And here's the zipped file of config.bmp and the JPG for generating the terrain.

[Maquiladora]

Nice one Smiley.

Ill take #2.

I think we need some instructions in the OP, like where to get the mods, how to import map etc.

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Reposted from earlier thread.


The Network mod and pathfinding mod can be gotten from Simtropolis. I think it also contains the Pathfinding files within it. It also contains data that lets you build many more different kinds of overpasses and interchanges.

http://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?mode=details&show=380

Pathfinding:

http://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?mode=details&show=312

Use just the "better pathfinding" mod

Network addon:

http://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?mode=details&show=380

creating the region:

In the more general case... usually, when you download a custom region, it's a big .jpg and a config.bmp (the latter of which dictates the boundaries. Create a blank folder under Regions, copy the .jpg and config.bmp into that directory, then load up SC4, enter the region, and hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R. Then go to the .jpg and double-click it.

Blake ought to coordinate this and upload a zip of all the plugins.