sim city 4

JoDaMa · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:55

Just managed to build a decent city:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll305/JoshMason89/Boston-24Mar241215601086.png

Posted link rather than image as its ~1MB in size.

Its got 115000 residents.

-Exodus- · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:15

i just re-installed this but everytime i click the shortcut to run it the disc spins and it says i'm playing sim city 4 on my xfire for a few mins then it stops and nothing happens, i re-installed this twice now, what's the problem? =/

Andr3w · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:25

hmm, have you patched?

mangobreeder · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:27

what are athe must have MODS, Building packs etc.

linky please, gonna start tonight,

sniffy · 9 Jul 2008 at 17:07

Thiras said:
Its got 115000 residents.

Nice dude. That reminds me of my main city.

Lil old me · 9 Jul 2008 at 18:04

can anyone download from simtropolis atm, its not working for me

MMD · 9 Jul 2008 at 18:04

mangobreeder said:
what are athe must have MODS, Building packs etc.

linky please, gonna start tonight,

simtropolis has a wealth of custom content to download

mangobreeder · 9 Jul 2008 at 18:10

yeah but there is so much its confusing my little brain

MMD · 9 Jul 2008 at 18:12

'heh' I suppose!

Browse the forums for some city journals for how people have used the custom content, then if you like what you see, try and find those on the main site.

BombayMix · 9 Jul 2008 at 19:51

mangobreeder said:
yeah but there is so much its confusing my little brain

nikebee · 9 Jul 2008 at 20:41

Anyone care to help me out please?

nikebee said:
Is there a version of the NAM that doesn't need you to have Rush Hour installed?

I keep getting errors after installing NAM, and the notes say it may be because I don't have RH

mangobreeder · 9 Jul 2008 at 20:52

are the like no big pack you can d/l ? apart form ordering the dVD

Teki187 · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:11

Just found a really bizzare situation.

This is my generic test city

This is my highway test city

The generic test cities commute time is around 30-50mins.

The highway test cities commute time is around 50-70mins.

How the hell is that?

nikebee · 9 Jul 2008 at 21:19

nikebee said:
Is there a version of the NAM that doesn't need you to have Rush Hour installed?

I keep getting errors after installing NAM, and the notes say it may be because I don't have RH

mangobreeder said:
are the like no big pack you can d/l ? apart form ordering the dVD

I haven't found any yet no

I haven't managed to find Rush Hour in stock anywhere either, but if anyone can please feel free to post here, or email me (in trust).

FreeStream · 9 Jul 2008 at 22:14

Teki187 said:
The generic test cities commute time is around 30-50mins.

The highway test cities commute time is around 50-70mins.

How the hell is that?

I've learnt that they only take highways if its long distance.

EG: One of my cities, the buses and cars go all the way along a 2km map to the neighboring city and all the way along that 2km stretch too.

I've at one point had 12,000 cars and 4000 buses along a part of my highway :/ I added another one in and underground and its dropped to 7,000 and 3000..

I've built a really decent transport system but then again I guess not as Im STILL getting traffic warnings FFS!

Overlag · 9 Jul 2008 at 23:14

Lil old me said:
can anyone download from simtropolis atm, its not working for me

that site is always really slow. but i guess i cant complain as ive never donated......

willhub · 9 Jul 2008 at 23:20

This thread is making me want to stick my sim city 4 CD's in and install it!

meths · 10 Jul 2008 at 00:04

snowdog said:
meh, I feel shafted by nvidia, nothing there :

I've had the same issue with slow performance on my 8800gt but if you go into the nvidia control panel and select "manage 3D settings" then "program settings" you can set defaults for individual apps.

Turn off everything to do with anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering along with anything else you don't think will be supported by this game.

Mine seems to run a bit faster now.

ste_bla · 10 Jul 2008 at 12:08

nikebee said:
I haven't found any yet no

I haven't managed to find Rush Hour in stock anywhere either, but if anyone can please feel free to post here, or email me (in trust).

email you

Teki187 · 10 Jul 2008 at 13:13

Concorde Rules said:
I've learnt that they only take highways if its long distance.

EG: One of my cities, the buses and cars go all the way along a 2km map to the neighboring city and all the way along that 2km stretch too.

I've at one point had 12,000 cars and 4000 buses along a part of my highway :/ I added another one in and underground and its dropped to 7,000 and 3000..

I've built a really decent transport system but then again I guess not as Im STILL getting traffic warnings FFS!

Would you mind if you posted a some close up screenshots of your transport system? Would be great to see what its like.