SC4: Rush Hour in Alabama

vovan · January 20, 2004, 13:33

Well, I got RH delivered today, so I am ready to play.

And I thought a blank thread for this was in order.

Just as a reminder, we are populating the region of Huntsville, Alabama.

I believe Tass and MattH are now switched though

Here's what we got so far:

ADG: (download)
Residental: 10,765
Commercial: 1,678
Industry: 3,544

Osweld: (download lot)

Tassadar (download lot; download city)

Jonny (download)

Osweld: (~~download~~)
Residential: 4,984
Commercial: 850
Industrial: 1,525

I'll play my turn some time today hopefully, although I got a ton of homework and stuff...

vovan · January 20, 2004, 14:00

Hey, I just played around with one of the regions, and I must say: WOW! The improvements in performance are amazing! The 30 minutes I had to play were SO much more enjoyable, because scrolling wasn't jerky, I didn't have to zoom way out, so I don't see the cars, in order to improve speed, and the highest speed setting, on which I have always played seemed almost... Too fast! Woah.

General Ludd · January 20, 2004, 18:30

I've done my turn, but my city file is too big to attach to a post...

General Ludd · January 20, 2004, 18:50

oh the humiliation of losing your webspace... the upload feature, I forgot it existed. I never thought I'd need to use it.

Ah, but it tells me that it can't upload the file, anyways. the incompetent ****.

Someone hosted an FTP to upload our cities to last time, didn't they? Can we do that again?

General Ludd · January 20, 2004, 19:20

Quote:

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
ZIP it.

I did. How stupid do you think I am? I read the file restriction.

vovan · January 20, 2004, 19:39

Quote:

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
MattH
Vovan
Jonny
Osweld

Look at the first post. There's a link to Jonny's city there, isn't there?

(Although, don't blame me if it's blank, I haven't had a chance to download them yet.)

Also, I will hurry up and play... As soon as I finish the two physics problems, and four economics problems I need to do by tomorrow. I'm already itching to play.

Skanky Burns · January 20, 2004, 20:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Osweld
How stupid do you think I am?

Never a good thing to ask.

MattH · January 20, 2004, 21:08

Ok, ok... I'm done: www.communityhigh.org/sim/matthous.zip **2+mb!!**

I'm working on getting the diaries online.

vovan · January 20, 2004, 21:22

Alrightie. I've done my homework, and downloaded everyone's cities. Looks like I'm the last one holding ya up. I'll be playing now.

vovan · January 20, 2004, 22:45

Okay, I'm done with this one. Finally.

Vovanburg: (download)
Residential: 8 319
Commerical: 1 244
Industrial: 876

But I can't upload...

And the archive is too big for an attachment...

So, I used some of my own hosting for now, but bandwidth constraints there are brutal, so I don't expect this to last long. Especially since I have some other files on there that are being accessed pretty often...

vovan · January 20, 2004, 22:55

Any way, here's some screenies.

Attached is a snap of the region from the bird's view. Looks like I'm the only one not polluting the area. Look at that black water around ADG, and that clean blue around my city. (That would be just to the south of Tass.

vovan · January 20, 2004, 22:59

Alright, this be the view of my residential area.

I got really tired of grids, and so tried to diversify the streets a little bit. It makes for worse traffic, but actuall improves some things: most importantly, I now leave plenty of gaps, which, when I get the money, I can fill with parks and stuff for the wealthy sims to enjoy.

vovan · January 20, 2004, 22:59

Closeup of my home.

vovan · January 20, 2004, 23:01

Here's some industrial area.

The reason it's not polluting as badly as the other cities is because I aimed this little town for the wealthy.

And they would like to work in Manufacturing industry as opposed to the Dirty industry. So, I set my dirty industry tax to 15%, and they don't even want to think of my city now. Welcome, manufacturers!

vovan · January 20, 2004, 23:29

Woah. Just discovered the road query tool which shows you the commute routes.

This will help greatly when tracking down those pesky crossed out briefcases.

Also, tried out U-Drive-It...

It was fun for like a minute or two when I was driving around my commercial district on a bus. But other than short sightseeing, really doesn't appeal much to me...

Saw a labeled street in Matt's city. How do I make one?

EDIT:

Also, forgot to say something.

I connected to ADG and Tass with boulevards. (Or whatever the divided road is called.) Please make sure they emerge on your side when you start your next turn. If they don't, load my city and remake the connections.

I was also checking out the ferries... We could connect navally like that, Tass.

I'd be more than happy to export some of that garbage to you.

Or I could buy something from you... But from the looks of your budget, you don't need any more money.

MattH · January 20, 2004, 23:32

Under terraforming tools in the 'Mayor' menu. Hehe don't tell Tassadar

.

In some cases, U-Drive-It is the fastest/best way to get hard to reach rewards. For example, just a few train missions and you have the spaceport

.

MattH · January 20, 2004, 23:33

p.s. Don't you hate how the 'green grass' park doesn't match up to anything?

vovan · January 20, 2004, 23:38

Quote:

Originally posted by MattH
Under terraforming tools in the 'Mayor' menu.

Ah, thanks.

Quote:

Originally posted by MattH
In some cases, U-Drive-It is the fastest/best way to get hard to reach rewards. For example, just a few train missions and you have the spaceport.

Meh... Seems almost like cheating.

Quote:

p.s. Don't you hate how the 'green grass' park doesn't match up to anything?

Yeah... What the hell, you can only put it in rectangular areas, and you can't put like trees or flowers in between, 'cause every type of garden has a differently colored grass. Someone needs to come up with better green grass.

vovan · January 21, 2004, 00:49

Have you tried importing it from within the game? That's how I usually get the city into the game first time.

General Ludd · January 21, 2004, 09:34

Alright, I've got some webspace now. (Thanks to MattH for pointing me to 1and1 - just one day left of their 3 years free hosting offer, I think.

)

Grimdale

vovan · January 21, 2004, 11:16

Odd... Is anyone else having the same problem with ym city?

General Ludd · January 21, 2004, 11:58

I haven't had any problem with your file, vovan... although I did have the same problem (I think) with ADG's. Try putting it in the downloads folder instead, Tass.

vovan · January 21, 2004, 12:08

Well, actually... Could it have something to do with having vs not having the patch? I just updated to version 1.1.618 or whatever, and as will now play my next turn, and post my new city. We'll see if that helps any...

MattH · January 21, 2004, 13:46

I don't see it either, vovan

General Ludd · January 21, 2004, 14:06

Quote:

Originally posted by vovan
Well, actually... Could it have something to do with having vs not having the patch? I just updated to version 1.1.618 or whatever, and as will now play my next turn, and post my new city. We'll see if that helps any...

I don't have any patch, either.

General Ludd · January 21, 2004, 14:57

Grimdale, 2010.

Population: 10 811
Commercial Jobs: 2 559
Industrial Jobs: 5 405

It's 2005, and Mayor Osweld has big plans for Grimdale. A large development project is planned for the western side of the ridge:

But his plans take a setback, when people inexplicably begin to flee the city. The mayor suspects that it's that eye-sore of a city to the east, known as Tassagrad, that is behind it.

So adjustments are made to the development plan - what was once intended to be a high-class residential area over looking the river is turned into a small industrial complex. With more job prospects available, people start returning to the city and the new neighbourhood begins to grow.

Unfortunetly, this new change in the plan brought on unexpected power demands, and the gas plant is unable to keep up. Wind turbines are errected temporarily untill a site for a new power plant is chosen.

With a loan taken out a new coal plant has been built, and a new development plan has started on the south western peninsula. Although there is some worry about the pollution the new coal plant will cause, it is sure to supply the power needed for a growing Grimdale.

The Western Ridge development plan has been a stunning success, with the population of Grimdale more than doubling since it's completion.

General Ludd · January 21, 2004, 15:50

Quote:

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Osweld, Vovan: Can you update your Simcities?

Also, be warned that when I updated mine it didn't quite update the executable

Vovan bought the game, so he shouldn't have to worry bout that.

Quote:

so I would get constant, unavoidable crashes. You may have to get the No cd.

I'll start looking for it, I guess...

General Ludd · January 21, 2004, 16:46

Alright, I've re-saved my latest city file with the patch applied. If you had any problems importing it before, hopefully you won't now.

And I get dizzy looking at your city, Vovan.

vovan · January 21, 2004, 19:24

Yeah, yeah, sorry, I have only one more year to play for the next turn, and I don't have the older version at the five-year mark any more. (I mean, yeah, I could download it, update it, then reload the new one again... But it would be faster to just play that one year. Will be there in like an hour or so.)

Quote:

And I get dizzy looking at your city, Vovan.

Why?

vovan · January 21, 2004, 20:34

Vovanburg, 2010: (download)
Residential: 18 408 (+121%)
Commerical: 4 406 (+254%)
Industrial: 3 980 (+354%)