Sim City

[Kombucha]

Ok I know this is a little weird, but if anyone plays any sim city games here can you help me.

I don't understand the RCI graph that tell you how much demand there is for residential commercial and industrial areas. If the line is high does it mean there is no demand for something or a lot of demand?

[XTC]

Sim City 4? I havent played it in a while..... Higher the bar is, I believe, The higher the demand for each zone.

[ermitonto]

I've only played SimCity 2000 and a little bit of the original SimCity, but if I recall correctly in SC2K if the bar goes above the line that means there's a demand and if the bar goes below the line that means there's negative demand, i.e. people are moving out of your residential/commercial/industrial areas.

[RESiNATE]

Why not adopt the same approach as most local councils, and just do what the fuck you want to, regardless of what your folk require?

Ooops, nearly went into a rant about the total INEFFICIENCY of local goverment, then....phew *wipes brow* close one!!

[Kombucha]

Yeah that sounds a good plan. Thanks for the help, its just everywhere on the internet is says "use the RCI graph to..." It never says HOW you use it.

[RESiNATE]

Of course, if all else fails, read the manual :rolleyes:

My dad used to work for Philips Industrial (simply years ahead pling plang plong)...and they had an Operators Manual that had that message emblazoned on the front:

"IF ALL ELSE FAILS...READ THIS!!"

Seems even scientists have a sense of humour :rolleyes:

[Rahein]

I haven't played Sim City 4 for about a year now. This is the best I remember.

When the graph is high there is demand for it, but not enough Desirable realestate is around for the class of people that are moving in. When the graph is there is no demand and you need to build things that will create a demand. When it is low people are leaving and you need to create alot of demand. The best place for the graph is 1/4 the way up. This are desirable if they have a high YIMBY (Yes in my back yard) and a low NIMBY (Not in my back yard) you can get charts of all structors YIMBY and NIMBY values on many pages. Building must also have the services that the people need. The more better the services are the richer people will move in and the better the buildings will be.

Demand is based off of jobs. If people can get to their work in a resonable amount of time the demand will raise for residential. If they can not the demand will raise for comm and ind.

Remember you can build multiple cities in SC4 and connect them via roads and people will commute to work. This is the only way to get very very large cities.

[Kombucha]

Well there is no actual manual, just a crappy help file that doesn't actually tell you how to use it.

[Imotep]

i played the sims, the family one. it was fun to make the dad play with dollhouses all day and try to root mrs sim. he also spent all his mony on extensive market gardens and digging the front yard into a mountain range.
mrs sim took lots of baths and i took lots of photos lmfao.

[RESiNATE]

Well there is no actual manual, just a crappy help file that doesn't actually tell you how to use it.

Ah, I see...*thinks*..A bit like WINDOWS, then?

I hate WINDOWS :mad:

[Kombucha]

I dunno, people are always slagging off windows, I think it's fine. Especially when you consider that you COULD use a different OS, but then you wouldn't be able to use many programs

[Kombucha]

Another Sim City question actually. How do you get to the terrain editor toolbar in Sim City 2000? If you know how to do it in a different game that might help.

[Kombucha]

Never mind I found it

[RESiNATE]

I dunno, people are always slagging off windows, I think it's fine. Especially when you consider that you COULD use a different OS, but then you wouldn't be able to use many programs

lmaoo...
Every other industry in world, is trying to make their product more EFFICIENT with the existing technology, whereas Mircosoft just throw more power at it to make it 'faster'.
When was the last time that WINDOWS worked faster WITHOUT the need to use more processing capability?
The answer you are looking for is 'never'.

That's why WINDOWS sucks, dude :D

Sure, you have to hand it to Mr Gates - he's got the whole world by the short n curlies, because, as you so rightly said, it is the industry standard.
That doesn't mean that it's the best.
Sure, WINDOWS is a great system (or at least it is when it works), but I just wish that they'd sort out the way it works to make it more efficient.
It's like strapping a V12 into a Mini, it'll go faster, but try stopping the bugger lol
Not the greatest of analogies, but the point is there.

LINUX is far more efficient than WINOWS, but, they haven't got the customer base there to compete with Microsoft...yet.

DOS is even quicker, but not alot of people can work in DOS - WINDOWS bridges the gap between the expert and the average Joe, like you and I, and makes things easier and nicer to look at.

[Rahein]

If anyone is interested in trying out another OS without having to mess with your computer you can try Knoppix (http://www.knoppix.net/).

It is about a 700MB download so you need a good connection. Then you just burn it on a CD and reboot your computer with it in the driver and bam you are running Lunix.

When you want to go back to Windows just restart the computer without the CD in the driver.

[robert42]

I NEED SIM CITY 4 :( I KNOW THIS IS A OLD POST LOL BUT IMA TIGHT BASTARD I DONT LIKE BUYING GAMES LOL

[thcbongman]

Ok I know this is a little weird, but if anyone plays any sim city games here can you help me.

I don't understand the RCI graph that tell you how much demand there is for residential commercial and industrial areas. If the line is high does it mean there is no demand for something or a lot of demand?

If the line is high, there is high demand, and if you click on it, you can see the demand for the various sub-sections.

The point is to place the various zones in high desirability areas and build various services, plant trees, build parks, an adequate transportation system to keep in increasing demand to your specifications.

The cool thing about Sim City 4 is that you can connect all the cities to your region, and you can create demand. It's pretty interesting, I made one shithole polluted industrial city, and now working on building a city entirely pollution free right next to it. It's pretty confusing at first, but once you figure out the intricacies, it's such an awesome game!