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arijitsinha

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bippukt said:
That happens when you pick and choose aspects of an MMO. I have played WoW a lot, and inviting friends and all that stuff is like a breeze in that game.

@Rakesh - you have built too many parks and high maintenance stuff in your city I think. I strongly suggest that you claim another city in the region and make it your dirty city. Gift it money if need be. In my private region where me and my brother have one city each, we have a 3rd which has coal power plant, big water plant (although it is bugged as only about 1/3 of its water is available to the neighbours) and sewage treatment plant. The other 2 cities buy these services from this city and so save space and have less pollution :)
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Thats a pretty good idea to overcome this small 2x2 map size. In a region each of the city can specialize in one of the services like fire,health,police and share it with other cities. This way we can save some spaces. like if rakesh specialize in health department and sharing this services, I dont need to build hospital in my city. Simply I can borrow it from him. I have not played for long, not sure how will it be effective.

rakesh_ic said:
Just add me in origin first.
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I did. You are already in my friendlist i think.
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
bippukt said:
That happens when you pick and choose aspects of an MMO. I have played WoW a lot, and inviting friends and all that stuff is like a breeze in that game.

@Rakesh - you have built too many parks and high maintenance stuff in your city I think. I strongly suggest that you claim another city in the region and make it your dirty city. Gift it money if need be. In my private region where me and my brother have one city each, we have a 3rd which has coal power plant, big water plant (although it is bugged as only about 1/3 of its water is available to the neighbours) and sewage treatment plant. The other 2 cities buy these services from this city and so save space and have less pollution :)
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Yeah in the urge of keeping the polution under control i have so much of parks in the city. Also, these parks increase the land value and hence the housing progresses to the next level. Is there any other way of progressing on the housing levels and increasing land area in a particular place??

Also, you might have already seen there is a whole lot of **** on the top left corner where i have my water treatment (now) but had the sewage pipes there. Is there a possibility of cleaning off the ground polution.

My income has now shifted onto exporting processors and very less of crude oil now :p which allowed me to reduce some taxes which was on the higher side for sometime to cover up my loans.

One question on street cars, is it possible to have street cars in high dencity streets (not avenues)?? or any possibility of bringing the connectivity to the interiors of the city without disturing the buildings? I dont think we can upgrade streets to avenues.


Claiming a city for the trash is a good idea. We shall do that too once you have your city active. I think RELOADED might be interested too. I did a mistake picking up his @#$$ from his city for some time and there by increasing my dump here.. Anyways now i stopped it and even burning the dump.

arijitsinha said:
I did. You are already in my friendlist i think.
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Ok. i shall check that today and add you up.. We shall meet at 8PM today :)

I am currently online.. so please ping me on origin for the invites to DigiCity
 
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bippukt

In the zone
I am not sure if there is any way to clean up polluted ground. Perhaps plant forest/tree where the ground was polluted? Raising land value is important but you should have graded it more carefully. What is really important is that you have a regular 5-10 k/hr cash flow because later on buildings cost 50-150k. How are you going to afford those things, like the sewage treatment plant! Or the Nuclear Power Plant, when the time comes.

Also, you have gone overboard with your services. Why do you have a hospital and two clinics? That's just too much. You are probably playing with the Simcity 4 mindset :p

Reloaded's city looks great now. He is sitting on a pile of cash and has a lot of high wealth/density sims and high tech or at least clean industry. BTW, where are the other posters in this forum? Come on, join and create cities guys. When there are a lot of active cities in a region, it will be a lot more fun, and easier to handle too. We need more if we wish to build a Great Work :)
 
rohit32407

rohit32407

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No its not Sandbox Mode. If you do join the region..please try to make a city which is connected to my city by a highway.. I don't have any neighbors and It's hard to sustain everything on my own.

P.S. bippukt is my brother and I use his id to play Simcity.
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
Hi all,

I will be adding both talktoanil and rkumbhar after reaching home today.

BTW, sandox is OFF (just to confirm it)

Whoeever joins on, make sure we get some water supplies in your city.. I am running out of it and badly in need of water.

@rohit32407 - I have cleared a lot of parks now and i got an oil power unit. Expanded the density a little over 100,000 citizens now.

there are couple of q's - I can see couple of land value is red, what are they??

PS:: As i said i am a noob to this genre but getting the hang of it slowly.

Update::

Added TTachyon1986 into the region and talktoanil to my origin frnds list (he is offline and so cant invite to the region).
 
rohit32407

rohit32407

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Land value will be the deciding factor for the kind of people who would want to live in your city. If land value is low then you will get Low Wealth people living in that part of your city. Low wealth people don't have any extravagant demands and they require only the basic services. Low wealth people are more likely to burn their houses and they do not concentrate too much on education. So if your industry is high value one or High tech one then this population may not be suitable for the jobs that are availbale in your city.

High Land value will attract more High wealth people. They require loads of education and are very suitable for high tech industries and managerial jobs. If your commercial and industrial part is more on a high value side then its better to have more high wealth people for those jobs. High wealth people also like to recycle which you can use to make plastic, metals and alloys. Alloys are hell expensive so you can make alloys in your recycling plant and either sell them or make a processor factory and use alloys in production of electronics and make a ton of money

For eg. if you are trying to build a high tech electronics city then you will need to concentrate on education first and then trading. It will be a good idea to click on "guide me" tab of education deptt.

To find out the details of what kind of people you need all you have to do is to click on the tab where it shows the population of your city. Then when the chart comes up click on the "details" tab and it will show the current position and requirements of various aspects of your city.

To increase the land value the placement of your government buildings like Town Hall, mayor's house and mayor's mansion is essential as they help alot in increasing your land value. Then there are different kind of parks and landmarks to increase the land value. School bus stops will also help to make people happy. Public services buildings like fire station, police station, hospitals, schools, community college, library and university also helps in increasing land value. Any utility related building like water treatment, water tank, any kind of power station, sewage, garbage etc and industrial buildings reduce the land value. Some parks may help you taking your land value from low to medium while others will help to take it from medium to high. Read the description of the parks before placing them. Everything is mentioned in their description. There are many other factors like public services, pollution etc etc.

When in doubt it is a good idea to see the land value map. It should be there in the tab where you see the wind direction maps etc.

One more thing which I think is worth mentioning. In the beginning everyone prefers to place Sewage Drain pipes for sewage problems which by the way is the way to go. But try to build a sewage treatment plant as soon as possible. Build a water pumping station next to sewage treatment plant and you will never have water shortage. yes everyone will be drinking their own treated sewage but what the hell :p . Also, when you bulldoze those sewage drain pipes you will see a dark brown land. Which basically means that the ground is highly polluted. Which in turn will increase the germs in your city and lead to hell lot of sick people. So don't forget to build forests on that ground to eventually counter the ground pollution on that part.. Also try to plant trees in empty areas as that may help in germ situation(i am not sure about that). High Wealth people make a big fuss out of sickness. So eventually you will have to counter it. Also, never forget to add more police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, garbage trucks, trade trucks and recycle trucks. When you see crime rising, try to add more police cars rather than building a new whole police station. When it can't be contained even after maxing out the first police station then think about adding another one. Same goes for every other public service and utilities. Keep expanding them till you can and when it reaches its limit and situation still isn't under control then add a new building.

lastly, high wealth people are not as tolerable as low wealth people when it comes to taxes. They pay huge amount of taxes so even a minor increase in taxes can be a big no-no for them. If you do decide to increase taxes then be sure to check it's effect on your high wealth population. It can be very bad if you have high tech industries and high wealth people start leaving your city because of high taxes. Low wealth people can easily tolerate upto 11% residential tax without showing any adverse effect but i am not so sure about high wealth people.
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
Thanks for your patience and such an extensive information on the land value stuff..

To add a little more on to my issues and findings so far -

1) I had a windmill setup for power and it wasnt enough as the eindflow was less, so i shifted onto solar power.
Positives::
* Had absolutely no polution
* Had better power supply than windmill setup
Issues faced::
* It was occupying large space in the city as the solar setup is yet to be upgraded (in the university) to have better umbrellas that can generate high power occupying low space. But if I have to upgrade it, i need to get the University unlocked, add one in my city, research the technology (big process)

2) Now that I setup a solar power, I lost lot of space in my city. So built an oil power source.
Positives::
*As I had lot of crude oil and as it hardly brings me 4500 bucks as a sale profit, i thought i can better utilize it for power generation and it produced much more than what solar setup did.
*no power vows in my city and i am ready to support other cities too on this :)
Issues faced::
*there arent many issues as it takes less space but notably large upkeep cost. But the cost can be ignored as the solar setup which produced half or less that that was costing me 2/3rd of the cost on this. So I think this is a better choice.
* little air pollution. But if u upgrade the chimneys it reduces a lot. So negligible.
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
arijitsinha said:
@rakesh reserve a city for me please. I am reaching home late everyday. :-|
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I can invite you untill and unless you log into Asia server and get into the game when i am online. It sucks that i cant send an invite when frns are not around even though I have their origin id added.

Some more problems, resolutions and observations -

3) People suffering from bad health as the city is germy.
Cause1:: Can be due to water polution.
Resulution:: Check for all the water sources in your city for a source that has thegerm icon blinking on it. This might be pumping unsafe water which might cause germs in the city to increase. Either stop pumping water from it or put a filter unit (for the large water unit and not for water tanks) which will reduce the germs.

Cause2:: Can be due to land pollution coz of excess garbage which wasnt cleaned up.
Resolution:: increase the garbage pickup and recycling service vans and provide adequate space for garbage dump. Note that the dumped garbage can be burn with increnators.

4) The products produced in your city isnt being sold at the global market inspite of you having all the delivery trucks both in production unit and in trade depots.
cause1::It might be because you are not selling it in global market (manage global market tab in trade depots)
Resolution::Enable the goods to be sold in trade depot.

Cause2::Traffic outside your city on the highway connecting various cities
Resolution::This is going to be a serious issue as its not the delivery trucks you have in the trade depots that sells the goods in global maket, but the trucks coming into your city that carries your goods outside and there by a global trade.
So clean up the traffic on the highway for global trucks to come in and collect your goods.
Note that the global trucks has no patience to wait in the traffic and come along to collect your goods. They give up soon unlike the rest of the traffic outside.

5) Huge traffic outside the city (incoming/outgoing)
Cause1::Large number of people/work force is moving out or coming in to your city that causes conjustion at traffic signals and low density roads (streets/avenues)
Resolution::If the traffic is due to outgoing workers, try finding a way to employ your workforce within the city and thereby increase your revenues too. Strike the balance with workforce vs jobs available from the map that is available if you click the population tab.
Cause2::poor road management.
Resolution:: Try avoiding signal right at the entrace to your city and have a single road of entry and exit (no junctions at the entrance). Avoid having street cars unless you can manage it well within the city area.

Note:: I had my processors produced stocked up in my depots and were not sold for long. Looking for the possible reason i found that the highway traffic might be the issue.. struggled hard and cleared the traffic and now my processors sells like hot cakes :p
 
rohit32407

rohit32407

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traffic is a big big problem in this game. The path finding of AI traffic is just ridiculous. They don't spread out. They just try to go by the shortest route and the playable space of every city is so less that i can't put on a whole web of roads just to manage the traffic even when i have the money to do so. Only way i could control the highway traffic was by placing 1 'park and ride' at each side of the road connecting the highway and my city. After a while it gets so ridiculous that my fire trucks, garbage trucks, ambulances etc. get stuck and I start getting constant warnings about public services not being able to reach the sims in need. But nothing can be done about it. So next time I am going to build a whole web of avenues in my city and run hell lot of street cars. That will help. but rich sims don't like to travel by public transport. Those crazy people want to travel in their luxury cars even if that means being stuck for a whole day in traffic. Don't know what else is there to be done. Maybe if there was an option to build a Subway train network this problem could be handled. Maybe EA held on to the subways for DLC. Until tht option is available I don't know what else can be done.
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
Funny incidents so far in my city::

1) Zombie attack. Killed a few, devoured some houses.

2) Within less than 10 min of gameplay after zombies, a godzilla popped out of the mud, destroyed everything in its lane (came almost outside my core build) but suffered only 7 to 10 destructions including parks and shopping with minor housing issues.
 
rohit32407

rohit32407

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I have had UFO attacks, zombie attacks and godzilla attacks. Godzilla was the most destructive one. Destroyed all the extensions of my high school and grade school. Destroyed all the water pumps. It pretty much jumped from one corner to the other corner of my city. Not even a single common disaster like tornado, cyclone or earthquake but all these really weird ones. Don't know what the hell a godzilla doing in the 21st century.

P.S. Someone please make a city beside mine or else i will have to make one myself. If anyone else joins the digicity please pick a slot near 'Lost City'. I believe thats the name of my city. Also, please don't make a crime city with a VU tower near my city :p. Thats one pain in the a** . If things don't go my way then i may do that myself :evil:
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
rohit32407 said:
traffic is a big big problem in this game. The path finding of AI traffic is just ridiculous. They don't spread out. They just try to go by the shortest route and the playable space of every city is so less that i can't put on a whole web of roads just to manage the traffic even when i have the money to do so. Only way i could control the highway traffic was by placing 1 'park and ride' at each side of the road connecting the highway and my city. After a while it gets so ridiculous that my fire trucks, garbage trucks, ambulances etc. get stuck and I start getting constant warnings about public services not being able to reach the sims in need. But nothing can be done about it. So next time I am going to build a whole web of avenues in my city and run hell lot of street cars. That will help. but rich sims don't like to travel by public transport. Those crazy people want to travel in their luxury cars even if that means being stuck for a whole day in traffic. Don't know what else is there to be done. Maybe if there was an option to build a Subway train network this problem could be handled. Maybe EA held on to the subways for DLC. Until tht option is available I don't know what else can be done.
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If you have traffic issues on your highway, just check my city today.. :)

btw, I thought we are interconnected.. arent we?
I am in huge need of water as my water bed is gonna be dry soon
 
rohit32407

rohit32407

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I though we were too but when i tried to share my and your resources in the beginning it just did not let me. Don't know why that is. I also need more industries to provide more jobs. there are just too many unemployed people in my city. But i don't have enough space to set more industries. maybe if my neighboring cities had more industries then my people can go and work there.
 
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rakesh_ic

Cyborg Agent
The dreadful bug ingame::

My city stopped working and an error popped up saying the city is not processing correctly at the moment with a button to quit.

When i clicked quit, it took me to the region page and asked me to either abandon or roleback my city. I roled it back and was able to play from 10 min of build before my last state. This happened continuosly aftrer ever 10-15 min of gameplay on the same day like 6 times. Everytime i rolled back to the same position and continued from there.

I dint face this after the 6th time and it reappeared the next day for couple of occassions.

Yesterday when i had the same problem, i quit the game without rolling it back as i thought i will role back it later.

Then when i logged back again into the game after sometime, it says i do not have any joined game and i need to create/join a game. which means my save game simply vanished??? I went into the frnds list ingame, checked their region (obviously digicity) and saw that my icon shows up in the region but i cant go into the region or it shows as if i have any city in the main menu.

I raised this in EA forum and found one more person with the same issue. Dejected and frustrated, i tried to loginto my game again for one last time. wow.. my city is showing up now.... i joined back and played a few hrs efore getting out of it.

rohit32407 said:
I though we were too but when i tried to share my and your resources in the beginning it just did not let me. Don't know why that is. I also need more industries to provide more jobs. there are just too many unemployed people in my city. But i don't have enough space to set more industries. maybe if my neighboring cities had more industries then my people can go and work there.
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I removed the industries in my city.. planning to make it an electronic city.. i have loads of low wealthed employees too
 
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