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03-14-2013, 07:49 PM
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#301 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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I'm really in desperate need of players in my region  I'm on NA west 3 if anyone wants to join... Add Jubomonkey on Origin.
I'm at 100k population with a gambling / tourist city.
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03-14-2013, 08:51 PM
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#302 | | Zombie Mod
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Simcity is being thoroughly examined, and there has been a recent discovery of a debug mode, and there's some tools released for enabling offline play and other options: Hackers open up offline play, modding tools for SimCity | Ars Technica Quote:
EA and Maxis' claim that it would take "significant engineering work" to make a workable offline version of SimCity took another hit today. Hackers have released modding tools that disable the game's periodic server checks without breaking the simulation. The tools also unlock other features not in the final game.
reddit is abuzz with news and guides for installing the SimCityPak, a downloadable package of files that lets players edit many elements of the UI and underlying game logic. The tools aren't incredibly user-friendly for the time being, but those with some Javascript experience and patience to learn can do things like disable the online connectivity requirement, fix the "fudged" population display, and even affect how the basic simulation works in some ways.
Hackers are still poring through the code to see what kinds of new features and gameplay can be unlocked (including, potentially, the holy grail of increased city size limits), but one of the most exciting discoveries so far has been a way to easily uncover the developers' debug mode. This mode allows for many features that players have been asking for in the consumer version of the game, including the ability to build highways through city limits and in the regional "dead space" between cities. These changes will apparently stay valid in the wider region after the city is synced to EA's central servers, though other users' cities will not see edits made to the regional landscape.
The debug menus also include references to terraforming tools, such as coastline and waterway building, which are currently disabled even in a hacked commercial copy of the game. Options for editing airplane flight paths, creating new docking points for ships, and creating new city and "great works" sites are also alluded to.
Ars was able to download and install a package file enabling this mode in less than a minute. For those who don't want to go through the hacking hassle, this YouTube video quickly shows how the debug mode works in practice. Another video shows a player using edited package files to bulldoze and cause disasters in other players' cities in the region (though the poster claims this was done without server syncing, to prevent any permanent harm from being done).
Last year, SimCity Creative and Art Director Ocean Quigley said the game was being "built to be moddable" at a GDC panel. He reaffirmed that stance in a tweet just last month, indicating modded package files would be allowed (but maybe not directly supported) once the game was released. Given the potential for menace on public servers being quickly unlocked by players, however, this stance may not last.
It's been rather incredible watching the gaming community's reaction to SimCity's launch over the last week and a half, and it's impressive to see that community taking action to try to fix the myriad disappointments in the game as it was released. We can't wait to see what other interesting modifications to the game the community will be able to uncover in the coming weeks and months
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03-15-2013, 04:47 AM
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#303 | | I keep RS good
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anyone know how to get around this bug....
basically what happens is.. the land appears to be clear, and u try to plop a building or extension of a building down.. but u cant.
but it says you CAN... just when u try to plop it down nothing happens.
when i zoom in i see the problem... there's little doodas left over from whatever building or park i bulldozed.. like a bbq table or a fence.. but it cant be bulldozed again.. it just sits there... and i cant put anything over it or edit it. anything i build over it.. like a road... and demolish it again.. doesnt get rid of it.. its soooo fucking annoying.
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03-15-2013, 05:50 AM
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#304 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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I am sad to say that I have completely lost interest in this game despite me being a HUGE simcity fan...
the bugs and the unwelcome changes are just too much. I tried to love it, I really tried... but at the end of the day I just keep clicking back into my gigantic Simcity 4 region rather than login to origin and play the new game.
I'm sorry Maxis, and fuck you EA... but I have to say this is probably the last Simcity I will ever buy (and EA, the last game I will ever buy with your name slapped on it)
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03-15-2013, 06:22 AM
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#305 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Not sure what happened but i logged in last night and all my saved towns disappeared. I did accidently click the Simcity Recovery icon but that shouldnt wipe my towns should it? geez.. | |
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03-15-2013, 08:46 AM
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#306 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma  anyone know how to get around this bug....
basically what happens is.. the land appears to be clear, and u try to plop a building or extension of a building down.. but u cant.
but it says you CAN... just when u try to plop it down nothing happens.
| sort of same problem. I tried putting down an airport and theres definitely enough space but it won't let me. I have enough money and unlocked it too.
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03-15-2013, 11:35 AM
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#307 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Amuro Ray I am sad to say that I have completely lost interest in this game despite me being a HUGE simcity fan...
the bugs and the unwelcome changes are just too much. I tried to love it, I really tried... but at the end of the day I just keep clicking back into my gigantic Simcity 4 region rather than login to origin and play the new game.
I'm sorry Maxis, and fuck you EA... but I have to say this is probably the last Simcity I will ever buy (and EA, the last game I will ever buy with your name slapped on it) | Like I said over a year ago ... Quote:
Originally Posted by Jmac I love the SimCity games ... but EA will find a way to completely fuck it up as they always do ... | | |
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03-15-2013, 04:25 PM
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#308 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Ditto for me. I don't think I'll be launching this game up again for awhile until they fix everything (if it ever happens).
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03-16-2013, 05:55 AM
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#309 | | Resident Bullshitter
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For some reason, one of my city's recycling depot just won't produce anything... its packed with recyclable material, yet they aren't producing any plastic or alloy!!! All my other city have no problem burning up all recyclable material daily.
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03-16-2013, 11:57 AM
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#310 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport For some reason, one of my city's recycling depot just won't produce anything... its packed with recyclable material, yet they aren't producing any plastic or alloy!!! All my other city have no problem burning up all recyclable material daily. | Exact same thing happened to me, my ground got polluted because the recycling depot stopped working.
For me I built another (so I had two in total) and it magically jump started the one that didn't work, then I just destroyed one. Dumb yes, but hey i hope it works for ya.
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03-17-2013, 10:33 AM
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#311 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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03-17-2013, 09:25 PM
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#312 | | Resident Bullshitter
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Originally Posted by Razgriz Exact same thing happened to me, my ground got polluted because the recycling depot stopped working.
For me I built another (so I had two in total) and it magically jump started the one that didn't work, then I just destroyed one. Dumb yes, but hey i hope it works for ya. | I've been checking back and forward between my utility town, one with all power, water, sewage, garbage and another city, an educated and high wealth city. which has two of its own recycling center. There are 35-40 workers working in my high wealth city's recycling centre. But there are only 10 working in my utility town.
I'm guessing the recycling center requires educated and medium wealth workers. which my utility town lacks.
So maybe thats why my recycling center are using recyclables at only 0.7ton a day oppose to burning through 70-90 tons a day in my high wealth city. I was actually making quite a bit of money selling plastic and alloy from my recyclables!
They seriously need to allow us to expand the recycling center to accept more recyclables!
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03-18-2013, 08:51 AM
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#313 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Here's the list of free games that EA is giving out for those who get the game before March 25. http://www.ea.com/news/for-our-patie...Lh7WnR3ffBah7Q Quote:
Here is the list of games that you will be able to choose from once you are able to redeem. It’s a great list of games across the whole EA portfolio, so pick one and add it to your Origin library on us!
Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)
Bejeweled 3
Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)
Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)
Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)
Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition)
Plants vs. Zombies
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
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03-18-2013, 08:53 AM
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#314 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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SimCity 4? lol
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03-18-2013, 04:55 PM
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^ lol.
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03-18-2013, 07:20 PM
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#316 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Returned this game back to Amazon, trying Simcity 4 for my quick fix.
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03-18-2013, 08:11 PM
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#317 | | Prince of the Apes
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Originally Posted by ForbiddenX | only game worth it in that list is bf3, all the others are already available for "free" if you really want it, lol.
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[26-08, 13:50] Jesusjuice is this a sports car forum? why are there so many hondas?
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03-18-2013, 11:10 PM
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#318 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Just a heads up that BF3 is the regular edition and doesn't include the DLCs with extra maps and weapons.
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03-18-2013, 11:13 PM
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#319 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
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Originally Posted by bloodmack only game worth it in that list is bf3, all the others are already available for "free" if you really want it, lol. | I might go for Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition) or Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition) since I already have BF3... LOL what's with PvZ that's like with 99 cents went it is on sale on steam @@
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03-19-2013, 06:12 PM
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#320 | | Prince of the Apes
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Originally Posted by mos_skeeto Just a heads up that BF3 is the regular edition and doesn't include the DLCs with extra maps and weapons. | buy premium and its like you bought the game for half price :P
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03-19-2013, 07:11 PM
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#321 | | #deephouse
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YES i think they fixed the traffic problems!!
I have only been turning on my sims to check the updates. https://help.ea.com/article/simcity-patch-notes
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03-19-2013, 11:48 PM
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#322 | | RS controls my life!
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03-20-2013, 09:38 PM
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#323 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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So my city was in a state in which I was making massive amounts of money via trade. I left it for 3.5 hours to play FIFA, came back, and saw that my city was broke, all the buildings were in 'rubble' form (apparently looks like a massive fire happened), and most of my sims left the city. FML, $10 mil cash, 200,000 citizens all gone in 3.5 hours lol
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03-21-2013, 12:52 PM
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#324 | | I keep RS good
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lol you cannot LEAVE YOUR CITY UNATTENDED.
that is retarded. disasters will happen. shit will happen that REQUIRES your attention.
to leave it unattended is a huge gamble.
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03-21-2013, 03:06 PM
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#325 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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I used to do that in old SC all the time cept with saves it doesn't really matter. You just roll back. Can't do that with cloud saves.
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