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03-11-2015, 07:05 PM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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| Cities: Skylines - A Better SimCity
There was a big SimCity thread a while back in this forum so I wanted to share this. The general consensus is the latest SimCity isn't very good. Maxis is no more but things are finally looking good for SimCity fans because of this new game:  https://www.paradoxplaza.com/cities-...___store=world
It's basically what SimCity should have been. The residential, commerical and industrial (RCI) is the same. It has a detailed transportation system since this developer also made Cities in Motion which is a transportation sim. Unlike SimCity it has huge land areas. One cool feature I read about is painting districts with a paintbrush tool and set unique tax, resource and industry specialties for each district. Graphics look clean and pretty.
I just bought it on Steam for 32 bucks. Will report back but reviews are great so far: Cities: Skylines for PC Reviews - Metacritic | 
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03-11-2015, 07:09 PM
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Contemplating whether or not I should buy this game  Sim city 2000 was the shit when I was in grade 4, schools had it preinstalled for whatever reason and it was awesome to see King Kong or aliens wreck havoc
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03-11-2015, 07:40 PM
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#3 | | RS controls my life!
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I've been watching people play on Twitch and have played a couple hours myself now. You can pretty much replicate any city in the world! Vancouver here *not to scale
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03-11-2015, 08:01 PM
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#4 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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SO GOOD! This is totally worth the $30. Highly moddable too
Here's my first big city, just hit 40K 
I am having 2 problems though... One, I can't get hydro dams to work. I have it in a river with what I assume is high flow, but it just doesn't work. When I turn it off, it just blocks the river.
Also, I am having problem getting employees for my industrial locations
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03-11-2015, 08:27 PM
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#5 | | I STILL don't get it
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Got the game..
Totally worth it!!
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03-11-2015, 09:27 PM
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I want to play this...don't got hte hardware  | 
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03-11-2015, 09:54 PM
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#7 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Can you drive/do missions throughout the city like how it was in SimCity 4?
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03-11-2015, 10:35 PM
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#8 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Pre-ordered. Mashed F5 on release date. Got all hyped up while it was downloading. Opened it up, found out my computer can't run it without massive lag. Epic disappoint. Needless to say, I'm on the hunt for a new computer already.
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03-11-2015, 10:56 PM
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#9 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Same situation as you Teriyaki. The recent SimCity was playable but this game is kinda laggy on my 5 year old computer. Kinda sucks. I went on twitch.tv and saw how smooth it should be and it got more depressing. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaffray  Can you drive/do missions throughout the city like how it was in SimCity 4?
Those memories back then playing SimCity all day | The game is compatible with mods. I'm not sure about driving but there is already a first person mod for it. It won't be long.
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03-12-2015, 12:39 AM
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#10 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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I run an i7 with 8gb of ram... but... intel HD3000 gfx card
yes i'm on a 2011 macbookpro
it ain't gonna have great results LOL
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03-12-2015, 02:49 AM
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#11 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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the new roads i put down dont connect to existing roads. an icon indicates a non connecting road but it is connected!!
im doing nothing wrong. just building a new road and attaching to existing or rebuilding roads
wtf
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03-12-2015, 02:54 AM
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#12 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Unity seems like a really inefficient engine, so I'm not surprised that it's sluggish for some. Hell I notice some slowdowns myself when zooming in.
So worth it though
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03-12-2015, 05:41 AM
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#13 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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I've been playing a lot of simcity lately and it's been pretty good but what pisses me off is the limited space to develop. In this game can you build mega cities or are you restricted to smaller areas again?
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03-12-2015, 07:53 AM
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#14 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer I've been playing a lot of simcity lately and it's been pretty good but what pisses me off is the limited space to develop. In this game can you build mega cities or are you restricted to smaller areas again? | this game is huge. you start off the same size as simcity but you can buy the neighbouring hoods.
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03-12-2015, 08:08 AM
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#15 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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It looks interesting. I'll give it a try.
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03-12-2015, 10:46 AM
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#16 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Best game since Simcity 4. Totally worth the $30.
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03-12-2015, 11:22 AM
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#17 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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does it have retarded AI like cities in motion 
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03-12-2015, 04:18 PM
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#18 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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So i finally built a big city, even expanded over the river. Got to like 14000 population and I realized i neglected the island i first started with. The river was all polluted and eventually my right half of the city all left and the houses are all abandoned lol. Is there anything I can do.
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03-12-2015, 04:40 PM
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#19 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Will an AMD Phenom x6 BE, 8 GB RAM, HD5870 run this pretty well or is it new PC time?
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03-12-2015, 06:15 PM
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#20 | | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by Gerbs So i finally built a big city, even expanded over the river. Got to like 14000 population and I realized i neglected the island i first started with. The river was all polluted and eventually my right half of the city all left and the houses are all abandoned lol. Is there anything I can do. | try placing a shit ton of parks with health care should balance out
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03-12-2015, 08:26 PM
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#21 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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cant get hydro dams to work???
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03-12-2015, 09:28 PM
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#22 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Same here...
Also I have problems 'starting' a new area away from the main city. Like if I want to set up a forestry zone, with power, good highway connection etc, but nobody touches it
I was once able to get one going by setting up commercial beside it, but it didn't work this time
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03-12-2015, 10:20 PM
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#23 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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i built like 4 dams
smashed them all
went solar lol
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03-12-2015, 10:32 PM
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#24 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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I think it has to be a REALLY fast river
I need to find out how to make traffic better in industrial areas.. I tried a roundabout and only 6 lane roads but that didn't work
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03-13-2015, 12:14 AM
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#25 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by Jmac Will an AMD Phenom x6 BE, 8 GB RAM, HD5870 run this pretty well or is it new PC time? | Should be OK with lower settings MINIMUM
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