[Megathread] SimCity 5

[Deleted]

Is there a way to cut back on air pollution?

Also, whats the easiest way to get tourists? I picked up the department of tourism already.

for tourists, you need things tourists like, so shops and tourist attractions/casinos, and a way of tourists getting to you, so a train station, dock or airport, i think some also arrive by car.

for air pollution, you need your factories to upgrade their tech level, to do this you need either a college or university in your town, and over time they will upgrade tech level.

[DieFichte]

What does the space launch benefit you with?

100k simoleons and my Empire State Building and the Willis Tower jump to around 80k/hr simoleons profit for the 24 hours around launch.

And I think it raises the tech level, if I wasn't maxed out anyway.

[r3d3mpt10n]

Well ive acquired 500k simoleons so im gonna wait til i atleast have another 200k from revenue before i start demolishing, and aiko as much as id want to keep them all, they're too far spread around my city, so i plan on demolishing EVERYTHING and starting over, except for maybe the rail station i have and the main road connecting that and the entrance to my city.

Luckilyi have just researched the vertical wind turbines, so the region can all purchase them now...

I do have a massive coal deposit in my city, so im thinking i might actually build that up again, if not i might try for tourism/gambling, and then also pool things like electrical and water where i can.

Edit: Im actually thinking of maxxing the taxes before i demolish to get that last bit of juice out of the town, but im not sure it'll go down well if i do that, will the Sims want to come back? haha

[-aiko-]

Is there a way to cut back on air pollution?

Also, whats the easiest way to get tourists? I picked up the department of tourism already.

On top of what was already mentioned, when you place an industrial building or even start putting down industrial zones you will be given arrows indicating the wind direction. Make sure that the wind is pointing away from the city. This kind of forces you to put your industrial district in a certain part of the city.

[pickley]

On top of what was already mentioned, when you place an industrial building or even start putting down industrial zones you will be given arrows indicating the wind direction. Make sure that the wind is pointing away from the city. This kind of forces you to put your industrial district in a certain part of the city.

Yea, that was one of the first things i figured.
They are all in the top right corner, where the wind is blowing to. But i still get popups saying the regions air pollution is on the rise.

[Deleted]

Yea, that was one of the first things i figured.
They are all in the top right corner, where the wind is blowing to. But i still get popups saying the regions air pollution is on the rise.

the best way is to educate your sims, a communty college or university will increas the tech levels of your factories, higher tech levels means less pollution.

[Kinferatu]

the best way is to educate your sims, a communty college or university will increas the tech levels of your factories, higher tech levels means less pollution.

The Space Centre upgraded my industries, sooo....my city is smart. :P

[Deleted]

The Space Centre upgraded my industries, sooo....my city is smart. :P

im not in range to benefit from that i have a college at least. i had to disable some classrooms though to save money :P
my sims are dumb i watched for 5mins yesterday, 3 ambulances trying to leave the hospital, but none of the passing cars let them out :S

[DieFichte]

The Space Centre upgraded my industries, sooo....my city is smart. :P

It does? Wheeee!

Guess some of your people come to my university too. (Still not hit 4000 students though )

[-aiko-]

Yea, that was one of the first things i figured.
They are all in the top right corner, where the wind is blowing to. But i still get popups saying the regions air pollution is on the rise.

Hrm. Try clicking on the air pollution data chart (all of the data buttons can be accessed at the bottom right underneath the bulldozer button). This will give you an indication of where the pollution is coming from.

[domesticllama]

SOmebody in EU west 6 just had a zombie outbreak...

Also, seems i rendomly put out a Hazmat fire, without even having the upgrade :S

I've got my population up to 30000+ people now, but i seem to be struggling keeping everyone happy, i also have little space left to build in too.

To be honest, the place where ive picked to go doesnt seem all that great, mind that, im gonna continue trying to build up my city, since i've got my stuff up and running, and im now saving for the transport depot, to start shipping out my alloys/metals.

I may have just had zombies in EUW6....Only 7 dead though!

[r3d3mpt10n]

Okay, so renovation begins... took a 30 min break and accumulated 1m simoleons, come back, and im actually GAINING 14k per month with nothing but a trade HQ a train st. and a city hall.

[Kinferatu]

This afternoon, had some meteor madness!

Meteor hits in the poor area of the city, fires everywhere + traffic = 30 houses burnt...AND my Metal HQ got own'd aswell. :/

Then sound bugged so all I hear is the meteor coming down noise, that and 10 police cars going off...headaches yay.

[-aiko-]

Ahh! Check your radiation map. Last time I got a meteor it made a small area of my city uninhabitable.

...Okay so I was able to get join.me up again by calling my roommate. She's a sweetheart! Anyways, the traffic right now is...bad. At 120k population. The overall traffic is good but the entrance is as always congested. I think I know how I can fix it though with the same street structure. I didn't really plan this city well because it was just a test, but I noticed that I had commercial zoning right at the entrance of the city....yeah, kind of stupid of me. I'm going to be putting all the shops/tourist attractions deeper into the city so my Sims have to drive a good length to get anywhere. Like a real city!

[r3d3mpt10n]

haha, ive sort of made some renovation... however, im thinking i wont need much industrial zoning if im going the route of tourism/gambling, either way, i have an airport down, a train station down, 6 vertical wind turbines, a hospital/fire dept and police dept. I've got my population to 1/5 of what it was before, so around 20k so far after about 30 mins of play, and i must admit, i have done a sterling job balancing the books at the moment, as i was losing 10k per day, but because of my stadium selling out on its first show, i seem to be afloat.

TLDR: ALMOST went bankrupt.

[Fluffygong]

I kinda tried to relay my city and raped myself...down from 7.5m to 1~m atm and just losing more I think, tried to add more public transport and make a more efficient production and well, it didn't go too smoothly.

[r3d3mpt10n]

my next goal is to try reduce the amount of industrial zoning, so im literally producing enough to keep myself afloat, whilst raking in the simoleons via my casinos/stadiums once i get them up and running... i made a fairly decent sized industrial zone to compensate for my vast losses after i rebuilt.

[Frozenbeef]

They need to do something about traffic, it's unavoidable and pretty impossible to solve due to only having lke 2 entrances to a city >.<

[Deleted]

They need to do something about traffic, it's unavoidable and pretty impossible to solve due to only having lke 2 entrances to a city >.<

hey, did you get your train station to work yet on the asia server?

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http://imgur.com/a/9hKKN


this design is quite cool, not mine its taken off reddit.

[Sephiracle]

hey, did you get your train station to work yet on the asia server?

---------- Post added 2013-03-14 at 12:56 AM ----------

http://imgur.com/a/9hKKN


this design is quite cool, not mine its taken off reddit.

Mine on Antarctica is pretty similar to that.