[Megathread] SimCity 5

[rhorle]

EU West 2 full

A little tip regarding "full". You are allowed 10 regions on each server and you will always be allowed onto a full server if you have a region already created on that server. So just create a region on each server and you'll always be able to get on each server you want. I think it is a little more then just creating a region so just create a few roads and lay down some zones or something to create a save of an actual city.

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9334555.page

Q: What does it mean if a server is listed as FULL or BUSY?
A: If a server is listed as BUSY, this is a notification that there is heavy activity on that particular server. You can still join it if you wish to start a new region or city; or load a pre-existing city. If a server is listed as FULL, you will not be allowed to join that server unless you have an earlier city saved on it. If you already have a city saved on that server, the server will be accessible.

Q: How many servers can I exist on?
A: Players will be able to play on multiple servers, with a maximum of 10 regions on each.

You will likely still have to wait but at least you can eventually get on the server and play with a friend for the first time.

[Nerraw]

I saw someone discuss pollution but I can't find the post. >.< What's the best way to get rid of ground pollution again? I kinda need to clean up after some now-obsolete sewage pipes. -.-

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I saw someone discuss pollution but I can't find the post. >.< What's the best way to get rid of ground pollution again? I kinda need to clean up after some now-obsolete sewage pipes. -.-

not sure but probably recycling center or water cleaning structures. that's at least is what logic tells me xD

[Deleted]

A little tip regarding "full". You are allowed 10 regions on each server and you will always be allowed onto a full server if you have a region already created on that server. So just create a region on each server and you'll always be able to get on each server you want. I think it is a little more then just creating a region so just create a few roads and lay down some zones or something to create a save of an actual city.

Ahh, I see! Thanks for the tip!

[Phookah]

Here's my city so far http://imgur.com/TCP19qL
Kinda starting to stagnate a little bit, can't seem to get over 160k population.

[Nerraw]

Had to close down the game because it was messing up. Now I have to wait 20 mins to get back in...

[Frozenbeef]

It's constantly demanding low residents, but i don't have any space to build more, what do i do >.<

[Deleted]

God, my first city ever sucks. It's a learning curve I guess . A sorry haphazard collection of what-am-i-doings.

[rhorle]

I saw someone discuss pollution but I can't find the post. >.< What's the best way to get rid of ground pollution again? I kinda need to clean up after some now-obsolete sewage pipes. -.-

I don't think there is a way. Maybe with time if you stop the source. However if the problem is your water being polluted you can build the water pump with the filter addon.

[Pachycrocuta]

According to the letsallbemayor livestreams, you can put a water pump with the filtration addon over the brown ground pollution, and it will suck it up and put clean water back into the ground. Or you can put the water tanks on the pump and use that to give your city some water. It was either on the "Going Green" or the "City on the Brink" livestream that they said this. I believe it was the latter. One of the guys that made the game stated that. So, if you want an "endless" supply of water, just use the first sewage pipe available, and plop down a water treatment plant I think it is, and that will do it. I can't test that out as I don't have the game (maybe at the end of the month).

[Horace]

Alright, finally managed to get in and play for a couple hours last night, before I realised it was kinda lonely without any friends actually playing the game. So if there's still any vacant plots in the MMO-C region, I'd like to claim one and make the most inefficient city ever! I (Faulchu) have added Sillysilly3 and Goosie (don't know if anyone but the creator can invite), which is all it would let me before the server claimed it had network errors >.<

[Nerraw]

Ugh, tried to check out a couple of other cities in the region. Bad idea. It threw me back to the main menu, and now I can't enter my own city again.

[Deleted]

Need to take a break and read up on some things. My city layout is rubbish, but I'm having fun. Seems like my Sims have plenty of job opportunities and the commercial zones are doing great. Only problem I have right now is that I lack commercial zones for my industry to ship their freight to. Recently added a trade depot, but it's not really helping.
I'm not even sure if an airport or ferry would help. The description seems entirely tailored to passengers instead of goods.

Guess I'll need more commercial zones. Perhaps it would help with my stagnating city population. I've already built parks and services near my residential areas, upgraded roads, but I haven't really seen an increase in population yet.

Ugh, tried to check out a couple of other cities in the region. Bad idea. It threw me back to the main menu, and now I can't enter my own city again.

Same thing here. Wanted to see what everyone else was doing and it kicked me out of the game altogether.

[Nerraw]

If I ever end up owning a burger joint, I am so stealing this name.

[Frozenbeef]

Is there any unlimtied supply of money? >.<

I built a coal/ metal city and it sucked them dry after giving me like 20mill >.<
Casino/ tourist city seemed to have more cost than profits
an even mix made my city grow but gave me very little profit

It feels like you just need bigger areas to make a perfect city >.< Once you set up your specilization you barely have room for other things >.<

[Jofe]

Well I got in, I'm kinda trying to go slow. In order to try to take advantage of each piece of land I'm gonna let my buildings grow first before zoning more. That way I can have some space when I have to switch to taxes only when coal and ore deposits run dry.

[Hexian]

---------- Post added 2013-03-09 at 11:51 AM ----------

i feel sorry for that guy in the mmo-c region with the little plot of land ontop of the mountain.

In The Mountains... shall flourish as a thriving metropolis!

Naw, I made it mostly to turn it into a ore/coal producing town so the surrounding towns can benefit.

[Nerraw]

SimCity Update 1.3

This update to SimCity contains the following updates and fixes:

General
• Fix for a crash related to the highway interchanges and vehicles.
• Traffic was optimized for complex road sections.
• Fix for a specific case of city processing that forced players to rollback their cities to a previous state.
• Fix for a crash some players saw when exiting their city.
• Rapidly clicking or accidently double clicking the Claim city button will no longer create multiple regions.
• We temporarily removed filtering by friends and maps on the Join Game screen to better support database performance. Players can still find friends' regions by going to their friends' profile pages.

Servers
• Various database optimization to address issues with connecting to our servers
• We've added 8 new servers (Oceanic 2, NA East 3, NA West 4, EU West 5, NA West 3, EU East 4, NA East 4 and EU West 6).

[Deleted]

My river crossing is not ideal either, so much space gone

[-aiko-]

We might need another region soon! Accepted all the invites, sorry for the wait.