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[Sergius]

And a lot of other people would disagree. Not risking an nonrefundable game.

I install SimCity 4 Deluxe in every single computer I come across. So far not a single installation has failed me.
All versions of windows, 7, XP, 32 / 64 bit, hardware-accelerated, or integrated Intel chips.

[Kaje]

I'm running Sim City 4 on Windows 8 x64 and I'm not having any issues with it.

[Guardian G.I.]

SimCity 4 periodically crashes on my laptop (Windows 7 x86) due to memory leaks.
(a truckload of mods installed all at once might be the cause of the problem, though)

[miauw62]

It works perfectly on Windows 7 64-bit.

People told me that about Fallout 3.
They were wrong.

Eh? Fallout 3 does work fine on Windows 7 64-bit. Could it be your hardware? I just ran FO3 again on my win7 machine to confirm. o.o

Can't always count on that. Look at my problems with Civ 4. Sometimes, the computer gods just hate you.

[10ebbor10]

Anyway, bit of a Necro but this is the appropriate thread.

Sim City is getting a bit cynical in it's self critique. In the next paying upgrade you get to choose between the Omega corporation, a polluting megacorp that uses drones to spread omega( a strange, limited resource) at hourly subscription ratings.

It's counter is the academy, which develops advanced technologies, all of which rely on ControlNet, a central mainframe generated by your academy. If you don't get enough workers, fusion plants and other rather critical installations shut down.

Cities of tomorrow patch.

[DoomOnion]

...You never get enough workers in Sim City, how the hell are you supposed to sustain a city, then?

[10ebbor10]

I dunno, I don't even have the game. Though, I think the Mega towers should provide additional workers.

But anyway, the way the Omega corporation is slightly suspicious

At first, Omega is supplied for free, but after a few deliveries these Industries become Omegized and start paying you hourly subscriptions

Edit: AlsoMaybe Offline mode, but certainly no bigger cities. The system can't keep up with it.

[Sensei]

Double Post'd; Clicked Quote when I tried to Edit.

[Sensei]

Anyway, bit of a Necro but this is the appropriate thread.

Sim City is getting a bit cynical in it's self critique. In the next paying upgrade you get to choose between the Omega corporation, a polluting megacorp that uses drones to spread omega( a strange, limited resource) at hourly subscription ratings.

It's counter is the academy, which develops advanced technologies, all of which rely on ControlNet, a central mainframe generated by your academy. If you don't get enough workers, fusion plants and other rather critical installations shut down.

Cities of tomorrow patch.

Actually, the biggest thing I noticed was elevated trains.

...but still no traffic AI, apparently.

I dunno, I don't even have the game. Though, I think the Mega towers should provide additional workers.

But anyway, the way the Omega corporation is slightly suspicious

Edit: AlsoMaybe Offline mode, but certainly no bigger cities. The system can't keep up with it.

Heh. We've already established that all that runs online is stuff going between cities (since you can't do your own server), so apparently their puny servers can't handle people's increased traffic between cities? You know, I'll bet that's because they cut costs by not having many servers. I'd go so far as to bet that if you could host your own server, your home computer would handle it just fine.

Exploration for Offline Mode is Happening

Right now we have a team specifically focused on exploring the possibility of an offline mode. I can’t make any promises on when we will have more information, but we know this is something that many of our players have been asking for. While the server connectivity issues are behind us, we would like to give our players the ability to play even if they choose not to connect. An offline mode would have the additional benefit of providing room to the modding community to experiment without interfering or breaking the multiplayer experience.

We already know you can run the game offline if you comment out a few lines of code.

Also, the same blog post DOES say they fixed traffic AI, but I'll believe it when they post clear videos that A) traffic no longer takes the shortest route possible, ignorant of other traffic and road density and B) traffic decides where it's going when it leaves, instead of all rushing towards the nearest open spot and then turning around to go to the next open spot when that gets filled.

[10ebbor10]

According to their official explanation, bigger cities would crash user performance. After all intercity interactions are just a few numbers, as barely any data is kept.

Also, those videos have been posted. At least of the first instance. Here

[Mephansteras]

So...sounds like it'll still fall into the 'Not worth buying' bucket for the time being.

Which is sad. I really want a new, good, sim city game.

[Neonivek]

According to their official explanation, bigger cities would crash user performance. After all intercity interactions are just a few numbers, as barely any data is kept.

Also, those videos have been posted. At least of the first instance. Here

Which is just a good example of a game's gimmick weakening the overall game because of the lengths they go to in order to support it.

[Putnam]

According to their official explanation, bigger cities would crash user performance.

Horseshit. They're just trying to cover up that their agent simulation is one of the worst ever given an advertising budget. Rollercoaster Tycoon could handle just as many agents on a computer older than me.

[10ebbor10]

According to their official explanation, bigger cities would crash user performance.

Horseshit. They're just trying to cover up that their agent simulation is one of the worst ever given an advertising budget. Rollercoaster Tycoon could handle just as many agents on a computer older than me.

To be fair, Rollecoaster's only guests were the tourists. In Sim City, everything is an agent, and those agents also have to react to each other. (While in Rollercoaster, people just walked over each other more often than not).

[Sensei]

Admittedly, Rollercoaster Tycoon WOULD have been a mess if agents had to navigate around eachother. Still, you would think they'd have no problem releasing a large plot of land with the warning "will run poorly on old computers".

It would be neat if they released the ability to actually run the game offline- I remain certain that it would be trivial for them to do, and it's online for DRM purposes.  Maybe they'll figure their DRM has done its job this long after release.