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2311706 No.2311706 [Reply] [Original]

So how does someone git gud at SC2K? What strategies do you follow, what sort of city do you build?

How do I get a good Hydro power base going that doesn't look completely ugly?

>> No.2311729
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>>2311706
>How do I get a good Hydro power base going that doesn't look completely ugly?
Ain't gonna happen.

>> No.2311762
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>>2311729
>Power lines: $2
>Newspaper with no body text: $5

>> No.2311772

Loved Sim City 2k but 3k was better in every way

>> No.2311824

>>2311729
>My Cock's Fear Factor

>> No.2311862

>>2311706
I dunno dude, I always just took pre-made cities and unleashed my wrath upon them.

>> No.2312164

>>2311762
>Bulldoze a skyscraper: $1

>> No.2312184

>>2311729
>simcity_cock

looks like somebody's over-compensating for his real-life failings in a virtual game.

>> No.2312190

>>2311706
The most important tip is to start slowly. Build a small town first. I don't think you even need to build police stations/hospitals at the beginning. Those can swallow your budget. I think it's more important to balance out the taxes, budget and shit before you go bigger.

>> No.2312210
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There is no way to get good at SimCity 2k. Your cities will invariably start as small towns and die rapidly turning into a small deserted ghost town in the middle of nowhere. You will never have enough income to do anything and the roads manager will always yell at you if you try to cut his funding. You'll float bonds until you've reached the limit and never be able to repay it. That's the lesson of Sim City 2000, it's about how the world really is and how your economy will always be shit.

>> No.2312223
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>>2312210

2008....Is that you....? 0-0

>> No.2312235

All I want to know is how to curb pollution. Some guides say to zone Industrial at the map's edge, but what about sims in the middle of the map?

>> No.2312240

>>2312210
Marx

please

>> No.2312273
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>>2312210

>> No.2312274

>>2312190
>not setting taxes to 20% for the whole game and legalizing gambling

>> No.2312317

>>2312273
RAISE THE FARES BY 10 CENTS

>> No.2312346
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>>2312317
Yes! Then we can build subways! Many, many subways!

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>> No.2312416
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the best

>> No.2312446

whenever i see a sc2k screenshot i reinstall it, play for an hour and then get frustrated and quit

i wanna fucking build real subway systems. what game let's me do that? i always abuse OTTD with underground railways.

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>>2312416
agreed & beat me to it.

>> No.2312456
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>> No.2312463

>>2311729
What about tilesets? They might help with the looks.

>> No.2312472
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>>2312164
>2001
>not knowing about super efficient skyscraper demolition

>> No.2312480

How many SimCopters have you crashed with your focus crosshairs?

>> No.2312508
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>>2311706
>How do I get a good Hydro power base going that doesn't look completely ugly?

how's this?

>> No.2312514

>>2312508
Not bad. I was thinking of a map with a gradual descent of large plateaus, and a major river pooling in reservoir lakes before narrowing into a thin waterfall with dams leading down to a new level with a new lake.

>> No.2312517

>>2312508
Instead of a coal plant, I sometimes start a new city around a 4x4 hill (3x3 flat top). I drop water on the slopes and put up hydros, then either put a police station or some water pumps on top of the hill to make use of the 3x3 space.

>> No.2312526

>>2311729
I love it when people name their cities like this. what other funny names did you name your city /vr/?

>> No.2312652

>>2312508
>Random "walls" surrounded by dry land at all sides
0/10

>> No.2312847
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>>2312652
does this satisfy your autism?

>> No.2312865
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>> No.2312927

>>2312847
You're dam tootin' it does.

>> No.2313130
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>> No.2313138

>>2311772
Me too.

>> No.2313140

>>2313130
You're the reason I have to cut back on funding and get >>2312210 all pissed off at me.
Fuck off.

>> No.2313142

>>2312847

this.is beautiful.

>> No.2313149

>>2311706
I...I was one of those people that created a completely flat map with a maximum-height-lowest-maximum-point waterfall pyramid in the center of the map, with each waterfall tile a hydro plant...

I'm sorry...

>> No.2313153
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>>2313140
Oh, come on, you don't have to cut back on funding! Just hear me out. Again.

>> No.2313157

>>2313153
Nope fuck you I'm not going into the red again because of your douchebag interest rates.

>> No.2313161
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>>2313157
Oh, sure, be a miles-to-the-gallon kinda guy! Don'cha know there's more important things in life than finding pennies to pinch?

>> No.2313164
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>>2313157
>>2313161
whooopsie!

>> No.2313169

>>2313161
>>2313164
Indeed there are, like building and running a city.
I'm not falling for your tricks again, you mustachioed clown!

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What can I say, being so incredibly generous with amazing brilliant suggestions, it's a gift!

>> No.2313187
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>>2313186
NO! We're having way too much problems with ordinary transportation already! NO!

>> No.2313192

>>2313186
SECURITY!
Get this clown out of here!

>> No.2313202

>>2313192
Security? What security? I don't see any security individual around here.

>> No.2313214

>>2313202
And that's what I get for cutting Police Funding.

>> No.2313234
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Those advisor boxes look overly different.

>> No.2313240

>>2313234
Windows vs DOS I'd wager

>> No.2313254

>>2313240
There's OS/2, Mac, Amiga, FM towns and Risc OS versions also.

>> No.2313257

>>2313240
>>2313254
Don't forget consoles

>> No.2313260

>>2313254
I'm surprised that there is an OS/2 version, it makes me wonder how many games were released for OS/2.

>> No.2313272

>>2313260
Not all that many apparently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:OS/2_games

>> No.2313278

>>2313272
I wonder if there's more games that would run on a raspberry pi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Acorn_Archimedes_games

Hah, as if I would ever be able to get them?

>> No.2313291

>>2313272
wikipedia lists are boarderline useless, they are never complete and only have the best known games.

>> No.2313306

>>2313272
>>2313291
by the way, also notice that simcity isn't even on either that category list or the actually list of games page.
Also, according to captcha any food that is sparingly put on a white plate is sushi evidentally.

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Who hired all these retards anyway?

>> No.2313512

>>2313306
This seems fuller:
http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/os2/

>> No.2313516

>>2313512

Mobygames is a rather useful site in general, I've found.

>> No.2313519

>>2313516
it's been around for a long time and as such has a good amount of data on new but especially retro games.

>> No.2313523

>>2313260
>>2313272
It still sounds kind of useful for games, with having good DOS and windows 3.1 compatibility.

>> No.2313535

Anyone play around the with Map Editor?

What sort of maps did you like to use for your cities?

>> No.2313538

Oh man, I remember playing this game as a kid back in 1994-1995

Had a lot of fun building, making mistakes and learning how to make a bustling and successful city.

There was only one thing which annoyed me infinitely, and that was the aqueducts, but I always went up to my dad and asked him to do for me!

>> No.2313564

Forget it, you won't have enough money or ever understand how to play it and all your houses, commerce and industrial buildings will turn black. There will be no salvaging this and all of your bonds will already be floated.

>> No.2313567

>>2313535
Completely flat maps with only one coastline.

>> No.2313726
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>>2313535
Max height corner mountains with waterfalls for dem hydros

>> No.2313869

>>2313567
that's just too easy
recently started a very mountainous city with a river

>> No.2315071

>>2313567
>>2313869
I like something a little in between: a generally flat map with large, gradual plateaus, like an elevation map, with a river and coast and covered in a blanket of trees.

>> No.2315330

>>2313567
>>2313726
I have done both of these.

>> No.2316257

>>2315071
>covered in a blanket of trees
Wish there was an option to hide trees but not roads. Can't see shit usually.

>> No.2317074

>>2311706
Build industry/power plant a map's edge. Build residential. Keep 1:1 until business demand rises. Listen to demands. Set funding low and raise as needed.

All there is to it, really.

>> No.2317087

I'm currently running the 64-bit version of Windows 7; how difficult is it to get Sim City 2000 running?

>> No.2317108

>>2317087
http://aldude999.deviantart.com/art/SimCity-2000-Installer-For-Windows-7-and-Windows-8-340845297

Should help you.

Anyway, I think I definitely played 2000 a hell of a lot more than 3000, but I feel like 3000 was a lot more enjoyable. One of the best parts of 2000 was being able to put your cities in Streets of SimCity, which is a greatly unappreciated game.