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Old 02-12-2013, 09:36 PM   #681
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Wow, ignored this for the most part but decided to take a peek and am unbelievably excited for this. If my sister and I are looking to split the game, any chance of loading on multiple computers? Or is this the usual 'disk must be inside' game?
It's an Origin game that is available for digital download, so I highly doubt you will be required to have the DVD in the drive to play. BUT, you will have to share an Origin account and only one of you can play at a time (it's an always connected to the internet game). I haven't actually tried this with Origin, but assuming it is the same as Steam, you can run your game on any computer as long as you login with your credentials and "approve" of the new computer via email.
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Old 02-12-2013, 09:51 PM   #682
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Does anyone know if you can upgrade your account if you decide to just get the limited edition first? Limited to Deluxe?
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Old 02-12-2013, 09:53 PM   #683
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I want mixed-use buildings!
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Old 02-12-2013, 10:49 PM   #684
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Wow, ignored this for the most part but decided to take a peek and am unbelievably excited for this. If my sister and I are looking to split the game, any chance of loading on multiple computers? Or is this the usual 'disk must be inside' game?
You can load the game on multiple computers. The game is attached to your Origin account, no need for a disc. So, you won't be able to play at the same time with only 1 copy of the game but you could alternate.
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Old 02-12-2013, 10:50 PM   #685
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I want mixed-use buildings!
They played with this quite a bit but in the end they found that it was difficult to manage and difficult to visualize what was going on in your city.
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Old 02-13-2013, 12:52 AM   #686
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They played with this quite a bit but in the end they found that it was difficult to manage and difficult to visualize what was going on in your city.
It was kind of a joke... I want them in Calgary more than I want them in SimCity.

However, not having them does kind of propagate a very dated form of urban design. Not cool, SimCity.
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Old 02-13-2013, 01:46 AM   #687
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I'm not too familiar with PC games, but does that mean I can't play offline?
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Old 02-13-2013, 06:19 AM   #688
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That is correct. You can not play offline.

This is basically the future of gaming and how the industry has decided to deal with pirating.

You should expect most games coming out from now on will be online only.
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That is correct. You can not play offline.

This is basically the future of gaming and how the industry has decided to deal with pirating.

You should expect most games coming out from now on will be online only.
But I'm guessing if I get the pirated version I will be able to play it offline. Go figure.
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Old 02-13-2013, 09:59 AM   #690
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But I'm guessing if I get the pirated version I will be able to play it offline. Go figure.
you can't do that with Diablo 3. the only way to pirate SimCity will be to setup your own servers that handle all of the tasks that EA's do
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Games like this will be incredibly difficult to pirate, I honestly can't see it happening.
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Old 02-13-2013, 10:34 AM   #692
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you can't do that with Diablo 3. the only way to pirate SimCity will be to setup your own servers that handle all of the tasks that EA's do
That's what people actually do, there are some Diablo 3 server emulators out there (though not sure of the quality).

Heck there's server emulators for WoW.

Not sure if there'll be enough interest in SimCity for people to want to make a server emulator, but it could be simple enough to do so that someone will.
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Old 02-13-2013, 01:41 PM   #693
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Mining city fly-over (note the arcology in the background!)




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Old 02-13-2013, 02:22 PM   #694
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almost makes me want to build a city based around heavy industry, more moving parts.
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Old 02-13-2013, 06:40 PM   #695
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almost makes me want to build a city based around heavy industry, more moving parts.
Honestly with the way this game works I am really excited to craft a whole region with all manner of cities.

It sounds like a lot of the city sites will have their own complications that will pose a challenge for an adventuresome mayor as well.

That said, I'm (like you) really excited to make mining and oil cities.
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Old 02-13-2013, 07:27 PM   #696
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I am curious to see how this nuclear meltdown happens and works.
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Old 02-14-2013, 06:59 AM   #697
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I am curious to see how this nuclear meltdown happens and works.
It will be fairly high on my list of things to accomplish!
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In this city flyby you can see a Nuclear Plant in a city:



You can also see the really high tech industry needed.
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Also, when this game comes out we should definitely start a CP region. I think you can have 16 cities in one region so 16 of us can join and play.
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Heck there's server emulators for WoW.
Last I checked, raid bosses have no special abilities since those are server side scripts and so raids are pretty damn boring.
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