01-12-2019, 08:18 PM
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#221
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I wish I was more creative 
I run out of ideas quickly, or my ideas don't work then I get discouraged. |
Indeed. I have no clue how to be creative in this game.
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01-12-2019, 09:46 PM
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#222
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by metallicat
Indeed. I have no clue how to be creative in this game.
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Same. I always end up with grids and/or the same type of neighborhoods over and over and over
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01-20-2019, 01:56 AM
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#223
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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I find playing mountainous or hilly maps prevents me from creating grids. It's way more fun too.
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01-20-2019, 01:40 PM
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#224
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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We should share our cities. Here is my latest one after I finally recovered from a tsunami that took out nearly a third of my city. I added oil power plants because my dam was overwhelmed. They're shut off and only used in an emergency. I also turned a meteorite crater into a flood pond.
Spoiler for size:
There's a cable car going up to the same area as the winding road where there's some tourist sites. I agree that it's fun to have to deal with terrain to make more interesting cities.
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01-20-2019, 01:42 PM
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#225
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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Diamond Coast?
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01-20-2019, 02:08 PM
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#226
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Craig McTavish' Merkin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by White Out 403
Diamond Coast?
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Cavern Coast. It's part of the Parklife DLC.
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01-20-2019, 06:04 PM
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#227
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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Ugh I keep hitting a population of 10k or so and get bored with the boring grids I do.
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01-24-2019, 11:33 AM
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#228
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada!
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When I got bored with grids I started to do weird angled and curved roads, I found that as my cities grew the felt like the would have more character. I worried less about filling space efficiently and more about just making it look neat and sophisticated or sometimes just creepy and rundown. If I wanted a slum I built train tracks and nonsensical roads with dead ends. If I wanted downtown's that looked like hey had life to them I'll build triangle style roads and fill them up with high density mix or residential and commercial then leave some space for the unique buildings that you get along the way.
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01-24-2019, 12:36 PM
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#229
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary
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I discovered I started enjoying the game more when I gave up the notion that "largest population wins" and I started focusing on making authentic neighborhoods.. Try some of the user-created maps in the workshop as well. A varied terrain can really force you out of the grid.
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01-26-2019, 10:16 AM
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#230
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Franchise Player
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I'm just not creative enough. I even watched some YouTube videos to get ideas but rather than just use it as inspiration I just copy exactly what they did haha
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02-08-2019, 05:02 PM
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#231
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Bought a new laptop, so I thought I'd give it a go after a while. Just a little you know, to appreciate the new hardware.
Suddnely, bought all the DLC, subscribed to a whole bunch of new assets, went on whole night bender fixing one highway intersection 
So good, so addictive.
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02-11-2019, 11:46 AM
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#232
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#1 Goaltender
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Woo! Got the big DLCs on the sale. Looking forward to getting into this game.
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03-10-2019, 07:04 PM
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#233
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Threadkiller
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: 51.0544° N, 114.0669° W
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05-22-2019, 01:07 PM
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#235
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Franchise Player
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I wish my full-time job was to play this game.
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But living an honest life - for that you need the truth. That's the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, leads to liberation and dignity. -Ricky Gervais
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05-24-2019, 04:45 PM
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#236
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ricosuave
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Lol, that really doesn't surprise me. It's gotta be annoying though how slow time moves in real life vs playing the game. No "speed up time" slider to see the results of you work.
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01-24-2022, 10:21 PM
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#238
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Superflyer
Is there anyone still playing this game? I just bought it on sale on the playstation and looking forward to it.
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It was free on PS Plus a few years ago IIRC. I have it on Playstation but it doesn't seem right to play a city simulator on a console.
I played it on PC and every now and then will boot up my insane city build I made years ago to just watch the traffic flow. I had a lot of traffic problems and my solution was just to extend all the roads to an insane lengthy maze for anybody to get anywhere. It solved the congestion but it took like an hour for someone to get through the whole thing to their destination lol. They didn't complain as long as they weren't in a traffic jam.
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01-24-2022, 10:24 PM
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#239
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I recently got back into it, after a several year hiatus. Looking forward to the new Airports DLC.
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01-24-2022, 11:30 PM
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#240
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Franchise Player
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Love this game, looking forward to the new DLC. It's actually on sale this week as well.
Think my mods folder takes up more hard drive space than the game itself these days. Just can't get enough.
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