From what I've read, the transportation disk adds a few special units to the game. Most likely, they'll be posted somewhere eventually. It looks like the disk was simply a premium that EA hatched w/ EBGames.com so folks would buy it from EB. Think of it as a high-tech happy meal toy.
SimCity 4
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From what I've read, the transportation disk adds a few special units to the game. Most likely, they'll be posted somewhere eventually. It looks like the disk was simply a premium that EA hatched w/ EBGames.com so folks would buy it from EB. Think of it as a high-tech happy meal toy.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
hehe, Only 2 more days untill Jan 14th 
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.cameramano
Television Cameraman
Does anyone here remember the original SimCity 3000 release? It was so buggy that it crashed almost every 1/2 hour, and the last zoom level wasn't even rendered! Instead of releasing a patch, the programmers marketed a $40.00 version of the game with the patch (unlimited)... screwing all the people who bought the first release. Join me in boycotting this release!
Furry Spatula
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I got the original release and i had no problems with the game crashing every 30 mins. Infact I still don't have that problem. I for one wont boycott the game. I just won't buy it b/c it wont run on my comp.
Scratch that, it wont run very well on my comp.
Scratch that, it wont run very well on my comp.
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
Im probably gonna buy it.If the systemdemands are not too big...
Leonel
Breakfast Connoisseur
Why would I want to boycott such an awesome game?! I WANT SIMCITY 4 and YEW can't stop me! *shoves cameramano aside and runs to EB!*
Does anyone have any cheats for this game? I'm taxing the clothing off the people and reducing funding for everything but I'm still losing money! And how do you make Neighbor Deals. I connected both cities but still I can't make deals! 
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
puglover.
use Control-X
then type the following:
stopwatch: pause/resume the 24 hour clock
whatimeizit: set the time of the day follow with a space and the time you wish to set
whererufrom: change city name follow with new name you want to apply
hellomynameis: changes mayor name following the new name you want to apply
you don't deserve it: all rewards available
sizeof: increases magnification (1-100)
weaknesspays: adds 1,000 to your treasury
fightthepower: removes power requirement for all buildings
zoneria: hides empty zone color
tastyzots: toggles zots
howdryiam: removes water requirement from all buildings
use Control-X
then type the following:
stopwatch: pause/resume the 24 hour clock
whatimeizit: set the time of the day follow with a space and the time you wish to set
whererufrom: change city name follow with new name you want to apply
hellomynameis: changes mayor name following the new name you want to apply
you don't deserve it: all rewards available
sizeof: increases magnification (1-100)
weaknesspays: adds 1,000 to your treasury
fightthepower: removes power requirement for all buildings
zoneria: hides empty zone color
tastyzots: toggles zots
howdryiam: removes water requirement from all buildings
Switch625
I don't care.
This #&@% game taxes my machine to beyond it's limits! It's extremely unstable, which tells me that my machine needs more muscle before I can effectively play it. 
Greadius
:yeah:
I got it yesterday... pretty fun even though I have difficulty getting my city to grow effectively.
I had difficulty with balanced budgets at first too. The trick is to tax based on demands for the different types of zones. If there is a high demand for low-density residential areas, for example, tax low-wage earners at a higher rate. Some might move away, but you'll get a lot more money and they won't be pushy about it anymore. Plus, you can tax right above the move away threshold so you'll just have disgruntled citizens who don't leave, like in the real world!
Then, cut away at service spendings and provide cash only on the marginals: no empty hospital beds, no empty classrooms. Just like the real world!
And walla, a budget is balanced!
Switch, I have minimum system requirements and don't have any trouble running the game. Have you tried turning down the graphics settings? The default is set to max, which I'm sure would tax my system as well.
I had difficulty with balanced budgets at first too. The trick is to tax based on demands for the different types of zones. If there is a high demand for low-density residential areas, for example, tax low-wage earners at a higher rate. Some might move away, but you'll get a lot more money and they won't be pushy about it anymore. Plus, you can tax right above the move away threshold so you'll just have disgruntled citizens who don't leave, like in the real world!
Then, cut away at service spendings and provide cash only on the marginals: no empty hospital beds, no empty classrooms. Just like the real world!
And walla, a budget is balanced!
Switch, I have minimum system requirements and don't have any trouble running the game. Have you tried turning down the graphics settings? The default is set to max, which I'm sure would tax my system as well.
Greadius:
What are your PC specs? What settings are you running the game on? Did you overclock? And have you had any problems since you've posted?
I'm asking is because a lot of people w/ tricked-out PCs are reporting some problems - freezing, crashing, etc. Some have blamed their Radeon cards. Others say the MySims feature is the trouble. I'm also wondering because my system, which runs Civ3 just fine, is just above minimum for SC4.
What are your PC specs? What settings are you running the game on? Did you overclock? And have you had any problems since you've posted?
I'm asking is because a lot of people w/ tricked-out PCs are reporting some problems - freezing, crashing, etc. Some have blamed their Radeon cards. Others say the MySims feature is the trouble. I'm also wondering because my system, which runs Civ3 just fine, is just above minimum for SC4.
Switch625
I don't care.
I got it to run now, Greadius. I turned all video rendering settings to low, set the screen resolution to it's lowest setting, turned off the sound, and killed all running tasks except Explorer. It will now run. 
My system specs:
AMD Duron 850 MHz processor, 192 MB RAM, ATI Rage Fury video card w/32 MB RAM on the card, 48x CD-ROM drive, running Windows 98SE operating system. The mainboard is a Giga-Byte GA-7ZX (Socket A), dual BIOS configuration, with a 133/266 FSB on a VIA KT133 chipset.
If you couldn't tell, I built my own system.
My system specs:
AMD Duron 850 MHz processor, 192 MB RAM, ATI Rage Fury video card w/32 MB RAM on the card, 48x CD-ROM drive, running Windows 98SE operating system. The mainboard is a Giga-Byte GA-7ZX (Socket A), dual BIOS configuration, with a 133/266 FSB on a VIA KT133 chipset.
If you couldn't tell, I built my own system.
Hoo-boy, Switch. That machine wouldn't win a race with anything coming off the shelves now, but it sure kicks the heck out of mine. And you had to turn off just about every feature in the game?!Think I'll stick w/ SC3K for a while. Maybe you should try to get your 50 clams back.
Switch625
I don't care.
I'm not going to return the game. My mainboard will accept up to an Athlon XP2100 (Palomino) chip, so I've got considerable room for improvement there. Memory is also pretty cheap. When I can set a few dollars aside, I'll upgrade my system. It's a damn shame though, I thought I had a decent configuration.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Cheating is for crazies, your problem is with your water system, start small, then expandOriginally posted by puglover
Does anyone have any cheats for this game? I'm taxing the clothing off the people and reducing funding for everything but I'm still losing money! And how do you make Neighbor Deals. I connected both cities but still I can't make deals!
Greadius
:yeah:
Still no problems, and I have the graphics set to minimum-medium, lowest resolution, music still on.
Not very computer literate but I'll try to get my specs right:
Pentium 3 500 MHz, 256 megs of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 2 video card with 16 megs, 24 speed CD drive, running Windows ME.
I've had no problems... biggest pain is switching between zoom levels it takes a second of delay and sometimes a few second to map details.
The only background things I have running are explorer and ZoneAlarm. I tried running it with Kazaa on the background and it was quite a bit slower, but Kazaa is a real systems drain so that doesn't surprise me. I'm not sure why you're having more problems... RAM perhaps
Not very computer literate but I'll try to get my specs right:
Pentium 3 500 MHz, 256 megs of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 2 video card with 16 megs, 24 speed CD drive, running Windows ME.
I've had no problems... biggest pain is switching between zoom levels it takes a second of delay and sometimes a few second to map details.
The only background things I have running are explorer and ZoneAlarm. I tried running it with Kazaa on the background and it was quite a bit slower, but Kazaa is a real systems drain so that doesn't surprise me. I'm not sure why you're having more problems... RAM perhaps
Thanks, Greadius. That's good to know. My system specs are roughly the same. I probably need to plunk down a few clams for some more RAM, and SC4 is the excuse I need.
I haven't gotten the game yet. I tend to hold out to see how others are faring with a game before I shell out my $50.
I haven't gotten the game yet. I tend to hold out to see how others are faring with a game before I shell out my $50.
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