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I didn't realise this was so close to coming out! I have a few questions: Were you able to use the Steam Overlay with the beta? Being Australian, I'm hoping to 'trick' Origin into unlocking the game early rather than waiting until the 7th. Have people been able to use a VPN/proxy in the past to do this (with other Origin games) or should I just wait?
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neurotech posted:I didn't realise this was so close to coming out! I have a few questions: Worked with Battlefield 3 in Australia, so I'm hoping the same applies with Simcity.
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I ended up getting the physical edition delivered release date with Prime because I honestly think that with no preload I'll be playing the game roughly at the same time as the digital versions.
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ExtraNoise posted:This is on one of the developer's walls. I wish the quality were better: Makes me wish the manual was several pages of airplane style safety pamphlets.
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Would the VPN need to be left on while downloading and/or playing the game? Thanks for everyone's help with my questions so far. drat Origin's insane prices and regional lockouts! I can't get over how excited I am. I tried playing 4 earlier today and I found it unplayable, yet I LOVED it back in the day. I was spoiled with the recent beta 
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Space Hamlet posted:I see, so they're discreetly systematized things. Would you say there's still room for creativity within that? Absolutely. You're free to mix and match buildings from the specializations as you like, in fact, for some of them you even have to. Like you have to use trade depots from the trade specialization to be able to store your ore/oil/coal from the mining specialization. If you were going for a gambling specialized city, I'd imagine dipping into some culture buildings would help bring even more tourists into your city to keep your casinos busy. Edit: And while those 6 are the only specializations actually defined by the game, there's room for even more. For example, I think it'd be possible to build a city with a really big, fully upgraded University, and have students from all over your region commute to it. Ruder fucked around with this message at Mar 4, 2013 around 01:44 |
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AngstyFerrets posted:Would the VPN need to be left on while downloading and/or playing the game? Thanks for everyone's help with my questions so far. drat Origin's insane prices and regional lockouts! Yeah you'll have to keep the VPN on otherwise it will just say 'This game is not released yet!". Edit: Actually, I might be wrong about that since Origin only downloads the SimCity launcher which then downloads the game. So I'm not sure, but We'll find out tomorrow afternoon! comatose fucked around with this message at Mar 4, 2013 around 01:48 |
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Space Hamlet posted:I see, so they're discreetly systematized things. Would you say there's still room for creativity within that? I really doubt it'll be heavily pigeon-holing people in a game designed with mass appeal. Being creative is a big part of that appeal.
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Space Hamlet posted:I see, so they're discreetly systematized things. Would you say there's still room for creativity within that? You can also not specialize at all if you want.
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I suppose you would have space concerns getting everything in. But with regions you can have people living in other cities and commuting to you industrial super park or whatever.
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AwkwardKnob posted:Random question: does anyone who's more tech/engine-savvy than me know if it would be really difficult to someday have buildings that dynamically generate to fit the spaces better? I was thinking about how in Chicago there are diagonal streets that cut miles through the city, and because of that, there are different triangular corners in different areas and the buildings around are usually fitted to that. Ruder posted:Edit: And while those 6 are the only specializations actually defined by the game, there's room for even more. For example, I think it'd be possible to build a city with a really big, fully upgraded University, and have students from all over your region commute to it.
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Wolfgang Pauli posted:This is totally possible in games like this. Clockwork Empires is going to let you draw the foundation for a building and then generate it up from that. I'll only buy an arms manufacturing based DLC or a slavery based DLC. Alternatively, I suppose SimCity with no healthcare, education, or sewage treatment is basically slavery.
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If I can't troll my region by making my entire 2km landarea an array of solar panels, powering a sole mayor's mansion, and not selling the excess to neighbors, then I will demand a refund.
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xzzy posted:Makes me wish the manual was several pages of airplane style safety pamphlets. If the strategy guide consisted entirely of infographics like that, I would actually consider buying my first strategy guide in over a decade. Space Hamlet posted:Question for those who've played the game - how many possible city specialties would you say there are? Casino cities seem to get a lot of talk, I know there aren't any agricultural cities. Can I have a wall street style city? A surf town? What are the possibilities? I asked this question earlier and didn't get any traction on it, but the game didn't seem to handle building on the coast very well, which could be an issue considering how many of the maps have bodies of water on them. Zoning near the beach looked like it left a huge gap where no lots would come up, and I don't think there are any water-related ploppables?
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I asked this question earlier and didn't get any traction on it, but the game didn't seem to handle building on the coast very well, which could be an issue considering how many of the maps have bodies of water on them. Zoning near the beach looked like it left a huge gap where no lots would come up, and I don't think there are any water-related ploppables? I imagine that that would be an expansion related thing, if TS3 is any indication. Although it took them seven expansions before Beaches and swimming in the ocean became a thing, so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.
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Space Hamlet posted:I see, so they're discreetly systematized things. Would you say there's still room for creativity within that? Yeah, you could have multiple buildings from different specializations, including times where you may start off with mining and transition to some kind of high tech manufacturing or trade. Things like sports arenas are included in the culture specialization.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:If the strategy guide consisted entirely of infographics like that, I would actually consider buying my first strategy guide in over a decade. There is a dock for freight ships in the trade buildings, and then there are also ferries and I think something to dock with cruise ships.
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I bought it from GMG but paid the EU price and it says it doesnt release till the 8th. I don't have a key yet either, will I not get it till the 8th either? gently caress regional release dates.
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Mattjpwns posted:Worked with Battlefield 3 in Australia, so I'm hoping the same applies with Simcity. How do you go about getting the Steam overlay with Origin games? I would really like to have steam chat available while playing Sim City, or Star craft when that comes
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Add a non steam game to steam and link to the executable of the game. It will still load Origin to run the game, but you also get the steam overlay.
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Thanks guys, game sounds pretty cool. A pleasant surprise, I was ready to write it off earlier.
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Ive tried that in the past and did not seem to get steam chat functionality. Havent tried in a while, will try on tuesday. Thx
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Tornhelm posted:For those Aussies who don't mind waiting a little bit for it, Video Ezy of all places have it for $46 delivered. I'm not sure what their delivery times are like, but the price is ridiculously cheap for the Australian market. I used VideoEzy to get farcry 3 for $25. It was fine, took about 8 days to arrive though (melbourne) I'm glad EA told amazon to pull pre-orders, it means I now got a $20 discount instead of just the $15. Thanks Amazon!
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Is there a way to pre download the game from Origin before its release? Steam usually allows that, not as familiar with Origin.
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No. Origin will allow preloading on certain games and this isn't one of them. They allow it on a game by game basis.
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^^^ Yeah, not sure why EA won't let people preload this. I mean, MOH: Warfighter I was there for the preload and I'm sure at the time EA was expecting gangbusters so they had a preload. This is without a doubt going to explode their download servers. I guess I'll play Tomb Raider in the meantime.
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It probably has something to do with the game's launcher
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tofes posted:It probably has something to do with the game's launcher Yeah, SimCity actually loads via the SimCity launcher. Origin downloads that launcher, but not the actual game.
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Just learned we might have a huge snow storm on Wednesday. Sounds like I might get my day of gaming after all. 
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Just learned we might have a huge snow storm on Wednesday. Sounds like I might get my day of gaming after all. If your internet goes out you're up a creek 
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Bubba77 posted:Ive tried that in the past and did not seem to get steam chat functionality. Havent tried in a while, will try on tuesday. Thx
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WeaponBoy posted:Yeah, SimCity actually loads via the SimCity launcher. Origin downloads that launcher, but not the actual game. Wasn't Diablo 3 kind of like that? I remember getting the files from somewhere a few days beforehand. I'm going to cry when me and millions of others are getting 10kb/s download.
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I get off work tomorrow at midnight EST.. I'm going to remote in to my home PC from work before leaving to make sure that poo poo starts downloading immediately so I can play into the wee hours of the morning. So excited!
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Sober posted:^^^ Yeah, not sure why EA won't let people preload this. SimCity is using its own download servers, not Origin's. Origin just installs the SimCity patcher client, which downloads the game. (If the betas are any indication)
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ESC 2010 Never Forget
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New thread is up! http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=3536634 Now let us forget all about the horrors this one contained...
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