Cities XL 2011...

[SteamWake]

Downloading right now ;)

Always been a fan of the Sim City series. This one is not Sim City but looks pretty cool. I'll give some impressions later.

[Arclight]

Would be much appreciated. Considering it as well, but as far as I can tell, if I'm to believe the negative feedback, it's still not much more than a bugridden mess. Basically an update/expansion to the previous title, sharing it's technical troubles. :-?

[Safe-Keeper]

The first Sim City was the only one I could ever get into. I frankly find all the sequels silly, both graphics- and atmosphere-wise. Apparently it's just me, since everyone else seem to love them, but I just can't get into them. They all just seem to be 30% good game and 70% unneccessary bells and whistles.

[SteamWake]

Well here is my first impressions.

Damn thing runs frustratingly slow. Yes I have an 'older' machine and a mid range video card.

I tried setting the graphics in the game down to mins but there is still this delay whenever you select a function.

Click build a road .. wait 2, 3, 4, Click economy overview.. wait 2, 3, 4.

Its madening and ruins what otherwise would be an awsome game.

I went through all the tutorials which were quite well done built a few city starts but I understand the bugs pop up in the end game.

It would be alot more fun if I had more machine I guess.

[Arclight]

The first Sim City was the only one I could ever get into. I frankly find all the sequels silly, both graphics- and atmosphere-wise. Apparently it's just me, since everyone else seem to love them, but I just can't get into them. They all just seem to be 30% good game and 70% unneccessary bells and whistles.
Same here. Played the original to death. Never really got into the sequels.
Well here is my first impressions.

Damn thing runs frustratingly slow. Yes I have an 'older' machine and a mid range video card.

I tried setting the graphics in the game down to mins but there is still this delay whenever you select a function.

Click build a road .. wait 2, 3, 4, Click economy overview.. wait 2, 3, 4.

Its madening and ruins what otherwise would be an awsome game.

I went through all the tutorials which were quite well done built a few city starts but I understand the bugs pop up in the end game.

It would be alot more fun if I had more machine I guess.
Might I ask what the specs are? From what I've seen the performance/lag is a rather common issue, not entirely sure the delay is a result of hardware falling short. Seems more like it's just a clunky engine. :-?

[SteamWake]

Specs are good enough to run games like Silent Hunter 5 but that evidently is not the issue. It turns out it is a 'steam' issue.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1512015

I hope they get it fixed because as it is now it will make you pull our hair out.

[Arclight]

Read that it might help to disable core0 if you have multicore CPU (task manager>set affinity). Game isn't capable of using more than 1 core anyway (aparently), which is probably why it runs like crap to begin with.

[SteamWake]

I actually thought about and tried that. It seemed to make overall performance worse and did not affect the UI lag.

Anyhow I think by now they are aware of the issue.

Serves me right for getting something 'on release'. I'll never learn.

[Arclight]

Bah, depends on what it is. Someone has to volunteer as guinea pig, right? :)

Not all is lost, per se. Let's see what the first round of patching brings.

[Lionclaw]

All this mentioning of Sim City has got me humming the Sim City 2000 music. Ah the memories. :DL

Seems it's track 8 of the soundtrack.

"du dih du du duuh duu duu du dih du du duuh duu duu" :O:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9nN5NxOK8

[Dowly]

Ah yes, SC2000 was pretty awesome. :yeah: Tho, I think I have to go with SC3000 for my favorite SC. :hmmm:

[Task Force]

Ah yes, SC2000 was pretty awesome. :yeah: Tho, I think I have to go with SC3000 for my favorite SC. :hmmm:

Yep, still have SC 3000 on my computer somewhere. a very good game.:yep: Tho near the end, seems every cityI create in the game no matter how good it was, had a mass extinction, and everyone leaves.

[danlisa]

Ah yes, SC2000 was pretty awesome...

Seems Maxis abandoned SC2000, what that means, who knows. :arrgh!:

Anyway, even after the laggy buggy mess that was SC4, it's still my fav and still gets played (deluxe ed).

[Arclight]

Tho near the end, seems every cityI create in the game no matter how good it was, had a mass extinction, and everyone leaves.

My cities always had the same problem, though they were generally related to "natural" disasters.

[SteamWake]

There was a patch pushed on steam tonight. A pretty small one.

Program runs much better now.

A quick fix considering.

I dont have any BIG citys yet, in fact I blew away my biggest city tonight to start over. City is called Hewston and its all about the oil :haha:

Still getting used to the intracity trade aspect.

[Safe-Keeper]

Same here. Played the original to death. Never really got into the sequels.Then again, who needs Sim City or The Sims when you have Dwarf Fortress:O:.

[NeonSamurai]

Then again, who needs Sim City or The Sims when you have Dwarf Fortress:O:.

Uhh cause you are comparing apples and oranges. :O: I don't see any connection between the two really.

[danzig70]

I've always enjoyed SC4 Deluxe and buildings are still being created at fan sites like simtropolis.com.

[gdogghenrikson]

Seems Maxis abandoned SC2000, what that means, who knows. :arrgh!:

Anyway, even after the laggy buggy mess that was SC4, it's still my fav and still gets played (deluxe ed).

I just started playing simcity 4 (Deluxe Ed.) again within the last 2 months and I might start to play simcity 3000 unlimited.

[Arclight]

There was a patch pushed on steam tonight. A pretty small one.

Program runs much better now.

A quick fix considering.

I dont have any BIG citys yet, in fact I blew away my biggest city tonight to start over. City is called Hewston and its all about the oil :haha:

Still getting used to the intracity trade aspect.
Any updates? How is it getting along? :06: