[Idea] for Flash program

Redunzl

862 Posts

January 31 2010 13:10 GMT

It would be nice if there was a flash application that allowed a player to practice his sim city on various maps.

i dont know the first thing about flash but i think something could be designed so that one can select from a few maps' natural expo screenshots and then select race and place buildings tower defense style with no cost and or build time. it would be easier than having to load SC in single player and type in cheat codes and have to deal with probes etc. you could even have it denote sealed spots and/or which units can pass though. then or course when you are done you could screen shot and be ready for a real game.

iNfeRnaL

Germany1908 Posts

January 31 2010 13:18 GMT

While this sounds very very useful, I don't think it possible to do that as easily as you think it is.
You would have to respect the same effects like bw, what does wall what not?
Unitsizes, building sizes, map obstacles etc all programmed in.
However I'd love if someone proves me wrong, I just don't think it can be done without a whole lot of effort and seriously, with operation cwal (the cheat for insta build) it doesn't really take you more than 2-3 minutes to test it the usual way.
Given the fact that there's like 4-5 new maps each season at best that would make a maximum of 15-20 minutes to test it on each map...

Edit: If the map is unprotected or you have a special map-editor you can just as well test your sim city there, which is actually pretty close to your suggestion. ^_^

minus_human

4784 Posts

January 31 2010 13:36 GMT

On August 30 2006 18:19 NewbSaibot wrote:
could you make it graphical? And run in full screen? With the ability to scroll in any direction? With moving icons and units, that you can click on, and hear them say witty comments like "sho nuff!", and assign them to do things like gather minerals, or bind them all to a single key and make them attack other units? And have like an online chat system/meeting place, like a battle zone, or fight net, or something, so we could chat and then initiate games against each other? Even save in-game videos of our battles to show other people?

I'd play that.

Redunzl

862 Posts

January 31 2010 13:59 GMT

i would love someone to prove us wrong