EPTIs it worth 50/60$ ? Or should i wait or find some cheap key somewhere else ?
EDIT: I just read the rfd thread and saw the pathfinding video on youtube and i have to say i am shocked by this game.
Is there really a class action opening in the US ??
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anatase
France532 Posts
Is it worth 50/60$ ? Or should i wait or find some cheap key somewhere else ? EDIT: I just read the rfd thread and saw the pathfinding video on youtube and i have to say i am shocked by this game. Is there really a class action opening in the US ?? | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
On March 12 2013 08:45 a176 wrote: the algorithm looks like it has zero in the way of load calculations which is, quite frankly, a ridiculous oversight. this is like, basic networking. look my pic, my sims take the longest possible path out of 3 available. I think since the whole game relies on the pathfinding algorithm (since everything in this game is using roads), they wanted to make it extra amazing. Then they made it a huge complicated monster, which is bugged in several ways. Good news is that those are actual bugs and not design choices, so they will work on fixes. On March 12 2013 09:01 anatase wrote: So now that people have some hours of gameplay in their hands, even some days now; what is the general opinion ? Is it worth 50/60$ ? Or should i wait or find some cheap key somewhere else ? Dont buy, the gameplay is good, but the core of the game (their glassbox making everything an agent that is using the streets) is flawed since pathfinding is a mess. Wait for a fix, this is VERY frustrating to play with, you will probably stop playing once you realize how flawed it is. | ||
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semantics
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noD
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On March 12 2013 09:01 anatase wrote: So now that people have some hours of gameplay in their hands, even some days now; what is the general opinion ? Is it worth 50/60$ ? Or should i wait or find some cheap key somewhere else ? EDIT: I just read the rfd thread and saw the pathfinding video on youtube and i have to say i am shocked by this game. Is there really a class action opening in the US ?? Wait to see who can make the game works first pirates or EA ... Then if pirates do the job get the original thing ... else, at least I am, wait for it to be 30-40 .... | ||
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insectoceanx
United States331 Posts
I have a 30k town with 6 mil in the bank that is almost totally screwed up due to traffic. I watch people just drive around in circles not actually going anywhere and just block traffic up. Part of my problem may be my city design. I destroyed half of my city to reroute traffic and got rid of all my commercial so I think some people may unsuccesfully trying to find a place to shop. | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
On March 12 2013 09:59 insectoceanx wrote: Traffic seems really buggy to me, but I am just a noob so maybe i suck at making roads. One way roads would be a nice feature to have I think. I have a 30k town with 6 mil in the bank that is almost totally screwed up due to traffic. I watch people just drive around in circles not actually going anywhere and just block traffic up. Part of my problem may be my city design. I destroyed half of my city to reroute traffic and got rid of all my commercial so I think some people may unsuccesfully trying to find a place to shop. there is actually a bug where sims will drive around aimlessly, even directly past their destination. There are several videos about it on reddit and such. | ||
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Soap
Brazil1546 Posts
It's like a MMO without the RPG crap. It may sound weird but I wish they make it more competitive, it could be like EVE with a player driven economy but without the hassle of flying around. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On March 12 2013 09:48 noD wrote: Wait to see who can make the game works first pirates or EA ... Then if pirates do the job get the original thing ... else, at least I am, wait for it to be 30-40 .... EA; SC2 and D3 show that the model works, both games did not need online only but it gives the power to blizzard to stall pirates with server emulation for a couple months then by that time anyone who would have bought the game already has and it forces pirate communities to put up servers which are much easier to take down and stop or ignore depending on the size of the community. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On March 12 2013 10:12 LaNague wrote: there is actually a bug where sims will drive around aimlessly, even directly past their destination. There are several videos about it on reddit and such. Yeah sometimes i just follow agents around to see wtf the AI is trying to do and sometimes it's just silly shit like that. | ||
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noD
2230 Posts
On March 12 2013 10:14 semantics wrote: EA; SC2 and D3 show that the model works, both games did not need online only but it gives the power to blizzard to stall pirates with server emulation for a couple months then by that time anyone who would have bought the game already has and it forces pirate communities to put up servers which are much easier to take down and stop or ignore depending on the size of the community. YYeah bliz model is not as bad... Sc2 server went off once but game kept on... At least offline | ||
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Horo
United States351 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17872 Posts
On March 12 2013 10:14 semantics wrote: EA; SC2 and D3 show that the model works, both games did not need online only but it gives the power to blizzard to stall pirates with server emulation for a couple months then by that time anyone who would have bought the game already has and it forces pirate communities to put up servers which are much easier to take down and stop or ignore depending on the size of the community. SC2 got cracked even during beta. What months are you talking about? | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On March 12 2013 10:40 Manit0u wrote: SC2 got cracked even during beta. What months are you talking about? Not fully the single player content was done by the time the game came out but the rest was not, obv this was not the case for d3 were single player was not cracked till long after due to the amount of entanglement by the server and quite a bit of reverse engineering until some of the dlls from the servers were bought up though the shady channels. And really the way blizzard set up multiplayer was to force server emulation and bypass vlans like hamachi, they don't run the games on their servers but info has to be passed from all players to their servers. Really means sc2 mutliplayer could have been set up like it was for original sc1 b.net 2.0 bought nothing extra to that games were still hosted by the people, and their server didn't even act as a 3rd party to prevent hacking of certain data to prevent things like maphacks etc. Anyways people play sc2 for multiplayer mostly so that is what they protected. After a certain point of complexity it removes casual pirates people doing it out of sheer convenience to their wallet not because they refuse to pay for games. The point is shift of power if someone has to put up a server that is a ton easier to stop at whim. | ||
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woody60707
United States1863 Posts
I must say, this is dumb as all hell. Maybe one of you will be nice enough to gift me $400K, but normally no one would do that. So that spot will just say unplayable for forever. A new mayor just at least not have Bond debt carry over. But really, can anyone gift me $400K. I know what I am doing now. lol | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
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woody60707
United States1863 Posts
Is that place now going to be forever bugged because it can't "tick" fwd a second, or does it just take 5-10 mins for a gift to transfer. | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
On March 12 2013 11:54 woody60707 wrote: So I am using Mocha (Now known as Big Game Hunters) to build money for Steppes of War. I gifted $500k to Steppes of War, but nothing is showing up, it's still stuck at that screen where you are out of money. Is that place now going to be forever bugged because it can't "tick" fwd a second, or does it just take 5-10 mins for a gift to transfer. the gift needs to arrive via truck, if you cant unpause, the map is unusable until they fix it. I think they will fix it because people are allready using this to grief regions. | ||
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woody60707
United States1863 Posts
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felisconcolori
United States6169 Posts
On March 12 2013 00:38 skyR wrote: Plateaued at 360k pop )= no space to handle sewage, water, power, or anything for that matter. My great works project won't update even though I've spent over 30+ mil on importing televisions and coal to smelt alloy -__- gg my giant traffic problem, saves me from needing more than one fire and police station lol since everything just burns down anyways Going to be a sad panda when my resources run out ._. http://i.imgur.com/eTokRiC.jpg The trick then, is to outsource your sewage, water, and power to a "feeder" city in the region. Someplace that is built up around having massive capacities for such things, and selling it in the region to your neighbours. Or, in a private region, you build a city with all of that, just enough other things to run it all, and then buy it for your super megacity. You can theoretically have a city with NONE of those services actually in your city - although that assumes the region and the server are running properly. | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6169 Posts
On March 12 2013 11:03 woody60707 wrote: So I just took over Mocha. I am on the way of saving it. The state I left Steppes of War is unsavible able. (no builds or roads, and 300K in bond debt), unless someone gives like $400k. I must say, this is dumb as all hell. Maybe one of you will be nice enough to gift me $400K, but normally no one would do that. So that spot will just say unplayable for forever. A new mayor just at least not have Bond debt carry over. But really, can anyone gift me $400K. I know what I am doing now. lol I think eventually the server will reset that city back to starting condition - but that's only a guess. (Also, you ninja'd Steppes of War... I was going to name Incineration Zone as Steppes at first, then I saw I was buying power from you and went "D'OH!") | ||
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