Sim City

offtheboat

If anyone else is looking for an invite and doesn't want to wait for me to check this thread, send an origin friend request to galwaybeard and I'll invite you.

ShadowHearth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCL0T2pVP8

Branoic

I'll take any invites going - origin name same as boards - Branoic.

VinLieger

Right everyone seems to be inviting everyone else so may not be a need for a specific boards region think we can all manage it ourselves

Mc Love

Only getting as far as the resume/play/simcityworld screen and no further at the moment

VinLieger

Mc Love wrote: »

Only getting as far as the resume/play/simcityworld screen and no further at the moment

Yeah im just getting "login is closed at the moment check back soon" ****ing joke

youreadthat

Fcuk sake, have to wait for 18 minutes on an "available" server.

VinLieger

youreadthat wrote: »

Fcuk sake, have to wait for 18 minutes on an "available" server.

At least your getting that im not even allowed login

cherryghost

Tweeted this evening from SimCity's official twitter a/c

We have no intention of offlining SimCity any time soon but we'll look into that as part of our earning back your trust efforts.

cherryghost

Out of interest, can someone limit their PC to pass only about 1kb/s? If SimCity still works flawlessly the Glassbox stuff is pretty much debunked. That tweet is a bit misleading but at the same time it hints that offline is indeed possible.

Jaxxy

Been playing for the last couple of hours on Euro East 4, with intermittent server d/c. According to the twitter update West 3 is back up, have yet to try.

Blisterman

Blisterman wrote: »

Anyone having an issue where cities in a region aren't working together?

When I try and buy in electricity, no power reaches my town, and when I unlock region wide new items, by building departments of transportation, etc. they don't allow me to build them. And if I try and gift things, they never arrive?

Ok, after literally about 4 hours of playing, I get about 50 messages at once saying all the things I can build, and gifted things I've recieved and it seems to be working.

nesf

cherryghost wrote: »

Out of interest, can someone limit their PC to pass only about 1kb/s? If SimCity still works flawlessly the Glassbox stuff is pretty much debunked. That tweet is a bit misleading but at the same time it hints that offline is indeed possible.

Someone on Reddit was saying the transfer was around 50MB an hour.

Damo 2k9

Really want to get this game ater watching som videos of it, but the whole server crap is really turning me off it, especially with the amount of downtime If it goes offline, ill be straight on it!

cherryghost

nesf wrote: »

Someone on Reddit was saying the transfer was around 50MB an hour.

Well what I'm asking then is to limit traffic to 1/14th of that and see the performance outcome. And post the findings of course

moonlighting

https://store.origin.com/store?Action=DisplayPage&IsGift=no&Locale=en_IN&SiteID=easa&id=ThreePgCheckoutShoppingCartPage
SimCity™ Limited Edition for 21 euro threw indian website
1499 Indian Rupee = 21 euro

Turtwig

I think it's fair to say that unless the crowd at Maxis are innovative geniuses the whole "glassbox cloud processing" concept is a load of tosh.

cherryghost

Might be handier for you guys. There's a site up that has current server status and is history for the last 24 hours

ShaneU

EU West 2 is back up, there's a queue though

Kirby

Maximilian wrote: »

started a public region called boards.ie on East Europe 1, so no need to worry about invites

It's full.


Would we be better off picking antarctica? I mean, this isn't twitch gaming. A few more ms won't kill us. And atleast we can all get on at all times.

ShaneU

Somehow I doubt they actually have a server in Antarctica

Kirby

It's on the list. Scroll up. I believe it. You would never have to worry about server farm cooling! :P

IRL_Sinister

*** BIG NEWS ***

If you change your home region to India (when setting up Origin) and you download the game via Origin you can get the game for 21 EURO. HALF the price of RRP here. It's legit and works, at least at the time of writing. You may not be eligible for the free game EA are giving out next week or whatever but that's up to you.

nesf

IRL_Sinister wrote: »

*** BIG NEWS ***

If you change your home region to India (when setting up Origin) and you download the game via Origin you can get the game for 21 EURO. HALF the price of RRP here. It's legit and works, at least at the time of writing. You may not be eligible for the free game EA are giving out next week or whatever but that's up to you.

There might be a problem with that: http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/1a1g8x/warning_banned_for_buying_from_india/

IRL_Sinister

nesf wrote: »

There might be a problem with that: http://www.reddit.com/r/SimCity/comments/1a1g8x/warning_banned_for_buying_from_india/

Well obviously you risk problems by taking this route.

KilOit

I'd be wary of changing region to buy it cheaper, you could do this with Steam as long as i remember by paying in dollars etc but can lead to banning

nesf

Very useful image! http://imgur.com/a/lArUR

IRL_Sinister

I don't get it

nesf

IRL_Sinister wrote: »

I don't get it

The thin line behind the zoning line indicates the amount of space needed for high density building. You can use it to work out your grid for max density.

IRL_Sinister

nesf wrote: »

The thin line behind the zoning line indicates the amount of space needed for high density building. You can use it to work out your grid for max density.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. I think I get it now :>