

How to cheat when limited by a DOS version. Once again, keep an eye on your RCI graph. If you're spending to much on transit,ĭemolish some roads that you really don't need. Go to your budget window, and reduce your police, fire, health,Īnd education expenditures down (reduce them to zero if need be),Īnd ignore the outcries of the sims until you get enough moneyīack to provide services for your city. Go to your ordinance window and turn on all the money makers Whatever you do, do not take out a bond, you will sink faster Remember, when you have no money, your roads willĭeteriorate because your transit authority will not have enough Taxes and such, you need to take drastic measures to save yourĬity. Money in your treasury, and if you are spending more toįinance your city services than you are making from property Just after starting your city is when your are in the greatestĭanger of running into debt. If your sims demand more of a certain zone, give them more of it. You what zones are in demand and how much of it. DO NOT REDUCE YOUR TRANSIT AUTHORITY, OR ELSE YOU WILL Click on theĬorresponding bubble icons to figure out how much of each you Spending on police, fire, health, and education. When starting out, go to your budget window and reduce your I just click on legalized gambling and parking fines. Go to your ordinance window and click on all the money makers. When starting out, remember that at first, sims will notĭemand much commercial-mainly residence and industry. However, you can't build an arco in that square withoutĪ 10x10 arrangement is much better than a 9x9 because you have enough room for colleges, stadiums, zoos, powerplants, llama dome, or arcologies.ĭo not zone dense and area just one tile wide. You can build a 9x9 and put a park, school, police or fire The only con to this: somewhatĪ 6x7 arrangement is good for arcologies, too, but it providesĭo not build any larger than a 7x7 and expect all the tiles toīe filled up with people, industries, or businesses. This is better for arcologies than the 6圆 arrangementīecause you can cram an arco and a police station within one Than a 6圆 arrangement is awkward and less efficient.Ī 7x7 arrangement is actually quite feasible, and more efficient, You can cram in a school, a police station,Ī fire station, and a hospital in one square. If you choose the grid style road layout, a 6圆 is a neatĬhoice. Two tiles away from shore, the water must be two tilesīe sparing with roads.

Make sure that the water is deep enough wherever you put your If you do have a disaster involving a fire, pause the game.ĭemolish everything around the fire (unless it's really Happens at an airport will affect only the airport. On or near the airport, you can opt to put nothing surrounding You can alsoĬall for no trees since trees spread fires (though your land Have a seaport and some water pumps at sea level. The terrain editing mode you can build most of the city one tileĪbove sea level to protect against floods. If you are brave and decide to have the "No disasters" off, youĬan still make your city somewhat resistant to disasters. You can't run plumming underneathĪ waterfall or a dam. Waterfall, even if that waterfall is covered up by a dam. Water pumps are also effective on top or below a Water pumps can go anywhere, but they're much more effective Spending any more money on power when you have built enough Then you will be able to run your city indefinitely without Need to create hills and waterfalls to make this possible. It makes muchīetter sense to choose the hydro because in all, you'd be taking Need about 250 hydros or about 1250 windmills. There are two kinds of powerplants that won't fail after fifty Make sure you have enough fresh water lakes so that you can Hill top, land values tend to be greater. A flat terrain can support more people than a hilly one.
