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Title: SimCity 5!
Post by: matt5cott on March 02, 2012, 17:02:56 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/S3EHa.jpg)

Oh god lord yes ROFL BBQ WTF GTFO it's being made :w00t:

http://www.maxconsole.com/cgi-bin/maxconsole/rknewz.pl?function=detail&id=RKLS0000003653&cat=GENERAL (http://www.maxconsole.com/cgi-bin/maxconsole/rknewz.pl?function=detail&id=RKLS0000003653&cat=GENERAL)

(http://i.imgur.com/4PTWr.jpg)
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on March 02, 2012, 18:19:02 PM
It's such a shame these games have to be released under EA and not Maxis any more, EA are the worst publisher... as long as its polished and plays like the others though it will be excellent :w00t:
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: matt5cott on March 02, 2012, 18:28:32 PM
Yes, it's maxis, but EA and maxis = EAXIS, of evil I guess.
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Bacon on March 02, 2012, 19:42:42 PM
Another game that won't be on Steam then. :P
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Cypher on March 07, 2012, 19:50:47 PM
Yes, it's maxis, but EA and maxis = EAXIS, of evil I guess.

EA branding themselves over it I don't mind, EA running the show is another matter, ie every C&C Game since Generals, the only decent one they did.
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on March 08, 2012, 01:25:19 AM
Anyone remember when a white pixel dancing across the screen was cutting edge?

Damn those graphics (if in-game rather than just rendered) are amazing.
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: matt5cott on March 08, 2012, 08:34:52 AM
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: matt5cott on March 08, 2012, 08:39:52 AM
Yesterday EA announced SimCity for PC. The publisher also revealed that this next game in popular series will launch in 2013. You guys can pre-order SimCity starting from today via Origin.

SimCityThe pre-order page of SimCity unveils lots of details about the game. The most important is the system requirements. We have the full details of it below. The publisher is also currrently working out SimCity Limited and Deluxe Edition.

SimCity Limited Edition will feature super hero and evil villain lairs, characters, and crime waves, along with associated items, whereas SimCity Deluxe Edition will bring British, French, and German city sets to include landmarks and iconic imagery like the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the double-decker bus in London.

Check out SimCity System Requirements below.

Processor:

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
    Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

Operating system:

    Windows XP/Vista/7

RAM:

    1.5GB (Windows XP)
    2GB (Windows Vista / Windows 7)
    2GB (built-in graphical chipset)

Graphics card:

    ATI X1800 or better*
    nVidia 7800 or better*
    Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better*
    (*Minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM and Shader 3.0 or better support)

DVD-ROM:

    8x or better
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on March 08, 2012, 09:42:28 AM
Crap, I think I need to upgrade my DVD-ROM.

The multiplayer aspect looks fun, I bet it will open up whole realms of opportunity for sabotage!
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: matt5cott on March 08, 2012, 09:46:35 AM
Crap, I think I need to upgrade my DVD-ROM.

The multiplayer aspect looks fun, I bet it will open up whole realms of opportunity for sabotage!

You should be ok tbh, I have a dual speed one and the Intel Inside intro movie just gets a bit choppy, have you tried optimizing your autoexec.bat to force it to go up to 4/5x or such?
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on March 08, 2012, 09:50:01 AM
Yeah choppiness is my problem too. I can only watch intro movies for games that are written on the outside edge of the disc or they won't play fast enough at all :(
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Quixoticish on March 08, 2012, 12:54:22 PM
I'm reticulating my splines in anticipation.
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on March 09, 2012, 01:00:20 AM
I'm reticulating my splines in anticipation.

Like!!! :D

 :bow:
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: knighty on March 09, 2012, 08:19:36 AM
Yeah choppiness is my problem too. I can only watch intro movies for games that are written on the outside edge of the disc or they won't play fast enough at all :(

CDs/DVDs have the same amount of data on the outside track as they do on the inside track.... it's just spread out more ;)

hard drives pack more on the outer tracks - but that's a new thing that only started a few years ago


:p
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Serious on March 09, 2012, 10:18:10 AM
Intro movies are usually copied to the HD, even if they aren't the disk should be more than fast enough to supply the data rate required. My old one certainly seems fast enough
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on March 09, 2012, 10:22:12 AM
I don't get your point knighty, you know most DVD-ROM drives now use Constant Angular Velocity to read the data on the outside of the disc faster because the outside rotates faster than the inside?

It was a legacy joke, no need to try and pick holes guys :lol: I found it funny they didn't include anything like HDD space requirements but saw fit to include that.

Anyway, I fixed the problem by loading the drivers into Extended Memory using MSCDEX.EXE /E :P
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on March 09, 2012, 10:24:17 AM
I guessed it was a joke and wanted to lol but sadly my geek was weak and I couldn't be sure what you lot were on about :)

Oh and.... Lol!

Dos 6.22 called, they want their himem.sys back.

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Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: matt5cott on March 09, 2012, 13:29:55 PM
http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7183/Sim-City-5-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-1of4 (http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7183/Sim-City-5-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-1of4)

http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7186/Sim-City-5-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-2of4 (http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7186/Sim-City-5-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-2of4)

http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7187/Sim-City-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-3of4 (http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7187/Sim-City-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-3of4)

http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7188/Sim-City-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-4of4 (http://www.hardwareclips.com/video/7188/Sim-City-Inside-the-GlassBoxEngine-gfx-not-final-4of4)
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on March 09, 2012, 19:22:14 PM
I like this new agents system they've got, it's starting to look very good. Any idea why all the information coming out seems to be via Germany?
Title: Re: SimCity 5!
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on January 26, 2013, 13:12:37 PM
Spoent an hour or so on the beta this morning as I received an invite email last night, it's very polished and despite the depth seems a lot more accessible than say SimCity 2k, much easier to understand how thinks like sewerage, pollution, etc work. Zoning is rather odd though, I can't tell how I'm supposed to be laying out roads etc for maximum land usage as you can only zone along the roads and not in blocks.

Overall I think it's going to be one of those you'll lose days to, but not for the £44.99 / £64.99 price tags they want on Origin for Limited or Deluxe versions (ooh, fancy British double decker buses, gee whiz!) :dis: I'll get it when it drops in price.