RCI Balancing help!

Eliteforce · September 25, 2009, 01:14:03 PM

I have built one majopr city in my region with around 700k people in it. I am wanting to expand to my neighboring cities but the large city throws everything out of order. The resodential demand is almost infinitely low and the commercial demand in almost infinitely high. No matter how much commercial I build there will never be enough, while my residential zones remain empty. Please help!

KoV Liberty · September 25, 2009, 01:19:37 PM

Try downloading a RCI Cap mod. Its either on the STEX or LEX. Basically it sets your RCI Demand very high. One city I had would NEVER grow R$$$. But now it does. Sorry I cannot provide a link but I am baned from Simtrop till Tuesday.

Eliteforce · September 25, 2009, 01:39:04 PM

Yea, but Idk, that feels kinda like cheating. Is there any way to keep the RCI from bleeding so much into neighboring cities???

RippleJet · September 25, 2009, 01:45:03 PM

Are you running CAM?
If you are, then the reason is the doubled regional residential capacity and workforce.

Eliteforce · September 25, 2009, 01:51:26 PM

Quote from: RippleJet on September 25, 2009, 01:45:03 PM
Are you running CAM?
If you are, then the reason is the doubled regional residential capacity and workforce.

Oh I do have CAM. Which is most likely the source of the issue. Thought that looks like a really complicated route to fixing it D: How does everyone else deal with this problem?

SC4BOY · September 25, 2009, 02:03:25 PM

Probably the only real solution, aside from abandoning CAM is to rotate your development a lot more often.. A reasonable guideline once you're over perhaps 20000 population (and possibly sooner) is to rotate your cities at least after 25% development growth or even more often.

RippleJet · September 25, 2009, 02:04:53 PM

Quote from: Eliteforce on September 25, 2009, 01:51:26 PM
How does everyone else deal with this problem?

Provide more jobs, e.g. by setting up an industrial city somewhere in the region.
It doesn't need to be very close to downtown...

As long as there is a road connecting it to your main city, the jobs will be taken into account for the regional demand.
However, most likely nobody will be working there, it's just set up to relieve the need for more jobs.

Besides, industries do function very well, even if nobody would be working in them...
As long as they get their cargo shipped out of town, they will flourish.

Eliteforce · September 25, 2009, 02:30:10 PM

So I guess I just have to make one city in the region my job b*tch and fill it up with industry and CS$?

RippleJet · September 25, 2009, 02:34:29 PM

Quote from: Eliteforce on September 25, 2009, 02:30:10 PM
So I guess I just have to make one city in the region my job b*tch and fill it up with industry and CS$?

That's how many have solved it.

Eliteforce · September 25, 2009, 03:57:32 PM

Quote from: RippleJet on September 25, 2009, 02:34:29 PM
That's how many have solved it.

I hope this doesnt result in a huge ugly square of ugliness...

RippleJet · September 25, 2009, 04:09:36 PM

Quote from: Eliteforce on September 25, 2009, 03:57:32 PM
I hope this doesnt result in a huge ugly square of ugliness...

There are lots of nice(er) industrial bats out there to use instead of those by Maxis...

Besides, if you want to keep your plugins folder small,
you could let SUM load only these industrial bats when playing your specialised industrial suburbs...

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