So with a little bit of package editing within SimCity, and a little playing about in the code, it's possible to enable debug mode. I linked the activation to the "Help Center" button in the main menu for ease. Most debug features are disabled without having an actual developer's build (they have terraforming tools etc. available in the full developer build!), but a few things do still work - including editing the main highways.
Not only that - but you can edit the highways ANYWHERE - even outside of your city boundary... and even if you quit the game and log back in later, it's all saved safely on the server.
This shows that highway editing will be easily possible, AND that editing outside of the artificially small city boundaries should be very viable too.
Other things I have modded out with a quick change: Unlimited time to remain disconnected (won't get booted at 20 minutes, can now be disconnected "forever"). Population count now shows REAL figure, not the "artificially inflated" figure. My large cities have a population of about 15k now, not 100k :P
Cutter wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 18:39:JohnnyRotten wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 18:29:
Sorry for the wall of text. Man I hate those kind of comments.
That wasn't a wall of text. A wall of text is one of those rambles without paragraphs and/or bullet points. That was easily readable and coherent.
JohnnyRotten wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 18:29:
Sorry for the wall of text. Man I hate those kind of comments.
Redmask wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 18:17:RollinThundr wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 15:57:
I honestly think people forget that EA at one point early in their existence was all about giving game developers not only credit for their works during a time in the industry where we didn't have credit screens at the end of a game and also created and funded some pretty god damn awesome games over the years.
That SimCity shipped in the state it did, and is so reliant on an always on connection that it sounds like it actually breaks the game is definitely something to hold them to the flame for. But after almost a week of countless SimCity threads where the same shit is rehashed for the 100th time, at this point it'd be more useful to bitch at EA directly.
You're the dope that seems to have forgotten that. People want that EA, not this one. Everyone else wants to hold them accountable and is correctly complaining about their actions, you're the one constantly making excuses and trying to defend them under this feigned objectivity shit.
I'll bitch to EA, I'll bitch on here, I'll bitch wherever and whenever they deserve it. If you don't like it no one cares. The truth is that you just don't want to hear people say bad things about EA. It takes a special kind of shill to passive aggressively defend EA after this nightmare.
Beamer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 17:52:
That's not even slightly true. No one buys the old game?
1) The old game is cheaper
2) The old game is fondly remembered by those that haven't played it in years
Do you know what the game got an enormous bump on Steam when Deus Ex: HR was released?
Of course the bump is bigger here, due to the launch, but I keep seeing people talk about how SC4 was the best selling game on GoG. Gee, you think?
RollinThundr wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 15:57:
I honestly think people forget that EA at one point early in their existence was all about giving game developers not only credit for their works during a time in the industry where we didn't have credit screens at the end of a game and also created and funded some pretty god damn awesome games over the years.
That SimCity shipped in the state it did, and is so reliant on an always on connection that it sounds like it actually breaks the game is definitely something to hold them to the flame for. But after almost a week of countless SimCity threads where the same shit is rehashed for the 100th time, at this point it'd be more useful to bitch at EA directly.
Ray Marden wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 18:09:That's not surprising. The moment someone found that it was going to be obvious that EA was going to take it out.
You all wanted a patch. You got your patch. We patched out the ability to access the debug mode and play it single-player!
Yeah, stolen from Reddit.
EA just keeps on telling lies.
Ashamed at how mad Cliffy B. is at us for not giving EA even more money,
Ray
deqer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 17:56:
SimCity 4 Deluxe?
Don't buy it. Pirate it!
I'm sure all of EA's bullshit has costed you $60 part of your life in some way, shape or form. Do you want a refund for that $60 of bullshit/stress/frustration/deceivingness ? Well, you can get a refund by pirating it!
Don't worry. You aren't the bad guy for pirating it. EA is. EA caused you to pirate it.
You didn't ask for all the bullshit EA has been doing lately, including forcing you on their Origin system.
JohnnyRotten wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 17:37:Beamer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 17:31:
Why is that crazy? Who wouldn't expect older versions of a franchise to explode when there's interest for the new?
Heck, RollerCoaster Tycoons 2 and 3 are in the top 20.
If the successor beats the old game in quality, no one buys the old game. So I would think no one expects any sim game like or comparable (RC Tycoon) to be on the charts at this time. That they show up at all is another sign of fail for EA.
Also internets. Because.
Beamer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 17:31:
Why is that crazy? Who wouldn't expect older versions of a franchise to explode when there's interest for the new?
Heck, RollerCoaster Tycoons 2 and 3 are in the top 20.
JohnnyRotten wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 17:25:wtf_man wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 15:49:
And it'd be hillarious if somehow Sim City 4 suddenly outsold Sim City 2013. Mybe EA would get the message.
...Nah.
Holy crap - not that far from the truth:
Amazon Digital Download Best Sellers
Simcity - #1
Simcity 4 Deluxe - #2 <----- CRAZY
wtf_man wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 15:49:
And it'd be hillarious if somehow Sim City 4 suddenly outsold Sim City 2013. Mybe EA would get the message.
...Nah.
Beamer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 16:03:Thats right. But instead they are burning their own franchises. Choose your poison
I think EA really learned its lesson with burning studios to the ground.
deqer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 16:45:Beamer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 16:40:
Can't do that now, eh?
"<EA>: Of course not. That would significantly reduce the lifetime of the game. You must start a new city and experience it, like in the real world. There is no travelling back in time. If we allowed you to do that, then you'd have your 'fill' early on."
Beamer wrote on Mar 14, 2013, 16:40:
Can't do that now, eh?