hello sim world
so, i finally got my copy of simcity 4 today. oh, no. actually, i have a lot to do this weekend to prepare for my upcoming big trip to europe, but i reckon i will nevertheless find some time to play... ;) so, the good news is, it runs well on my G4/867 tower. The bad news is, it just plain doesn't run on my TiBook. Which is, in all respects, a better machine. Looks like there was something of a gap in their testing--i wasn't the only one reporting this trouble on a Ti. Hopefully it's fixed soon. Someone from the porting house has been lurking around this thread on the macnn boards, so hopefully this will be a short-lived problem.
in the meantime, i'll be parked in front of my other 'puter. :P
I've been playing SC4 on Doug's machine. Yeah, I know, heretic, but the damn thing won't run on Xtopalopacetl. Something about him being three years old. The news ticker isn't nearly as amusing as it used to be, nor are the sound effects. I really miss that satisfying 'Bzz' when you lay down power lines. Also, keyboard shortcuts are sorely lacking.
Two more things, and then I'll quit:
* There's a cheat code to make all of your advisors into llamas.
* I miss the Braun Llama Dome.