HELLO,I'M ANDREW AND I HAVE NO FREINDS SO I WHILE AWAY 6 HOURS A DAY FOR THE LAST 27 WEEKS INFRONT OF SIMCITY 2000 PLEASE SEND ME SOME E-MAIL Contents 1.Starting a city. 2.Building your city up. 3.Looking after your city. 1.Starting a city ================= TO GET THE MOST SUCESSFULL CITY YOU CAN YOU NEED FLAT TERRAIN SO START OFF BY EDITING A NEW MAP.LEVEL THE TERRAIN AND GET RID OF THE TREES, THEN RAISE THE WATER LEVEL OVER THE LAND AND THEN SINK IT BYE ONE. THIS MAKES YOUR LAND NEARER TO SEA LEVEL SO YOUR PUMPS CAN GET MORE WATER. CHOOSE DONE AND NAME YOUR CITY,SET THE LEVEL TO EASY AND SET THE YEAR TO 2050.CLOSE THE PAPER,SET THE PAPER TO EXTRA ONLY,TURN DISASTER OFF AND SET IT TO THE FASTEST SPEED.TURN CAPS LOCK OFF AND TYPE "FUND" ACCEPT THE BOND AT 25%,TYPE "FUND" AGAIN AND ACCEPT THE BOND.THEN GO INTO YOUR BUDGET AND GET OUT ANOTHER BOND,THE RATE SHOULD BE AT .%,THIS WILL THEN GIVE YOU ABOUT 1.56 MILLION A YEAR!THEN SET THE PROPERTY TAXES TO 0% AND GO INTO YOUR CITY ORDINANCES,IN THE FIRST BOX PUT ON PARKING FINES,IN ALL THE OTHER BOXES (HEALTH,PROMOTIONAL ETC.)SLECT EVERYTHING,THIS WILL MAKE YOUR SIMS VERY HAPPY.OH AND SET IT TO AUTO-BUDGET. 2.Building your city up ======================= BUILD A MICROWAVE POWER PLANT IN THE HIGHEST CORNER OF YOUR CITY BUT PUT IT 1 DOWN AND 1 ACROSS,PUT A ROAD AROUND IT.SO FAR I'VE TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO BUT THAT'S BORING FOR YOU SO I LET YOU HAVE A BIT OF FREE ENTERPRISE (NCC 1701-D!!!).BUILD WHATEVER THE SIM'S DEMAND AND PUT A ROAD AROUND IT BUT REMEMBER ONE THING(OR MAYBE 4!),YOUR RESIDENTIAL IDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONES SHOULD BE 6x6 WITH A ROAD AROUND THEM AND THE EDGE OF EACH ZONE NEEDS TO BE WITHIN 4 SQUARES OF ANOTHER ZONE.WHEN YOU BUILD YOUR ZONES TRY TO KEEP POLLUTION DOWN BY KEEPING INDUSTRY AWAY FROM HOUSING, DO THIS BY BUILDING HOUSING AND INDUSTRY WITH COMMERCIAL IN-BETWEEN.NEVER BUILD LIGHT RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ZONES,JUST DENSE. 3.Looking after your city ========================= EVERY 5 YEARS OR SO OPEN UP YOUR BUDGET AND CHOOSE THE SPEECH BUBBLES FOR POLICE,HEALTH,FIRE AND EDUCATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS.WHEN YOU GET YOUR MAYOR'S HOUSE,CITY HALL,STATUE AND BRAUN LLAMA DOME OUT THEM IN YOUR COMMERCIAL ZONES BECAUSE COMMERCIAL ZONES ARE THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE WHEN IT COMES TO NEED FOR ZONES.WHEN YOUR POPULATION HITS 120,000 YOU GET ARCOLOGIES,DON'T BUILD PLYMOUTH ARCOS BECAUSE THEY ARE BAD POLLUTION WISE, INSTEAD BUILD FORSET ARCOS,DON'T BUILD DARCOS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST A LOAD OF CRAP REALLY!BUILD LAUNCH ARCOS FOR HOUSING,THER ISN'T AN ARCO FOR COMMERCIAL SO RE-ZONE SOME HOUSING AND INDUSTRY TO KEEP UP THE RATIOS. This File Was Written By Andrew Llewellyn(no,I'm not welsh!!!) If there are any spelling mistakes it's probably because I'm English and I spell things differently to you Americans. Please write to me with comments,cheats,love letters,cheats,abuse,cheats, helpful ideas,cheats. JUST WRITE TO ME I'M LONELY O.K.! thankyou, ANDREW LLEWELLYN 100125,2505