Since there are dozens of cheat files in the library I won't bore you with them. Hi My name Tim Tosino and I am Sim City 2000 Guru A living in Vancouver Canada (Uploaded) Also Look for these cities: Indianapolis, Chicago, 6x6 City, Knoxville, Victoria, Gulf Coast, Demo City, Whistler, Springfield. Chapter 1 Creating your dream city. Well one of the first things you need of course is money and that doesn't grow on trees, how ever it grow from bonds in this game so use the fund cheat to get your money. It isn't necessary to put a river or ocean near or in your city, but the terrain effects land values (I find island cities are expensive real estate). Lay down you roads and place a highway through your city, place a power plant. Now you can have a little enterprise so I wont bore you again. When you get to the Arco stage in the game place Arco in places that you as a sim would want them the Nimby (not in my back yard) factor is also in this game, sims hate high crime and pollution if you don't get what I mean download my Demo City in the library. Remember to keep control of crime and be considerate to your sims. Chapter 2 Questions and Answers (Questions frequently asked but never answered in the Q&A file. Q: My Airport won't grow! A: Well the first thing you need is power make sure the tiles are connected to power. Also make sure the airport is at least 2x6 tiles. And also make sure there are no tall buildings near the airport or all it will build is control towers Here are some popular airport designs: W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W (The Bay Airport) W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W P P S A A A A A A A A A A A A A A R Legend: W W A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A R W W A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A R W: Water W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W R A: Airport R: Airport J.F.K Int. Airport S: Seaport P: Pier C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C PA: Parking A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A C: Clear Tierrian A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A T: Trees A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R P A P A P A P A P A P A P P P A R Vancouver Int. Airport W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W A A A A A A A A A A A A P A P A P A A A A A A A A A A A A A P A P P A A A A A A A A A R R R R R R R R R R R A A A A A A A R T T T T T T T T T T A A A A A A A R R R R R R R R R R R A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W Q: My Arcos next to water pumps don't have water! A: Water is distributed from the center of the city, so things next to pumps may not have water during a drought. If you have any others contact me at compuserve 102254,416 or internet: 102254.414@Compuserve.com *note the. not, Chapter 3 The city concept: Most cities have the zoning concept, so all buildings are classified as their type. Many cities have main atries that get used allot, they mainly Look this: H H H H H H H H H H H H H R R R: Road C C C C C C C C C C C C C R C C: Commercial R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R H: Housing C C C C C C C C C C C C C R C H H H H H H H H H H H H H R C Most North American cities have the suburbs in which the middle class and rich people live. This is hard to replicate in Sc2000 so I tried this: I I I I I I I I I I I I I I R R R R R R R R R R R R R R H H H H H H H R H H H H H H I: Industrial H H H H H H H R H H H H H H (all others same) H H H H H H H R H H H H H H C C C C C C C R C C C C C C R R R R R R R R R R R R R R C C C C C C C R C C C C C C You can also try the other method as explained in Power Politics and Planing: R R R R R R R R R R R R R R I I I P P P R H H H H P P P P: Park P P P C C C R I I I P C C C (all other same) Chapter 4 Creating Malls and Theme Parks Without Scurk What I did to make mall was first zone the are airport, wait for buildings to come up, demolish everything else except for the parking lots, rezone everything else commercial. What I did for theme parks was combine zoo, stadiums, roads, rail, parks, trees, stadiums, water, etc. to create the vision of a theme park.( Check out my Lake Valley to see both of these methods) Chapter 5 Creating a Replica of Your Home Town 1. Edit the terrain 2. Place your roads 3. Place land marks 4. Place zones 5. Place and name city services 6. (It is not necessary to keep low crime rates) 7. (Don't try to name all schools) 8. Marvel at your creation