schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent Schorsch) (03/30/91)
I know there is a way to get extra money plus other things in SimCity (and SimEarth also). How do you do this? what are the different commands? I have heard about typing "fund" but I don't know where/when to do this. Thanks in advance! -Brent schorsch@oxy.edu
rransom@aclcb.purdue.edu (Father Barleywine) (03/31/91)
This isn't a built in cheat like FUND, but it works if you don't care about things like extortion and feeling like a scumdog. To get more extra money than you really need and to keep the Sims happy while extorting large quantities of cashola, do the following tax time "cheat" (if only the IRS was so easy to fool): ---set the tax rate to 0% in January ---watch the Sims build like crazy through the year ---with the Game Speed set to slow wait until the last part of December (watch it carefully, because if you wait too long you'll actually be stuck with 0% taxes for the year) ---set the tax rate to 20% ---watch the horrified Sims begin to get angry ---when the budget window comes up in January set the tax rate back to 0% ---laugh gaily as the dough rolls in, and evilly as the foolish Sims go about business as if you didn't take advantage of the poor little buggers ---repeat as necessary This "cheat" takes most of the fun out of the game, but it allows you to create improbably large and inefficient cities. If you try this reguarly be sure to keep enough money in reserve to pay for all city services for a year, because you'll be sure to miss a few extortion times and end up with 0% income. Frankly, I get more of a charge out of bulldozing maximum population density residential areas "for the greater good of the greater number" (i.e. to put in nuclear power plants), but it's too good a trick to go unmentioned. Now if they'd only put in screams when the bulldozers nuke the townhouses... Father Barleywine
dave@cprmtn.UUCP (Dave Heinen) (04/01/91)
In article <00946617.87B76080@aclcb.purdue.edu>, rransom@aclcb.purdue.edu (Father Barleywine) writes: >To get more extra money than you really need and to keep the Sims >happy while extorting large quantities of cashola, do the following tax >time "cheat" (if only the IRS was so easy to fool): > ---set the tax rate to 0% in January > ---watch the Sims build like crazy through the year > ---with the Game Speed set to slow wait until the last part of > December (watch it carefully, because if you wait too > long you'll actually be stuck with 0% taxes for the year) > ---set the tax rate to 20% > ---watch the horrified Sims begin to get angry > ---when the budget window comes up in January set the tax rate back > to 0% > ---laugh gaily as the dough rolls in, and evilly as the foolish > Sims go about business as if you didn't take advantage of > the poor little buggers > ---repeat as necessary In the newest versions, 1.1 and up, this "banzai taxation" has been eliminated. The tax rate used is the average over the year. --Jeff (son of the below) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Heinen Cooper Mountain R&D 16340 SW Nora Rd. Beaverton Oregon 97007 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
cncole@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Noah Cole) (04/01/91)
rransom@aclcb.purdue.edu (Father Barleywine) writes: >This isn't a built in cheat like FUND, but it works if you don't care about >things like extortion and feeling like a scumdog. > To get more extra money than you really need and to keep the Sims >happy while extorting large quantities of cashola, do the following tax >time "cheat" (if only the IRS was so easy to fool): > ---set the tax rate to 0% in January > ---watch the Sims build like crazy through the year > ---with the Game Speed set to slow wait until the last part of > December (watch it carefully, because if you wait too > long you'll actually be stuck with 0% taxes for the year) > ---set the tax rate to 20% > ---watch the horrified Sims begin to get angry > ---when the budget window comes up in January set the tax rate back > to 0% > ---laugh gaily as the dough rolls in, and evilly as the foolish > Sims go about business as if you didn't take advantage of > the poor little buggers > ---repeat as necessary This does not work on the Macintosh Versions above 1.2 I prefere FUNDS anyhow -- Noah Cole. (802)-785-4124 cncole@u2.dartmouth.edu aj909@cleveland.freenet.edu 24045h@d1.dartmouth.edu
Corey_Lynn_Nelson@cup.portal.com (04/01/91)
Well, if you really want to know, type "fund" while holding down the shift key the whole time. But beware, greedy mayors are sometimes punished by diasters corey_lynn_nelson@cup.portal.com Voice (415) 373-7638 BBS (415) 373-0873 FAX (415) 373-7639
dlinder@eagle.wesleyan.edu (04/02/91)
In article <683@gate.oxy.edu>, schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent Schorsch) writes: > I know there is a way to get extra money plus other things in SimCity > (and SimEarth also). How do you do this? what are the different commands? I > have heard about typing "fund" but I don't know where/when to do this. > Thanks in advance! > -Brent > schorsch@oxy.edu Just type "fund" when you are looking at your city map and you'll get $10,000! Also, a sim city bank is available from sumex (I forget the exact name of the thing but you'll recognize it). It allows you to start a city with a whole lot more money than normal! Good luck. David M. Linder
ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) (04/03/91)
rransom@aclcb.purdue.edu (Father Barleywine) writes: > To get more extra money than you really need and to keep the Sims >happy while extorting large quantities of cashola, do the following tax >time "cheat" (if only the IRS was so easy to fool): > ---set the tax rate to 0% in January > ---watch the Sims build like crazy through the year > ---with the Game Speed set to slow wait until the last part of > December (watch it carefully, because if you wait too > long you'll actually be stuck with 0% taxes for the year) Huh? How can you miss it, when the budget pops up by itself? > ---set the tax rate to 20% > ---watch the horrified Sims begin to get angry > ---when the budget window comes up in January set the tax rate back > to 0% Oh, the bug is worse that that (but perhaps your Mac is much faster than mine). When I tried it, I set the tax rate to 0%. Fast speed. On the moment that the month switched to "jan", I pull the menu and get the Budget window. Max tax. One moment later - before anyone have time to get angry - the yearly budget window pops up. Set tax to zero again. Oh, how happy my simms are! When I want to play SimCity now, I impose the that I'm only allowed to change tax when the budget window appears by itself. When I found this "hole in the rules", I wondered why I payed money for this game... And it isn't the only one. -- Ingemar Ragnemalm Dept. of Electrical Engineering ...!uunet!mcvax!enea!rainier!ingemar .. University of Linkoping, Sweden ingemar@isy.liu.se
ta-dw30@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (David Worenklein) (04/04/91)
In article <ingemar.670668019@stuart> ingemar@isy.liu.se (Ingemar Ragnemalm) writes: >rransom@aclcb.purdue.edu (Father Barleywine) writes: > >> To get more extra money than you really need and to keep the Sims >>happy while extorting large quantities of cashola, do the following tax >>time "cheat" (if only the IRS was so easy to fool): >> ---set the tax rate to 0% in January >> ---watch the Sims build like crazy through the year >> ---with the Game Speed set to slow wait until the last part of >> December (watch it carefully, because if you wait too >> long you'll actually be stuck with 0% taxes for the year) > >Huh? How can you miss it, when the budget pops up by itself? > >> ---set the tax rate to 20% >> ---watch the horrified Sims begin to get angry >> ---when the budget window comes up in January set the tax rate back >> to 0% > >Oh, the bug is worse that that (but perhaps your Mac is much faster than mine). >change tax when the budget window appears by itself. > >When I found this "hole in the rules", I wondered why I payed money for this >game... And it isn't the only one. > I believe this bug was corrected in later versions (I have the color version and the newsletter sent by Maxis said "no more cheating.") Collected taxes are now the _average_ of the budgeted taxes over the year. Or so they claim... =============================================================================== David C Worenklein | No one could tell me where my soul might be; Columbia College '93 | I searched for God, but he eluded me; in the City of New York | I sought my brother out, and found all three. -Crosby
francis@magrathea.zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) (04/04/91)
In article <1991Apr3.214720.12468@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> ta-dw30@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (David Worenklein) writes: I believe this bug was corrected in later versions (I have the color version and the newsletter sent by Maxis said "no more cheating.") Collected taxes are now the _average_ of the budgeted taxes over the year. Or so they claim... Is this SimCity Supreme? I have that, and the cheat works quite well. (I bought it last fall. From MacConnection, though, which has given me slightly old software in the past.) -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \============================================================================/
jchamber@ecst.csuchico.edu (John William Chamberlain) (04/05/91)
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