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,----------------------------------------------------------------------.| FAQ/Strategy guide || Version 1.2 || June 25, 2004 ||----------------------------------------------------------------------|| by Michael Gonzalez (Coffee) <mpgonzalez@gmail.com> || http://www.geocities.com/coffeefaqs |'----------------------------------------------------------------------'

Contents: 1) The Toolbar 2) Ordinances 3) Q & A 4) Cheat codes 5) Credits & Info

Version 1.2 (06/25/2004):- Additions to the Q&A section

Version 1.12 (06/18/2004):- Changed email address (Gmail!)- New question in the Q&A section

Version 1.11 (11/25/2002):- Formatting changes- Updated website URL

Version 1.1 (3/10/2001):- Spellchecked everything- Some small updates to the FAQ section

Version 1.0 (3/15/2000):- First released version

,----------------------------------------------------------------------.| 1) THE TOOLBAR |'----------------------------------------------------------------------'

The toolbar is the bar with buttons that you find at the right side ofthe screen while playing the game. There are 8 'main buttons' of thetoolbar, clicking on one of them brings up the tools that the buttonsoffers. Some of these buttons contain submenus that are opened up byclicking and holding on a button.

It is important that you learn the meaning and use of each tool. Youshould also know where they are located. When you select a tool that canbe used on the 'editor screen', a drop shadow will appear on the exactlocation where you are about to place something. This drop shadow willbe blue if you can place it at that location; red if you can not.

Zones, roads, highways, railroad tracks, subways, and water pipes areplaced by clicking and dragging the cursor over the area that you wantto place them, then releasing the button. If you already starteddragging and you change your mind (e.g. "Oops, I don't want to put thatthere"), hold the shift key and release the mouse button.

LANDSCAPE---------This is where you go to edit the terrain. Unlike the other Sim Citygames, this one doesn't have a terrain editor that lets you change thelandscape for free. I usually don't change the landscape, it's usuallyeasier (and cheaper) to accept it the way it is.

PLANT TREES (§3): Plant trees on undeveloped tiles. You can continue planting trees on a single tile to make more and more trees on that tile. Different trees grow on different elevation levels. They reduce air pollution a tiny bit.

CREATE SURFACE WATER (§150): Create surface water on undeveloped tiles. I think you can use this water for your water pumps.

LOWER TERRAIN: Lower the terrain by one level. The surrounding tiles will also be affected. You cannot lower terrain if surrounding structures will be affected.

RAISE TERRAIN: Raise the terrain by one level. The surrounding tiles will also be affected. You cannot lower terrain if surrounding structures will be affected.

LEVEL TERRAIN: Make the land flat so you can build on it. Click on a tile of terrain and drag it to other tiles that you want to "flatten". The entire selected area will level to the height of the first selected tile.

DEMOLISH: Destroy stuff.

MAKE ZONES----------Here's where you'll find your zone-setting tools. You don't actuallybuild anything when you make a zone. Instead, you're allowing the simsto build there. It's like saying "Here's your land, now go buildsomething!". If they don't want to build, they won't!

RESIDENTIAL ZONES: This is where your Sims will live. Of course, all of your citizens will need a home, so you will have more residential zones than any other type of zone. They must be within 4 tiles of a road for them to be effective. There are 3 densities... 1) Light (§10) - single family homes 2) Medium (§20) - small apartment buildings 3) Dense (§50)- large apartment buildings

COMMERCIAL ZONES: Here's where your Sims buy their stuff. Some Sims work here too. This type of zone isn't needed very much in small towns, but will be needed more as your city progresses. They must be at least 3 tiles of a road to be effective. Again, there are 3 densities of commercial zones...

1) Light (§10) - mom and pop stores, gas stations 2) Medium (§20) - medium size office buildings and stores 3) Dense (§50) - large office buildings and stores

INDUSTRIAL ZONES: This is where most of your Sims go to work. This is where most of the city's pollution comes from...especially in young cities. As the education level rises, more high-tech (and less polluting) industries will come. They must be within 5 tiles of a road to be effective. There are 3 densities to choose from... 1) Light (§10) - agricultural areas, small factories, warehouses 2) Medium (§20) - medium factories and warehouses 3) Dense (§50) - large factories and warehouses

LANDFILL: The landfill is the easiest way to take care of the city's trash. Over time, it will fill up and you need to find more ways to get rid of trash. You can "decommission" a landfill by destroying transportation routes to it, then let the trash slowly decompose. Sorry, you can't destroy trash with a bulldozer. Landfills greatly decrease the aura and land value of an area.

SEAPORT: A seaport encourages industrial and commercial zones to develop. You can also use it to ship garbage out of the city. These must be at least 2x6 tiles to develop. And of course, they must be placed beside the water.

AIRPORT: Airports encourage commercial zones to develop. They create a lot of air pollution and noise pollution so you shouldn't put them near residential areas. It's available after it is invented in 1930. They must be at least 3x5 tiles in order to develop.

DE-ZONE: This nifty tool removes any undeveloped zone that you placed before. Undeveloped means that there should be no buildings or structures there when you de-zone, so you should demolish those buildings before de-zoning.

DEMOLISH: Destroy stuff.

BUILD TRANSPORTATION--------------------This is where you will find all your tools for making transportation,including roads, highways and mass transit. Laying transportationnetworks is just like placing zones: You click and drag over the areathat you want to place it. But unlike zones, transportation can onlybe drawn in a line.

ROAD (§10): The road should be your most common transportation network. This is what your Sims usually use to get to work, go shopping, or go home. But don't let your transportation system rely solely on roads, that could lead to traffic, which leads to pollution, which decreases aura, which decreases land value...

HIGHWAY: A highway is an elevated road that's 2 tiles wide. It allows your sims to travel faster and over greater distances. The Sims will not travel from one end of the city to another except on a highway. Available after 1940. There's a sub-menu... 1) Highway - build a highway 2) On-ramp - on ramps are needed for cars to get from the regular road to the highway. For in-depth info on building a highway system, see the FAQ section.

BUS STOP: A bus system is an easy-to-install mass transit system that doesn't cost too much. Bus stops are where the buses stop, they must be placed beside a road to be of any use. Place bus stops strategically to reduce traffic significantly. I suggest putting them at residential and industrial places.

RAIL: This is a good mass transit system to have for infant cities since they don't cost too much. If your city is already well developed, you might need to demolish quite a few buildings to make room for railroad tracks. 1) Lay rail - build railroad tracks 2) Train station - this is the station where the trains stop. They must be placed adjacent to tracks to be of any use.

SUBWAY: This is probably the most effective and most expensive mass transit system. It's very convenient because it doesn't take up any space above the ground except for little subway stations. I suggest you use this to replace your rail system when the city matures (and you have enough cash to burn). Available after 1910. 1) Lay subway rail - build a subway rail 2) Subway station - this is the station where people get on of off the subway. Place them strategically!

SUBWAY TO RAIL CONNECTION: If you have a rail system and a subway system, you can combine them with a connection like this. It's good to use if you just build a subway system and you already have a rail system that you don't want to demolish.

DEMOLISH: Destroy stuff

BUILD UTILITIES---------------This is where you will find your tools for everything related to water,electricity or garbage. These things are needed by your loyal Sims. Youshould have an "infrastructure" for each of them.

POWER LINES: These are "high-tension power lines" used to bring power over long distances. All structures and zones have a have a build in power infrastructure that gives power to buildings or zones that are within two tiles. With this new infrastructure, it's possible to build a city without any power lines at all! But you still need them to bring power over long distances.

POWER PLANTS: Power plants provide the electricity that is needed for any zone to develop. Clicking on this button brings up a window where you can select from the following power plants: 1) Coal power - This is probably the best kind to use for starting a city, but you should replace it as soon as possible since it generates a "metric assload" of pollution. 2) Oil power - This kind produces a smaller amount of power and doesn't pollute as much. It's not very expensive either, but I think coal power is better. 3) Gas power - This power plant generates electricity from natural gas (no, not THAT kind of gas...). It generates a small amount of power and doesn't pollute much. Available after 1955. 4) Nuclear power - Nuclear power is clean and inexpensive, for those that can afford the large initial investment. It

produces enough power for a medium sized city. However, there is a risk of the plant having a meltdown if it's overused. You can't build this plant if you enact the "Nuclear-free zone" ordinance. Available after 1965. 5) Wind power - these little windmills produce no pollution, but give very little power. You'll need a lot of these to power even a small sized city. More effective if placed on hills. It's good to use to power structures far away from the main city (like water pumps). Available after 1980. 6) Solar power - I say it's an expensive waste of money. This kind of plant produces no pollution but it gives off very little power too. Available after 1990. 7) Microwave power - This is a very new high-tech power plant that doesn't give off pollution. It's clean, efficient, affordable, and gives enough power for a semi-large city. Available after 2020. 8) Fusion power - Fusion is the ultimate power plant investment. It gives off no pollution and gives you a lot of electricity...enough for large cities. It's affordable too, if you have a large city.

WATER PIPES: Water pipes are needed to bring water to the citizens of the city. Connect it to a water source (such as a water pump or tower) and bring it to the buildings. Unlike in SC2000, buildings so not have a built-in infrastructure. The water pipes give water to all buildings within 7 tiles of any part of the pipe. Watering your city brings up aura, land value, and increases development.

WATER STRUCTURES: These are the structures needed to give you Sims clean water. Clicking on this button brings up a window with the following structures... 1) Water pumping station - this structures pumps the water from a fresh water source to the water pipes. They must be placed beside a source of *fresh* water (like a lake or river) to be effective. 2) Water tower - Water towers are like pumping stations, except they drill water out of the ground. You can place them anywhere and they will run at full capacity. 3) Water treatment plant - This structure treats and cleans the water circulating in your city. Be sure to connect them to water pipes or they won't be effective. Although their purpose is good, they deal with pollution so Sims don't want to live near them. Available after 1935. 4) Desinalization plant - Desinalization plants take sea water and convert it into fresh water, safe for your sims. I say it's cheaper to make your own fresh water and build water pumps. Available after 1960.

GARBAGE DISPOSAL: These structures allow you to dispose of your garbage. Since they deal with garbage, Sims don't like to live anywhere near them. They lower land value and aura. 1) Incinerator - These structures get rid of your garbage by burning them, and therefore creating a lot of air pollution. Available after 1920. 2) Recycling center - Recycling centers help lower the amount of garbage taken to landfills and incinerators. Their cause is clean, but nobody wants to live near them since they deal with trash. Available after 1970. You can encourage people to recycle more of their garbage by enacting the trash pre- sort ordinance.

3) Waste to Energy Incinerator - these things are excellent. They produce a lot less than normal incinerators, AND they give you a small amount of electricity. It may cost quite a bit, but that's money well spent. Available after 2000.

DEMOLISH: Destroy stuff

PLACE CIVIC/SPECIAL BUILDNGS----------------------------Civic buildings and special buildings are structures made and paid forby the government itself. This includes police stations, fire stations,parks, schools, hospitals...that kind of stuff.

POLICE: This button contains your tools for law enforcement. Click and hold on this button to bring up a sub-menu that contains... 1) Police Station - These buildings lower the crime level in the surrounding area. Check the 'data' to see the crime rate and police coverage of your city. Police stations also bring up the land value and aura of the area. 2) Jail - After a while, your city will need a jail to put its criminals in. Without a jail, the police have to release criminals since there is no place to put them! Jails lower the land value and aura of the surrounding area.

FIRE STATION: Fire stations are needed for protection against fires. With fire stations, the probability of a fire occurring is much lower. It also increases the land value and aura of the area since the Sims feel safe with a fire station around.

HEALTH AND EDUCATION: This is where you go to build structures dealing with, you guessed it, health and education. All of these buildings raise the land value and aura of the surrounding area. Click and hold on this button to bring up a sub-menu that contains... 1) Hospital - Here's where your Sims go when they're sick. Having enough hospitals brings up the health level of the city. Not having enough hospitals will lower the health level. Use the query tool to check if you have enough. 2) School - This is the basic educational institution. Schools like this teach children from Kinder up to high school. Having enough schools brings up the city's education level. 3) College - Colleges aren't needed as much as schools. These buildings teach young adults and further raise the education level. I think it attracts high-tech industries too. 4) Library - Education doesn't stop in school, adults need to be kept sharp too. That's why libraries are here! Education level is pushed up another notch. 5) Museum - Just like libraries, museums further educate the adults...they aren't needed as much as libraries.

PARKS AND RECREATION: The structures under this button have no purpose other than to make your Sims happy (in other words, aura and land value go up!). Don't neglect these structures...if you don't build them, the Sims WILL complain. 1) Small Park - This park is only one tile large. 2) Large Park - This park is much bigger, it's nine tiles large. 3) Fountain - This structure boosts commercial districts 4) Pond - A nice place for families to go on the weekends 5) Playground - It's nice to put this beside schools

6) Marina - For all your Sims' boating needs (must be in water!) 7) Zoo - A big expensive place for people to see the animals 8) Ballpark - A place for your Sims to play with their balls ;)

LANDMARKS: Press this button and a window will appear with the landmarks that you can build in your city. These landmarks are completely free and you can build up to 10 of them in your city. Now you must be thinking "Something for free? You must be joking!". Well, these landmarks don't have any effect on your city, so you're practically getting nothing. It's a nice extra that lets you add a bit of realism to the city.

REWARDS AND OPPORTUNITIES: If your city meets certain conditions, you will be given a reward or opportunity from a petitioner. These things may have good or bad effects on the city. Read the description and think well before deciding to build it.

DEMOLISH: Destroy stuff

EMERGENCY---------This is where you will find the tools that deal with disasters. Youshould ONLY go here if a disaster is happening, or else you mightaccidentally cause a disaster in the city :P

GO TO DISASTER: If a disaster is happening in the city, press this button to make the view center on the disaster. You can also edit the preferences to do this automatically by checking the space beside "Auto Goto Disaster".

ACTIVATE WARNING SIREN: When a disaster is happening (or when a disaster is about to happen), activate this siren to warn your citizens. This tells them to prepare for the disaster to strike so the damage might be lessened.

DISPATCH POLICE: You can use this tool to dispatch police to control certain disasters (like riots). You can only dispatch as much police as you have police stations (so if you have one police station, you can only dispatch once).

DISPATCH FIREFIGHTERS: You can use this tool to dispatch firefighters (to control fires, obviously). Just like dispatching police, you can only dispatch as many firefighters as you have fire stations.

START DISASTER: Are you feeling evil today? Use this tool to wreck havoc on your city! Bwahaha! Unfortunately, there aren't as many disasters as I was hoping for. Many old disasters were deleted (monster, volcano, hurricanes, air crashes, floods). Here are the disasters available in SC3000... 1) Fire - A random fire starts somewhere in the city. It should be no problem if you have good firefighter coverage. Go ahead, start this disaster to give the firemen a test :) 2) Tornado - A tornado appears and rips through the city, leaving a narrow path of destruction. 3) Earthquake - Unlike in previous Sim City games, the earthquake here doesn't shake and destroy the entire city. Instead, there's an actual fault line! Much more realistic. Some cities seem to be more earthquake prone than others. 4) Riots - People go on a rampage through the town, destroying

whatever they can. But they're only human, they can't do too much damage. A few fires may start. 5) UFO - A UFO swarm attacks the city! These things destroy random buildings and there's nothing you can do to stop them. Just pray that it's only a nightmare. The truth is out there...

ADVISORS AND PETITIONERS------------------------Clicking on this button brings up the "Advisors and Petitioners window".Here you can meet with your advisors, check out the news, hear theirrecommendations, and read their briefings. There's a different advisorfor each department, click on their pictures to meet them. You can alsomeet petitioners (citizens in need) and hear what they want from you.

ADJUST AND REVIEW-----------------Managing a city isn't all about building and destroying, there's a lotof important data that you need to review also. This is where you viewdata about your city and check out the "behind-the-scenes" details.

BUDGET: Go here to check out your finances and budget for the year. Here, you can decide how much money goes to each department, and how much you should tax the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. You can also take out loans.

NEIGHBORS: Press this button and you will open up the 'Neighbors window'. This window shows the names and populations of your four neighbors. You can also see the deals you made with them and meet to cancel the deal.

ORDINANCES: Click on this button to open the 'Ordinances window'. This is where you choose which ordinances to enact. Your advisors provide a short snippet of info tell you about each ordinance. Ordinances are like city laws that have different effects on the city.

QUERY: This is a very useful little tool. Once you select the query tool, you can click on ANY building, structure, or even land to get a bunch of information about it. The information may include pollution, zone type, land value, crime, powered, watered, traffic, elevation, and much more.

VIEW DATA: Press this button and you'll open window that contains a big city overview. You can look at your city maps that show data for aura, crime, pop. density, power, flammability, land value, pollution, traffic, water supply, and a zone overview. You can also view graphs containing data for up to the last 100 years. This is a great way to find out how you can improve your city.

CHANGE SETTINGS---------------Under this button, you can access the stuff unrelated to your citydevelopment...like the preferences, saving, loading, ect. All the dumbstuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.

PREFERENCES: Clicking on this button brings up the window that contains the, well, preferences! Here you can edit the, you

guessed it, preferences! All of the stuff in this window is pretty self-explanatory. So let's proceed...

SAVE CITY: Save your city often to avoid file loss.

SAVE AS: Use this to save your city under a different file name.

LOAD: Load other saved cities or started towns.

NEW CITY: Sick of your old city already? Start a new one!

EXIT: All good things must come to an end. Click on this button to stop the ultimate urban experience and exit Sim City 3000.

,----------------------------------------------------------------------.| 2) ORDINANCES |'----------------------------------------------------------------------'

Here's the section where you will find the ordinances, duh! There's adescription about each ordinance, telling its positive and negativeeffects (every ordinance has them). There's no set cost for theordinances, they change depending on certain conditions. Without furtherado...

= = = UTILITIES = = =

WATER CONSERVATION: This ordinance educates Sims about ways to reduce water consumption. Theeffect is a *dramatic* decrease in water consumption...but it is ratherexpensive. I only use this when I have a severe water shortage (but it'seasier to just build some more water pumps). The cost is based on yourcity population.

POWER CONSERVATION:The ordinance educates Sims about ways to reduce power consumption. Theeffect is a *dramatic* decrease in power consumption...but it is ratherexpensive. I only use this when my power plants are in danger of blowingup and I don't have the funds to build a new one yet. The cost is basedon city population.

STAIRWELL LIGHTING:This ordinance require high-occupancy buildings to have automaticlighting that turns off when there is nobody around, therefore savingenergy. Like the power conservation ordinance, I only use it when mypower plants are in danger. The only downside is the price, which isbased on the number of buildings in the city.

MANDATORY WATER METERS:This ordinance requires water meters to be equipped on all buildings.This makes the Sims more aware of their water usage, and therefore thewater consumption decreases. I only use this ordinance in case of awater shortage.

= = = HEALTH, EDUCATION & AURA = = =

FREE CLINICS:

This ordinance builds low-cost, high-efficiency clinics that people cango to for free...resulting in a rise in the health level, rise in landvalue, AND rise in aura! But it is pretty expensive. Cost is based oncity population.

JUNIOR SPORTS:This ordinance organizes after-school sports activities for children.This causes a rise in the education level, rise in aura, and decrease incrime (the sports distract kids from drugs and crime). It's expensive...cost is based on city population.

NUCLEAR FREE ZONE:This ordinance declares your city as a nuclear free zone. Remember:While it is enacted, you cannot build a nuclear power plant. The city'saura goes up a little. The cost is practically nothing, so what reasondo you have not to enact this ordinance?

PRO-READING:This ordinance promotes reading through tutoring, special programs andother learning resources. The effect is obviously an increase in theeducation level.

PUBLIC SMOKING BAN:This ordinance bans smoking in public places. The effect is an overallincrease in the city health level...but I *think* there is a slightdecrease in aura. This ordinance is extremely expensive (based on citypopulation), only enact it if you have cash to burn.

= = = PUBLIC SAFETY = = =

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH:The neighborhood watch ordinance encourages Sims to volunteer for dutyon crime-watch teams in their neighborhoods. The effect is an overalldecrease in the city's crime level. I usually don't have a problem withcrime (thanks to well-placed and well-funded police stations), so Iusually don't use this ordinance. The cost is based on pollution.

MANDATORY SMOKE DETECTORS:This ordinance requires all buildings in the city to be equipped withsmoke detectors. When enacted, this ordinance lowers the overallflammability of the city (thus increasing aura and decreasing the chancesfor a fire to break out). The cost is based on the number of buildingsin the city.

YOUTH CURFEW:This ordinance requires all youth to be off the streets by 10:00pm. Theeffect is a small decrease in the crime rate (but I think theneighborhood watch ordinance is more effective). The cost is based oncity population.

CROSSING GUARDS:This ordinance hires well-trained crossing guards at some of theintersections of your city to help people cross the street. The effectis a slight increase in the health level...but a large increase intraffic! The traffic brought by this ordinance isn't worth the extrahealth in my opinion. The cost is based on city population.

= = = ENVIRONMENT = = =

LEAF BURNING BAN:This ordinance asks residents to restrain from setting outdoor fires todispose of leaves. The effect is a slight drop in air pollution levels.Air pollution is a big problem in most cities, so enacting thisordinance is a must. And best of all, it's absolutely FREE! (now you haveno reason NOT to enact this one!)

LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY:With this ordinance, the city uses available technology to try torecover natural gas that is a by-product of the decomposition ofgarbage. The gas is used to generate a tiny amount of electricity forthe city (very tiny amount). In addition, air pollution levels drop. Thecost of this ordinance is based on city population. It's a must for youto enact if you have landfills.

INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL TAX:This ordinance imposes a tax on ALL commercial and industrial buildingsin the city (regardless of how much pollution they produce). Althoughyou get a small amount of cash from this ordinance, it tends to lowerthe industrial and commercial demand. Cost is based on the number ofcommercial and industrial buildings in your city.

CLEAN AIR:This ordinance promotes techniques to reduce air pollution in all homesand businesses. The effect is an overall decrease in the air pollutionlevel...but I *think* industrial demand decreases a bit. The cost forthis ordinance is based on city population.

TRASH PRESORT:This wonderful ordinance encourages Sims to organize their garbage forbetter recycling. The effect is a large increase in the effectiveness ofrecycling centers...up to 45% percent of your trash can be recycled!This means less trash goes to the landfills, incinerators, or neighbors.I always enact this ordinance. The cost is based on city population.

LAWN CHEMICAL BAN:This ordinance forbids the use of polluting fertilizers that couldcontaminate the city's water supply. The effect is a reduce in waterpollution, but it discourages development of agricultural industries.I usually don't use this ordinance since my water pollution problems aresolved with water treatment plants. Cost is based on city population.

BACKYARD COMPOSTING:This ordinance encourages Sims to compost their own garbage in their ownbackyard. The effect is a slight decrease in the amount of garbagethat's sent to landfills/incinerators/neighbors. The cost is based oncity population.

PAPER REDUCTION ACT:This ordinance encourages businesses to reduce the amount of paper usedin running their business. The effect is a decrease in the amount ofgarbage sent to landfills/incinerators/neighbors. The cost is based onyour city's population.

TIRE RECYCLING:This ordinance is wonderful. It requires that all old car tires arepulverized and made into asphalt. In addition to reducing the amount ofgarbage produced by your city, it ALSO reduces the cost of building

roads! Road building costs are now §9 per block (instead of §10). Thecost is based on city population. I always enact this ordinance.

= = = CITY PLANNING = = =

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANT IMPACT FEE:This ordinance collects a monthly fee from every polluting industry inyour city. This will bring in a small amount of cash, but industries"resent government regulation in any form" and they may move away(meaning your industry demand goes down). Air pollution might decrease,but I think there are better ways to do it...

ELECTRONICS TAX INCENTIVE:This ordinance lowers the taxes for electronics companies. This attractsnew clean industries to your city (hooray!)...but it will cost you a tonof cash (damn!). It costs so much that I usually don't enact thisordinance :(

HOMELESS SHELTERS:This ordinance pays for the construction and maintenance of homelessshelters (to shelter the homeless, obviously). This ordinance is great:Since the homeless people are off the streets, land values increasesignificantly. Aura seems to increase too. Luckily, it doesn't cost toomuch.

AEROSPACE TAX INCENTIVE:This is just like the electronics tax incentive. Taxes of aerospaceindustries are lowered to attract clean industries to move into yourcity. Unfortunately, the cost is pretty high, just like the electronicstax incentive :(

TOURIST PROMOTION:This ordinance uses advertising techniques to attract tourists to yourcity. The effect is a significant increase in commercial demand... BUTtraffic increases also (you know how tourists are...). I feel thatenacting this ordinance is like paying for traffic, something that iscompletely senseless.

FARMER'S MARKET:This ordinance asks the city to reserve a parcel of land for farmers todo their farming thing. This encourages agricultural development andraises aura (I think). This ordinance is completely FREE and has nonegative effects, so why shouldn't you enact it?

CONSERVATION CORPS:With this ordinance, the city organizes the "Conservation Corps", agroup of hippie morons that care for the environment. This one has abunch of positive effects: Pollution levels decrease, clean industriesare attracted, crime level drops, and aura increases. But it's prettyexpensive.

ELECTRONICS JOB FAIR:In this ordinance, the city pays for an annual city-sponsored job fair.Just like the 'tax incentive' ordinances above, this increases thedemand for clean industries. But beware, it's pretty expensive...Thecost is based on city population.

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE AND RETRO-FITTING:This ordinance requires all new buildings to be designed to resist

earthquake damage, and that all old buildings be 'retro-fitted'. Theeffect of this is that less buildings will be destroyed when anearthquake occurs. Earthquakes rarely happen, so I don't usually enactthis ordinance. But if your city sits right on a fault line, you mightwant to try this.

PUBLIC ACCESS CABLE:This ordinance provides Sims with a free use of media facilities. Thisresults in more clean industries coming to your city. The cost is basedon city population.

CLEAN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION:This ordinance makes you join in a group of cities that promote cleanindustries. Of course, the result is an increase in demand for cleanindustry. It's hella expensive, but it's well worth it if you have thecash.

BIOTECH TAX INCENTIVES:*yawn* This ordinance is practically the same thing as the electronics/aerospace tax incentives. This effects in the increase in demand forclean industries.

= = = TRANSPORTATION = = =

ALTERNATE DAY DRIVING:Just like it sounds, this ordinance asks Sims to drive on alternatedays (depending on the number of their license plate). The effect ofthis is a decrease in traffic because more people would be encouragedto take mass transit. BUT, this ordinance really pisses people off (inother words, aura decreases). The cost is based on population.

SUBSIDIZED MASS TRANSIT:In this ordinance, the subway, bus, and train fares are cut in half.This encourages Sims to use mass transit instead of driving their cars(so the traffic in your city is reduced). For the real cost of thisordinance, you have to see the "transit fares" in the income screen (itis cut in half).

SHUTTLE SERVICE:This ordinance pays for the city to use a shuttle service to bringpeople around the city. The effect is a reduce in traffic. The cost ofthis ordinance is based on city population...and the cost is very high!But it is well worth it if you need to solve your traffic problems.

CARPOOL INCENTIVE:This ordinance gives little 'rewards' for drivers with more than onepassenger with them. The effect, of course, is a decrease in the trafficlevel of the city. The cost pretty high, so I usually don't enact thisone. City aura also decreases.

PARKING FINES:This ordinance collects a small fee from Sims that violate parking laws.The effect of this is a slight reduce in traffic, although it willdecrease aura a bit. You will get a steady amount of cash from enactingthis ordinance, but I usually don't because I'm always concerned aboutthe aura of my Sims :)

= = = FINANCIAL = = =

LEGALIZED GAMBLING:This ordinance allows people to gamble in our city and you collect agood fee from it. People seem to be happier with this ordinance (auraup!)...but the crime rate increases significantly. Since my city isusually well protected against crime, enacting this ordinance isn't aproblem for me. And the funds are a good way to 'balance' the paymentsfor other ordinances. [NOTE: You will only be offered a casino is thisordinance is enacted...and if you have a casino, this ordinance cannotbe repealed.]

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Here's where I'll put the answers to all the questions that can't beanswered in the other sections. These questions really are asked veryfrequently. If you have a question that isn't answered here, go aheadand e-mail me at mpgonzalez@gmail.com.

Q1: I'm practically broke. How can I make more money?Q2: I have a terrible traffic problem. What should I do!?Q3: How can I make a good mass transit system?Q4: How do I build bridges or tunnels?Q5: How do lower the crime rate?Q6: How do I raise land value/aura?Q7: Why aren't my zones developing?Q8: How should I get rid of my garbage?Q9: How and why should I get rid of water pollution?Q10: How do I solve my air pollution problem?Q11: How do I develop high-tech industry?Q12: How do I build a highway system?Q13: What can I do about an area infected with nuclear radiation?Q14: Do you realize that there are so many unanswered questions?

Q1: I'm practically broke. How can I make more money?

A: First of all, stop wasting money making stuff that's not needed. If you have any money left, use them for money making purposes (like building more residential zones to raise population and increase your tax income). Then check your expenditures budget window and cut the budget for some of your city departments (preferably education, since that usually costs the most). Also repeal some expensive ordinances and enact money-making ones (like legalized gambling, parking fees, ect.). If neighbor deals are costing you a lot, cancel them and pay the hefty fine. Accept any neighbor deals that will help you gain money. You can raise taxes a little bit...but don't go too high or people will start to leave and you'll end up losing money. One of the best ways for cities, especially infant ones, to gain money is by accepting a business deal (casino, toxic waste plant, gigamall, maximum security prison...). If you need quick cash (or if none of the above methods worked), take out a loan and use the cash for making more zones. If that still doesn't work, then you're truly hopeless.

Az Jackson <mronimusha@gmail.com> says:

If you don't mind cheating a bit, call up the cheat menu with Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C, and enter 'call cousin vinnie'. This allows you to meet with Vinnie, who offers you a choice of taking $100,000 or refusing it and getting the chance to build the Sim Castle (which GREATLY increases Aura and Land Value, which means it's a better idea in the long run)

Q2: I have a terrible traffic problem. What should I do!?

A: First of all, you should make sure that you have enough roads for all the cars in the city. Making huge blocks of zones with roads around them is a common cause of traffic. Build more roads to give cars more space. Another way to reduce traffic is through mass transit. Bus Stations are 'easy to install' and don't take up much space, so that would be good. Trains and subways are even better if you can afford them. Which leads us to the next question...

Q3: How can I make a good mass transit system?

A: First of all, you should know where people are going. Most people travel between their homes (residential) and work (industrial/ commercial)...so that's where you should put the subway stations, train stations, or bus stops. Use the query tool to see if the stations are being used. If they're not, then you should demolish it and review the way your transit system works. If you can afford it, use subways to replace your bus or rail system. Subways are the cleanest, most effective, and least space wasting mass transit system of all (if you can afford the high price...).

Q4: How do I build bridges or tunnels?

A: If you need to build a road over water, just click and drag across the water like you normally would. Continue until you reach the land at the other side (until the drop shadow turns blue again). Let go of the mouse button and you will be told how much the construction will cost. A bridge can't be build if it would damage the other buildings, so you will probably have to demolish some of them. Different kinds of bridges will be built depending on how long it is. Highways, railroads, and power lines can be built over water the same way as bridges. As for tunnels, just click and drag over a mountain. If the workers think that building a tunnel is better than going over the hill, then they'll tell you the cost.

Q5: How do lower the crime rate?

A: Basically, just make sure that every inch of your city has adequate police protection (check the data maps). If that's not enough to stop your crime problem, try enacting some crime-fighting ordinances like the neighborhood watch, youth curfew, and junior sports. Don't enact the legalized gambling ordinance. You can also try making the land value higher, since low land value encourages crime. See the next question...

Q6: How do I raise land value/aura?

A: Land value is high if the people are happy about where they live. Aura goes up if land value goes up. There are many many factors that affect the land value. To have a high land value, you should have power, water, good police coverage, good fire coverage, low crime rate, low pollution level (air/water/land), and low traffic. It also helps greatly to be close to desirable buildings like schools, hospitals, parks, or fountains. Being close to an undesirable buildings lowers the land value, such as recycling centers, water treatment plants, incinerators, casinos, prisons, or a toxic waste conversion plant. You can check the land value of an area by using the query tool. High land value allows big expensive buildings to be built, while low land value would only give you small buildings and even abandoned buildings.

Az Jackson <mronimusha@gmail.com> says: One of the best ways of getting up Land Value (other than putting Rewards in the area) is by planting trees and creating lakes with the Surface Water tool. It works wonders in the long run, but make sure you have enough money to do it comfortably first.

I consider aura to be a measurement of how well your city is doing and how successful it is. A successful city is one where the sims are happy.

Q7: Why aren't my zones developing?

A: There are 5 reasons why your zones aren't developing. (1) They're not close enough to a road. Residential zones should be 4 tiles from a road, 3 for commercial, 5 for industrial. (2) It's not connected to the power grid. (3) There is no demand for that type of zone. (4) The land value is extremely high or extremely low. (5) The area is contaminated with radiation. Also remember that zones need water to develop to full capacity (although they CAN develop without any connection to the water system).

Q8: How should I get rid of my garbage?

A: First of all, you should reduce the amount of garbage they produce. To do this, you should build recycling centers. You can also enact garbage reducing ordinances like trash presort, paper reduction, backyard composting, and tire recycling. After that's all done, there are five ways to handle the rest of it: (1) Let it pile up all over your city, which is something nobody wants. (2) Send it to an incinerator, where it will be burned and create air pollution. (3) Send it to a waste-to-energy incinerator, where it will make less pollution and produce some electricity. (4) Bring it to a landfill, where it will decompose slowly over hundreds of years while lowering the surrounding land value. (5) Export it to your neighbors, which is the cleanest, although most expensive, choice. Personally, I choose landfills when my city is still young, then switch to exporting it when it is affordable. ALWAYS use recycling centers and enact the trash presort ordinance...you can recycle up to 40% of your trash!

Az Jackson <mronimusha@gmail.com> says: There's one piece of advice everyone to take note of: Keep landfills far away from every zone you have, not just Residential. Land value affects your Industrial zones just as much. Something that does work well is sticking your landfill in one of the corners of the map, with

a road connecting it to the rest of the city, but it gets to be a burden after a while

Q9: How and why should I get rid of water pollution?

A: Water pollution is usually not visible unless you check the data map. The only time it will be visible is if you put a polluting structure (like industries, landfills, seaports...) near a body of water. This lowers the pumping capacity of water pumps, lowers health level of Sims, and lowers their aura. The only way to get rid of water pollution is by building costly water treatment plants (§15,000 each!). If you build enough, water pollution will be completely gone in a few years. If you can't afford treatment plants yet, enact the lawn chemical ban ordinance...that helps a bit.

Q10: How do I solve my air pollution problem?

A: Now THIS is a problem. There are no structures that cure air pollution, so you'll have to stop it at its causes: (1) Industry (2) Traffic (3) Incinerators (4) Others. Traffic is unavoidable, it's a fact of life in any big city. To minimize traffic, see the question I already answered above. If you have incinerators, you should either make sure they're far away from the main city or find another way to dispose of your trash. Another way to lower air pollution is by enacting ordinances like clean air and leaf burning ban. Industry is usually the biggest cause of pollution...so you should try to convert most of your polluting industry into high-tech industry. See the next question...

Q11: How do I develop high-tech industry?

A: High-tech industry (or clean industry) develops very slowly over time. The first factor is the current date. High-tech industry doesn't develop at all in 1900 (that's why I always start at 2000). As time goes on, you'll become more likely to see more clean industry. Another big factor is the education level of your Sims. A higher IQ means a higher chance of getting clean industry. Make sure there's enough schools, collages, libraries, and museums for everyone. Also enact education-building ordinances. Remember, it takes several years before your school children go into the work force, so the effect of education won't be seen for about 20 years. Another way to attract clean industry in by enacting ordinances like the electronics/aerospace/biotech tax incentives, clean industry association, public access cable, and electronics job fair.

Q12: How do I build a highway system?

A: I usually use the small or miniature city sizes so I usually don't build highways. Highways are needed when your city gets too big that the sims need to travel far distances to get to places (like if residential zones are too far away from commercial zones). It costs an _incredible_ amount of money to build highways, so be sure you're rich. Decide where the highway will pass through. Now pause the game and demolish (yes, demolish) the buildings that stand in your way. If important/expensive buildings or landmarks stand in your way, you might want to reconsider the placement of the highway. Now build the

highway.

For people to actually get ON the highway, you'll need to make on- ramps that connect it to the road system. There are 2 ways to build an on-ramp: (1) If a highway passes over a road you can build an on- ramp at the corner. If the "drop shadow" turns blue, you can build! (1) If two highways cross each other, an on-ramp can be built at the corner to connect the two. I've never been rich enough to build two highways, so I've never tried this before :P

Q13: What can I do about an area affected by nuclear radiation?

A: This is a question I actually do get quite often. I don't use nuclear power myself, so I can't give you an answer from my own experience. But from the emails people have given me, it seems that this radiation will continute to affect your land for hundreds and hundreds of years...and I doubt it will ever go away. You'll just have an area of unusable land.

This is actually the reason that I don't use nuclear power myself. I'm paranoid about a meltdown, and it's nice to be able to enact the "nuclear free zone" ordinance without any extra cost. :)

Q14: Do you realize that there are so many unanswered questions?

A: Yes I do, so e-mail me with a question and I'll be sure to answer it...that is, if I know the answer. The e-mail address is <mpgonzalez@gmail.com>.

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I recommend that you don't use cheat codes. The game was meant to beplayed without cheat codes. After you've used them, you'll just feel alldirty and guilty. Remember, Maxis will not support problems with yourgame if you used cheat codes.

To use a cheat code, press [Ctrl], [Shift], [Alt], and [C] keys at thesame time to open up a cheat window. From here, you can enter the codeyou want. I got all of these codes from www.simcity.com (the officialSC3K site). Here are the codes...

CODE: i am weakEFFECT: Makes buildings, utilities, zoning, transportation, plantingtrees and creating surface water free. This is the code for the ultimatecheater. You are truly weak.

CODE: call cousin VinnieEFFECT: A new petitioner item will appear in the Meet window, announcinga "Local Fundraising Event." This, um, "businessman" will offer you somecash, no questions asked. Should you choose to accept his offer, you'llnotice a little extra cash in your coffers -- but will you still respectyourself?

CODE: zyxwvuEFFECT: This code isn't available to just anybody, you have to proveyour integrity first. Use the "call cousin Vinnie" cheat and refuse hisimmoral offer. Then use the "zyxwvu" cheat and the beautiful SimCityCastle will appear in your Rewards menu. In addition to looking cool,the castle boosts land value, aura, and does other wonderful things tothe surrounding area.

CODE: garbage in, garbage outEFFECT: Makes all garbage buildings available, no matter what year.

CODE: power to the massesEFFECT: Makes all power buildings available, no matter what year.

CODE: water in the desertEFFECT: Makes all water buildings available, no matter what year.

CODE: UFO SwarmEFFECT: After typing the cheat code, Set Disaster to UFO and watch anextreme number of flying saucers descend upon your city.

CODE: The BirdsEFFECT: Look closely for a flock of seagulls flying above your faircity. And tell your Sims to cover their heads.

CODE: nerdz roolEFFECT: Causes clean, hi-tech industry to be built in your IndustrialZones. I rule!

CODE: (You don't need the Cheat window for this one.)Open and close the Power Plants menuOpen and close the Rewards & Opportunities menuOpen and close the Garbage Disposal menuOpen the Landmarks menuEFFECT: When you open the Landmarks menu, you'll find that ALL thebuildings in SimCity 3000 are now available to you!

EFFECT: The following codes cause the Newsticker to display something unusual.CODE: fund advisor moremoney maxis 1234 sc3k mayor hello simcity money ticker

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Special thanks to... - Az Jackson <mronimusha@gmail.com> for additions to the FAQ section - All those who've contributed questions to the FAQ section. - Maxis for making the greatest simulation game of all time

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