simcity-2013
I love to play Simcity every so often, but I always get frustrated because I
have the same problem each time. I would be upgrading my city when this happens:
(sigh)………
The crime explosion happens and I end up losing my city and the progress I have made to my city.
So I want to know if there is any guidance to what point I should already have a police station available. Ex: certain population, time. Any guidance would help.
The picture isn't mine, that is an extreme situation
Only way you can disable disasters if you are playing in Sandbox Mode. Sandbox Mode is dependent on the region. The person creating the region has the option to make it Sandbox Mode.
This allows:
Note: Sandbox cities are ineligible for achievements, challenges, or leaderboards.
Here is a picture showing you how you can do it.
There is a line that appears a short distance away from the road while zoning. That line shows you the distance a building will require in order to develop a lot at that point. If there is insufficient room, the lot will not develop.
Think of it in terms of street widths. Streets are 1 street wide. Avenues are 2 streets wide. Low density lots are 2 streets long. Medium and high density lots are 4 streets long.
If you zone where two streets meet forming an acute angle, development will not occur until the point where the streets are 2 street widths apart.
When zoning against a medium density street (or higher), the helper line will be bright, dim, or red. Bright indicates medium and high density buildings have enough room. Dim indicates low density buildings have enough room (medium and high will not develop). Red means that no buildings will develop.
Best Answer
Crimes happen for these reasons:
If there aren't other cities in your region, the first criminals would appear when your city get enough population to get a city hall (or somewhat close). Don't bother building a police station before the first crime commited in your city, because it would be a waste of money. Instead of building a big station, build 2-3 spread through the entire city, so the police cars can get to the crime scene to arrest the criminals.