User manual GAMES PC SIMCITY 4-DELUXE EDITION

[. . . ] TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GETTING STARTED: TIPS FOR NEW MAYORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 WHERE CAN YOU LEARN MORE?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 REFERENCE GUIDE SIMCITY 4 DELUXE EDITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Didn't know you would need to study law enforcement theory to be a Mayor, did you?If you have worked to improve living conditions, increase the average Sim salary, and provide ample educational opportunities for your Sims, your city's crime rate decreases. But happy, considerate citizens cannot quell criminal insurgence alone. The police help you maintain public order, and respond to various kinds of emergencies. If there is little or no blue-uniformed presence in town, watch the crooks move in. You may choose between several sizes of police stations to suit the law enforcement needs of your city. Each station varies in size, capacity, cost, and coverage area. Stations also come with a set number of squad cars that can be used for emergency dispatches. If your Sims get uppity, and start a riot, you want to be sure to have enough squad cars available for dispatch to quell the melee. As your police force apprehends criminals, they toss them in the jail cells provided with each station. The Police Kiosk alone does not have enough room to house criminals. If a police officer on duty apprehends a suspect, the potentially guilty party is taken to the jail cells at the nearest station. When the jails in your police stations are filled to capacity, it may be time to build a City Jail. Watch overcrowding in the jails, though--jail riots make everyone in town a little jumpy. If you are experiencing a crime wave, you better build more police stations. Check the Crime Data View to see if your efforts are having an effect. Don't lower station funding if crime is barely held in check. Lower funding of a police station significantly lessens officer efficiency in criminal apprehension. 49 48 BUILD FIRE STATIONS Sorry to say, buildings are inherently flammable (some more so than others--especially industrial buildings). To keep your city from being engulfed in flame, make sure that you have enough fire stations to cover the developed areas. Like police stations, fire stations have a radius of coverage within which they can subdue any fires that might break out even before they are reported to the Mayor's Mansion. Outside the coverage area, however, fires can spark up and spread throughout your city. [. . . ] 45, 59 Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 59 Cloverleaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Highways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 45, 59 Mass Transit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]