Re:The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box
by hypertele-Xii on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:54AM
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> SimCity very much does express an ideology [...] try to zone something for mixed use [...] It's not intended to be an accurate simulation
It absolutely is trying to be an accurate simulation, for its time. That was 28 years ago. Do you remember how slow computers used to be? You can't zone for mixed use because of technical limitations. The simulation takes place on a grid; each grid cell is limited in memory by computer technology; therefore the performance requirements of the simulation dictate that only one thing can exist in one place.
It absolutely is trying to be an accurate simulation, for its time. That was 28 years ago. Do you remember how slow computers used to be? You can't zone for mixed use because of technical limitations. The simulation takes place on a grid; each grid cell is limited in memory by computer technology; therefore the performance requirements of the simulation dictate that only one thing can exist in one place.