Re:Documentation related to the implementation of SimCity 2000
by eska on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:14AM
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Why didn't Frodo take down Sauron in his X-wing?? I saw the walking trees, so I know that anything is possible.
That’s it, no more internet for me today. And I haven’t even had lunch!
Re:Documentation related to the implementation of SimCity 2000
by saberience on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:34AM
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> that this is one of the fundamental systems the game is built upon.
No it isn't. Traffic played basically zero part in the game and certainly didn't influence "success" or "failure." Traffic was 99% for visual effect. When I played Sim City 2000 I never put any work into optimizing for traffic and my cities were effectively "perfect" in terms of crime, life expectancy, citizen happiness etc.
So, all bets are off when a fantastical element is introduced? We should no longer expect any internal consistency, and the work is entirely above critique?
Why didn't Frodo take down Sauron in his X-wing?? I saw the walking trees, so I know that anything is possible.
The answer is because we expect internal consistency. Ok, so there's a superhero in this game system. Doesn't change the fact that it's supposed to simulate traffic, and that this is one of the fundamental systems the game is built upon. Oh, it doesn't actually simulate traffic? Yes, this is a problem: it's a traffic simulation with superheros.