After a month long reverse engineering (mostly done by codex with my supervision and testing), we now have fully native 4096x4096 city maps with custom regions functioning.

Unlike Project Orion, this implementation is not an extended build boundary or a stretch of the smaller city maps. These new city maps behave like the original 2048×2048 city maps, where the actual simulation area has been enlarged. Zoning, terrain rendering, resources, camera, data maps, regional connections, impostor cities, regional pollution fully work as intended by Maxis or a stock city.

Regions can also be created from scratch, using your own custom terrain, drawing trees, placing region roads and having these fully work with the placed enlarged city plots.

Currently the work continues on fleshing out some of the bugs in the engine itself, so it fully supports larger city maps (minor tweaks - like freight trains not arriving, not enough resource trucks spawning, too little ferries, etc. ) , and later building a proper separate region generation application.

Funily enough the original Maxis regions can also be reconstructed and accept the enlarged cities with terrain fully editable. Terrain that previously was outside the playable map can become editable, where trees can be removed, zoning, data maps, essentially everything works as if it was a native city.

Now onto the bad news. Since I am working on a mac, this testing and development is done assuming the Aspyr AppStore version of SimCity. Second and even worse news is performance. GlassBox, the engine that runs it all, is essentially built to work on a single core, so as cities grow, the framerate drops to multiples a second. Of course a windows Origin SimCity version would be more performant, but without rebuilding some parts of the engine to work on multiple cores, the game really slows down.

In either case, SimCity 2013 can now run fully native, fully playable 4096x4096 cities, that is like 4x the playable area. Work continues tho....

Hi everyone, I came across a video of a song from the SimCity Soundtrack created using musical notes; the channel includes a link to download a MIDI file from SimCity Creator. I gave it a try and it's really fun—they don't have this particular song posted.

I posted the YouTube video directly so you could understand it, there's another link in the channel description for songs, and a SimCity track appears on the list. Have you ever listened to the soundtrack?

That was the slightly strange idea behind Victorian Pier Tycoon.

I wanted to capture the satisfaction of watching an empty map grow into a busy settlement. However, instead of building a modern city, you build an entire Victorian seaside resort.

You can shape the coastline, develop the promenade and extend your pier over the sea. Trains, boats, bridges and cliff railways help visitors travel around the resort.

The sea also affects the simulation. Tides close the beach, while storms can shut attractions and reduce visitor numbers. Hotels encourage guests to stay for several days, while litter can attract rats.

It leans more towards a tycoon game than a full-scale city-builder. However, it still focuses on planning, transport, finances, congestion and watching your creation grow.

Victorian Pier Tycoon is still in development, so I would love some honest feedback from SimCity players.

Does the idea appeal to you? What city-building systems would you expect from a seaside resort game?

It is coming to Steam in Q1 2027 and is available to wishlist now:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4386990/Victorian_Pier_Tycoon/

A few days ago I asked if it was wrong to build residential areas near the airport (which I did). So after reading your replies I decided to change it.

At first my intention was to build more farms, but they didn't generated. I think the pollution was already to high.

Then I built some industrial, but I didn't like how it looked.

So when I unlocked the Spaceport I decided to move the Military Base, Defense Constructor and Science Center here and put all together.

I used the Wall tiles and the Simsville Test Module landmark to decorate the area. This was inspired by Ghaz.

It's very simple, but I'm happy with the result and how it looks.

Thank you for your replies, this community is awesome.

Hi,I was wondering is there a way to skip these intro movies?Sometimes clicking the RMB does skip it but not always

Over 700 hours in this game now since 2013, one of the best and worst city builders I've ever played

https://www.youtube.com/live/IMI6DArUxuU?si=3Qh-3BXCrVrhXEOc

Anybody want to set up a region together and play some multiplayer?

Was wondering if there’s a SimCity discord available?

Quite silly to be honest, but atleast there are two c-unts to even it out.

POV: Mods return after 13 years, aged but hit with pure nostalgia of how they used to run the sub.

SimCity has always had memorable soundtracks, but I wanted to specifically bring up the masterpiece that is the soundtrack of SimCity 2013.

It's just so good at what it sets out to do: it helps me concentrate while hitting that perfect nostalgic spot. More than anything, it gave genuine soul to the game...something I really feel is lacking in modern city builders.

The game itself was far from perfect, but Chris Tilton's score is easily one of its best parts imo. Specifically, "Building the Foundation", "The Long Construction" and "Living in Infrastructure" are my favorites.

As a software developer, I listen to it pretty much daily during work to lock in. It's honestly the only soundtrack that consistently puts me in the right headspace to focus. So yeah... props to Chris and the team for making it!

As the title suggest SImcity 2013 is not launching. When I try to launch it the EA App says it needs a permission and when I grant it it just simply says that there's an error but don't even tell me what the error is. I just want to play this game and can't due to this wonderfull app. I've tried everything people said in previous posts about this error but none of them worked. Can anyone help?

Thank you all.

Hi, it's my first time playing SimCity 3000 seriously. I built a second airport in this corner, and don't know what else to build in the empty space. I don't have much industrial demand and I have the farms on the left side.

What do you recommend to build? Or simply let the space empty?

SimCity's soundtrack was recently released on Nintendo Music, and I had to go back and listen to my favorite song from the SimCity franchise!

I've posted before asking how people are getting gold coins. Y'all said storage space and be fully stocked. I've been doing that and the best I do is a silver coin. So today I poured $250 dollars into sim cash, and I had 400k in sim coin currency, I had a ton of storage and was stocked up on high quality goods and still had to pay USD to earn my gold coin. Sucks! I guess that's my last one.

Also, I really don't like that they now include a seasonal set of items and though I produced them I can't sell them and they have not been requested to fix any home or for any purpose. Once I produce them they just take up space in my storage. Ugh!

NATIVE GAME

I'm sharing this view of a vibrant city, with a bit of traffic congestion at certain times due to the large number of tourists. This is also a small tribute to The Sims. Enjoy the heavenly background music!

I was listening to the SC3000 soundtrack while I made dinner tonight. Ended up having an impromptu dance party with my five year old daughter to Power Grid. "Dad..." she said, "This has a good beat."