And with this "cloud" gaming idiocy, what happens in a few years when EA decides to pull the plug on their SimCity servers?...
It's REALLY tough to get "connected" to your city or game when you feel like it could be lost at any moment.
I've been playing on America West 2 on and off all day with no problems logging on. I'm curious what the specific circumstances are that is keeping some people offline.
What's is the typical population of a city in 2013? If it can grow into a 100-200k city using the space, then I would imagine having a larger scale map with nothing but building and road spam would not make that much difference to me.
They patch it so you can play offline.
"Simcity servers are down. Attempting to reconnect."
Now I'm stuck on the "Checking for updates" screen and can't select a server. I have been able to play about 2 hours total and had the game crash hard 3 times.
Now I'm stuck on the "Checking for updates" screen and can't select a server. I have been able to play about 2 hours total and had the game crash hard 3 times.
use simcity recovery from the Windows Start Menu
haha 15 minute queue so that I can log in and play by myself in my private region. Waiting in line for such menial things makes me feel like I'm at Disney World. Where is the fast pass distribution?
Seriously though, I can stomach a server side DRM check. I can't stomach relying on servers to do what my computer is perfectly able to do on its own.
I would expect the game to install. That is what I'd expect.What video card is in the laptop?
I'm not sure what you expected them to do, if your vid card is too slow and you won't accept that fact.
Perhaps the reason that the cities have such a small size limit can be attributed to it not being multi-threaded. If so then that would be a very significant consequence.OK it's not multi-threaded. Does it matter though if the game runs smooth?
XAMPP and you're doneFrom what I understand it would require a server to be set up. People have done this for mmo's so its possible but I wouldn't expect it quickly.
I might be mistaken, but I thought parts of the game were actually server-side? And not just saves.
Cloud gaming will become the future. I can't imagine it going anywhere else right now. Obviously there are some hick ups with the resources involved making it work, but rest assure, having the ability for a publisher to control the content you play will be a tremendous boost for them.
Doubtful. Even with MMOs the client machine does most of the heavy lifting. In this case who really knows. Server capacity is expensive and I'd be hard pressed to believe they are doing anymore than absolutely necessary. I'm pretty sure that virtually all of the in-game activities are processed clientside with server oversight. I could be wrong though.