Sim City: Particulating Splines?

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2004-05-10 03:15pm

The last thing the map does before starting. What's it mean?

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-10 03:49pm

StarshipTitanic wrote:The last thing the map does before starting. What's it mean?

I dunno, in The Sims it's "reticulating splines". I think it has no meaning, just an in-joke similar to the llamas in Sc3k.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-05-10 03:57pm

Yep. Maxis does all sorts of strange stuff like that, though SC2K had more humor.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2004-05-10 04:30pm

Reticulating Splines: Constructing network based functions that are defined by divisible intervals while approximating said network and composing it of pieces of simple functions defined on subintervals and joined at their endpoints with a suitable degree of smoothness.
-- Will Wright (from http://simz.gamenation.com/)

The 'network' he refers to is the network of relationships between all the variable functions in your city, or in your Sim's life.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-10 04:35pm

It is also reticulating in SC2K, not particulating.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2004-05-11 02:35am

Did you ever see the loch ness monster in SC2K or Superman?
They were really rare, but I did see them a few times.

mauldooku · Post by **mauldooku** » 2004-05-11 06:29am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:Did you ever see the loch ness monster in SC2K or Superman?
They were really rare, but I did see them a few times.

Yah. Did you know that you can shoot down that annoying traffic helicopter?

Just click on it with the centering tool. Watch out, it'll cause a fire if disasters aren't turned off. Make sure to keep the newspapers on, as the description of what happens is great

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2004-05-11 06:32am

Badme wrote:
TrailerParkJawa wrote:Did you ever see the loch ness monster in SC2K or Superman?
They were really rare, but I did see them a few times.
Yah. Did you know that you can shoot down that annoying traffic helicopter?

Just click on it with the centering tool. Watch out, it'll cause a fire if disasters aren't turned off. Make sure to keep the newspapers on, as the description of what happens is great

What was the description? I remember shooting down the helicopter (couldn't you get the planes too?) but didn't read the papers.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-05-11 01:02pm

You couldn't directly shoot down the airplanes, but you could put arcologies in their flight path

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-11 02:06pm

phongn wrote:Yep. Maxis does all sorts of strange stuff like that, though SC2K had more humor.

You mean like in the newspaper articles? They were more absurd than anything else. Then again, absurd can be funny.

I liked one of the tips in SC3k. From "the llama suggests", had one of the tips being "There are no cheat codes for SimCity 3000. No cheat codes. Yeah, sure." As if saying, 'of course there are cheat codes, but we can't admit to them.'

Simcity 4 seems to have an almost complete lack of humor, in comparison. Although it is kinda funny to unleash Servo and have him toss plates all over the buildings.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-05-11 03:18pm

admiral_danielsben wrote:I liked one of the tips in SC3k. From "the llama suggests", had one of the tips being "There are no cheat codes for SimCity 3000. No cheat codes. Yeah, sure." As if saying, 'of course there are cheat codes, but we can't admit to them.'

Indeed -- and there were cheat codes.

Simcity 4 seems to have an almost complete lack of humor, in comparison. Although it is kinda funny to unleash Servo and have him toss plates all over the buildings.

Yeah. SC4 is a much drier game -- but it has much more depth than the previous games.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2004-05-11 05:50pm

What's Servo look like? I imagine MST3K's Servo going insane...

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-05-11 07:36pm

StarshipTitanic wrote:What's Servo look like? I imagine MST3K's Servo going insane...

Big 30's esque walking robot who fires giant cd's.

McNum · Post by **McNum** » 2004-05-12 09:38am

The best humor in Sim City 4 is from examining buildings. From useless stats such as how many monkeys that has escaped from the Disease Research Facility to peculiar named high tech indutries such as "Kane Tiberium".

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-12 03:26pm

StarshipTitanic wrote:What's Servo look like? I imagine MST3K's Servo going insane...

Not at all. It's from Servo the Serving Robot in the Sims. Only 15,000 simoleons and he cooks, cleans, repairs, and even gives sore folks backrubs. Apparently, in SC4 he's tired of serving and wants payback.

I'm not sure how to describe his looks. The guy with the Orange avatar (Rye?) probably got it as good as possible.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-05-14 03:55pm

Rye wrote:
StarshipTitanic wrote:What's Servo look like? I imagine MST3K's Servo going insane...
Big 30's esque walking robot who fires giant cd's.

I always thought they were plates. Anyway, it's the coolest disaster after the meteor--those plates can take out entire blocks as they move.

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