INDEX
     1.0 MISC I (General questions about the game)
     2.0 TOOLS (Zoning, transportation, water, city
          services)
     3.0 BUDGET + OTHER WINDOWS (Taxes, ordinances, etc.)
     4.0 MISC II (Bugs, rewards, cheats)
     A-1 Appendix 1 (Solving Problems)
     A-2 Appendix 2 (Adjusting Difficulty)
     A-3 Appendix 3 (Mac Technical Problems)
     A-4 Appendix 4 (IBM Technical Problems)
     A-5 Appendix 5 (How to Make a Boot Disk)
 
1.0 MISC I
1.1 Q: (MAC) Where can I get the v1.1 updater?
1.1 A: The updater is available at the following ftp sites:
    spider.navsses.navy.mil in /Joe 240/pub/game/sc2k
    netcom.com in /pub/maxis
    sumex-aim.stanford.edu
    mac.archive.umich.edu
    If you are unable to ftp, drop me a line (thx@netcom.com)
    and I will mail you a copy.
1.2 Q: (MAC) What does the updater do?
1.2 A: *The budget should work properly now, transit figures 
    should be correct (and stay that way.)
    *The Bulldoze Tool should always default to Bulldoze
    instead of whatever tool was last used. This should
    prevent accidental mass destruction caused by
    forgetting that the last bulldoze tool being used was
    Raise/Lower/Level Terrain.
    *Airports should build correctly now (the ratio of
    towers to runways should be better.)
    *Several problems that show up with more than 7
    stadiums/teams should be gone.
    *Figures in the Analysis window (from the City Hall
    query window) should stay correct.
    *Sometimes, destroying bridges would leave an 
    un-usable shoreline tile. This should be fixed.
    *Querying on certain tiles of the Forest Arcology in
    certain situations would report bare land, this
    should not happen.
    *Arcologies that do not have micro-simulators attached
    should now affect population (populations far greater
    than 9.1 million should be attainable.)
    *There is a new button when using the query tool on a
    library.
    *Placing highway and re-enforced bridges now charges
    the user correctly.
    *Schools should work properly at population levels
    above 60,000.
    *The date should now properly display above 9,999
    years.
    *The power graph should be more accurate.
1.1 Q: (IBM) I'm having trouble installing SC2K.
1.1 A: See Appendix 4 and 5 at the bottom of this file.
1.2 Q: Where's the SimCity2000 ftp site?
1.2 A: (MAC) spider.navsses.navy.mil in /Joe240/pub/game/sc2k
1.2 A: (IBM) andyspc.rh.uchicago.edu in /pub/sc2k
    Logon as anonup with password upload in order to upload.
1.3 Q: Why can't I get onto the spider site?
1.3 A: The proprietor occasionally has things more important 
    than SimCity2000 to occupy his computer's time with.
    I can't imagine what. :)
1.4 Q: How do I get on the Sim mailing list?
1.4 A: There is a digest and non-digest version of the mailing
    list. For the digest, send mail to majordomo@cisco.com
    with the following line in the body of the message:
    subscribe simlist-digest
    For the non-digest, use the following line
    subscribe simlist
1.5 Q: Does Maxis have an E-Mail address?
1.5 A: You can reach e-mail technical support at
    support@maxis.com
1.6 Q: Is there anybody from Maxis on the net?
1.6 A: Yes - Chris Weiss, cweiss@netcom.com
1.7 Q: Where can I get a demo of SimCity2000?
1.7 A: Anonymous ftp to netcom.com. Look in the /pub/maxis
    directory.
    SC2KDEMO.ZIP is a slide show for IBM.
    SC2KDEMO.SEA is a slide show for Mac.
1.8 Q: How do I log on to the Maxis BBS?
1.8 A: The phone number is (510) 254-3869. (8-N-1)
1.9 Q: What's a good price for SimCity2000?
1.9 A: Well, I paid $38.88 (with CUE discount) at Egghead.
1.10 Q: Can I upgrade from the old Sim City?
1.10 A: No, I don't think so. SC2K is, pretty much, a totally
    different product.
1.11 Q: (MAC) Can I run SC2K on my black and white mac?
1.11 A: No. SC2K is specifically designed to run in 256-colors.
1.12 Q: What newsgroups talk about SimCity2000?
1.12 A: comp.sys.mac.games, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,
    and comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic.
1.13 Q: Is there an upper limit on population?
1.13 A: (MAC v1.0) Yes. Only arcologies that have are 
    represented by a microsimulator contribute to population
    - so, the theoretical maximum is somewhere around 9.1 million.
    (MAC v1.1) Unknown. The updater now allows all arcos,
    to contribute to population.
1.14 Q: Are there any books out about SimCity2000?
1.14 A: Well, I asked Nick Dargahi about his upcoming book:
    "Here's the latest scoop. I am a coauthor of the
    SimCity Power, Politics, and Planning book that
    Prima Publishing is releasing next month, the other
    author is Michael Bremer who, as you know, wrote the
    manual that comes with the software. Our book
    includes information that isn't available anywhere
    else, since we had direct access to the programmers
    and staff at Maxis.
    Our book also includes color pictures of interesting
    cities, including a city which has the world
    population record for a SimCity of 9.3 million
    people.
    Other topics include:
    *The most comprehensive information resource guide
     for all tools, buildings and object types in
     SimCity.
    *The Making of SimCity 2000: Interviews with the
     designers, and background information on how SimCity
     2000 came into being.
    *Greater detail on how the simulation works.
    *How to beat the scenarios: tested methods to win
     each scenario.
    *Tips & Tricks Chapter: Includes how to hex edit your
     city files to add more money or create new scenarios
     of your own design. All Easter Eggs are mentioned.
    *The Economic model. Managing your money, and
     employing different economic strategies.
    *Plus an appendix that teaches you how to install the
     DOS version of SimCity 2000 so that it will run
     under Windows 3.1 (as a DOS application) or under OS/2."
    Nick is also the author of SimCity Strategies and Secrets
    and A-Train - The Official Strategy Guide.
    Johnny L. Wilson is working on The Sim City 2000 Planning
    Commisioners Handbook, probably to be published by McGraw
    Hill.
 
2.0 TOOLS
2.1 Bulldozer
2.1.1 Q: Should I buldoze abandoned buildings?
2.1.1 A: You can, but it's not necessary. Sims will build over
     abandoned buildings, although, abandoned buildings
     lower property values.
2.1.2 Q: Do I have to buldoze rubble?
2.1.2 A: No. Sims will build over rubble.
2.1.3 Q: Is there any way to bulldoze large areas at a time?
2.1.3 A: No. Although you can destroy a few buildings at a time
     using raise terrain tool.
2.1.4 Q: The sims complain when I try to bulldoze some forest.
     Should I pay any attention to them?
2.1.4 A: I don't think it'll do you any harm to ignore them.
2.2 Landscape
2.2.1 Q: How do I make waterfalls?
2.2.1 A: Place water on a slope.
2.2.2.Q: What's the magic eraser?
2.2.2 A: Select the tree tool. Press the mouse button with 
     the cursor on a blank tile. Keep holding down the
     button and press the shift key. The cursor will
     now erase any type of development. The effect is
     rather odd - when you query the tile that's been
     erased, the old structure appears to still be there.
2.2.3 Q: Can I make a deep river at higher elevations?
2.2.3 A: No, the only way to add water at elevations above
     sea level is to use the water tool - and this only
     makes water that is 50 feet deep.
2.2.4 Q: Does the water tool make fresh water or salt water?
2.2.4 A: (MAC) Fresh water.
2.2.4 A: (IBM) The water tool seems to make fresh water half
     the time and salt water the other half.
2.3 Power
2.3.1 Q: Do undeveloped zones conduct power?
2.3.1 A: No. Only tiles that have immediate contact to 
     power (either next to another building or next 
     to a power line) will be powered.
2.3.2 Q: What type of power plant should I use?
2.3.2 A: If you aren't concerned with money, fusion plants
     are the most efficient, and don't pollute or cause
     disasters - like nuclear and microwave.
     If you are concerned about money, then hydro is
     best. Hydro plants don't pollute and don't need
     to be replaced every 50 years.
2.3.3 Q: Isn't it kind of like cheating to use hydro power?
2.3.3 A: Well, first off, it's just a game, and you can
     do whatever you want with it. The most efficient
     use of hydro would be to use the raise terrain tool
     to make a little bump. Line the bump with waterfalls
     and then place hydro plants on the waterfalls. You
     could even surround the hydro pants with water
     pumps. This is the best, and most unrealistic use
     of hydro plants. A more realistic approach would 
     be to make a map with a river, then raise the land
     on one end of the river, and draw the river back
     in, having it flow down the raised land. You could
     then build large dams on the slopes.
2.3.4 Q: My power plants seem to last forever.
2.3.4 A: If you have disasters off, your power plants
     will automatically be replaced when they are 50
     years old. Their cost will also be deducted from
     your coffers.
2.3.5 Q: Why don't hydro plants and wind power have to 
     be replaced every 50 years? 
2.3.5 A: Well, you could say that this is bias on the 
     part of Maxis to encourage the use of clean power.
     The real reason has to do with programming
     limitations - they'd have to keep track of the
     age of each plant.
2.3.6 Q: Why should I use wind power?
2.3.6 A: I don't know - appearance, maybe? If you have extra
     space on the top of a mountain, you could put
     windmills there. You could use a couple of wind
     power plants to sustain a small village in the 
     middle of nowhere.
2.3.7 Q: Do I have to use raised wires to run power across water?
2.3.7 A: No, there's a cheat you can use to get around this.
     Chris Weiss writes:
     "There's a little trick you can do to run power across
     water without needing lines. First, you need 3 tiles of
     water between where you'd run the line from and where
     you'd run it to. Build a power line brige across that 3
     tile space and bulldoze the power line between the two
     "on-ramps" for the power bridge. Replace the flat land 
     tiles with water again and Voila! The power flows across
     the no-longer-existent power bridge."
2.4 Water
2.4.1 Q: How effective is a water pump?
2.4.1 A: A water pump (not next to water) will service 
     approximately 24 to 36 tiles, depending on the weather.
     An additional 12 tiles (approx.) will be serviced for
     every water tile that the pump is adjacent to. 
     For example:   W W W
             L P L
             L L L
     where W = water, L = land, P = pump
     The above pump is next to 3 water tiles, therefore, it
     will provide 60 to 72 tiles with water. I think that
     each tile requires 600 gallons of water.
2.4.2 Q: Should I build water towers?
2.4.2 A: Each water tower will hold up to 40,000 gallons of
     water. They will only fill up when you have a surplus.
     It's probably easier to just build four more pumps in
     the space that a tower would take.
2.4.3 Q: What good is a water treatment plant?
2.4.3 A: The manual says that water treatment plants will help
     you prevent droughts by cleaning and recycling your
     water. However, the online help says that water
     treatment plants will reduce the overall pollution level
     of your city. Experimentation has revealed that water
     treatment plants do not really have anything to do with
     the water supply. Adding one treatment plant (anywhere
     on the map) will reduce the pollution level of your
     city quite a bit. Additonal treatment plants have no
     effect, though. So, build one, and only one
2.4.4 Q: How effective is a desalination plant?
2.4.4 A: Desalination plants seem to have an effective radius, so
     there effectiveness is rather complicated. They can
     provide water to 200 - 500 tiles each, depending on how
     many seawater tiles are adjacent to the plant.
2.4.5 Q: What types of water will help a water pump?
2.4.5 A: Natural water and artificial water will improve the
     performance of a water pump, while salt water will not.
     Use the query tool to find out whether water is salty or
     fresh. Water pump performance will even be improved by a
     waterfall, or a waterfall with a hydro plant on it.
2.4.6 Q: I've built several pumps on the edge of my city,
     but all the water seems to be going to the center.
2.4.6 A: Well, SC2K figures out how much water you have, then
     it distributes it from the center of your city. The
     only way to keep the water at the edge would be to 
     cut it off from the water system.
2.4.7 Q: Where do I need to build pipes?
2.4.7 A: Sims will automatically build pipes underneath
     buildings, so, all you need to do, is build pipes
     underneath roads. I like to place pipes underneath
     my power lines. 
2.5 Road + Rail
2.5.1 Q: How much road do I need?
2.5.1 A: A zone (residential, commercial, or industrial) must
     be within 3 tiles (not counting diagonally) of a 
     road in order to start growing. If you're really
     strapped for cash (say you start on the hard level) 
     then you can get away with discontinuous roads. 
     Just drop down 1 tile sections of road and build 
     different zones around it:
     For example:  R R R
            R R R R R
            R R r I I
            C C I I I
             C I I 
     where r = road R = residential, C = commercial,
        I = industrial
     Actually you don't really need any roads at all. If you
     want, you can rely totally on mass transit. You won't
     have any traffic, but growth will be less and
     larger(3X3) buildings won't develop.
     For example, sims will build given the following setup:
        R        I
       R R R      I I I
      R R R R R    I I I I I
     R R R s R R R  I I I s I I I
      R R R R R    I I I I I
       R R R      I I I
        R        I
     where R = residential, I =industrial, 
        s = sub stations - connected underground by subway
2.5.2 Q: Why should I use rail instead of a subway?
2.5.2 A: Rail is cheaper, and, supposedly, has a greater
     positive impact on heavy industry.
2.5.3 Q: How do bus stations work?
2.5.3 A: Place bus stations at busy intersections to 
     reduce traffic at that intersection.
2.5.4 Q: How do you build a reinforced girder bridge?
2.5.4 A: You will be asked if you want to build a reinforced
     bridge if you place a highway tile halfway over
     water:
     before: L L L W W W  after L L L W W W
         L L L W W W     L L H H W W
         L L L W W W     L L H H W W
         L L L W W W     L L L W W W
     where L = land, W = water, H = highway tile
2.5.5 Q: What's the difference between a highway bridge and a 
     reinforced bridge?
2.5.5 A: Highway bridges don't allow ships to pass, but are 
     cheaper.
2.5.6 Q: What's the difference between causeways, raising
     bridges, and suspension bridges?
2.5.6 A: Causeways do not allow ships to pass. Raising 
     bridges and suspension bridges both allow ships 
     to pass. Raising bridges are cheaper than 
     suspension bridges, but can only be a maximum of 
     eleven tiles long.
2.5.7 Q: How does my transportation system affect growth?
2.5.7 A: Residential zones must be properly connected to a
     commercial or industrial zone in order to start 
     growing. Industrial or commercial zones must be 
     connected to a residential zone in order to start
     growing. This connection can either be made by road
     rail, or subway, however, growth will be best with
     roads.
2.5.8 Q: Is there an annual charge for bus depots? 
2.5.8 A: Yes, in fact, there are transportation charges for lots
     of things. The chart below shows the various things that 
     have maintenance charges. The first column shows the 
     building cost. The other columns show how much is
     charged, per year for each item in each category. 
     (Some items, like Sub/Rail, have split charges.)
           Build  Road Hwy  Brid Rail Sub  Tun
   Road       $10   0.10  --  --  --  --  --
   Causeway     $25   --  --  0.22  --  --  --
   Raising Bridge  $50   --  --  0.22  --  --  --
   Suspension Bridge $75   --  --  0.22  --  --  --
   Highway      $100   --  0.80  --  --  --  --
   Highway Bridge  $200   --  0.80  --  --  --  --
   Reinforced Bridge $300   --  0.80 1.00  --  --  --
   Tunnel      $150   --  --  --  --  --  0.10
   Tunnel Entrance  $150  0.10  --  --  --  --  --
   Onramp      $25   0.10  --  --  --  --  --
   Bus Depot     $250  25.00  --  --  --  --  --
   Rail       $25   --  --  --  0.40  --  --
   Rail Bridge    $75   --  --  0.22  --  --  --
   Subway      $100   --  --  --  --  0.40 --
   Rail Depot    $500   --  --  --  1.60  --  --
   Sub Station    $250   --  --  --  --  0.76 --
   Sub/Rail     $250   --  --  --  0.40 0.40 --
   Power Lines    $2    --  --  --  --  --  --
   Raised Wires   $10   --  --  0.20  --  --  --
2.5.9 Q: Will sims walk to a road, then drive to a sub station,
     take the subway, drive from the sub station, and walk
     from the road to work?
2.5.9 A: Well, I said yes before, but actually, work has to be
     next to the road. (See next question.)
2.5.10 Q: Why do some zones develop away from a road, and others
     don't?
2.5.10 A: terry@laue.biochem.ubc.ca writes:
     "I recently posted my theory about the trip generator
     by proposing four schemes. The question came up because
     I was trying to explain how you can have properties
     develop which are not connected to the road. The
     schemes are as follows:
     A. R = I
     B. R =I
     C.  R= I
     D.  R=I
     Well, I finally ran this experiment. Previously, I just
     ran A and D. A did not develop but D did. Now, by
     running all four, I have figured out how the trip
     generator works. Again, A does not develop. Both
     properties in D do develop. The R in B and the I
     in C develop, but the I in B and the R in C stay empty
     Therefore: the trip generator works by starting at a
     square. It finds the nearest transportation link to the
     building, which can be up to three tiles away. It then
     finds paths to the nearest zones (ie: from an R square,
     the generator looks for I and C zones). However, and
     this is IMPORTANT, the zones must TOUCH THE ROAD! If it
     cannot find zones touching the road, the originating
     square will not develop!"
2.5.10 Q: Do I need 2 or 4 onramps at each road-highway
     intersection?
2.5.10 A: Well, really, you only need one. The only reason to
     have more would be for realism, or to shorten some
     trip distances.
2.5.11 Q: Why can't I put highways where I want them?
2.5.11 A: I assume that they only allow highways to placed on
     every other tile, just so that there won't ever by a
     time when highways mismatch:
             H H
             H H H H
               H H
2.6 Ports + Connections
2.6.1 Q: I've zoned a port - why do they keep complaining?
2.6.1 A: They won't stop complaining until either a runway 
     or pier has been built.
2.6.2 Q: What is the smallest size of zone for an airport?
2.6.2 A: An airport must be at least 1 X 5 tiles, in order
     for a runway to be built.
2.6.3 Q: Why won't my airport grow?
2.6.3 A: I don't know. Results seem to vary from person to
     person. Runways won't be built if you have an air
     force base. Just keep trying to zone more airport 
     tiles. Sometimes Sims have difficulty building over
     airport tiles that have power lines on them.
2.6.4 Q: Does my airport need to be connected to water pipes or
     transportation in order to grow?
2.6.4 A: No. An airport only needs connection to power.
2.6.5 Q: Does my city have to be a certain size before an
     airport can be built?
2.6.5 A: No. You could build a successful airport, even before
     anybody moves into your city (of course, you won't have
     any money left, but...)
2.6.6 Q: Why do I keep having air crashes?
2.6.6 A: You'll have air crashes if you have tall buildings
     in the immediate flight path. Generally, it's best
     to put your airport out of the way - perhaps on an
     island or plateau.
2.6.7 Q: I've zoned a seaport, why won't piers develop?
2.6.7 A: Well, I think that a pier needs to be able to extend out
     over water that's at least 150 feet deep.
2.6.8 Q: Exactly what effect do seaports and airports have,
     anyway?
2.6.8 A: Unknown. They stop the sim's complaints. Airports
     promote commerce and seaports promote industry. Beyond
     that, who knows? It's a very hard factor to isolate. 
2.6.9 Q: What does it mean when connections are requested?
2.6.9 A: You must build connections to your neighbors. Run a
     road, rail, or highway to the edge of the map, and 
     you will be asked if you want to build a connection
     to your neighbor.
2.6.10 Q: What does the number on the connection sign mean?
2.6.10 A: That's the distance to your neighbor.
2.6.11 Q: Why is it possible to build a connection to the
     ocean?
2.6.11 A: I don't know.
2.6.12 Q: I've built plenty of connections, but they keep asking
     for more.
2.6.12 A: They may want you to build highway or rail connections.
2.6.13 Q: Just how useful are connections, anyway?
2.6.13 A: A connection acts as a stimulus point. Normally,
     residential zones are stimulated by being connected to
     job zones, and vice versa. A connection will act as a 
     stimulus to both residential and 
commercial/industrial.
2.7 Residential Zones
2.7.1 Q: What kinds of residential zones are there?
2.7.1 A: Name        size population
     Abandoned building 1 X 1   0
     Construction    1 X 1   0
     Lower Class Homes  1 X 1   10
     Middle Class Homes 1 X 1   10
     Luxury Homes    1 X 1   10
     Abandoned building 2 X 2   0
     Construction    2 X 2   0
     Church       2 X 2   0 (dezones when built)
     Cheap Apartments  2 X 2   80
     Apartments     2 X 2   80
     Nice Apartments   2 X 2   80
     Condominium     2 X 2  120
     Abandoned building 3 X 3   0
     Construction    3 X 3   0
     Condominium     3 X 3  360
     Large Apt. Bldg   3 X 3  450
2.7.2 Q: What's the difference between light residential
     heavy residential?
2.7.2 A: Light residential is cheaper and will only allow
     1 X 1 buildings.
2.7.2 Q: Why should I use light residential? 
2.7.2 A: Aesthetics? Not everyone can live in high rise
     apartment buildings. Light residential requires
     less police protection than heavy residential. If
     your zoning an oddly shaped piece of land that 
     wouldn't be able to form into a 2X2 or 3X3 building,
     you might want to use light instead of heavy.
2.7.3 Q: Why should I use heavy residential?
2.7.3 A: You will need to use heavy if you want your
     city to have a large population. The blank map looks
     large at the beginning, but you will quickly run out
     of space if you rely on light zoning. The larger
     buildings use the same amount of power, therefore,
     you use less power per person. In addition, you 
     will get more tax revenue, for the same amount of
     space.
2.7.4 Q: How do I encourage my sims to build 3 X 3 buildings?
2.7.5 A: First the property values have to be pretty good. 
     Second, a 3 X 3 piece of land must be adjacent to
     an intersection:  R R R r C C C I I I C C C r
               R R R r C C C I I I C C C r
               R R R r C C C I I I C C C r
               r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
     where R = res, C = com, I = ind, r = road
     In the above example, the residential and commercial
     zones may become 3 X 3 buildings, however, the 
     industrial zone will not.
2.7.6 Q: Can I get rid of all these churches?
2.7.6 A: Dave Chaloux  writes:
     "You can't really get rid of the churchs but it can
     be worthwhile moving them. Zone a 2x2 residential
     where you want the church. Blow up the church
     and do not rezone. The church will often move to the
     2x2 you made for it. Then and only then rezone as
     residential where the church was. The reason this is
     worth it is because if you zoned for a 3x3, you are
     only getting 50 pop around the church (5 1x1s). The 3x3
     will give you 360."
     Pat Traynor writes:
     "Hmmm... I wonder if you could build an industry
     block 8x8, and leave the center 2x2 area empty.
     Demolish a church in the main residential section
     and then quickly zone the center of the industrial
     section for residential. Perhaps the church would
     pop up there."
     This will work, but you have to build a road out to 
     the center:
         r r r r r r r r r r
         r I I I I r I I I r
         r I I I I r I I I r
         r I I I I r I I I r
         r I I I R R I I I r
         r I I I R R I I I r
         r I I I I I I I I r
         r I I I I I I I I r
         r I I I I I I I I r
         r r r r r r r r r r
     where R = residential, I = industrial, r = road
     Then, once you coerce the church into the middle, you
     can bulldoze the road into the middle and replace it
     with industrial.
2.8 Commercial Zones
2.8.1 Q: What kinds of commercial zones are there?
2.8.1 A: Name        size population
     Abandoned building 1 X 1   0
     Construction    1 X 1   0
     Cassidy's Toy Store 1 X 1   10
     Bed & Breakfast Inn 1 X 1   10
     Gas Station     1 X 1   10
     Small Office Bldg  1 X 1   10
     Convenience Store  1 X 1   10
     Office Building   1 X 1   10
     Warehouse      1 X 1   10
     Abandoned building 2 X 2   0
     Construction    2 X 2   0
     Office Building   2 X 2   80
     Resort Hotel    2 X 2   80
     Grocery Store    2 X 2   80
     Shopping Center   2 X 2   80
     Office Building   2 X 2  120
     Office/Retail    2 X 2  120
     Abandoned building 3 X 3   0
     Construction    3 X 3   0
     Theatre Square   3 X 3  360
     Corporate HQ    3 X 3  360
     Parking Lot     3 X 3  360
     Drive-In Theater  3 X 3  360
     Office Tower    3 X 3  450
     Office Park     3 X 3   ??
     Historic Office Bldg3 X 3   ??
     Mini Mall      3 X 3   ??
2.9 Industrial Zones
2.9.1 Q: What kinds of industrial zones are there?
2.9.1 A: Name        size population
     Abandoned building 1 X 1   0
     Construction    1 X 1   0
     Chemical Storage  1 X 1   10
     Ind. Substation   1 X 1   10
     Warehouse      1 X 1   10
     Abandoned building 2 X 2   0
     Construction    2 X 2   0
     Factory       2 X 2   80
     Factory       2 X 2  120
     Abandoned building 3 X 3   0
     Construction    3 X 3   0
     Chemical Processing 3 X 3  360
     Factory       3 X 3  360
     Large Factory    3 X 3   ??
     Warehouse      3 X 3  360
     Large Warehouse   3 X 3  360
     Ind. Thingamajig  3 X 3  360
2.10 Education Zones
2.10.1 Q: What are the relative effects of education zones?
2.10.1 A: The manual implies that you need 1 school for every
     15,000 people in order to increase EQ to 90. This 
     does not seem right, however. Schools lose their A+
     rating when student to teacher ratio goes above 
12.75.
     In other words, a half-full school gets about an A
     and a full school gets an F. 
     Colleges have a capacity of 50,000, but, as with 
     schools, grade goes down as the number of students
     approaches capacity.
     Libraries and museums increase the EQ of all ages.
     Museums are more effective than libraries.
2.10.2 Q: Does it matter where I put educational zones?
2.10.2.A: No, educational zones do not need proper access 
     to transportation to be effective. Educational
     zones do increase land value, though.
2.10.3 Q: What EQ is average?
2.10.3 A: The SimNation EQ average is 100. Although, the average
     age of sims that move into your city is around 83.
2.10.4 Q: My EQ doesn't seem to ever go above 100.
2.10.4 A: High EQ seems to require more than top notch schools,
     colleges, libraries, and museums. I've built a small
     city with excessive amounts of all these items. Over a
     span of 400 years, EQ never got above 100. I think the
     other factor must be industry - there's probably some
     sort of feedback effect from the high EQ industries.
     (Petro, auto, aero, electronics, etc.)
2.10.5 Q: I just put in a school but it still says 0 student,
     and 0 teachers. Why don't they use the school?
2.10.5 A: There seems to be quite a long lag time (maybe a year)
     before students will shuffle around to new schools.
     Chris Weiss writes:
     "Micro-simulators do all their calculations in
     January (well, most of them anyway). So if you
     place one in June, then query on it in July,
     everything will be zeros (or incorrect, at any
     rate). Wait until after January, then things should
     look A-OK."
2.11 Health and Safety Zones
2.11.1 Q: Do police stations and fire stations need to be
     placed next to roads?
2.11.1 A: No, apparently, police and fire power is not 
     effected by proximity to transportation.
2.11.2 Q: Do I need prisons?
2.11.2 A: Prisons increase police performance. If you still have 
     crime, even though you've just built a police station,
     build a prison next to the police station to improve
     the effectiveness of the police station at close range.
2.11.3 Q: Should I worry about the number of escapes from my 
     prison?
2.11.3 A: I believe that this is a symptom of overcrowding (high
     inmate to guard ratio.) I would suspect that crime
     might go up slightly around the prison.
2.11.4 Q: How many policemen or firefighters should I be able 
     to dispatch?
2.11.4 A: You should be able to dispatch 1 police icon for every 
     police station and 1 firefighter icon for every fire
     station. The maximum number of emergency units you may
     dispatch (including military) is 33.
2.11.5 Q: Do hospitals need road access?
2.11.5 A: I don't think they do.
2.11.6 Q: How many hospitals do I need?
2.11.6 A: The capacity of each hospital is 25,000, although, they
     will have a higher grade at half capacity.
2.12 Recreation Zones
2.12.1 Q: What are all these things for?
2.12.1 A: Small parks and Large parks increase land value.
     Zoos, stadiums, and marinas increase residential
     demand and improve tourism.
2.12.2 Q: Can I build a marina in the middle of land?
2.12.2 A: Sure, just place a drop of water, then build 
     the marina on top of it. The boats'll have
     trouble leaving though...
2.12.3 Q: Why do my sports teams always lose?
2.12.3 Q: Hmmm, bad coaching?
 
3.0 BUDGET + OTHER WINDOWS
3.1 Property Taxes
3.1.1 Q: How much should I set property taxes at?
3.1.1 A: Well, 7% is pretty much standard. If you lower
     it, that will stimulate growth. If you raise it,
     that will stifle growth.
3.1.2 Q: How is property tax revenue figured?
3.1.2 A: Use the following formula:
     Population * Propert tax rate * 1.29 = Tax Revenue
     or, if you are taxing zones at different rates:
     Rpop * Rtax * 1.29 + Cpop * Ctax * 1.29 + Ipop * Itax * 1.29
     where Rpop = residential population
        Rtax = residential tax rate(in decimal, i.e. 0.07)
        Cpop, Ipop = commercial, industrial population
        Ctax, Itax = commercial, industrial tax rate
3.1.3 Q: Does property value have anything to do with tax
     revenue?
3.1.3 A: No, not directly. High property values encourage
     growth and higher densities. A piece of land will 
     have more tax revenue if it is of a higher density.
3.2 City Ordinances
3.2.1 Q: Why do ordinances get passed when I'm not looking?
3.2.1 A: Ordinances will get passed at random if you do not
     have disasters turned off. Actually, the help says:
     "If you've been doing very well, the city counsellors
     sometimes take it into their heads to begin beneficial
     programs using public funds."
3.3 Bond Payments
3.3.1 Q: I'm running out of money. Should I take out a bond?
3.3.1 A: Not if you can help it. If you can afford to spend 
     $300-$700/year for interest, you can probably do 
     without a bond. The only exception I can see is if
     a disaster destroys your only power plant.
3.3.2 Q: How many outstanding bonds can I have?
3.3.2 A: There is a maximum of 50.
3.3.3 Q: What determines the interest rate of the bond?
3.3.3 A: The bond rate is determined by adding a percentage
     to the current fed rate. The percentages are as follows:
      Rating  Added Percentage
       AAA     +1%
        AA     +2%
        A     +3%
        B     +4%
        C     +5%
        D     +6%
        F     +7%
3.3.4 Q: What determines my credit rating?
3.3.4 A: I believe that it's a combination of city value and
     outstanding debt.
3.4 Map 
3.5 Graphs
3.5.1 Q: How is traffic measured?
3.5.1 A: The number on the traffic graph is the average number
     of cars/minute on all roads, highways, bridges. This
     means that you can artificially lower your traffic
     level by building lots of roads out in the middle of
     nowhere.
3.5.2 Q: How is pollution measured?
3.5.2 A: In parts per million. Several different types of
     buildings, most notably industrial and power plants,
     give off a certain level of pollution. The pollution
     value is a sum of all the pollution levels divided
     by the amount of tiles occupied by development. Thus,
     adding zones that don't pollute, such as a zoo, will
     lower the value given in the pollution graph.
3.5.3 Q: What do the power% and water% numbers mean?
3.5.3 A: This is an inverse percentage of usage - the amount
     of power or water that you have surplus.
3.5.4 Q: How is unemployment figured?
3.5.4 A: The level of unemployment seems to be directly related
     to declines in R, C, or I levels. Growth in these areas
     will lower unemployment.
3.6 Population
3.7 City Industry
3.7.1 Q: Can I change all of the tax rates at once?
3.7.1 A: In the city industry window, you can change all of the
     taxes rates at once by holding down the option key.
3.7.2 Q: Which industries need high EQ?
3.7.2 A: Very High EQ - Aerospace
            Electronics
       High EQ - Petrochemicals
            Automotive
       Good EQ - Finance
            Media
3.7.3 Q: Which industries pollute?
3.7.3 A: Heavy Pollution - Steel/Mining
              Textiles
              Petrochemicals
              Automotive
     Mild Pollution - Food
              Electronics
              Tourism
3.8 Neighbors
3.8.1 Q: Can I change the names of my neighbors?
3.8.1 A: Not easily, if at all. You would probably have to alter
     your copy of SC2K with ResEdit.
3.8.2 Q: What other names are possible?
3.8.2 A: Oak Creek, Denmont, Fort Verdegris, Schwinton, Mill
     Valley, Petaluma, PortVille, Ashland, Eubanks, Aurac,
     Tent Pegs, Cherryton, Blake, Pioneers, Fortune,
     Phippsville, Jeromi, Harpersville, Washers Grove,
     Stars County, Villa, Serviland, Newton, Avon, Dexter,
     Sinistrel, Jenna, Yestonia, New Boots, Hoek Creek,
     Stimpleton, Little Rogue, Krighton, Cats Corner,
     Rimmer, Lister.
 
4.0 MISC
4.1 Bugs
4.1.1 Q: What known bugs exist?
4.1.1 A: Well, I've only heard of a few.
     (MAC v1.0) Airport bug - your airport will not make
     runways anymore once you've got an air force base.
     (I don't know if the same thing holds true for
     piers and naval bases.)
     (MAC v1.0) Budget bug - various budget items increase to
     an enormous level.
     (MAC v1.0) Newspaper bug - newspaper stories are screwed
     up. Try switching to 256 colors before starting SC2K.
4.1.2 Q: What's being done about the bugs?
4.1.2 A: There is currently an updater for the mac version that
     fixes the above bugs.
4.1.3 Q: Why do some of my police stations tell me how many
     arrests have been made, while others don't?
4.1.3 A: Well, this is the microsimulation limit. Certain
     zones, like police stations, power plants, schools,
     etc., are called microsimulations, and each one 
     has it's own data. There is a limit to these of 150.
4.2 Terrain Editor
4.2.1 Q: How do I get rid of trees?
4.2.1 A: With the tree or forest tool selected, press shift.
4.3 Military Bases
4.3.1 Q: When should I get a military base?
4.3.1 A: When your population reaches 60,000
4.3.2 Q: My population is more than 60,000, why haven't I
     been asked for a military base?
4.3.2 A: (MAC) You won't be asked for a base if you use the ptga
     cheat.
4.3.3 Q: Why should I have a military base?
4.3.3 A: It provides customers and jobs. Certain bases
     may deter the monster. You may be able to deploy 
     troops during an emergency. Military bases will 
     increase crime and traffic, though.
4.3.4 Q: How big is a military base?
4.3.4 A: Air force and army bases are 8 X 8 tiles.
     (I don't know for sure whether or not the others
     are this size.)
4.3.5 Q: Why does the military say they can't find a suitable
     site for a base?
4.3.5 A: Probably because there isn't an empty piece of land that
     is large enough. There may be some randomness in this,
     however. Try saving your game before you get to 60,000, 
     and then restart from your save point if they don't
     find a suitable site.
4.3.6 Q: Will the military ever ask me to grant land for a
     base again?
4.3.6 A: No. Only once.
4.3.7 Q: How do I get rid of a military base?
4.3.7 A: You'll either have to use the raise terrain or lower
     terrain tool.
4.3.8 Q: Why does the air force dispatch tanks to disasters?
4.3.8 A: There's only one icon (a tank) for all military.
4.4 Disasters
4.4.1 Q: How do I put out fires?
4.4.1 A: Use dispatch firefighters tool to place a
     firefighter icon next to a patch of fire. If there's
     a lot of fire, you can also build a fire station on
     top of it to put it out (you'll have to experiment
     with this.)
4.4.2 Q: How do I make the monster go away?
4.4.2 A: I don't think you can.
4.4.3 Q: What other disasters are there?
4.4.3 A: Meltdown, Microwave Oops, Pollution, Fire Storm,
     Mass Riots, Major Floods, Toxic Spill, Volcano.
4.4.4 Q: Hey, why is the monster making wind generators?
4.4.4 A: Chris Weiss writes:
     "The Monster is not neccisarily bad. He's an
     elemental kind of guy. 50% of the time, he'll place
     something bad (fire). The other 50%, he'll place
     something good. If it's something good, there's a
     33% chance of it being Windmills, Water, or Trees."
4.4.5 Q: What do I do about floods?
4.4.5 A: Besides dispatching emergency units, you can prepare
     ahead be building dikes on your coastlines - use the
     raise terrain tool to increase the land on the coast
     one level. 
4.5 Cheats, Bonuses, and other Secrets
4.5.1 Q: How do I get more money?
4.5.1 A: (MAC v1.0) Well, the easiest way is to type
     porntipsguzzardo. This will give you $500,000 and allow
     all technologies and rewards to become available. It 
     will also prevent the military from building a base.
     Once you've typed porntipsguzzardo, you can type
     ardo by itself to get additional $500,000s.
4.5.1 A: (IBM) Porntipsguzzardo does NOT work on the IBM version.
     There is a cheat, but it has not, as of yet, been
     discovered.
4.5.2 Q: (MAC) Does porntipsguzzardo still work in version 1.1?
4.5.2 A: No. Chriss Weiss writes:
     (on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic)
     "Okokok, the cheat IS in the DOS version, it's just much
     harder to find. And don't worry about them mac folk, the
     cheat'll be just as hard for the 1.1 version of SimCity
     2000 Mac. I don't know exactly what it is, but I do know
     it involves more than just typing stuff. You have to
     click places too."
4.5.3 Q: Are there any other secret words?
4.5.3.A: FUND, CASS, JOKE, VERS. Typing cass, will give you $250
     at the end of the month. If you type more than once
     during a month, you will incite a fire storm.
4.5.4 Q: Is there any other ways to get lots of money?
4.5.4 A: If you have the old Sim City, you can import an old
     city into Sim City 2000. One city (Big City) that 
     came with the old Sim City has a large sum of money. 
     You can use the old terrain editor to clear this map
     and then import it into SC2K.
     MartinL@ozonline.apana.org.au writes:
     "You will need a calculator/program that can convert 
     Decimal to Hex, and Hex to Decimal and a code editor
     like Norton.
     *****Before you start this you should make a copy of
     your game, just in case you make a mistake******
     1. Save your game and note how many funds you have. If
      you have less than 4095 then I recomend taking out a
      bond, the reason will become clear later.
     2. Open the game with your code editor
     3. Convert the ammount of funds you have into Hex, 
      eg. 9379 = 24A3.
     4. Now search for this number in the code, using a find.
     5. When you have found it, change all the numbers into
      "F"'s eg. 24A3 becomes FFFF. This is why you should
      have more funds than 4095, otherwise there will only
      be 3 digits in Hex, above that figure you will have 4
      digits to change.
     6. Quit the editor and remember save.
     7. Open it with SC again and you should, if you changed
      4 digits into FFFF, have 65535 funds.
     8. Now, go take out a bond and quit & save again.
     9. Open it with the editor again and change the new
      number that's there (1270F) to...yep, you guessed it,
      FFFFF. That should give you $1048575 funds! Now if
      you are still more greedy you can repeat it from step
      7."
4.5.5 Q: What is the Launch Arco secret?
4.5.5 A: Apparently, there is no secret. You can build as
     many launch arcos as you want, and nothing will
     happen. Reports are that it was nothing more than
     a bad joke.
4.5.6 Q: What are the city bonuses, and when do I get them?
4.5.6 A: Mayor's House   2,000
     City Hall     10,000
     Statue      30,000
     Military Base   60,000
     Braun Llama Dome 90,000
     Arcologies    120,000
4.5.7 Q: There's something flying around my city, and it's 
     not a helicopter or an airplane.
4.5.7 A: That's Captain Hero! He/She/It appears to take care 
     of disasters (sometimes) if you don't have an other
     capacity for dealing with it.
4.5.8 Q: There's something swimming around in my ocean!
4.5.8 A: Well, that's a Nessie.
4.5.9 Q: How do I shoot down the traffic helicopter?
4.5.9 A: Click on it with the centering tool.
4.5.10 Q: What's with all the llamas?
4.5.10 A: Maxis is obsessed with many things. Llamas don't
     have copyright lawyers.
4.5.11 Q: Where can I get my picture taken on a llama?
4.5.11 A: At the Yakima Mall - Yakima, WA.
4.5.12 Q: Why are the number of bungee jumps and weddings the
     same at the Braun Llama Dome?
4.5.12 A: Chriss Weiss writes:
     "Uhm, sure. See, the chapel at the Llama Dome is owned
     by the brother-in-law of the guy who runs the Bungee
     jump center. Newlyweds get a cupon for a free jump as a
     special gift from the chapel. In addition, those who
     Bungee get a coupon for a free wedding! (I seem to
     remember the top of the coupon reading 'You've taken
     the plunge, now take the plunge!' :)"
4.6 Arcologies
4.6.1 Q: The newspaper just reported that some other city has
     built an arcology. Why can't I?
4.6.1 A: Once arcologies have been invented, you must have a
     population of 120,000 in order to build them.
4.6.2 Q: What do I need to do to improve the conditions of my
     arcologies?
4.6.2 A: Place some parks nearby to increase property value,
     build a police station, add water and power. This 
     ought to give you an A+ rating.
4.6.3 Q: Do I need to add water and power to launch arcos too?
4.6.3 A: Well, the online help says that they are self-contained,
     however, this does not seem to be the case. I think it
     may still work, but conditions will be D+ at best.
4.6.4 Q: What do conditions have to do with anything, anyway?
4.6.4 A: I would assume that arcos that have a higher grade
     will grow faster.
4.6.5 Q: What do people do in these arcologies?
4.6.5 A: Well, look at the population of the arco. Half that
     goes towards residential, 1/4 towards commercial, and 
     1/4 towards industrial. This is true for all arcos.
4.7 Weather
4.7.1 Q: Why should I care about the weather?
4.7.1 A: Weather affects the output of water pumps, solar 
     plants, wind power, and influences the likelihood
     of riots and fires.
4.7.1 Q: The weather icon shows a tornado. Should I be
     worried?
4.7.1 A: The tornado shown on the weather icon is different
     than the tornado on the disaster menu. When the
     icon is showing a tornado, you can pretty much 
     ignore it.
4.8 Scenarios
4.8.1 Q: How do I beat these scenarios?
4.8.1 A: From the March 94 issue of Electronic Entertainment:
     "Charleston - Pause the game. Build water pumps in the
      swamps then rebuild the connections to other cities
      and put more onramps on the freeway system. Then let
      the simulation run, keeping taxes low while you create
      dense zoning in areas damaged by the hurricane.
     Dullsville - Pause the game. Lower taxes to zero until
      the population is big enough to make you money. Then
      build dense using 13-by-6-tile zoning. Take out a bond
      if you have to.
     Flint - Click on the book for property taxes and set
      industrial taxes to zero. Find a good hangout and
      wait.
     Hollywood - Control the fires the monster sets and
      after he leaves, lower the property taxes to zero.
      The go see a movie.
     Oakland - Control the fire using bulldozers to clear a
      fire break and just ignore the Sims' complaints. Then
      set taxes as low as you can and build dense in the
      empty area by Lake Temescal."
4.8.2 Q: How do I get more scenarios?
4.8.2 A: Chriss Weiss writes:
     "A scenario pack is in the works, I think it'll include
     New York, Portland, and San Jose (these are subject to
     change, and there will probbaly be more than just the
     3). I don't know which disasters will be associated with
     which cities."
4.8.3 Q: How do I make my own scenarios?
4.8.3 A: (IBM) There doesn't seem to be any easy way to create
     scenarios for the IBM version.
4.8.3 A: (MAC) Well, first, you'll need a copy of ResEdit.
     (which can be located at ftp.apple.com in
     /dts/mac/tools/resedit)
     Then, you'll have to learn how to use it. :) 
     (not very hard)
     1. Build a city to the point that you want the
      scenario to start at.
     2. Make a copy of your city and use ResEdit to 
      open it.
     3. ResEdit will ask if you want to make a resource
      fork - say yes.
     4. Use ResEdit to open one of the scenario files
      that came with SC2K.
     5. Copy and paste each resource from the scenario
      file to your city. (There should be four - PICT,
      SCEN, TEXT, and TMPL)
     6. Once you've got a copy of each resource in your
      city, you can edit them.
      PICT - This is the picture that goes with the
          Scenario selection screen. Delete the old
          picture and use a graphics program to make
          your own picture and paste it in. The PICT 
          should have an ID=128.
      TMPL - You don't need to mess with this one.
      TEXT - There are two TEXT ID's
          128 - This text describes the scenario on 
             the Scenario selection screen.
          129 - This text is used for the extended
             description that pops up just before
             the city begins.
      SCEN - This resource has all of the goal details.
          Disaster type - There are 16 different
             disasters. A 0 means no disasters.
          Disaster Xloc, ylox - these are the origin 
             coordiantes - I'm not exactly sure
             how to make use of these.
          Time limit (months) - you must reach goal 
             before this many months pass.
          City size, Ind, Res, Com Goal - build
             population to this size
          Cash Funds-Bonds - raise this much money.
          Land Value Goal - increase land value to
             this level.
          Pollution, Crime, Traffic limit - I 
             haven't experimented with these yet.
          There are 4 more goals that I don't know 
          what to do with.
     7. Once you've edited the resources, you need to 
      change the file type. Use Get Info to change the 
      file type from CITY to SCEN.
     8. Now just make sure that the city is in the same 
      folder as SC2K and everything should work out.
      You might have to play with the PICT to make it
      fit right. and you will probably need to
      experiment with the goals to make your scenarios
      challenging, yet reachable.
     9. The disasters are numbered as follows:
      1 fire     9 meltdown
      2 flood    10 microwave
      3 riots    11 volcano
      4 pollution  12 firestorm
      5 air crash  13 mass riots
      6 earthquake  14 major floods
      7 tornado   15 chemical spill
      8 monster   16 hurricane
 
A-1 Appendix 1 (Solving Problems)
Growth
* Lower taxes
* Improve roads/transportation system
* Improve water system
* Intersperse zones
* Improve land values
* Build airports (Commercial)
* Build seaports (Industrial)
* Build connections
* Lower pollution/crime/traffic
* Improve education/health
* Pass Legalized Gambling ordinance (Commercial)
* Pass Tourist Advertising ordinance (Commercial)
* Pass Business Advertising ordinance (Industrial)
* Pass City Beautification ordinance (Tourism)
* Pass Annual Carnival ordinance (Tourism, Commercial)
* Pass Nuclear Free Zone ordinance (Residential)
* Remove Nuclear Free Zone ordinance (Industrial)
* Remove Parking Fines ordinance (Residential)
* Remove 1% Income Tax ordinance (Residential)
* Remove 1% Sales Tax ordinance (Commercial)
Land Value
* Build parks, trees, water
* Build recreational zones
* Build educational zones
* Build police, fire, hospitals
* Pass Pass City Beautification ordinance
* Pass Homeless Shelter ordinance
Pollution
* Pass Pollution Control ordinance
* Increase tax rate on polluting industries
* Build a water treatment plant
* Lower traffic
* Use light industrial instead of heavy industrial
* Use solar, hydro, wind, microwave, fusion power
* Move poluting buildings to edges of map
Traffic
* Build more roads and highways
* Build mass transit
* Pass Parking Fines ordinance
* Intersperse different zones (build R close to I, C)
Crime
* Build police stations
* Pass Anti-Drug Campaign ordinance
* Pass Neighborhood Watch Campaign
* Use more light zoning
* Build prisons
Unemployment
* Zone more industry and commercial zones
* Remove Pollution Control ordinance, if in place
* Lower industrial and commercial tax rates
Education
* Build Schools, Colleges
* Build Libraries, Museums
* Pass Pro-Reading Campaign ordinance
* Give tax breaks to high-EQ industries
Health
* Build hospitals
* Pass Public Smoking Ban ordinance
* Pass Free Clinic ordinance
* Pass Junior Sports ordinance
* Pass CPR Training ordinance
 
A-2 Appendix 2 (Adjusting Difficulty)
Money cheats
 Using one of the previously mentioned methods for getting
 more money is the simplest way to make things easier. You
 don't have to worry about balancing the budget and you can
 lower taxes to zero.
No disasters
 Disasters can be quite, well, disasterous, for a young city.
 It's not a good a to leave a city running overnight without
 turning the disasters off. For one thing, even if you had
 good fire coverage, you'd probably lose a lot of your city
 to fire. In addition, most power plants need to be replaced
 every 50 years, so, soon, everyone would be out of power.
Starting Level
 Changing the starting difficulty level changes the amount of
 money you start with, the frequency of disasters, and the
 level of external demand for your manufactured products.
Starting Time
 Later starting times are easier because of the increased 
 availability of inventions and the increase in external
 demand.
Terrain Editing
 It's much easier to build a city on flat ground - and you
 can do all the flattening you want, at no cost, in the
 terrain editor. You can also add waterfalls for use with
 hydro power.
Riverless hyrdo plants
 This source of power is not very realistic, however, it does
 not pollute, is fairly efficient, and does not need to be
 replaced every 50 years. Just place a drop of water on any 
 slope, and build a hydro plant there.
Artifically watered pumps
 Water pump efficiency can be artificially improved by
 placing drops of water next to them.
Disconnected roads - roadless city
 By not building full road systems, it is possible to
 keep traffic down, however, it's not very realisitic.
Heavy/Light Density Zoning
 If you're interested in building a city with a large
 population, you need to use mostly heavy zoning. A more
 realistic city (N.Y. and Hong Kong excepted) would 
 have heavy to light zoning in a ratio of from 25/75 to
 50/50.
 
A-3 Appendix 3 (Mac Technical Problems) from 1.1 Updater
Restart With Extensions Off
 SimCity 2000 has been tested with many, many extensions with
 few or no problems - however, we cannot guarantee that there
 will not be conflicts. It's possible that, if certain
 extensions are loaded in a certain order, or in certain
 configurations, SimCity 2000 might not work correctly. If
 you do have problems running SimCity 2000, we suggest re-
 starting with extensions off. To do this, select Restart
 from the Special menu, and hold down the Shift key until you
 see the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen with the text
 "Extensions Off". When you are finished playing SimCity
 2000, restart your machine again and your extensions will
 load properly.
Make Sure You Are Running In 32-Bit Mode (If Possible)
 In your Control Panel folder, select the Memory control
 panel and make sure that 32-Bit Addressing is enabled. Some
 machines will not have this option available. If this is the
 case, 32-bit addressing is probably not the source of the
 problem.
Upgrade To Sound Manager 3.0
 We also recommend upgrading your system software with the
 Sound Manager 3.0 extension available from many online
 services (including the Maxis Technical Support BBS at 1-
 510-254-3869) or directly from Apple Computer.
Switch To 256 Colors (660av Users Especially)
 SimCity 2000 automatically switches your Macintosh to 256-
 color mode if it is not already set, and returns it to the
 original color depth when exiting. Some Macintoshes display
 erratic behavior when this happens (e.g., the Newspaper
 display draws pixels on the top area of your screen and
 doesn't display newspaper articles when you click on
 newspaper article headings). The solution is to manually
 switch your Macintosh color depth to 256. This is done in
 the Monitors control panel.
Beware Of Screen Savers
 Certain windows in SimCity 2000ª may not re-draw after some
 screen savers have cleared the screen. This will leave you with
 a white window and no idea what to do with it. The buttons in
 these windows are still active; just keep clicking around until
 you hit something. In some situations, Delrina's Bill'n'Opus
 screen saver may conflict. We recommend disabling the screen
 saver while SimCity 2000 is running.
 
A-4 Appendix 4 (IBM Technical Problems) from the Maxis BBS
*****THE MAXIS EMERGENCY TOP TEN LIST FOR SIM CITY 2000*****
Technical Support is totally overwhelmed at the moment answering
Sim City 2000 questions. Here are the top ten questions we are
getting and the fixes for each one. Hope these help to get you
up and running!
Q. I loaded the program but when I go to run it (by typing
  SC2000) it gives me a message that I don't have enough memory
  even though I've got 4 megabytes of RAM on my system.
A. The problem happens because out of 4 megabytes of memory,
  there isn't enough available to load the program. When your
  computer starts up, it loads other programs into that memory.
  The easiest way to get around this is to make a bootdisk and
  start your computer with it instead. See your SIMCITY 2000
  ADDENDUM & QUICK START GUIDE pg. 6 and the "HOW TO MAKE A
  BOOTDISK" section at the bottom of this document.
Q. I try to start the program and get a message, "Microsoft
  compatible mouse not found".
A. The program requires that a mouse driver be loaded in memory.
  If you do have a mouse driver loaded and the program still
  doesn't find it, make sure that it is at least version 8 or
  higher by the Microsoft version numbering system. If you have
  an older version of a mouse driver, you will need to update
  the driver version by contacting the manufacturer of the mouse
  OR by contacting the store where the computer was purchased.
Q. I get a message, "The video card you've selected is not found.
  Please re-install and verify that your video card is
  supported."
A. Sim City 2000 needs a SVGA video card in order to display the
  640 x 480 - 256 color video resolution. The video card needs
  to have at least 512K of video memory. Some cards may need a
  VESA driver to be loaded prior to running the program and
  since there are many different video cards, there are many
  different VESA drivers for each card. If you aren't sure
  which video card you have, try loading the UNIVESA.EXE driver
  as this driver supports a wide variety of video cards. You
  can load this driver by typing,
  "C:\SC2000\VESA\UNIVESA\UNIVESA " and pressing the "Enter"
  key. This will load the VESA driver for the video card. If
  this VESA driver isn't the correct one for your video card,
  contact the manufacturer of the video card to determine what
  the correct VESA driver is. To find out whether or not you
  need to load a vesa driver for your video card, go to the
  C:\SC2000 sub-directory and type " INFO " and press enter.
  This will display information about your system. Press the
  spacebar twice to get to the third page of the info program to
  find out whether your card has a VESA driver loaded. If it
  tells you that the following VESA modes are supported then you
  won't to load one. If it says "Either your card does not
  support VESA or there is no driver loaded", this means that
  you have to load a vesa driver for the video card.
Q. I have a SOUND BLASTER type sound card and it fails when I try
  to select it for sound effects. Whats going on in Dodge?
A. The earlier SOUND BLASTER cards used an IRQ setting of 7. The
  new ones, however, now use IRQ 5. We are looking for IRQ 7
  and if your card fails you probably have it set differently.
  Try running the install again and this time, when the sound
  card fails initialization, click on the CHANGE SETTINGS button
  and change the IRQ setting to the number 5. Then click on the
  CONTINUE button and this should make the program accept the
  sound card.
Q. I try to run Sim City 2000 and when I do I get some weird
  UNEXPECTED INTERUPT