As such, this format should guide the tower. Each identified transit tool connects to the lobby above it (escalators) or below it (stairs, elevators). Condos are how you pay for everything. Condos sell for about twice what they cost, so every one floor of condos you build pays for itself and a second floor. Build your real estate empire from the ground up. As owner and landlord of the building, your objective is to construct and develop a balanced and profitable commercial property by leasing space inside for apartments, offices, restaurants, and shops.
SimTower FAQThis is the unofficial FAQ file for SimTower, including material fromthe Macintosh version 1.2.New this version: A few corrections to housekeeping, discussion ofbombs, location of the demo.Contents15 What are the system requirements?14 ' But the manual says. '13 How do I get stars?
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How do I build Express Elevators (or anything)?12 Where's the VIP?11 How many stairs (or whatever) can I build?10 The SimTower 1.1 Updater (Pros and Cons)9 How can I contact Maxis?8 The installer doesn't work on my Mac! I have a 68030!7 Room Types6 Elevators5 Service Elevators4 Express Elevators3 Disasters2 SimTower Demo1 Easter EggsB1 Trivia15. What are the system requirements?SimTower requires a 68030 Mac or better to run. A 68040 is'recommended.'
SimTower runs.native. on a PowerMac.
256 colors arerequired. System 7.0 or above is required. SimTower is compatible withSystem 7.5. The program uses up 4.5 meg of RAM. Word on the street isthat SimTower works fine on docked Duo machines.14. But the Manual says.The manual for SimTower gives many good guidelines, but many of thefigures are just plain wrong. The manual, no doubt, had to be printedlong before the game was ready, and many of the details of the programchanged right before release.
The figures in this FAQ come from theREADME files that come with the game, with the updater, and fromplaying the game itself.13. How do I get stars? How do I build things?The following table lists the requirements to reach a given starlevel, and the new things you can build at that level. You start thegame with one star and $2,000,000.Stars Population Other Requirements Building Enabled 1 0 none Lobby,Stair,FloorOffice,Condo,Fast-FoodElevator2 300 none Single RoomHousekeeping,SecurityService Elevator3 1000 1 security station Double Room, SuiteRetail, RestaurantExpress, Clinic,Parking, Ramp, RecyclingBallroom, Theatre4 5000 VIP favor, 2 Suites, MetroMedical, Recycling OK5 10000 Metro placed, CathedralMedical, Recycling OKTOWER Cathedral placed on 10012. Where's the VIP?In order to get from three to four stars, the VIP must rate yourbuilding. But first, he must get there! He will want to stay in asuite, so you should build at least two.
You must also haveunderground parking available for the hotel customers who pay the bigbucks. Putting the Suites near an express elevator, and serving theunderground parking with the same express elevator is sometimes a goodidea. If you don't like your express going underground, change it backafter you get your rating!After you have everything in order for the VIP's visit, you will justhave to wait. After all, he's the VIP!(As far as I know the VIP is always a he. MAXIS, you did that with themayor of SC2K, too.)11. How Many Stairs (or whatever) can I Build?The simulation has the following built-in limits (presumably to makethe game run at a tolerable speed).Elevators (all kinds) 24 shafts totalElevator Cars 8 cars per shaftStairs + Escalators 64Named Sims 20Security Stations 10Medical Clinics 10Theatres+Ballrooms 16FastFood+Restaurants+Shops 512Parking Spaces 512Metro Station 1Cathedral 1Named Sims 2010. The SimTower UpdaterThe SimTower Updater can be found on the Maxis BBS or the Maxis FTP site.
See'Contacting Maxis.' It can also be found on my SimTower home page, atWhat are the updater's benefits?The updater takes care of:1. Metro placement problems2. Graphic glitches (the 'metro crash')3. Small monitors4. Increased elevator capacity (from 17 to 21)5.
Rename businesses!6. More sounds (parking, recycling)7. People show up in housekeeping, security.10.2 What are the updater's problems?Charlotte Henkle listed several problemswith the updater:The metro problem is.not. solved.
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I crashed the game out about 3times before I found a good place to put the metro. When you do have ametro, the people coming in will only go to shops/fast food/restauranton the first 2 floors, not to anything above that. This is theexpected behaviour, I think. No matter how close fastfood places areto elevators (They can be bisected by them), I get the message:'Elevators are too far away'. They complain about this until it startsto rain, when they say 'Access to trasportation is good'. The must betalking about arks;) Also with fastfood places: Once they get enoughpeople to have business be average, in the comment window I get themessage 'Business is average/ Opens tomorrow'. It's been saying thatfor 10 years now.
The hotel rooms seem to have random things in theircomment boxes, like 'fastfood' or 'office', even if these rooms are nowhere near these places. Rooms with random comments seem to be lesshappy than non-commented rooms.9. Contacting MaxisFTPftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ma/maxisWWWftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ma/maxis/http/maxis.htmlTelephone1-800-33-MAXISE-mailBBS(510) 254-3869Thanks to Kevin Endo for keeping the addresses in the SC2K FAQ.8. The installer doesn't work on my Mac! I have a 68030!From the 'Read Me' that came with the updater: SYSTEM 7.5 AND 68030MACS: If you are running System 7.5, the SimTower installer may reportthat your Mac is not a 68030 when it really is. If the installer warnsyou of this, simply click the Continue button.
This will not affectthe performance of the game.7. Room TypesThe unit of width here is the size and shape of the 'floor'tool. Income and expenses are either daily (D), quarterly, (Q), yearly(Y), or once only (!).Type Width Price Income/Expense Population Floor 1 500 0 0Lobby 1 5k 0/0/-3/?/?