# Simcity 5 Doper region organizing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 3, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942 "2013-03-03T21:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/501 "2013-04-26T13:26:33Z")
I’ve started a new city in a new region, residential upwind of industrial. I’m getting HUGE amounts of air pollution in my residential. As there are no other cities in the region, this makes no sense. The only thing I can think of is that there is a bug that makes the wind blowing downstream reappear at the upstream border. Really frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/502 "2013-04-26T14:28:08Z")
There are plenty of youtube videos and articles on “SimCity air pollution bug” but I can’t access them from here at work. It looks like some people are also having new problems with overflowing pollution since the patch. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/503 "2013-04-26T14:42:19Z")
That reminds me, here’s a tip I learned while trying to read up on the patch. This is for when you need to free up room for your garbage dump. If you’ve unlocked the Lizard disaster, when he appears randomly he normally rampages across your city to the dump. But if you trigger the event manually, you can choose where he spawns. So if you need to free up garbage space, plop a Giant Lizard right next to your dump. He will eat a lot of garbage without creating the ground pollution that bulldozing will create. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/504 "2013-04-26T21:32:55Z")
Hey, guys. There are still a few who reserved a slot but still haven’t claimed a site in Patch Adams. I’ll give you this weekend to set up a city, then I’ll open it up to everyone (in a Doper free-for-all). ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/505 "2013-04-28T03:47:39Z")
I went ahead and started the Arcology, even though I haven’t been able to produce enough processors yet to unlock TVs. Once we have the metal and alloy we need I’ll go back to making processors again. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/506 "2013-04-30T08:05:42Z")
So I’ve got a city of people dying to pollution over on the left hand side, where I haven’t got anything producing pollution. I put the air pollution layer on, and clouds of pollution seem to just form at random and hover over my residents houses. Then I’ve got the population screen telling me there are thousands of unfilled jobs at all wealth levels, whilst I’ve got people moving out because they’ve got no money and city hall telling me to ‘create more jobs!’. I’m just so frustrated with this, I think I will give up. ---
**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/507 "2013-05-03T17:21:13Z")
So… I recently bought the game and have been playing single player mode for a couple of weeks. I’m interested in joining a multi-player game now. Any new games starting up? Can I join an existing game? My Origin user name is: jnpet ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/508 "2013-05-03T19:37:52Z")
**NiceGuyJack** , I sent you a friend request on Origin. You’ll need to accept it and log in to the NA East 2 server so I can invite you to the Doper region. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/509 "2013-05-03T22:22:43Z")
I’ve invited **NiceGuyJack** as well as _everyone else_ on my friends list into Patch Adams. The region is now on a free-for-all, first-come-first-served basis. Go nuts! ---
**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/510 "2013-05-04T03:22:17Z")
Thanks! I’ve started a new city. Please feel free to visit New Jack City! By the way. Thanks to my neighbors in Greater Concavity and Fitzroy. I had no idea when I claimed my site, but there was already a Solar Farm built in this corner! Power is obviously not going to be a problem in NJC! Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/511 "2013-05-08T23:24:10Z")
[Patch 3.0](http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9492563.page) has gone out. Among other things, it’s got some more traffic fixes: > [@](#): > > • Traffic: Updated routing system to improve traffic. Routing system now understands more information about u-turns, required vehicle stops, and vehicle behavior on certain road types. This should make traffic smarter. > • Traffic: Commercial and industrial buildings stagger their work shifts to start throughout commute hours instead of at the top of the hour. This should reduce traffic. > • Traffic: Fixes one issue where a car won’t move causing traffic to back up behind it. > • Traffic: Vehicles can now make right turns on Red. This should improve some cases of traffic. > • Traffic: Trading polish that will improve regional traffic when one city has a lot of jobs and its neighboring city has a lot of workers. The air pollution bug from the last patch is also supposed to be fixed. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/512 "2013-05-09T00:00:43Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > [Patch 3.0](http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9492563.page) has gone out. Among other things, it’s got some more traffic fixes: That’s great. I can’t wait for the patch that gives us bigger cities. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/513 "2013-05-22T18:37:10Z")
In case anyone still cares, [Patch 4.0](http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9437292.page#0) is coming out tomorrow. It is going to re-enable the Global Market and Leaderboards. Early adapters will get a new park and everyone is going to get access to a new region. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/514 "2013-05-22T20:46:50Z")
I’ll give it a look. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/515 "2013-05-24T14:59:22Z")
It’s been a few weeks since I logged in (been playing a lot of Need for Speed) but I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/516 "2013-05-24T15:57:55Z")
The patch doesn’t appear to have fixed many (any?!) of the game-breaking, flawed simulation issues. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942/517 "2013-05-29T01:28:59Z")
Looks like there’s a Sim Amusement Park DLC now. Just what I need crowding up my already crowded tiny city plots for $9.99. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942.md?page=25)