#Virtual city playground help upgrade

So an early investment in theater or stadium is well worth it and pays for itself in just a few busloads. Taking people to the stadium generates significantly more income than taking them to the mall. The 'bigger' the entertainment destination for busses, the more income. Try to keep the routes between destinations as short as possible, saving time and generating money more quickly. Be aware that as soon as the environmental rate drops into the negative, all houses will only have 1 inhabitant, which will reduce income from busses drastically. A three star truck won't help if the plant has no stars at all, and a three star bus will not generate more income when you only have 10 people for the bus station.

#Virtual city playground help upgrade

Upgrade your vehicles and buildings as soon as you can afford to raise your income and do so equally. It varies, depending on the level and goal. Originally posted in another thread by Coupongame.Īs for general tips, hmmm. I hope that helps even though it's not terribly specific to the scenarios you're having trouble with. I also didn't upgrade my plants or trucks past one star because I wanted to keep them running a route a little longer so I had time to work on my bus lines and neighborhoods. However I can tell you that some of these levels (can't remember specifically which ones) it's easier to run fewer trucks and track them than try to micromanage 10-16 trucks each moving 5 or 10 parts each. It's more about keeping track of all the parts and making changes as soon as you can. I can't claim that there is any real trick to these levels. I chose to focus on one or two production chains at a time so I wasn't looking all over the map for my trucks and plants.

You have to constantly watch how much of each material is moved, switch up trucks as the required level of each is reached, and eventually even sell trucks to buy buses or dumpsters all while trying to build up the trash removal, neighborhoods and bus lines. The hardest part for me was always having to micromanage the production chains. This will give you easier access to the people you need to work on the project. On those levels where you are working on a major construction project (train, plane, etc), try rebuilding the neighborhoods closest to the project. On many levels, this may be your only way of getting gold! There is no reason other than cost not to build 5 parks if you need the environmental score to jump. And if you're selling the trucks right afterward, you could show a small profit! Of course, make sure you have another means of earning cash before you go and trash a chain, otherwise, you could be in trouble.Īlso, remember that even though something is greyed out and has a check mark in the build screen does NOT mean you can't build more of them. At only $200 a pop, it's cheaper than many other means of bringing up one of these scores if you're close to the goal number. This improves the environment, which makes people happier, which gets more people to move in. If they're on opposite sides of the map, you burn up all your time waiting for 5 fabric to be made and never get those clothes to market at all!Īnother trick I figured out on levels where environmental, population, or happiness are goals is that when you're done with a production chain, destroy any buildings you don't need any more.

For example, I found that if you have a cotton farm and a wool farm on either side of a fabric factory, the fabric factory will get the needed supplies almost instantly and will crank out fabric as fast as the trucks can move it. The closer you place a production building to the place it's delivering to, the better. It's the drive time that kills you on many levels if you're not careful. One thing I realized was that the placement of the various buildings for the supply chain can make a HUGE difference to the time you finish in.