How can a service building cover a whole town?

[»SoD« Thekillergreece]

Let me explain. I got a town and a made two districts. I made a small district with 30 streets. I place a police department and the GREEN range of it, covers only 5 streets away from 30 which is too small! I want the police department to patrol the entire district. I move it and it says, 2 streets... I move it again, 10 streets.

Boy, cant we get this done? I want this police department to cover whole district not two streets crap.. In SimCity, Police stations(And other services) can cover a whole district as long as the range reaches but in cities skyline, it shows streets range covering instead of ground covering.

I cant explain clearly with my English... I want mt Police station/Clinic/Fire station to respond ALL calls(Whether they are close or far) instead of responding calls that are in range of the building(Street covering instead of ground covering).

[Ellye]

As far as I noticed, they respond call outside the green area.

That green area when you plop down is more of a guideline, it seems. Those are the areas where that building can quickly respond to - but, unless I'm mistaken, it does try to respond to fires or such outside of that area too.

[kylania]

Traffic. Traffic is key.

Arumba came up with a square grid where a central service covered everything equally. If you have poorly designed roads your services won't be able to get places in time.

Actual distance doesn't mean anything if they can't drive there. If you're to the right of a building on a one way road your fire engines won't illegally turn left just because it's close, they'll drive right and go the long way around. Keep this kind of thing in mind when designing your road network and service placement.

[»SoD« Thekillergreece]

Originally posted by Ellye:

As far as I noticed, they respond call outside the green area.

That green area when you plop down is more of a guideline, it seems. Those are the areas where that building can quickly respond to - but, unless I'm mistaken, it does try to respond to fires or such outside of that area too.

I noticed a person being sick next to clinic but the ambulance was never dispatched to it.
I saw a building on fire four blocks next to fire station but the station never dispatched a fire engine to the situation.
Police is the only flawless service. However they go on patrol on high populated areas or situations..

Does it happen to you?

[Freedom]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?877-Modding-amp-Resources


That link will take you to the people who can help.

[kylania]

Here's the Arumba grid setup I was talking about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgi4zA6-YBA