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[johnny]

i got buildings and roads and electric and water stuff all correctly, theres buildings everywhere but it says I have no one staying in my world, note this is my first city simulator i've played and help would be appericated

[Lone Atreides]

Did you connect to the main highway (coming in and going back out)?

[johnny]

yeah I belive so, I used a standard road to connect them to my city, i don't know if you needed a high way or just a regular road would work

[Lone Atreides]

No regular roads should work just fine.

[Los.Injurus.Bob.Blunderton]

Power and water + a connection to the main highway. Make sure to start playing on a map that has the highway ramps made for you already (there are pre-fabs but they are expensive for just starting out). For water you'll place a drain pipe DOWNSTREAM (use water icon to check current flow) from the water INTAKE... these are two seperate buildings, both must be connected to the pipe network. Make sure they have power too - both of them. For power build a coal plant, as wind can be irreliable now and then but is good as backup. Keep the coal plant over in the industrial sector, or just away from everything.
You'll eventually need fire and police protection, then health/deathcare, and a dump or incinerator. The amount of garbage trucks in use shows how busy it is running svcs, also precluded by funding you give it (default is 100%). Remember, it's cheaper to build enough water, sewer, power, trash svcs etc when you have the money to (not right away or you won't have enough money), then it is to overfund stuff. I won't get into city ordinances at this point as they're mostly just too expensive for now. Just keep an eye on things, and you can save a few bucks when you start out by cutting the power and water funding down to 50% for the first few months until enough people move in that you need to raise it. Keep in mind the power will prob cut out on the water facilities 1st before you see it in the city itself, so keep an eye on your power/water usage with the button on the top-left of the screen. It will have icons for all kinds of indicators and this is how the game 'talks to you'.
Also, if the bird becomes annoying and never shuts up, get the CHIRPY EXTERMINATOR mod. This will disable acheivements but the game will be less annoying.
You can build raised roads by selecting the road or highway tool and then pressing page up (once per level of height, there's like 5 levels or something), this will help you cross roads (and power lines!) over things. Power lines get raised up too, to go over highways if they're raised highways or bridges. Keep this in mind when building around things.
Once you get far enough (12000 people) it lets you build pedestrian paths, you can do that to short-cut dead-end roads so people can walk to work. These can also be raised.
Making a ramp up or down is as simple as starting to lay the road or pathway (or powerline) out and hitting page up (for up) or page down (for down). You can make roads over water, too.
Overall it's a good game and you should be happy with it... enjoy!

[rovaira2]

You'll need to have a highway connection going out and going in with an intersection between the in & out areas. :)

[johnny]

alright, thank you for your help guys, it means a lot and I'm really enjoying this game so far :]

[😒]

skull, does your hwy connection have an icon floating over it, looks like a black & red "T" kind of?

If so, your hwy is not connected, remember the roads are one-way in & out, so keep that in mind when connecting.

[General]

Originally posted by B Man:

Did you connect to the main highway (coming in and going back out)?

This worked