Newspaper

The Newspaper subsystem is mostly flavor text but provides general feedback for "City Issues", replacing "Survey" in Simcity Classic.

Removed Mac OS Debug Menu

Mac OS screenshot of removed menu

In the MacOS Simcity 2000 1.0 release a hidden nonfunctional debug menu of all the possible newspaper story types was left in the release copy. This was later completely removed in 1.2. Most stories are generated in SimulationRCIDemandUpdates.

This and a "Pass-Value" are required for the func.

Number	Story-type	Pass-value	Notes
0	Weather	unknown	Weather
1	Junk	0	Filler story
2	Founding	0	City Founded
3	Growth	wCityProgression	City Progress (Mayor's House, City Hall)
4	Invent	inventionID	Technology invented
5	Innovate	inventionID - 7	Technology invented
6	War	0	Filler story
7	Market	wNationalEconomyTrend	when trends change, a new story is made
8	Sports	rand() % 5	Filler story
9	Fed Rate Up	wNationalTax	Related to Fed rate increased.
10	Fed Rate Down	wNationalTax	Related to Fed rate decreased.
11	Politics	0	Filler story
12	Diplomacy	0	Filler story
13	Disaster	0	Filler story
14	Medical	0	Filler story
15	Upbeat	0	Filler story
16	High Crime	0
17	High Traffic	0
18	High Pollute	0
19	Poor Educate	0
20	Poor Health	0
21	Poor Employment	0
22	Fire	word_4E86B4
23	Flood	word_4E86B4
24	Plane Crash	word_4E86B4
25	Heli Crash	word_4E86B4
26	Tornado	word_4E86B4
27	Earthquake	word_4E86B4
28	Monster	word_4E86B4
29	Meltdown	word_4E86B4
30	Microwave	word_4E86B4
31	Volcano	word_4E86B4
32	Pollution	word_4E86B4
33	Chemical Spill	word_4E86B4
34	Hurricane	word_4E86B4
35	Riot	word_4E86B4
36	Old Power Plant	unknown
37	Overcrowded Prisons	0
38	Teachers Complain	0
39	Bridge Collapse	0
40	Bulldozer Upset	0
41	Ordinance	OrdinanceNumber (0 - 19)	whenever the city council randomly passes an ordinance a story is generated
42	Freds Opinion
43	Editor Opinion
44	Survey
45	MisSim
46	Power Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if Power usage is or over 98.
47	Transit Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if Road, Bus, Subway and Train station tiles < City Population / 100
48	Police Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 1000, and there isn't 1 Police Station or Prison every 20,000 CityPop.
49	Fire Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 1000, and there isn't 1 Fire Station every 20,000 CityPop.
50	Water Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 1000, and Water usage is or over 98.
51	Hospital Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 3000, and there isn't 1 Hospital every 25,000 CityPop.
52	School Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 3000, and there isn't 1 School every 20,000 CityPop.
53	Seaport Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 8000, city has river or ocean and there isn't 1 Rail Connection, Highway Connection or Seaport Crane for every 10,000 Industrial Pop.
54	Airport Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Alternates with Com Connex Demand. Sent if CityPop over 8000, and there isn't 1 Road Connections or Runway tile for every 2,000 Commercial Pop.
55	Zoo Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 8000, and there isn't 1 Recreational Tile for every 1,000 Residential Pop. Randomly alternates between all Recreational Demands.
56	Stadium Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 8000, and there isn't 1 Recreational Tile for every 1,000 Residential Pop. Randomly alternates between all Recreational Demands.
57	Marina Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 8000, and there isn't 1 Recreational Tile for every 1,000 Residential Pop. Randomly alternates between all Recreational Demands.
58	Park Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 8000, and there isn't 1 Recreational Tile for every 1,000 Residential Pop. Randomly alternates between all Recreational Demands.
59	Ind Connex Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Sent if CityPop over 8000, city doesn't have river or ocean and there isn't 1 Rail Connection, Highway Connection or Seaport Crane for every 10,000 Industrial Pop.
60	Com Connex Demand	0	From SimulationDetermineCityIssuesCrisis. Alternates with Airport Demand. Sent if CityPop over 8000, and there isn't 1 Road Connections or Runway tile for every 2,000 Commercial Pop.
61	Low Crime	0
62	Low Traffic	0
63	Low Pollute	0
64	Good Educate	0
65	Good Health	0
66	Good Employment	0