Tutorial:Maxis Ordinances
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Maxis Ordinances
Benefits, Detriments and Costs
This list contains all ordinances defined by Maxis. There are exactly 20 of them, and they are predefined in the game's exe file. Thus, additional ordinances cannot be added, but the existing ones can be modded to a certain degree.
The ordinances are listed in alphabetical order by their exemplar names within SimCity_1.dat. The name given for an ordinance is not necessarily the same as seen in game. In the game they are given in LTEXT files separately for each language.
The number in front of an ordinance is the Instance ID of the ordinance exemplar (you won't need these numbers). The Type ID and Group ID for all Ordinance Exemplars are 0x6534284A, 0xA9C2C209 (you won't need those either).
<tbody></tbody>C2BF1E04 | Car Smogging | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Air Pollution Effect: | 0.90 | (decreased by 10%) | |
Mayor Rating: | -5 | ||
A2BF1DDC | Carpool Incentive | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 50 § | + 0.010 § per person | |
A2BF1E43 | Clean Air | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Air Pollution Effect: | 0.90 | (decreased by 10%) | |
I-D Demand Effect: | 0.9967 | (decreased by 0.33%) | |
00D0723D | CPR Training | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 50 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Health Quotient Boost Effect: | 110 | (increased by 10%) | |
40D07236 | Free Clinics | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 50 § | + 0.005 § per 1 § funding of Medical Clinics | |
Health Quotient Boost Effect: | 110 | (increased by 10%) | |
A0D07129 | Gambling | ||
Enactment Cost: | 0 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Monthly Income: | 100 § | ||
Crime Effect: | 1.20 | (increased by 20%) | |
Enables the Casino | |||
815B4CEF | Junior Sports | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 100 § | + 0.005 § per 1 § funding of Parks | |
Crime Effect: | 0.95 | (decreased by 5%) | |
Park required | |||
22F6E80C | Landfill Gas Recovery | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.001 § per person | |
Air Pollution Effect: | 0.97 | (decreased by 3%) | |
Landfill required | |||
Gas power plant required | |||
62BF1DB9 | Neighborhood Watch | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 10 § | + 0.001 § per person | |
Crime Effect: | 0.95 | (decreased by 5%) | |
Police station required | |||
E0D0722E | Nuclear Free Zone | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 50 § | + 0.002 § per person | |
I-Ag Demand Effect: | 1.0033 | (increased by 0.33%) | |
I-Ht Demand Effect: | 0.9983 | (decreased by 0.17%) | |
Mayor Rating: | +5 | ||
Nuclear Plants unavailable | |||
22F6E81B | Paper Reduction | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Garbage Effect: | 0.90 | (decreased by 10%) | |
Co§§ Demand Effect: | 0.9967 | (decreased by 0.33%) | |
Co§§§ Demand Effect: | 0.9983 | (decreased by 0.17%) | |
82B9999B | Power Conservation | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 0 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Power Reduction Effect: | 0.90 | (decreased by 10%) | |
I-D Demand Effect: | 0.9950 | (decreased by 0.50%) | |
I-M Demand Effect: | 0.9950 | (decreased by 0.50%) | |
I-Ht Demand Effect: | 0.9950 | (decreased by 0.50%) | |
Mayor Rating: | -10 | ||
E0D07233 | Pro-reading campaign | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.005 § per 1 § funding of Libraries | |
School EQ Boost Effect: | 110 | (increased by 10%) | |
A2BF1DE5 | Shuttle Service | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Air Pollution Effect: | 0.98 | (decreased by 2%) | |
R§ Travel Strategy: | 85/15/0 | (instead of 80/20/0) for MT/Cars/Fastest | |
R§§ Travel Strategy: | 35/0/65 | (instead of 30/0/70) for MT/Cars/Fastest | |
R§§§ Travel Strategy: | 15/75/10 | (instead of 10/80/10) for MT/Cars/Fastest | |
62BF1DAA | Smoke Detectors | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 0 § | + 0.001 § per person | |
Flammability Effect: | 0.95 | (decreased by 5%) | |
C2F6E81F | Tire Recycling | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.001 § per person | |
Garbage Effect: | 0.97 | (decreased by 3%) | |
62F6E7CF | Tourist Promotion | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 50 § | + 0.005 § per 1 § funding of Landmarks | |
Cs§ Demand Effect: | 1.0033 | (increased by 0.33%) | |
Cs§§ Demand Effect: | 1.0033 | (increased by 0.33%) | |
Cs§§§ Demand Effect: | 1.0033 | (increased by 0.33%) | |
42BF1E18 | Trash Presorting | ||
Enactment Cost: | 20 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 20 § | + 0.003 § per 1 § funding of Recycling | |
Garbage Effect: | 0.97 | (decreased by 3%) | |
Recycling center required | |||
02BF1DFA | Water Conservation | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 50 § | + 0.005 § per person | |
Water Use Reduction: | 0.90 | (decreased by 10%) | |
I-Ag Demand Effect: | 0.9917 | (decreased by 0.83%) | |
I-D Demand Effect: | 0.9950 | (decreased by 0.50%) | |
I-M Demand Effect: | 0.9967 | (decreased by 0.33%) | |
I-Ht Demand Effect: | 0.9983 | (decreased by 0.17%) | |
42BF1E18 | Youth Curfew | ||
Enactment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Retractment Cost: | 10 § | ||
Monthly Cost: | 40 § | + 0.002 § per person | |
Crime Effect: | 0.95 | (decreased by 5%) | |
Mayor Rating: | -10 |
Note that the Mayor Rating, when decreased, are not percentages. The Mayor Rating can be any value between 0 and 255. A reduction of -5 means the Mayor Rating is decreased by exactly 5 (not 5%).
Availability
At startup of a new city no ordinances are available until one month has elapsed. After that month the following 16 ordinances become available:
- Car Smogging
- Carpool Incentive
- Clean Air
- CPR Training
- Free Clinics
- Gambling
- Nuclear Free Zone
- Paper Reduction
- Power Conservation
- Pro-reading campaign
- Shuttle Service
- Smoke Detectors
- Tire Recycling
- Tourist Promotion
- Water Conservation
- Youth Curfew
The remaining four ordinances all require certain buildings to be built first:
- Junior Sports (Park)
- Landfill Gas Recovery (Landfill + Gas Power Plant)
- Neighborhood Watch (Police Station)
- Trash Presorting (Recycling Center)
Two properties found in the ordinance exemplars are obviously unused:
- Year Available (0 for all, except 1970 for Power Conservation)
- Monthly Chance (0.005 for all ordinances)