MegaTower

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MegaTower
MegaTower
Information
cost §120,000 / §126,000 / §180,000
upkeep §800 / §730 / §950 per hour
requirement City Hall

Cities of Tomorrow DLC

function Supports low and medium wealth Sims

Raises medium wealth land value

module Low Wealth Apartment Level, Medium Wealth Apartment Level, Low Wealth Mall Level, Medium Wealth Mall Level, Low Wealth Office Level, Medium Wealth Office Level, Nuclear Reactor Level, Education Level, Waste Reduction Level, Skybridge Station, Park Level, Safety Level, Gen. I Solar Power Crown, Mark II Air Scrubber Crown, Basic Tourism Crown, Billboard Advertising Crown, Tiered Park Crown
description Pack a mammoth tower full of Sims. Stack levels of apartments, malls and offices to provide everything residents need to survive. Support basic levels with service levels to create a self-contained community.

Normal MegaTowers are futuristic, multi-tiered structures that have many functions. Normal MegaTowers are designed for low and medium wealth Sims. They are cheaper and generate less income than Elite MegaTowers. Each MegaTower can be constructed level by level and has a total of 10 levels.

Basic

Apartment

Low Wealth Apartment Level

Medium Wealth Apartment Level

Mall

Low Wealth Mall Level

Medium Wealth Mall Level

Office

Low Wealth Office Level

Medium Wealth Office Level

Services

Nuclear Reactor

Nuclear Reactor Level

Education

Education Level

Waste Reduction

Waste Reduction Level

Skybridge Station

Skybridge Station

Park

Park Level

Safety

Safety Level

Crowns

Gen. I Solar Power

Gen. I Solar Power Crown

Mark II Air Scrubber

Mark II Air Scrubber Crown

Basic Tourism

Basic Tourism Crown

Billboard Advertising

Billboard Advertising Crown

Tiered Park

Tiered Park Crown

Description

MegaTowers are giant structures where the Sims of the future live, work, and play. MegaTowers are a great addition to any city, or you can build a city based around them.

Because MegaTowers build up, not out, they can act as a self-contained ecosystem. The residential levels on MegaTowers can also house more Sims then the high-density buildings of the same wealth levels, so you can have more Sims in your city than ever before. This is especially important for attracting Sims to work in the Academy, which we’ll talk more about next week.

There are two types of MegaTowers: normal and elite. Normal MegaTowers are designed for low and medium wealth Sims. Elite MegaTowers are designed for medium and high wealth Sims. Normal MegaTowers are less expensive and earn less money, and some of the levels don’t have as much functionality as their elite equivalents. Elite MegaTowers are expensive to build and earn more money than normal MegaTowers. Most of the levels of the elite MegaTowers provide better coverage than the normal version.

Once you have picked what kind of MegaTower you want to build, there are a few things to consider when placing it. MegaTowers have multiple entrances; once you plop the base, you can attach roads to the road stubs on the sides. These “side entrances” can allow you to route traffic to and from the MegaTower in new and interesting ways. Also, MegaTowers can provide many of the essential services to themselves and the area around them by building specialized levels, so you will want to consider that when placing your MegaTower and connecting it to roads.

There are three basic types of levels that you can build on a MegaTower: Apartment, Mall, and Office. Apartment levels are where Sims live, Mall levels are where they shop, and they work in Office levels.