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SimTower FAQ/Strategy Guide
Final Version
by Strawhat

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(I.) Introduction to the Guide
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| (1.1) Disclaimer |
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Before I get started, let's get this over with:
This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other
web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a
violation of copyright.

And the only sites that are allowed to use this guide are:
1. Gamefaqs
2. DLH.net
3. www.cheats.de
4. faqs.ign.com

Table of Contents:
(I.) Introduction to the Guide
(1.1) Disclaimer
(1.2) Updates
(1.3) Introduction
(II.) The Basics
(2.1) Reach for the Stars
(2.2) Requirements
(2.3) Reading the maps
(2.4) Frequently Asked Questions
(2.5) Events
(III.) The Walkthrough
(3.1) The Walkthrough
(3.2) Challenge Walkthrough
(IV.) Tricks and Tips
(4.1) Tricks
(4.2) Tips
(V.) Ending
(5.1) Finishing Statement
(5.1) Contact Info


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Final Version
Improved my crappy format as much as possible. Also added ASCII.

Final Version
I decided to just have this last paragraph for Final Version updates,
because most of them are more sites that can use this FAQ. And one more
was added.

Final Version
7/15/03- One more person wanted to use my guide, so, I let the German
Gaming site, Dlh.net use it.

Final Version
5/28/03-Well, looks like all is done. Unless there's something you really
want to know, then E-mail me and either I'll ignore you or put it up.
Forgot to add my E-mail address(BTW, I just got my first virus from a
Gamefaqs reader :) Makes me so proud to join the rest of the FAQ writers
like this) and made my last and final sections: Challenge walkthrough and
Contact Info. Well, as said, all is done and good bye. Hope you enjoyed
this FAQ!!

Version 1.01
2/19/03-I don't think I'll be updating this FAQ much anymore as I've
basically covered most of the aspects of Simtower. But I still have one more
section that I want to complete and that will be the release of the final
version. Are you curious to what it is? You'll just have to wait ;)

However, I fixed some minor spelling and grammatical errors and added some
more disclaimers throughout the page just to prevent plagarism.

Version 1.0
1/4/03-Yippee! Version 1.0!! Finished most parts, just need to wrap up a few
sections. Finished the walkthrough, take a look! Added a new section: Reading
the maps. Finished off the requirements section too. Added some scenery and
redid the section deviders.

Version 0.1 (Unreleased)
1/2/03-Started off the new year with a brand new FAQ, my first one yet ^_^
Just started this and got the disclaimer and all that boring stuff out of the
way so I can start the FAQ and all the goodies inside it.


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This is a guide composed by me, Strawhat, to help those people who are
playing the wonderful game, SimTower. This is my first FAQ that I've made, so
I decided to start out with something small and not too popular:
SimTower. SimTower is a simulation game. The goal of it is to get a Tower
Rating, a high population, and money. Sounds easy? It's not. Trust me. If
you are ever stuck, then you will always have this guide to help you.
This guide is based on ALL aspects of SimTower, so any questions will gladly
be answered on SimTower, done with this, let's get on to the next section.


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(II.) The Basics
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This section deals with the basics of the basics, like how to play the game
and what each thing can do to your tower.

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Reach for the stars! A star is a rank that shows how good your tower is. The
more the stars, the better the tower. Just like in a movie. This part will
discuss what things you can build at each level. Just a reminder though,
although it may seem obvious. All the things you have at the first star level
will always be at the next. You can also see a variety more things you can
build by holding down the mouse on a particular item. (like lobby for instance,
and you will see you can build stairs also.)


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1 star
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Condo- Probably the fastest way to earn money. It's easy to maintain, just make
sure that there are ways to get to it and it will probably be sold right away,
assuming that there is an elevator nearby.

Lobby- Must be built on the first floor and every fifteen-thirty floors after
that. They allow Express Elevators (See 3 stars) to stop and pick up more
people.

Office- The second fastest way to earn money. In the long run, it's probably
the best to use. Although you only earn money on the first week day, you'll
get a lot and is smaller with a higher population than condos. Eventually,
you'll have to use them anyway because you can only reach a max of about
10,000 people with condos.

Fast Food- Pretty useless IMO, they usually don't get much money raked into
your account and is hard to maintain. Just make them at the beginning of the
game to maintain offices, if you're making offices anyway.

Bulldozer- Bulldozes most objects. They are free, except you lose all profits
made for the tower.

Magnifyer- Brings up a menu on a person or place and you could rename him/her/
it and change prices.

Hand- Changes elevator hights.

Elevator- It's....an elevator. Carries max capacity of 30 people.

Stairs(hold on lobby)- Stairs to move between floors, similar to elevators.

Remember though, only office workers and hotel (see too stars) will use them.

Flr(Floor)(hold on lobby)- click at the top of your tower to make some extra
floors. These come out automatically when building elevators.


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2 star
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Single room- A single room made to hold one person. It acts like a hotel room.
Very useless, highly reccomended that it is not used. It can get dirty,
make so sure you have...

Housekeeping(hold on single room)- Housekeeping keeps your hotel rooms clean.
Remember, these cannot be bulldozed, so choose a place wisely. But to get them
to the hotel rooms you must have...

Service elevators(Hold on Elevators)- These will transfer ONLY housekeepers
and can ONLY have service elevators on the shafts, not normal ones. These do
not need to touch the lobby.

Security- These keep your tower from getting terrorists and other hazzards
that can greatly damage your tower and the people in them. Make sure you
have a lot of these SPREAD OUT. The key word is spread out, if you place
them one on top of the other they will not do anything. The maximum you
can make of this is 8. It cannot be demolished.
See Events.


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3 star
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Resturaunt(Hold on Fast food)- A much more improved version of the fast food.
They bring in more customers and more money. But they are still hard to
maintain and earn a profit unless you place them next to a...

Cinema(Hold on Fast Food)- These are sort of like resturaunts, but IMO a
little more profitable. The only bad thing is that you need to replace it
with a new movie once in a while to keep it the profits up, and that could
take some money. These are good to bring in more customers to shops around
the cinema.

Souvenir Shops(Hold on Fast Food)- These shops don't get a lot of money and
are hard to maintain. They are best done at the lowest rental rate.

Medical Center(Hold on security)- Absolutely positively needed, if you
ever want a tower rating. Just stick em somewhere, they cost money and
don't bring much profits but the people need it.

Recycling Center(Hold on Fast Food)- See Medical Center. Build as many as
neccesary.

Parking Ramp(Hold on Security)- Office Workers and Hotel people like to park
their cars somewhere. Just add on of these babies and build the parking
spaces. Just remember, they need tobe connected vertically only.

Parking(Hold on Security)- Connect it to a parking ramp for extra spaces.

Twin Room(Hold on Single Room)- Fits two people. Sucks. Don't use it.

Hotel Suite(Hold on Single Room)- Also pretty cheap...you can use it if you
want, but I don't really see why you would need it except for a VIP rating.
See events.

Escalator(Hold on Lobby)- This is used to transfer people from commercial
places. (Shops, Cinemas, etc.) People will often ask for this rather
than an elevator on shops.

Express Elevator(Hold on Elevator)- This is used to to transfer your
people more than 30 floors. They have a max of 100 floors, but only stop
at lobbies.


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4 star
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Metro Station(Hold on Security)- Brings in more people to you SHOPS. Build