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Additions/Improvements
Additions/Improvements
How to Expand Your Land
1. Click the “build” tab
2. Click the “expansions” tab
Note: You will need permits to build your expansion(s). You can get the permits from neighbors or buy them with City Cash. Once the permits are obtained, you will also need the city coins to pay for the land.
3. Choose where you want to place your expansion. You must place it along an existing edge of your city limits.
4. Confirm the expansion if it is where you want it. Deny it if the expansion is not where you want it.
These steps must be done for each time you wish to expand your city limits.
Franchises is a fun and exciting feature that lets you expand your businesses to your neighbor’s cities.
To start a Franchise you have to have that business already built in your city, some businesses you can purchase early on in the game, while other have higher level requirements, but you can unlock them with city cash early
Step 1: Expanding to a neighbor’s city.
To start a franchise you have to have the business already build in your city, then visit a neighbor with an available empty lot.
Clicking on that empty lot will bring up all the business you own.
We’re going to select and place the bakery. Once you select it you will see an arrow letting you know where it can be placed.
After you have placed your business in your neighbor’s city you have to wait for them to accept it.
Step 2: Collecting and sending a sale.
Once your neighbor accepts your business you will see these two icons icon come up on your screen.
Clinking on the top icon will bring up the Headquarters screen, where you can supply your business (by clicking on supply) and collect your earnings.
Clicking on the second of the two icons will bring up this pop-up telling you that you now have a new headquarters building you can place in your city.
Your new HQ building will be placed in your inventory, which you can find by clicking on the icon right above “Build” on the right.
Once you get to your inventory you will be able to select your new Headquarters.
You can build your headquarters anywhere in your city, like any other building
Expand your franchise to more cities and watch it grow!
And that’s all there is to starting your very own franchise in CitiyVille. Please continue reading if you need help accepting a new franchise business from a neighbor, otherwise go out there and start building!
Accepting a new franchise building from a neighbor.
You can have one(1) empty lot per neighbor, so as you add more neighbors you will be able to place more empty lots. Your new neighbors will be able to visit your city and expand their businesses.
When a neighbor arrives you will see their picture come up above one of your empty lots.
Clicking on that lot will bring up a menu where you can “accept” (will build that business), “decline” (will not build that business), or you can click on “later” and decide at a later time.
Clicking on “accept” will instantly build that business and send you your first sale.
Click on that business to start it and receive a bonus. Your neighbor will now be able to send you regular sales.
Now that you know how to start a franchise, and how to help your neighbors start theirs, go out there add new neighbors and start expanding your businesses!
Happy Building,
Hello City Builders,
If you are reading this you are probably a bit stuck with figuring out how to take and upload a screenshot. This tutorial will provide you with step by step instructions using windows 7 however a quick guide for those using Mac OS is also included. This tutorial is using CityVille in the example, but it can be applied to any game you are playing.
Taking a screenshot.
Step 1:
For best results, go into full screen by clicking on the "Full Screen" button.
Step 2:
Press the print screen button on your keyboard:
If you were in full screen hit Esc on your keyboard or click on the "Full Screen" button again, otherwise go to the next step.
Step 3:
Click on the windows start button, go to programs, accessories, then select "Paint".
Step 4:
Once the program is up on your screen go to edit, then select "paste".
Step 5 (optional for resizing):
Once you see the image on your screen you can edit it, I would recommend resizing it, as that would make your image easier to view on the forums.
Step 6:
Once you are done editing save your image.
Here is a quick guide for how to do the above on a Mac (please skip this part of you're not using a Mac). To capture the entire desktop, press Command-Shift-3. The screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop. To capture a portion of the desktop, press Command-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop.
Uploading a screenshot.
Now that you have a saved image you are ready to upload it. There are many hosting sites and you are welcome to use whichever you like best. In this tutorial we will be using tinypic, it's free and you do not have to register. I personally use photobucket, for which you do have to register, but you can then set-up privacy controls.
Step 1:
Go to tinypic.com (or another image hosting site). Click on "choose file" navigate to your file (usually in pictures), click on "open", then click on "Upload Now" (you might have to enter a captcha).
Step 2
Once your file is uploaded, you will be presented with links to copy to your post. You want to copy (right click and copy) the one that starts with [IMG].
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To insert that link into your post just right click on your post and select "paste".
This concludes our screenshot taking tutorial, I hope it was easy to follow.
How to Expand Your Land
1. Click the “build” tab
2. Click the “expansions” tab
Note: You will need permits to build your expansion(s). You can get the permits from neighbors or buy them with City Cash. Once the permits are obtained, you will also need the city coins to pay for the land.
3. Choose where you want to place your expansion. You must place it along an existing edge of your city limits.
4. Confirm the expansion if it is where you want it. Deny it if the expansion is not where you want it.
These steps must be done for each time you wish to expand your city limits.
About CityVille
Build and run your own city in CityVille. Once you have cleared some land, your city planner will help you to build up a thriving metropolis. Modernize and build housing for your citizens, add decorations to increase property value, plant and harvest crops to run restaurants and import goods to run retail stores. Trade with friends via boats and trains and build a business empire.
Game Features
City Building
After you've cleared the land, place road pieces to activate buildings, deliveries and flow of citizens. Construct houses, businesses and Community buildings like post offices and schools, and place decorations to increase housing rent and business payouts.
Goods
Plant and harvest timed crops to get various amounts of goods. Send ships to import goods with various journey times to fit your play schedule. Harvested and imported goods are your supplies, required to make the businesses run and earn money. You can buy more storage, piers, and farm plots to grow the city quickly. Players can also buy or sell goods.
Run Your City
Plan your city layout to make the citizens happy and earn more money as they eat and shop. Run sales at businesses to attract a crowd or make decorative animations for people to visit. Upgrade houses to get better shoppers and special rewards.
Neighbor Cities
Visit your neighbors' cities to help them accomplish tasks, and earn energy, decorations and collectible items for yourself. Help friends by harvesting crops and sending trains or ships; also help them construct businesses and residences, and send friends gifts to finish their Community buildings and clear ground for them to build on. As you go you earn experience and things for your own collections and to share with more friends.
Commerce and Franchises
Buy and sell goods sent via rail or sea. Expand your bussinesses to your friends' cities, and allow them to build new locations for their bussinesses in yours. You can build an empire of business locations but don't forget to supply them with goods. The more locations you get, the bigger you can grow your business headquarters in your own city.
Quests
As the city leader you must guide your city to become a thriving metropolis. The city advisor will always show you fun things to try next to make a great city. When you finish tasks you can unlock rare buildings and decorations.
CityVille Frequently Asked Questions
1. If I don't click on coins/xp/hearts/etc, will they still be added?
Yes, everything that drops is added automatically, you don't have to click on it (please note that xp and energy are added as soon as they drop, not when you click on them or when they vanish from your screen); however clicking on those bonuses will start a "bonus" meter (under the xp bar) that will give you extra coins.
2. How do I gain xp?
Players can gain XP from actions completed in the game. Once an action is completed an XP doober will drop in the shape of a blue star. Collecting these doobers will increase the players XP. Note: Your XP bar will automatically fill, even without clicking on the doober.
3. How can I buy a new building or decoration?
Click on the “Build” button, navigate to the appropriate tab and purchase it, make sure you meet all the requirements to buy it (such as coins, level and neighbors).
4. Where can I place the new building or decoration?
Community buildings can be placed anywhere; however, Housing buildings and Businesses must be placed next to a road or a sidewalk. Decorations can be placed anywhere, but are most useful next to businesses and houses, since they will give bonuses to rent/income.
5. How can I start and finish the construction of a business or a house?
Once you place it in your city you will see how many clicks it will take to finish construction by hovering over the building; each click will take 1energy.
6. My new house/business is grayed out, with a red sign on top of the building, and I can’t collect rent/income, what’s wrong?
Make sure that the house/business is connected to a road or a sidewalk, if you think it is connected try moving it slightly to double check. If your building looks grayed out with a red sign then it is not correctly connected to a road.
7. How do I move, rotate or delete/remove an object?
Use the arrow tool above the build button then select the desired tool.
8. How often can I collect rent from a residence?
You can hover over each house in your city to find out how soon you can collect rent, or you can enter the build menu and hover over a residence to find out how often you can collect rent from that type of residence.
9. How can I build a Community Building?
You can start construction on it just like any other building, hovering over the unfinished building will tell you how many clicks you still need; however, in order to finish it you will need help from your friends (or you can purchase the required materials with city cash). You can click on the unfinished community building for a list of everything that is required to finish it. Instead of additional materials, some community buildings need additional staff to run them, you can either hire your friends for these positions or unlock them with city cash.
10. Can I buy more plots for my crops?
Yes you can, from the farming menu for the specified amount of coins.
11. How much energy does it cost to plant crops and to harvest crops?
It does not take energy to plant crops but it does take 1 energy to harvest a crop.
12. How many goods can one crop produce?
Crops can only be harvested one time, and then need to be replanted. The more expensive the crop is, the more goods you will receive when harvesting. You can find out how many goods a crop will produce by hovering over it in the farming menu. Currently “Peas” have the highest goods value.
13. How quickly do crops wither?
Except for Strawberries (which do not wither), crops wither at 2x growth time, which means that a 1 hour crop will wither 2 hours after it’s ready for harvesting (or 3 hours after being planted).
14. What do the hearts do?
Hearts increase your reputation level. The higher your reputation level, the more XP your friends will get when they hire you for their city. For instance, if user A reputation level is 50 and user B reputation level is 25…then hiring user A will get you more XP than if you hire user B. In addition, hired people get paid 50 coins each time. 50 is the maximum heart level you can reach.
15. How can I get more energy?
Your energy will refill according to the timer on your energy bar, every time the timer counts down to 0 you will receive 1 energy point up to your max energy. You can also receive more energy by visiting your neighbors, as a random bonus drop for various actions, and you can purchase more energy with city cash from the “Build” menu. In addition, energy can be gifted from the free gifts page. When you reach the next level your energy bar will be fully refilled and your maximum energy is increased by 1.
16. How can I get more goods?
You can get more goods by harvesting crops, through shipping, through gifting, or by exchanging goods for coins by using the train system.
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