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City Manager is a tool for examining and modifying SimCities created by
SimCity from Maxis software.

The following is a brief description of the various menu options:


A. File Menu

        1. Open City - will load a city from disk.  Put the program in
                       the directory with your SimCities.
        2. Save City - If you modify your city, you MUST save it. The program
                       will not warn you if you modify and exit without
                       saving.

B. Work with City

     1. Edit City    - will allow you to modify various fields in your city.
                       Most of the fields are constantly updated by the program
                       are displayed only for your information.  The fields
                       you can change are the funds and the external market
                       size.  While you can change the other fields, SimCity
                       seems to update them soon after you begin playing and
                       your changes are lost.

     2. Residential  - displays the status of your residential zones.  The
                       residential zones are broken into 2 groups:
                       Apartment complexes and single home zones.  The apts.
                       are displayed by value and density. The higher both
                       are the better.  The houses group shows the total
                       number of lots (6 per area) occupied, the total number
                       vacant, and the number of churches and hospitals. The
                       total number of residential areas is also displayed.

     3. Commercial   - displays the status of your commercial zones. Like the
                       residential group, it gives you a table broken down
                       by density and value.  Again, the higher both are the
                       better.  The total number of zones is also given.

     4. Industrial   - displays the status of industrial zones.  Industrial
                       zones only have two value classifications, unlike
                       residential and commercial.  The number of zones
                       occupied and vacant is given.


Notes:  You can edit only one city at a time, and remember to save it (F2)
        if you change values before loading another or exiting. It is also
        a good idea to make a copy of your city before modifying it.  I have
        tested this program and it has not trashed any of my cities, but I
        wouldn't recommend taking any chances.


This program was written using Turbo Pascal 6.0 and TurboVision.  I recommend
both highly.  If you are interested in the source code, or have any
comments or suggestions, send E-mail to:

           ErikN1       on  America Online
           ErikN        on  Bix

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