Unlocking the Courthouse?

[cy-one]

Okay, I've tried now, don't ask me, maybe 5+ times to unlock the Courthouse.
I can't do it. I usually tend to demolish everything that grants happiness, education and workplaces, including services that aren't 100% necessary (water, power). Best thing I managed to do was around 40%, and that also only for a short while before it dropped back down.
My problem is, people usually leave the city instead to turn towards crime.

How the heck am I supposed to unlock this building?

 

[cy-one]

*bump* help?

 

[VaLee]

Had same problem: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?843289-Unlock-Observatory

Managed to get it in the end by starting a city from scratch and just built basic services like power, water and sewage, then thrown a little hospital and cemetery to keep people in the town and not leave immediately. It's kinda hard to pull off since you need atleast 4200 people in your town to unlock the tier where the Court House is.
Like mentioned in other posts, it's harder to fail in this game than do good.

One a side note, one thing that i noticed, is that if the crime rate is too high some buildings will stop operate. Had a Coal Power Plant and a Hospital not working due to high crime rate.

 

[cy-one]

How exactly does actually unlocking the building for other cities work? I mean, I tried unlocking the library and the service office building in a "throwaway city", but when I reload the save, the buildings aren't unlocked (i even build them prior to reloading ). I know, cheaty, but what are the factors?

 

[Teodosio7]

How exactly does actually unlocking the building for other cities work? I mean, I tried unlocking the library and the service office building in a "throwaway city", but when I reload the save, the buildings aren't unlocked (i even build them prior to reloading ). I know, cheaty, but what are the factors?

The real fun is to unlock them in your current city and THEN clean up the mess... I quite enjoyed when I had to reach 10% health level...

 

[James The 1st]

I just turned off the school, police station, fire station and hospital and that worked to get crime high enough. You also need to be at 50% for 5 weeks.

 

[Greygor69]

I followed what others have already suggested.

However to "help" out people there are 3 saved games in my Workshop that can be used to get that Courthouse. One requires some work to get there (not too much) the others make it easy or unlock it for you


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=425155030

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=425155462

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=425155911

 

[Potoroo]

I found the problem with trying to use an existing city is that people get unhappy and leave when you disconnect or remove services because it lowers the land value. I also built a city from scratch just to unlock this building: no schools (uneducated citizens are more likely to commit crimes), coal power (renewable energy makes people happy), no parks, the bare minimum of fire, police and medical services. I got the population up to about 15,000 then let rip. Turned the police off, cut the other service budgets in half except for electricity and water, dezoned all the industrial and low density commercial zones (unemployed people are more likely to commit crimes), and let it rip. My crime rate got up to 50% for a couple of weeks, dropped into the high 40s briefly when some unsuspecting immigrants arrived and then went up to 50% again and I was right as rain. In this scenario people aren't as quick to leave because they are already not particularly happy and land values are already low.

 

[IVIaarten]

its pretty easy to get this actually.

- build city quick and dirty
- remove police stations
- remove all jobs

Apparently people without a job find other ways to get money when there's no police around

 

[Greygor69]

its pretty easy to get this actually.

- build city quick and dirty
- remove police stations
- remove all jobs

Apparently people without a job find other ways to get money when there's no police around

Absolutely, except I never build the Police Stations

But still, I've seen a lot of people finding this difficult, maybe they're trying to do it in an existing city where everything has been created already.

 

[Gilga]

I completed all the achievements, and the crime one was one of the hardest at first, but the simple solution is to just have a small town and, as others saids, don't build police stations. Build some service (or people will leave the city ruining the crime %) and don't increase happiness building parks. Keep it small.
Don't do it with an already grown city, do it with a starting town. I reached the goal with around 3k population.

 

[Simcity5]

Its stupid having unlocks that force you to play negatively to unlock them, almost as bad as achievements in online team FPS that force you to go against the objective. Who thinks these things up.

 

[Potoroo]

It's about the only unlock that's challenging so why not just do it, be proud and move on?

 

[tk-093]

Its stupid having unlocks that force you to play negatively to unlock them, almost as bad as achievements in online team FPS that force you to go against the objective. Who thinks these things up.

Disagree.. I quite enjoy tormenting my citizens... I'm a city councilman in real life, so maybe it's just me living out a sick fantasy.

 

[mazman34340]

Disagree.. I quite enjoy tormenting my citizens... I'm a city councilman in real life, so maybe it's just me living out a sick fantasy.

It's clear that this is a silly game mechanic. "In order to build that awesome building you have to destroy the city you just built." I guess a few of them work like the poor health reward. At least it can be fixed quickly in a patch... or mod.

As for being a councilman, I couldn't help but chuckle a bit.

 

[Chyll]

Its stupid having unlocks that force you to play negatively to unlock them, almost as bad as achievements in online team FPS that force you to go against the objective. Who thinks these things up.

I agree on principle. Though, as a practice it can help you learn a bit about the game mechanics.

 

[Greyhead]

Absolutely, except I never build the Police Stations

But still, I've seen a lot of people finding this difficult, maybe they're trying to do it in an existing city where everything has been created already.

It is very tricky. I never build a police station until a bit later when buildings start emptying. I'm really struggling in my current city though. Unemployment running around 60%, no police, no healthcare. All I have is deathcare, water and power. Yet, crime still hovers around 30-40%!