iOS Building AirPort long, wide or square

[Kevin1010]

Hey,
Maybe a but weird but what is the better way to expand?
Expanding wide long or better make your AirPort square?

Or maybe it doesnt matter?

 

[pete blake]

Good question. I always thought it depended on the size and resolution of the screen you are playing on. Whichever gives the best view of the whole city and airport. But there might be more to it.....

 

[LjGibbs]

Hm. I go wide simply because of the screen on the Windows platform I'm using...maybe other's on different platform's go differently because of the screen or maybe it's just down to the individual, I don't really know is my answer lol

 

[andy8758]

@Kevin1010 Build your city so that it is easy to navigate both for yourself and for your neighbours. If neighbours find it easy to locate the buildings they want - more will visit you, hence more money/passengers/fuel and more gifts for you.

Width/depth dimensions are purely cosmetic for your own ease of development. I would advise you to seperate types of buildings, but not if it does not maximise use of spare land. In simple terms, develop a passenger area and a seperate income area. Place collection generating buildings in another area, and keep "neighbour attraction" buildings close to your city/airport border. (If you have planetariums, training centres, and astronaut academies, putting them close to your city/airport border will make them easier for visiting neighbours to find). Some types of building, e.g. sports shops, bookshops, car dealerships - may be quest destinations for your neighbours - so also place them close to the "border" and the enighbours will keep returning.

In the early stages of the game expansion is expensive in comparison to the available coins and cash - so maximising use of your available land is very important. Don't place buildings in locations that don't maximise the available land (e.g. don't leave single squares) even if that makes it harder for neighbours to find the buildings that they want to visit.