How do I get more stars for my Tower?

Question

It has been a long time since I played Sim Tower. I vaguely recall that getting more stars means I can build certain things, but I forget how I can increase my star count.

How do I get more stars for my Tower?

Asked by Ashley Nunn

Answer

STAR: 1

POP: 0

Requirement: None

NEW IMPROVEMENTS: Lobby, Blank Floor, Stairs, Standard Elevator, Office, Fast Food, and Condo

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STAR: 2

POP: 300

Requirement: None

NEW IMPROVEMENTS: Security Office, Service Elevator, Single Hotel Room, and Housekeeping Office

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STAR: 3

POP: 1000

Requirement: More than one Security Office

NEW IMPROVEMENTS: Escalator, Express Elevator, Restaurant, Retail Shop, Party Hall, Movie Theater, Parking Space, Parking Ramp, Recycling Center, Medical Center, Double Hotel Room, Hotel Suite

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STAR: 4

POP: 5000

Requirement: More than one Hotel Suite, VIP approval, Recycling, Medical and parking requirements met.

NEW IMPROVEMENTS: Metro Station

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STAR: 5

POP: 10,000

Requirement: Metro Station

NEW IMPROVEMENTS: Cathedral

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STAR: Tower

POP: 15,000

Requirement: Cathedral

NEW IMPROVEMENTS: None

Answered by Foxtrot

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“Office Workers Demand More Parking” in SimTower

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Here's another old game I've never quite mastered. In Sim Tower, I can always make it almost to the end, but I trip at the finish line.

Once I reach 5 star status, I keep increasing my population and buy the cathedral on the roof like you're supposed to. I get as much parking as I'm allowed (it eventually tells you cannot build any more of the item). And, even if I delete all of my offices (or at least most of them), I get the message that the office workers demand more parking. And, as long as I have that complaint, it won't upgrade me to "Tower" status.

Am I missing a key strategy? Or is this just a bug? If it's a bug, is there any patch for it?

Answer

Some walktrough guides advise you to ignore this, so the message you're having may be true be there is nothing you can do about it (and I haven't found any patch to correct this.

To upgrade to "Tower" you will need 15000 population and wait for a wedding to take place.

To achieve 15000 population you will probably need to erase some condos slowly and build offices until you ran out of stairs (because using some stairs to offices levels will help).

If you're bankrupt deleting condos just wait until all offices are re-rented. Lower the prices of some of them don't rent at all.

It can take a long time to achieve it, but then you'll see it in the cathedral if I remember correctly. Good luck !

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