The Church Virus

Question: What is the Church-Virus?

Answer: It's when most of the buildings in your residential zones start turning into churches.

Question: How do I get it?

Answer: If you type darn, heck or damn too many times.

Note: Since the codes "darn, heck and damn" only have an effect in SimCity 2000 for Dos, you can only get the church virus from using SimCity 2000 for Dos.

Question: How do I get rid of it?

Answer:

  1. pause and save your city
  2. completely exit SimCity 2000
  3. restart SimCity 2000
  4. load your city
You have now rid yourself of the Church-Virus. Just bulldoze all of the churches in pause-mode. Since the church de-zones the tiles it appears on, re-zone those tiles.

If you get someone elses city that has the Church virus and you are using SimCity 2000 on Windows, OS/2 or Mac (not Dos), then pause and save your city, then bulldoze all of the chruces in pause-mode, then re-zone all of those tiles that the churches de-zoned. Churches don't go away by themselves, they must be destroyed, but don't bother trying to get rid of your churches if you don't have the church-virus. They'll just pop up somewhere else as soon as you destroy them.

If you have any new information regarding the Church Virus, please e-mail ClubOpolis.
This Web Page was created by Patrick Coston July 16, 1995, Last updated April 4, 2006