A few days ago, Gahars reported that modders got SimCity to run offline. Turns out that it didn't take much effort at all. See, it seems that all it takes for someone to make offline play work indefinitely, is commenting out a single line in one of the game's package files. That's it.
Source (Kotaku)
NeoGAF Post
That's some complex engineering there EA.
Obviously, saves won't work, but that's only a matter of time.
-insert mandatory pun here-
Someone now has posted what appears to be code for the game that orders a shutdown after a disconnection exactly that long. That allegation further punctures the talking point that SimCity is necessarily an online game, or would take a great deal of work to make it so.
The code is here. "Simply commenting out Line #22 defeats the force disconnect," says the person who posted it. The removal allows offline play indefinitely.
Source (Kotaku)
NeoGAF Post
That's some complex engineering there EA.
Obviously, saves won't work, but that's only a matter of time.
-insert mandatory pun here-