City Find Quick Tips Guide

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City finds changed a lot with Respo and are always a fun discussion topic.  So I put together this list of tips for my faction and now adding them to the guides forum.  This list is composed from my knowledge, other forum posts, and some guesswork/assumptions.  If you disagree or have anything to add don't be shy!

OLD City Find System:
Every hour the first two times you clicked City you had a small chance of finding an item.  Awareness increased your chances of finding items.  You got an event stating you have found an item.  I did extensive testing on city finds for over a year when I owned a 5* fireworks stand and it was always the first two clicks per hour that triggered an item find.



NEW City Find System:
Items populate the EXACT same way as the old system, but you find them on the new GUI map by playing a cheesy mini-game.  Items never disappear so weather you city find once a day or once a month you should end up with the same number of items.


TIPS:
-        Dont bother actually searching for items more than a few times a week.  Save yourself the carpal-tunnel and let them build up a bit first

-        If you use the Select Method (below) leave junk items on the screen so you can more quickly get them highlighted and know at a glance if its still highlighted

-        Items populate the same way as in the old system so clicking City.php twice per hour is still the best way to populate the map and get MAX city finds

Reference: Chedburn [1] Yes, it's exactly the same as the old system. Just the rates are improved, more types of items can be found, and you've got to find them on the city map. 

-        Awareness increases both likelihood of finding items and quality of items found

Reference: Chedburn [1] Awareness increases not only the rate of spawn, but also the quality of items spawned. The merits alone will increase results by up to 70%.

*** NEW April 2015 : Ched Updated City Finds to make them easier to see  ***
Thread created on 14:23:26 - 31/03/15 (1 days ago)


Citizens,

Based on feedback and committee discussions, we've made the following changes...

- Items in the city are now larger and appear on all three zoom levels inside pinpoints.
- Generic low value items are now less likely to spawn.
- High value items (I.e. Like Dumbbells) are now far more likely to spawn.


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Thanks - Great work Ched and Players Committee

*** NEW: Link [1413750] has come through again with an update to his City Finds Highlighter ***

Looks like this:
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Links to download are in his thread - Go there, get it, and R+ it because it's AWESOME!!
http://www.torn.com/forums.php?p=threads&f=61&t=15936492&b=0&a=0



 

*** NEW:  The AquaRegia [1551111] script was broken by Cheds update - On that thread Dave_JV [966207] commented with an updated version ***

Tread: http://www.torn.com/forums.php#/p=threads&f=61&t=15933295&b=0&a=0&start=200

That thread is kind of a mess so will post instructions here, but be sure to go to the thread and give them both R+ for their efforts


Steps:
1. Install Tamper Monkey or Grease Monkey
2. Select "Add a new script"
3. Copy and Paste the below code
4. Save it
5. Refresh your city map!

Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name City Map Script
// @namespace City Map Script
// @version 0.2
// @description
// @author Dave_JV
// @match http://www.torn.com/city.php*
// @match https://www.torn.com/city.php*
// @grant unsafeWindow
// ==/UserScript==

$(unsafeWindow).load(function()
{
var markerParentNode = document.getElementById("OpenLayers.Layer.Markers_240");
var counter = 0;
var itemNames = '';
for(var index = 0;index{
var child = markerParentNode.childNodes[index];
if(child.getAttribute("style").search('block')>=0)
{
itemNames+=(child.getAttribute("aria-label")+',');
counter++;
}
}
itemNames = itemNames.substring(0,itemNames.length-1);
$("h4").after($("
").html("Current number of items: " + counter + "
" + "Items spawned: " + itemNames).css("clear", "left").css("margin-bottom", "-20px"))
});

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Rated up for the find Waldo reference!

I searched for a Waldo pic and when I saw one with a dumbbell in it I knew it was a winner =)

good guide but the exact. same. thing. has been posted so many times. i think we all know by now :P there is even a thread right under this one on the same thing. we dont need all 7 million of them

This is the most complete one though

What I felt was lacking in the other threads was evidence to back up the claims.

Specifically I wrote this guide because I found that most players didn't know the first 2 city clicks each hour.

The filter to use for the ad block method is cdn.www.torn.com/images/citymap/release_optimized/*png
It was changed around when the post-respo site optimizations happened.

Note this may mess up other images loading, e.g. possibly with the new faction territory warring, so you should know what you are doing if using this method.

This is a great guide. I knew most of this info from other threads, but this one seems the one that's best put together.
One thing i would like to add that should maybe be posted as an update/edit:

The highlight trick only works for your current view.

So what I do is: zoom to 2nd closest zoom level (because you can still see the blue blocks, and you can cover the full map quicker), go to the very corner and highlight it using kpcslor's (OP) method. I move over three and do it again. I repeat this for the whole map.

I tried the original method and only got a sFAK because it was bright red and I couldn't miss it. It was NOT highlighted. I immediately tried again using my method and found three more items: a lawyer card, reindeer droppings and something else I forget.

Another important note/edit: This WILL highlight items that are in an unloaded, grey square. I should have screenshotted this, but I was too excited and grabbed the item. :D

If you found this helpful, please R+ both me and the OP! :D

Exactly, this is the most complete guide out there (atm), honestly the other topic/guide should die, this is the one.

Updated guide with comments from Mud and ChaseManhattan - Thanks guys!

Also tried the adblock guide, and yeah, you lose track where you are very fast. It does help finding the items though, definitely an improvment.

Will try greasemonkey tomorrow.

Greasemonkey works decent, you still have to look very good for any item, but when you see them you can't unsee them ;)

Overall, I think the regular 'select' method is still the best. So far I haven't had any luck with teh select method & greasemonkey, I don't know if it works really

bump this great guide

Nice guide, very helpful! Didn't know about a few of the things mentioned. R+ for another good one. This section of the forums is great I'm learning more and more daily :D

Foe, totally agreed! We have a great community with great information!

Mega, try the click-and-drag method in Chrome. Seems like the best method for me :)

waldo? i thought it was wally?

So, I just used this method and found EIGHT items on the map. It was mostly mediocre stuff, but that's great for the merit! It's only been at most, 2 weeks since my last search. I have three awareness merits, and i popped an ecstasy.

Seriously, this method WORKS, guys!

https://userstyles.org/styles/110266/torn-city-finds-highlighter

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Works, of course, on closest zoom level and the 1 above that.

You need Stylish or Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey for Firefox/Chrome/Opera.

Stylish - Firefox
Stylish - Chrome
Stylish - Opera