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SFBT Rural Power Lines by Spocky  1.0

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In older versions of SimCity the powerlines didn't look like high-voltage power lines. In SimCity 4, you'll have to use a separate power supply for every rural development when you don't want to disfigure your landscape with huge ugly masts. The SFBT rural power lines will make this obsolete. You can use them along a road or straight across the country. Since the base texture of this lots is transparent, they will match with any terrain texture you have installed.

Important note: The power lines can only be used on perfectly flat terrain, otherwise the props won't align anymore.

The lots can be found in the lower part of the utilities - power menu. The set contains the following lots:

  • straight power line - 1 tile long
  • straight power line - 2 tiles long
  • straight power line - 4 tiles long
  • corner
  • T junction
  • end piece with terminal box
  • powerline piece to cross streets, roads, oneway roads and railway lines

Thisdownload comes with an EXE installer; Mac users can use FileJuicer to extract the files.

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Lot statistics

Lot size: 1x1 to 1x4 tiles
Menu position: Utilities - Energy
Jobs: none
Plop cost:

§ 1 to § 4

Bulldoze cost: § 1 to § 4
Monthly cost: none
Flammability: none
Power consumption: 0 MWh/month
Water consumption: 0 Gallons/month
Air pollution: none
Water pollution: none
Garbage pollution: none

A SimForum BAT Team production. Created by Spocky. Many thanks to the SFBT for their hints and tests during the development of the power lines.

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very useful, an excellent addition to any city, but whenever i plop them, the ground underneath turns transparent. besides that little glitch, good.

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It would be cool if somebody figured out how to plop them directly onto road tiles. That way it would look way more realistic since in small towns the power poles go directly in front of the buildings.

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Can you tell me how you did this? I'm trying to create an underground powerline mod, and to do that I need to figure out how to transmit power.

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Thank you so much for making these! This is the type of power line that is commonly found in residential areas in the United States. I've never understood why we had to use such large, clumsy ones. They also take up a lot of space and prevent you from building anything underneath them.

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These powerlines really appeal to me because they look like real ones seen throughout the US. Yet, when I tried to set up a stretch of them, my buildings weren't getting any power. I'm puzzled about what I might have done incorrectly. Is there anyone who can clarify the right method for using these?

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