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About This File
Who isn't tired of scrolling through endless menus, filled with lots of great stuff? The modders have tried many things to create submenus or entire new menus, but without much success. But now, the BSC has discovered a method to shrink entire lot collections to a single icon, and make the rest available when they are needed. Just plop the construction lot, wait a few game days, and the rest of the icons become available. Once you bulldoze the construction lot, the icons will be hidden when you start your city again.
Drawbacks
Unfortunately, the technique also has some drawbacks, which are caused by the method that is used for the menu icon feature. Like with the in-game rewards, it takes some game days until the icons show up (usually a few days or up to a game month). You also have to click on the menu again after plopping each lot, since it gets out of focus, so you can't plop a large number of lots by clicking several times in a row. As already mentioned, for hiding the icons again, you will have to exit and re-enter the city, and due to the usage of a reward script, it's necessary to add a "landmark" occupant group to the construction lots, so they will also show up at the end of the landmark menu (only the construction lots, not the other ones!).
Mods included in this download
This download includes mod files for twenty popular sets, covering about 500 different menu icons. Just install the DAT of the appropriate set to apply the new BSC Menu Management Lot feature, even if these lots are already placed in your city. The following mods are included in this download (for download links, please refer to ReadMe file).
- BSC Forest Tracks
- BSC Park Set (with various additions)
- Cobb's Harbor Village
- Marrast Embankment Set
- morifari Embankment Set (includingstation)
- oppie's Canal Set (with various additions)
- PEG CDK-Industrial
- PEG CDK-OWW and Seaport Village
- PEG CDK-REC and Pier set
- PEG RTK3
- PEG Pond Kit II Deluxe Version
- PEG Stream Kit II Deluxe Version
- PEG Trail Parks
- PEG Seasonal Trail Parks
- SFBT Construction Lots
- SFBT Highway Bridge Construction Lots
- simrolle's S-Bahn Set (including stations)
- SimGoober's Canal Set (with various additions)
- SimGoober's Narrow Canals
- SimGoober's Irrigation Canals
For more information, questions and feedback, visit the BSC Menu Management Lot thread at Simtropolis. Please make sure to read the readme file before asking questions.
The readme includes a small tutorial how to apply the technique to other sets of lots, so lot designers can apply them to their work. Feel free to submit these files to the BSC, so we can compile additional mod packages.
This download comes with an EXE installer.
Staff Edit 02/08/2020: Removed dead link to Mac compatible installer, added file descriptor. -CF
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