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Stop Maxis Mansions from growing  1.0

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This is a mod that stops low density Maxis R$$$ (the huge, sprawling mansions) from growing in your game. But the higher density R$$$ condos and apartments still grow, as well as 2 of the smaller 2X2 high wealth homes that blend in better.

 

INSTALLATION:

Simply unzip and place the DAT  file in your documents/SimCity 4/plugins folder.

 

No dependencies.

 

CREDIT GOES TO ANDREAS ROTH FOR THIS TUTORIAL:

If you are comfortable with using Ilive's reader to mod, you can make a similar effect to any degree you want if you are unhappy with any of the things this mod allows you to grow.  Simply take any existing block-all-R$$$ mod, highlight any of the exemplars which represent the buildings you still want to grow, delete those exemplars and save as a new DAT.

 

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always hated it when giant mansions cut into my neighborhoods lol, this might actually be of use, well done
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yeah they pop up unrealistically, you'll have a whole street of low wealth housing and suddenly a huge, green mansion. Personally I am trying to block ALL maxis but for others that want to be more selective this will be useful.
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Computer guy: Here's a few: BSC https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=897 Dusktrooper https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=16393 Dhamp V1 http://www.simphoni.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12694 Dhamp V2 http://www.simphoni.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=13711

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absolutely brilliant. i personally don't mind the mansions, but when the are annoyingly sprawlish (i.e. 3x4 and up in tile size) they become a pain in the rear for realism, especially when they are 6 times bigger than the rest of the houses in the entire city. thanks, and great work.

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Finally, something I was hoping somebody smart to make this... Thanks a bunch

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I hated how the Maxis mansions popped up when I needed custom content mansions. Thank you!

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Yeaaa!! Make more room for white trailer trash in my cities! lol!! Good mod, as the only way to get rid of these mansions was to level them!

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Mansions didn't annoy me so much, but still I downloaded this mod, because the city looks better without those large mansion lots, especially when you make Euro styled regions.

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Finally! A mod for the common mansion-hating middle class player! Thank you! +1 yeahh! now really, great mod, they pop really unrealisticly (also in my high density residential zones...)

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Excellent, i Downloaded this it be great finally for my unique towns that are smaller and poor or even a different kind. This helps a bunch ! 10/10 been waiting for this :)

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Oh wow! This is fantastic! I always hate it when, a little crescent of 6 homes or so, turns into 1 huge mansion in the middle of the street- to avoid this i would have to put R$$$ taxes at 20% to stop them from growing LOL! Great idea! 10/10

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Hah! Love it. I hate those big mansions, especially if I'm rezoning a neighborhood for higher density. They either never go away or take forever to be replaced. I just end up bulldozing them. BTW, the other way of keeping them from showing up is by checkerboard-zoning your neighborhoods from the start (if you want a mix of low + med density buildings) depending on your city.

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THANK YOU they mess up nice sections of housing in yur city when all the rest are matching then BAM this big house is taking up half of the section

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amazing! when your trying to make your village that you live in, and your village might not have any mansions in it so it looks more like your village. i have downloaded it and it is amazing! 1,000,000 / 10

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There is a downside: The R$$$ folks would have to sacrifice their nice, big, luxrious yards. I would put R$$$ in their own neighborhood.

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