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SimMars is a mod for SimCity 4 taking the game to Mars. It will bring new buildings, transportation systems, user-interface and music and will replace the Maxis SimCity 4 content as far as possible, giving you the feeling to play a colony on Mars.

Beta 3 is another step towards the goal of SimMars. Most main game functions and buildings have been replaced and the mod plays fairly well now. However, it is still a beta and hence unfinished. Not everything is replaced yet or fully functional.

SimMars will install and play completely separate from your SimCity 4 installation.
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BETA 3 FILESIZE: 277MB
Due to the size, the installer is hosted on an external file hosting site (Mod DB). Clicking the "Download" button will take you to the page where the main package can be found.
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UPDATE: There's been a bug discovered where the Mars Face landmark has no model file.
Easy fix: Download the this file and place into /My Documents/SimCity 4/Plugins_SIMMARS/+Landmarks/SM_LM_MarsFace
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Download the SimMars Region Pack here to add 7 new regions to your game.
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This download is for PC users only, a Mac compatible version will be released in the future.

SimMars Beta 3 additions since last release:
- 180 new BATs (buildings) of all types
- new highway, rail, subway, elevated rail, toll booths and spaceport.
- SimMars game launcher: Beta 3 launches individually from SimCity 4 (see installation notes below)
- new User-Interface graphics
- new disaster (Blow-Out, replaces fire)
- 5 new music tracks
- the first few automata models
- new ordinances
- transformed news items
Main goals for the next release are:
- creating and modding new automata models (vehicles)
- implementing NAM elements
- replacing avenue and one way texture

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After writing that I tried to get on Simcity once again and I can't play the normal version when I use the normal Simcity icon. I don't know how to safely delete all the Simmars stuff either.

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10 years since Simcity 4 released - a million highways connected, a billion meteor showers, a trillion mods. Thank you, Mars Team, for showing lame developers(not pointing any fingers - EA!) what a FINISHED game is supposed to look like...and this is just the beta!!

 

Could you do me a favour while your up there and see what you can do with battlefield? Gimme a chicken launcher :)

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i really want to try this one out, but my old disc-copy of Sim City does not run on my Win7 (at least i did not find he necessary ppatches to make it run), why some time ago i bought Sim City 4 Deluxe on Steam Sale. Which sadly does not run with Sim Mars. I copied Sim Mars (that had installed itself in the no longer existant folders from the CD-Installation, maybe Info from outdated registry Keys) into the appropriate steam SC4 Deluxe Folder. I later manually edited all registry keys that refer to the old Sim City path to refer to the Steam Path.

i won't get the CD Version of the game to run, but i'll be more than happy to help you set Sim Mars up for Steam, if i can.

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I was just wondering how to uninstall this mod? it kinda took over my game, I couldn't access regular SIm City 4 So I had to try to get rid of it but unfortunately my maps still have the black starry Background underneath them when I access them? any help would be appreciated!

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I have removed every folder related to Sim Mars from my Sim City 4 files but I still have the starry background when I am actually playing in my city. It really slowed down my game and made it borderline unplayable as it did the same thing others have reported and took over my entire Sim City game so I could ONLY access Sim Mars and not the original game.

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So nowhere does it say it is not compatible with steam. Also there is no explanation as to how to get it to work with Simcity for legitimate owners of simcity. I was really looking forward to this, and would appreciate some troubleshooting or explanation as to how to get it to work for legitimate owners. if it doesnt work on steam MENTION IT, waste of time for steam owned simcity. wtf.

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To all those complaining it doesn't work, perhaps the launcher application doesn't, but with a modicum of understanding of how SC4 mods work, that's really easy to work around.

Check out the solution in this post if you are lost. Of BTW, you know this isn't the place for support questions, right?

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Wow, I remember when this was first announced. It was THE most downloaded mod on the site, I'm curious if others still play this mod or just play the OG SimCity 4 with other mods.

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