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About This File
FANTA1990 Presents:
A cosmetic upgrade for the larger of two harbor cranes appearing in the game. Mounted on rails and protruding over the water, these container cranes are primarily associated with, but aren't necessarily limited to high-usage seaports. Traditional cranes manipulate their payload via spooled cable working in conjunction with a pivoting mast. In contrast, Port cranes utilize a fixed cantilever mast to achieve considerably more capacity and stability. As a side effect, the bulky extensions could potentially interfere with each other or adjacent equipment. The industry addresses that problem with two equally viable solutions distinguishable in the game only by minor superficial differences. One adaptation from Cities XL extends and withdraws the mast horizontally on rails positioned above a fixed base (pics 1-3). The other alternative from Red Alert 3 repurposes the hinged mast for limited vertical movement in the absence of a payload (pic 4). Since this is essentially an automata reskin, there are no dependencies and no configuration is required. This mod will boost the authenticity of any port city, but is indispensable when absolute realism is paramount.
Required (Choose only one):
RA3 SeaportCrane.dat - Uses HD textures, but requires Hardware Acceleration to avoid visual defects.
RA3 SeaportCrane-256.dat - May be used with Software Acceleration.
CXL SeaportCrane.dat - Uses HD textures, but requires Hardware Acceleration to avoid visual defects.
CXL SeaportCrane-256.dat - May be used with Software Acceleration.
Optional:
\SeaSidePort\*.* - Installing this folder will make the large crane chosen above overwrite the Small Harbor Cranes on the default seaport as well.
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What's New 1.0
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- Initial Release to the STEX
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