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UK Suburban Retailers Pack, by Mattb325.
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A pack of five UK retailers as requested by a number of people in the community to help address some of the lack of UK/European stores available for the game. Specifically, I made these for rsc204/mgb204 as he is always so incredibly helpful on the forums.

The stores included in this pack are: Aldi, Homebase, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. One of the most noticeable differences between US-styled supermarkets and box stores and the UK/Euro ones is the domestic scale applied to the architecture: quite often the buildings have an entire pitched roof or composite materials such as timber and brick which are more suited to a suburban house. The second most notable characteristic is that existing buildings are adapted and re-used: it is not uncommon for office spaces or old department stores to be converted to a supermarket and I have tried to pick a variety of styles for these BATs (not just purpose built buildings).

These are all offered as growable 6x6, stage 1, medium wealth, Commercial Services on the EURO Tileset only.

Use the CTRL key while zoning, or alternatively, use the buildingplop mod (contained in the extra cheats dll: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/21118-simcity-4-extra-cheats-plugin/) to make these - or any other buildings - ploppable.

Given how little competition there is in the 6x6 zone and the fact that the game does not readily break up this zone, I have decided to include growable lots only rather than further cluttering up the landmark menu.

By growing (or plopping) these together, you can make quite cohesive retail parks which look great in suburban areas.

Stats, links and dependencies are listed below.

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STATS (CS§§) FOR ALL LOTS:

Growth Stage:          1 (low, medium and high density zones)
Bulldoze Cost:          § 160 - § 228
Capacity Satisfied:  CS§ 751 - CS§ 1,362 | CS§§ 190 - CS§§ 343
Pollution:                   7 - 12 (Air)/ 4 - 8 (Water)/ 9 - 17 (Garbage )
Pollution Radius:      5/6/0
Power Consumed:   16 - 28 Mwh
Water Consumed:    184 - 330 Gal/Month
Building Style:           Euro only
Occupant Group:      Commercial Services Building

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NOTE ABOUT DARK NITE vs MAXIS NITE:

This download contains files for dark nite users (and other night-time darkening mods, such as Gizmos night-mod). If you are unsure whether you have a night-darkening mod installed, then choose the Maxis night version contained in a separate download.

If you use the dark nite version, you will need a dark nite mod. Either: (https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/23089-simfox-day-and-nite-modd/) OR (http://gizmo.aplaceforwebsite.com/index.php)

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DEPENDENCIES:

To ensure proper functionality, make sure the following files are in your plugins folder:

*BSC Mega Props - CP Vol02.dat (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=2790)
*BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol01.dat (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=746)
*BSC Textures Vol01 - (https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=90)


To install, simply unzip the file into your plugins folder.

Thankyou and enjoy.

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@DavidDHetzel - yes, I do plan some American ones - I have a retro 'Bon Marche' - now a Macys - from Washinton state that I am waiting to grow in game and then it will be released

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21 minutes ago, mattb325 said:

@DavidDHetzel - yes, I do plan some American ones - I have a retro 'Bon Marche' - now a Macys - from Washinton state that I am waiting to grow in game and then it will be released

@mattb325 Nice, I'd love to see more new and unique retail in SC4, especially big box stores.

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What exactly do you mean by this: "These are all offered as growable 6x6, stage 1, medium wealth, Commercial Services on the EURO Tileset only."  I'm a pretty basic user of the game and am just starting to dabble with the myriad of custom content available on this site so I want to make sure it'll work for me before I download it.  It truly looks great!

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@thirstydeer - welcome to the world of custom content *:D

There are 4 tilesets in the game (the game has to be either "SC4 Deluxe" or "SC4" + "Rush Hour" expansion pack, the very basic game won't allow custom content to be used) which you can use to control what types of buildings are grown. The four tilesets are: Houston/New York/Chicago and Euro. If you don't change these settings, as a default, all tilesets are on, and the game builds from one tileset only every 5 game years.

By selecting only the Euro tileset, you will give these buildings the greatest chance to grow .

There is a little bit of further discussion here:

Additionally, to get a 6x6 zone easily in the game, press and hold the CTRL key while zoning the commercial zone to count out a square 6 tiles each side.

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