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About This File
This file includes a collection of novelty region maps for SC4.
There are 4 regions in this package, each one is an 8-bit grayscale indexed bitmap, the 'Donut Mesa' and 'River Valley Delta' also include SC4M files which may be opened and installed using SC4 Mapper or Terraformer.
Upon installing the region folders the regions will appear at the bottom of the list in-game as they are each named with a leading 'z' in the 'region.ini' file.
z Bridge Loop Plains
z Donut Mesa
z River Valley Delta
z Tileset Metro
Bridge Loop Plains
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A map specialized for connecting large tiles through bridges and tunnels on small tiles in-between. This may correct the Eternal Commuter Bug, or it may just be a great map for building visual networks and large cities.
Donut Mesa
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This is the original novelty map I made when I first studied map-making in SC4. I began by drawing a 'config.bmp' in the shape of a donut and then enlarged it to grayscale map size, painting the elevations by hand in MS Paint. This map now includes an SC4M version.
At that time I wrote a tutorial on map-making which was included in the map package, but is now published on Simtropolis linked HERE:
River Valley Delta
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Many major cities in the world throughout history are built on delta lands near the ocean. Here's a blank one to start your own civilization. The map was drawn and lightly contoured using MS Paint.
Tileset Metro
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This map is similar to the map layout in SimCity 3000. There is one central large tile with 4 large tiles on each side of the square. I originally designed this map to demonstrate the 4 tile-sets in SC4.
For a complete inventory of each tile-set see the 'SimCity 4 Building Index' HERE:
The four tilesets are: Chicago 1890, New York 1940, Houston 1990, European Contemporary
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Indexed Grayscale Height-map
This region folder includes a demo of the indexed grayscale heightmap showing the water and land heights rendered according to the indexed shade of gray used. Also showing the best land heights for building bridges.
The original demonstration can be found on Simtropolis linked HERE. Also featured in the Simtopical section HERE
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The folder named SC4M contains files for the 'Donut Mesa' and 'River Valley Delta'. These files were made using SC4 Mapper.
INSTALL instructions are in the readme.txt and html file in the zip package.
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Thanks to @CorinaMarie for some helpful critique, technical details and editing on this project. For more discussion of methods of making maps see: C.O.R.I.M.A.P.S. - A Tutorial for SimCity 4
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NOTE:
The grayscale height-map could be 8-bit and 256 shades of gray, but it must also be 'indexed' specifically as a grayscale image otherwise SC4 will simply render a flat region.
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More of my novelty regions maps...
What's New 2.1 View Changelog
Released
Revision, added 4 more maps. Added indexed grayscale height-map demo.
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