A1 Clongowes Castle 1.0

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is it possible to also retrieve files from the old Maxis SC4 exchange?

(Can't do a direct quote from a review.)

I'm not sure, but the WaybackMachine has lots of goodies in it.

For now I'm concentrating on The Old EA SimCity 3000 Building Exchange since I'm currently the default moderator for the new SimCity 3000 forum.

I'm just wondering: Would it be a good idea to create a "Custodian" account for these purposes?

On 17/05/2017 at 10:41 AM, T Wrecks said:

I'm just wondering: Would it be a good idea to create a "Custodian" account for these purposes?

That could be arranged. But since these are legacy files, I don't think it matters too much either way since credit would be given.

If Cori would like to continue uploading these (as intended following Dirk's approval), it may be nice for her to receive the occasional Rep as a by-product reward for retrieving, packaging and uploading them here. With hundreds if not thousands of them, it'd require a mammoth effort after all.

(Should the quality of content resemble anything to the old SC4 EA exchange, I'm guessing it's not worth restoring all of them.)

1 hour ago, Cyclone Boom said:

....If Cori would like to continue uploading these (as intended following Dirk's approval), it may be nice for her to receive the occasional Rep as a by-product reward for retrieving, packaging and uploading them here. With hundreds if not thousands of them, it'd require a mammoth effort after all....

It may be worth setting up some kind of "I would like ..." topic .... people can go thru the old exchange and point out to Cori the ones that should be retrieved ... it should end up a more manageable list

51 minutes ago, catty-cb said:

It may be worth setting up some kind of "I would like ..." topic .... people can go thru the old exchange and point out to Cori the ones that should be retrieved ... it should end up a more manageable list

Nice idea. Should anyone have preferences or favourite buildings they recall, it would certainly help narrow down the total. Especially with the filter list on the Wayback, the accompanying preview images are there at least to give some visual indication for anyone searching. If there really are 10,000 buildings, I suppose it's not even worth uploading 10% of them given the likely inconsistencies with quality.