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About This File
Short description:
A while ago, a collection of Italian-style lots – the so-called Italian Collection, by simcity4ever88 – has been restored by the moderators of Simtropolis Exchange because the files had been stored on an off-site host which is not available anymore. After downloading this collection, I realized that it contains a huge collection (more than 1,000 lots!) of partially really beautiful buildings. Unfortunately, however, some of them are really poorly modded, up to the point that they may freeze SimCity 4 upon scrolling over them in the in-game menu, and, occasionally, the lotting isn’t much better. Therefore, I’ve improved both lotting and modding of some of these buildings. Real life doesn’t allow me to do this on a regular pace, but I’ve had a little time to work on some of the lots.
This is a collection of several growable wall-to-wall apartments fitting well in dense urban settings. While it needs to be said that their rather unique look will make it difficult to mix them with modern buildings (and each other), they greatly help adding some “flair” to your cities. All lots have been modified to improve the lotting and modding a bit.
For further information, please refer to the Readme in the download.
Available languages: The building names themselves are in Italian, the Readmes (there are no in-game descriptions with growables) are in English and German.
Dependencies:
The Italian Collection: This plugin contains all building graphics.
Link: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/28443-the-italian-collection/
How to properly install the Italian Collection:
Make sure to think twice before just tossing all files coming with the Italian Collection into your Plugins folder. You may obtain hundreds of lots in your game menu that you cannot (or don’t want to) make use of them; and some of them are growables that you can’t control. Please take yourself time to read these instructions.
Step 1: Download the Italian Collection and unpack all files.
Step 2: Look into all subfolders of the Italian Collection and decide for yourself if you want to keep the buildings/lots you are getting – I’m literally talking about more than 1,000 lots! If not, just remove the corresponding files with the file extension .SC4Lot. You can remove or keep all of these files as it fits you best, this won’t affect the functionality of my plugin. You only need to keep all files with the file extension .dat, .SC4Model, and .SC4Desc.
BSC VIP Girafe Flora Pack: contain some mayor mode ploppable trees.
https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/27-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-vip-girafe-flora
Various prop/texture packages: These just contain props, retaining walls, or textures and no lots.
- Various Lot Foundations and Retaining Walls: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/31346-various-lot-foundations-and-retaining-walls/
- Aqua Textures 1: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/28675-aqua_textures_01/
- BSC Common Dependencies Pack: https://sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/3-sc4d-LEX-legacy-bsc-common-dependencies-pack
Installation:
Please move or copy all existing files (except the Readme files) into the Plugins folder of your edition of SimCity 4. To uninstall this plugin, please bulldoze all instances of these old town building lots in your cities and then remove all lot files coming with this plugin from your Plugins folder.
How to use the blocker files:
All files with a file name starting with zBlocker_IC will (as long as they load last) override the content in their respective counterpart file, making the growth of the residential buildings impossible. For the sake of good organization, I’ve placed all files with blockers in their own folder, named zBlockers. As already mentioned, the purpose of these files is to give you more control over letting them grow or not.
To make sure that these buildings grow, just remove the blocker files from your Plugins folder. To block these buildings, just put them back into a place where you can make sure that they load last (ideally in the folder zBlockers; you may want to keep the file name like this to make sure the folder loads after the folder with the normally growable lots).
Compatibility:
This plugin should be compatible with all versions of SimCity 4. If not, please feel free to tell me.
Credits:
@simcity4ever88 for creating these buildings in the first place.
Support:
Please feel free to post issues, bug reports, and suggestions in this thread:
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