3D Camera DLL for SimCity 4 1.0.0

Can I screenshot my game using my own Android? I heard pcwhiz's mod bricked an iPhone.

Edit: yeah, this mod is real. I thought it's just a fool. It turns out, I'm a fool lmao!

I would love to make pictures like in the preview! you need to clue us in, memo!

Wait wut this is real? You've really pulled off the ultimate April Fools joke with us thinking it's a fake.

Man casually pulled of "nAH It'S jUSt foR FUN"
- PROCEEDS TO IMMORTALIZE SIMCITY4 

21 hours ago, Jidan said:

Can I screenshot my game using my own Android? I heard pcwhiz's mod bricked an iPhone.

Think about that for a second and you’ll realise quickly it can not be true.

Windows apps and dll files CAN NOT be ran as apps on Apple computers or under the heavily locked down walled garden of iOS. So if a phone got bricked, it was nothing to do with these files.

Also, how can taking a photo using your camera brick a phone? Just stop and think before posting things like this. Sadly people will believe all sorts of spurious junk and spreading myths is just unhelpful at best. 

Now I am confused how this works, considering all models only have their 4 angles rendered?

2 hours ago, AP said:

Now I am confused how this works, considering all models only have their 4 angles rendered?

All are 3d models, capable to be seen from many angles!

2 minutes ago, TG24 said:

All are 3d models, capable to be seen from many angles!

to my knowledge all 3d models are rendered from the 4 SC4 view angles and the 5 different zoom levels and then saved as images that get projected on the building LODs - I have gone through the process thousands of times...

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

 

13 hours ago, rsc204 said:

Think about that for a second and you’ll realise quickly it can not be true.

Windows apps and dll files CAN NOT be ran as apps on Apple computers or under the heavily locked down walled garden of iOS. So if a phone got bricked, it was nothing to do with these files.

Also, how can taking a photo using your camera brick a phone? Just stop and think before posting things like this. Sadly people will believe all sorts of spurious junk and spreading myths is just unhelpful at best. 

"Spurious Junk" ..... my new band name

Pure evil of you Memo to post on April 1st 

When the community ran out of April Fools jokes, the greatest joke left was to release a real 3D camera mod.  What a great honor to the Simtropolis tradition.  It's a little clunky since the game is kinda 2.5D, but here's to the future of DLL modding!

12 hours ago, TG24 said:

All are 3d models, capable to be seen from many angles!

No they aren't, only S3D models have full geometry (incidentally, the ones I'm used to making). Which is why this mod shocks me.

21 hours ago, AP said:

Now I am confused how this works, considering all models only have their 4 angles rendered?

Because the game is a mix of True 3D models and pseudo-3D ones (a typical BAT model). The LODs of an isometric model are essentially a shell with which the game 'pastes' textures upon. These textures are pre-rendered, so SC4 doesn't have to do that work in real time, which is a huge resource saver over true 3D. However the game itself has a full 3D engine and includes full 3D elements, mostly automata and transit models.

So it is possible to create this mod, however since most BAT models aren't really 3D, there are a lot of visual problems running outside the intended camera angles which as we've seen the past few days, can distort things greatly.

One of the best mods this site has ever seen.  Definitely the best April Fools "joke" this site has ever seen... fooled me for 3 days .

Video demo and some basic instructions

 

I HOPE TO GOD someone can make this work for MACOS users  I'm missing out in all the fun!!

5 hours ago, IDMTINP said:

I HOPE TO GOD someone can make this work for MACOS users  I'm missing out in all the fun!!

Unfortunately, there's nothing the SC4 modding community can do there.  All the power lies with Aspyr and Apple. 

Apple's Hardened Runtime and Software Notarization requirements after Catalina basically prevent anything like DLL modding from existing on macOS, and actually killed off the little bit of support there had previously been for early DLL mods (i.e., SC4Fix) via simmaster07's SC4MacInjector.

While there are things Aspyr could do, at least in theory, to work around that, given that they won't even patch their port for proper nightlighting support after being hounded by the macOS SC4 userbase, it's extremely, extremely unlikely that they would do anything, especially since they'd have to get approval from Apple to make those sorts of changes.

-Tarkus

6 hours ago, IDMTINP said:

I HOPE TO GOD someone can make this work for MACOS users  I'm missing out in all the fun!!

You could try to run the Windows version of the game on macOS by using Wine or one of its wrappers like Whisky, RunOnMac, Wineskin, Crossover, etc.

Looks like this made the news:

https://gamerant.com/SimCity-4-change-camera-angle-3d-mod/

SimCity 4 was definitely not made to be a true 3D game, so results may vary, 

However, this mod is an innovation that many have been waiting for for many years. It is an amazing example of "thinking outside the box" approach. I can't remember anything this revolutionary since I first logged on this site.

Not all angles will look good, so it's not a "one size fits all" solution. It all depends on how well the buildings and objects used for a city have been rendered in the first place. However, it is a fantastic tool for creating city maps which, with the overhead mode, is easier than ever!

Wonderful idea and flawless execution. Congratulations to @memo!

Here's over 100 3D camera shots I have taken over the last few days https://imgur.com/gallery/zYEpaQ0

That's really great but for some reason i can't get it work.

11 hours ago, mitsos said:

That's really great but for some reason i can't get it work.

me too

On 4/11/2024 at 9:11 AM, mitsos said:

That's really great but for some reason i can't get it work.

 

On 4/11/2024 at 8:41 PM, davide1983it said:

me too

You guys need the latest digital version for these new DLL mods to work, and only that version from now on. Check out this thread. 

 The Future of SC4 Modding: The Matter of Digital vs. Disc, and Windows vs. macOS in the DLL Era - SC4 Modding - Open Discussion - Simtropolis

I uninstalled my cd version for the GOG version, which was on sale for £3.99 in the UK last month just for this mod. 

10 hours ago, SneakyDeaky said:

 

You guys need the latest digital version for these new DLL mods to work, and only that version from now on. Check out this thread. 

 The Future of SC4 Modding: The Matter of Digital vs. Disc, and Windows vs. macOS in the DLL Era - SC4 Modding - Open Discussion - Simtropolis

I uninstalled my cd version for the GOG version, which was on sale for £3.99 in the UK last month just for this mod. 

I run digital version but stilll nothing. Thanks for the link, i hope that 'll help me to find out what's wrong with the mod