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General and technical discussions for Aspyr's SimCity 4 Mac version.

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Cities XL and Mac

By scottstachowiak, January 3, 2010
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- scottstachowiak
- January 3, 2010
night lights

By joeymozzer, August 29, 2009
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- 622 Views
- EdouardB
- December 28, 2009
Game over.....

By joeymozzer, July 30, 2009
- 6 Replies
- 941 Views
- tarrina
- December 28, 2009
SC4 on iMac 21.5 in (Boot Camp)

By sargunster, December 26, 2009
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- 616 Views
- sargunster
- December 26, 2009
Simcity 4: Rush hour crashes on Snow Leopard - **SOLVED**

By Fiiu, December 18, 2009
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- Fiiu
- December 18, 2009
NAM & others files.

By Simgiov, December 17, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 413 Views
- Simgiov
- December 17, 2009
Can't see some buildings...

By Bjarstkular, December 17, 2009
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- 382 Views
- Bjarstkular
- December 17, 2009
Simulation Speed Crawls Although Cheetah Speed Is Selected

By theimperialdragon, December 17, 2009
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- 627 Views
- theimperialdragon
- December 17, 2009
Mac Help!!! Downloading STEX files and putting them into the game

By Jazbo, December 7, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 607 Views
- TEG24601
- December 14, 2009
Map assistance

By NeoPrankster, December 13, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 303 Views
- Xyloxadoria
- December 13, 2009
Major help needed with NAM

By joeymozzer, December 10, 2009
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- 393 Views
- joeymozzer
- December 10, 2009
Game becomes unstable

By chazbrew, November 28, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 372 Views
- chazbrew
- December 7, 2009
Need help with streets

By cougar6, December 1, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 352 Views
- SC4BOY
- December 3, 2009
Adding vehicles

By Kraiger, November 30, 2009
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- 309 Views
- Kraiger
- November 30, 2009
Can't Install Regions on Mac?

By em1990, November 10, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 852 Views
- Hamish
- November 12, 2009
Reset Regions Help!

By em1990, October 30, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 2,068 Views
- jim 546
- October 30, 2009
Dependencies

By joeymozzer, October 28, 2009
- 2 Replies
- 469 Views
- Hamish
- October 29, 2009
Brown Paper Packages

By enchkevi, October 19, 2009
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- 502 Views
- enchkevi
- October 25, 2009
Windowed mode for SC4 on a mac

By billybob123, October 16, 2009
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- 2,451 Views
- areek
- October 24, 2009
Video settings on the Mac version

By corryzahn, October 16, 2009
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- 486 Views
- corryzahn
- October 16, 2009
Disappearing Cities

By humanleague, October 5, 2009
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- 482 Views
- Hamish
- October 12, 2009
Question...

By Northsider, October 11, 2009
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- 371 Views
- Hamish
- October 12, 2009
CAM for mac

By Dumbledore, August 9, 2009
- 14 Replies
- 3,637 Views
- chicagoflo
- October 10, 2009
Problems with some Plugins

By JAYardman, October 9, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 436 Views
- John Kirby
- October 10, 2009
Disappearing Cities

By humanleague, October 5, 2009
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- 310 Views
- humanleague
- October 5, 2009
Cheats?

By OnitzukaScorpion, August 28, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 906 Views
- TEG24601
- October 5, 2009
Greyscale Maps

By redrummage, September 23, 2009
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- 483 Views
- redrummage
- September 26, 2009
How to exit full screen?

By Nef89, September 2, 2009
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- 8,785 Views
- Nego16
- September 26, 2009
Snow Leopard and SC4?

By expatjasonusa, September 2, 2009
- 11 Replies
- 5,601 Views
- feorag
- September 26, 2009
This game makes my blood pressure rise. Maybe somebody can help?

By hmacdona, September 22, 2009
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- 493 Views
- John Kirby
- September 22, 2009

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- Network Addon Mod Submenu - Open Alpha
  
  By AsimPika3172 · Posted: 52 minutes ago
  
  Huh? New version? But no files due to site crash....
- Post Modding Requests Here
  
  By CorinaMarie · Posted: 1 hour ago
  
  (There is @Propfam's Cap Lifter as a separate mod. I can only speak for the Ag one and it works exactly as advertised. (See my review on their mod.) While the others would fall into the cheat category (and that's fine for city painters), the Ag one is really a bug fix.)
- Post Modding Requests Here
  
  By Kel9509 · Posted: 2 hours ago
  
  I don't think this is a modding request. However, to answer your question I think that the problem lies in the use of the SuperDemand mod (which one are you using?). That is a cheat that, in my view, breaks the game's playability and the balanced growth that otherwise would occur. It will max out the demand for all job types. However, in practice I do not find that (despite the demand bars being maxxed out) it does not max out residential growth. Residential growth won't occur if there isn't any demand, or if there is a Demand Cap being applied despite the SuperDemand Mod (not sure what the specific mod is but I wonder if it eliminates all Demand Caps?) but more importantly, demand is created through the census drives from natural job growth. The census drives occur due to a combination of factors. It seems like the SuperDemand mod artificially is showing you high demand but you might still be experiencing a Demand Cap, or otherwise despite the demand being high on the graph growth is not occurring due to lack of other services. I'd toss out the SuperDemand mod from your plugins folder and apply some needed fixes to make the game play right: Less Abandonment Mod, I-R fix, I-HT fix, and some other fixes depending on your gameplay (like the No-Kickout mod). If you're playing using CAM Core then most of those fixes should already exist. If not, they can be downloaded here and applied. Those are not cheats, they're fixes to make the game work as intended. Then, let your game run and natural demand will stabilize. Make sure you have educational buildings if you want high-tech industry or dense offices, and enough other civic services to encourage natural growth (no crime, high healthcare, etc). Also, make sure that you plop enough civic reward buildings or parks to lower the Demand Caps. If these terms are new to you then please read up on these concepts in the Census Repository Facility documentation and its tooltips. If the Demand Caps are low, civic services are good, and jobs are naturally occurring, residential growth will occur. EDIT: I notice you say you're growifying residential buildings. Are you sure that you're using the Growify Mod properly and that they do not become abandoned after a bit of time due to misuse of the mod? You should growify them right after stopping the game clock, and plopping them. If manually growifying them using the cheat, you have to type in "Growify R M" for growifying a residential lot as a medium zone lot, or "Growify R H" to growify it as high-density residential. A growified lot is othwerwise still subject to abandonment and dilapidation like other naturally grown lots.
- Show us your Night Shots!
  
  By TheTimvh1 · Posted: 6 hours ago
  
  Asian Shopping District. First showcase since the site went down (and later resurrected;)
- Scoty's small tinkering
  
  By hugues aroux · Posted: 7 hours ago
  
  So, as they say: "Photo not contractual" (it's a JPG with some compression) .. But ... Yes yes, you have a good eye; even at Zoom 4, the rails are heavily blurred on its main layout; the contrast is more pronounced on other surfaces .. and this choice is fully deliberate. To limit the DXT3 artifact, I chose this color and grain ; There are too many variations around the world, so... I have to choose. And above all, I noticed in numerous aerial photos of about twenty (or more) cities that at this altitude (zoom 4) the railway tracks are no longer clearly visible! It's all about light... and humidity . That's perfect, that suits me fine !
  Notice how well the rails catch the light at zoom level 5...
  
  I hope you will find it satisfactory despite this "fading" of the rails.

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