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

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Graphics Glitch

By bullatzi9, May 23, 2009
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- TEG24601
- May 31, 2009
A Few Questions

By John Kirby, May 24, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 629 Views
- John Kirby
- May 25, 2009
How to import things when the game is mounted?

By Bressani, May 20, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 645 Views
- tSlater
- May 24, 2009
Issues with OS X 10.5.7

By asteegabo, May 19, 2009
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- 832 Views
- asteegabo
- May 24, 2009
still having trouble!

By Bressani, May 21, 2009
- 2 Replies
- 469 Views
- Vigilante1987
- May 21, 2009
Moving to a Mac

By MPD01605, May 15, 2009
- 9 Replies
- 670 Views
- SODATWIN
- May 21, 2009
Mac plugins?

By Mr. B4tes, May 20, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 646 Views
- Vigilante1987
- May 20, 2009
How to import things when the game is mounted?

By Bressani, May 20, 2009
- 0 Replies
- 391 Views
- Bressani
- May 20, 2009
Graphics issues with my mac

By joeymozzer, March 28, 2009
- 19 Replies
- 1,390 Views
- TEG24601
- May 20, 2009
Low customers shopping

By joeymozzer, May 18, 2009
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- 902 Views
- unityx
- May 20, 2009
NAM: Tab button?

By SmileGoff, May 8, 2009
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- 1,053 Views
- SmileGoff
- May 18, 2009
Changing graphics

By Bjarstkular, May 17, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 481 Views
- TEG24601
- May 18, 2009
Class Action Lawsuit Against Aspyr
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By nspeds, April 7, 2009
- 37 Replies
- 2,520 Views
- SODATWIN
- May 18, 2009
How to import new buildings

By macmaniac, May 12, 2009
- 2 Replies
- 1,189 Views
- macmaniac
- May 13, 2009
Applications for mac?

By Exis10ce, May 2, 2009
- 2 Replies
- 626 Views
- doorknob60
- May 9, 2009
Rail Stations

By joeymozzer, May 3, 2009
- 5 Replies
- 741 Views
- mayorbk
- May 3, 2009
Game not working?

By joeymozzer, April 23, 2009
- 6 Replies
- 674 Views
- Hamish
- April 26, 2009
Water cheat doesn't work?

By Lise, August 8, 2008
- 16 Replies
- 5,672 Views
- annabelinda
- April 23, 2009
Downloads

By joeymozzer, April 21, 2009
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- 847 Views
- joeymozzer
- April 22, 2009
Problem with downloaded buildings.

By superchicagoman, April 18, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 633 Views
- bwatterud
- April 19, 2009
Night Lights Fixe

By nspeds, April 13, 2009
- 1 Reply
- 531 Views
- bwatterud
- April 14, 2009
Problem with HSRP

By MrMoonlight, April 13, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 684 Views
- TEG24601
- April 14, 2009
Problem With NAM

By spinecharmer, April 13, 2009
- 4 Replies
- 551 Views
- bwatterud
- April 14, 2009
RTMT V4 for the Mac

By z1, April 13, 2009
- 0 Replies
- 1,003 Views
- z1
- April 13, 2009
Really strange textures since I started playing again.

By Moby92, March 3, 2009
- 8 Replies
- 737 Views
- TEG24601
- April 11, 2009
Building Walls

By dturner9, April 6, 2009
- 3 Replies
- 515 Views
- d_j_p1
- April 7, 2009
Problem Putting on MODs

By Quatropette, April 7, 2009
- 3 Replies
- 573 Views
- Quatropette
- April 7, 2009
Help with graphics please, specifically texture or transparency

By HeatherW, March 5, 2009
- 8 Replies
- 776 Views
- joeymozzer
- April 4, 2009
Installing new NAM version

By joeymozzer, April 1, 2009
- 6 Replies
- 1,411 Views
- TEG24601
- April 2, 2009
what exactly is NAM?

By joeymozzer, April 1, 2009
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- 777 Views
- Hamish
- April 2, 2009

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- Processor HQ: File Processing Info & Discussion
  
  By Cyclone Boom · Posted: 50 minutes ago
  
  Just to note, the system only allows clearing message banners once all recorded downloadable file entries are restored (excluding images).
  Another quick tip for clearing message banners... Firstly, filter by With Message Banner. This sorts first any which can have banners removed. Then click the corner checkbox: Then click Clear Banner from: And finally the confirmation of how many will actually be cleared: It sure saves a few clicks this way.
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  By Cyclone Boom · Posted: 2 hours ago
  
  New Server Backup System I'm pleased to confirm that ST now has fully functional daily offsite backups. This means the backed up data is entirely separate from the ST server. Each day the system creates a fresh database export to 2 different storage vaults, and syncs across the entire site files. This includes system files, and everything inside the /objects directory, containing all user uploaded files from the STEX and the site. We've made this work by only copying what's new, so the process is very efficient. If for any reason a backup fails, the process will send us an email, so we can promptly rectify any issues. As of this post, the system has been functioning flawlessly for 5 days. The backup is on a Hetzner storage box, and we're making use of their automatic snapshots feature. This allows us to easily rollback to a previous backup if need be. Additionally, Cori and I will be making periodic local backups of the files, and copying them to external HDDs. We've learned from the mistakes of not having full offsite backups. This now means the future of Simtropolis has rock solid foundations.
  There's a notable difference:
- Processor HQ: File Processing Info & Discussion
  
  By Cyclone Boom · Posted: 2 hours ago
  
  (By the way, I've moved all our posts here to the Processing thread. This one had no replies in yet, so was feeling lonely!) I think initially we can have a new thread where any info about files after Feb 28 can be compiled. These will be the most challenging, since there's no database record of them, and unfortunately the Wayback Machine hasn't archived many ST pages from March or April. A few authors have re-uploaded content since, but we'll have to try and identify any gaps. Perhaps I could develop a slightly different tracker once we have some info. That'll be a big help @CaptCity for the collection of files you downloaded. That will build strong foundations of a files list. Once there are no more missing downloads, at that point it's fine to remove message banners, to make the download button available to click. Images might take longer indeed to fully restore. Longer term the more images we can get added the better, but I think the key is visually communicating what a file is so downloaders are aware. As long as we achieve that with what's seen (for one or several images), that'll be a success I believe. Yeah, that sounds reasonable. The verification can only be completed once there are no missing downloads or images. As Cori said, the idea with the banners is to prevent people clicking Download and running into File Not Found errors. So this way whenever seeing the Download button, it gives confidence it should work. Very much so, and we ought to be mindful about that. While it'd be ideal to restore all images we can, the key is presenting file entries in a well enough way for the downloader to fully appreciate the creation prior to downloading. Of course for many very old STEX files, they only have tiny thumbnail images. I believe that was due to the small file size limit at the time, or perhaps something got lost for the originals? For files which have a main pic but missing thumbnail, it'll be because the Wayback Machine restoration only found one and not both. On entries with a full sized image, I'm inclined to create something to fix those up in batch. So I think for now, best focusing on replacing missing files and full sized images. It might be a future project to add better images to older content. But for sure, one thing at a time...
- Processor HQ: File Processing Info & Discussion
  
  By CaptCity · Posted: 2 hours ago
  
  Ah, thanks. Just saw your edit. That was part of the reason I raised the question. I wasn't sure what to do if others were providing their own files but maybe hadn't re-posted images.
- Processor HQ: File Processing Info & Discussion
  
  By CaptCity · Posted: 2 hours ago
  
  I certainly hope that we can get things back as close to what they were before, and the tracker is an excellent tool for reaching that goal. I do, on the other hand, think that the image thing might create sort of a bottleneck if we make it a determining factor in 'releasing' the items. While it would definitely be a positive to have the original creator's material available, it may be difficult to get. Getting images for the thumbnails, at least, might be doable by loading content into the game to make new ones. I had to do that a bit in other efforts to restore some older content. And yes, it is easier said than done - maybe we need a new committee... Anyway, just thinking out loud...

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