can't bulldoze building

[Nekar 0]

Hi guys!

I've got a problem in one of my bigger cities. There is a small high school, but it is full of school kids, so I wanted to replace it by a bigger highschool. The only problem is, it doesn't want do go away. When I try to bulldoze it, then it looks like it's falling, but under the falling building appears a new one. And everytime I  lose 90 §imoleons.

I can only delete it by putting up a few volcanoes, so that they hide it, but that destroys all the buildings next to it.

Can somebody help me? I know I had this problem already, but I can't remember what I did to solve it.

I am using Simcity 4 + Rush Hour expansion pack ( no deluxe edition9.

Thank you!

[eedoon 0]

Try re-plopping the high school again from every direction and then bulldoze it.

[Nekar 0]

I already tried. It says, that I can't build there because the space is blocked (by the school).

[prince_of_sims 0]

is this highschool a building that you downloaded?

[Nekar 0]

no. it's the one that was in the game. The smaller high school, that you have in Simcity 4.

[mrbisonm 1,622]

Build another one somewhere else (far from this one) and then try to bulldoze it , just to see if it's in the game or the emplacement, that is causing the problem. If it gives the same problem, then it is either in that city/region or the game, meaning it is caused by a mod or another download. If not, try building the same school around the one that doesn't want to be destroyed , then choose the bulldozer and destroy all these other schools around it, including the one you want to get rid of.

Good Luck

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

If that didn't work, just how many plugins do you have?   You may have to do a bad plugin search.  Because there are so many possible combinations, not everyting can be tested, so be prepared.

[Nekar 0]

Well I've tried what you suggested, mrbisonm. But it didn't work.

I've got quite a lot of downloaded buildings in Simcity + the Network Addon Mod + a few power new power plants (such as microwave) + a few hospitals + the RAH Watair cleaner and all kinds of stuff. The only real mod is NAM .

[mrbisonm 1,622]

So? Did you build another highschool somewhere else and is it undestructable also?

[Nekar 0]

no. It's funny. I can destroy everything else (except garbage )

And it's only the schoolbuilding. The tiles and the parking cars and so on, I could destroy.

This is so annyoing!

[mrbisonm 1,622]

If I understand right, the same building you plop somewhere else can be destroyed, right?

Hm....strange....it must be a bug in that city then.

Did you try to build it in another city and destroy it there? Did that work out fine?

[Nekar 0]

That worked fine. It's only in that city. I know I had that problem once before, but I forgot how I solved it.

[Spoonie 0]

I had a similar problem with a med-center next to a monorail line. Had to destory everything around the center, including 4-5 sections of the line.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

@Spoonie:  Welcome to our conversation.  How did you solve this problem in fact?  Was it a bad lot or modd?

[Tolomar 5]

BTW...what was the lot and or maker of the lot

maybe we could take a look at the particular lot...see if it a bad lot, and see if we can get it fixed...or deleted from the STEX if it can't be fixed

I've had lots which were badly made an did overwrite and mess up the origial buildings, but never from STEX...omnly from the official site

[mrbisonm 1,622]

Yeah, if you solved the problem, we would like to know also. I think though that it is a cityproblem, if it happens only in this city and on that spot.

[Dark_Jedi06 13]

Building the exact same building next to it facing the exact same way, then bulldozing them both together should work. I know I had this problem with an airport terminal and that method worked like a charm.

[jackel.22 3]

i had the same problem with one of the geothermal powerplants off the stex i ended up deleting the whole city.

you could always try building the army base and seing if you can blow the thing up with that tank or chopper.

if not use some of the god mode tools and raise the land  or  tornado/firestorm it or something.

i also remember that i downloaded a building once and when i bulldozed it the base texture was left preventing thing from growing there. the only way around was for me to plop a medical clinic on top of the lot which worked. then i deleted the clinic.

maybe try the landfill eraser ? i heard it can mess up the game but it allows you to delete un-dletable things so it may actually work.

[Nekar 0]

yeah! I tried putting a building in exactly the same position next to it, but it still didn't want to go.

The only god tool that works is the volcanoe, but then I have to destroy the surrounding buildings as well.

The autosaurus and the Robo whatever it's called don't work. whats the landfill eraser and where can I get it??

[jackel.22 3]

erm someone posted it on the boarsds a month or 2 ago. however that topics been cleared because of the new site. erm.... honestly i cant tell you where to get it and as i didnt bother downloading it my self i cant send it to you. 

ps: i think it used to be in the stex, try searching for it there..... it might have gone though after the update.

[Nekar 0]

I've solved the problem. Well not completely. I dezoned the school (don't ask me why it worked =).

ANd then I was able to build a hospital over it.

The only weird thing is, that I still can see part of the school sticking out, and the school is fully functional. Kids are still going to school (inside the hospital ^^).

Well thanks guys. I'll just continue on playing like this.

[jackel.22 3]

the trusty medical menu comes in handy again. its amazing what they can fix  

at least you got 2 for the price of 1 now lol

[Spoonie 0]

Originally posted by: N_O_Body @Spoonie:  Welcome to our conversation.  How did you solve this problem in fact?  Was it a bad lot or modd?quote>

 

Thanks for the welcome N_O_Body.  I only  started "playing" SimCity 3 weeks ago, so I can't tell you if it was a bad lot or modd that caused the problem. As a matter of fact, I'm still reading your forums to learn the game. (Great site by the way!)

I had a new city with apx. 50K sims with  light residential, commercial, and ID, zoned.  Heavy street traffic, went to roads, then avenues,..... still congested.  Well, time to experiement with MT, using a monorail system.  Configured the monorails around existing structures..., decieded to change monorail direction. When I bullldozed the rails, a med-center was slightly to the right of a rail section. "Dozed" the center several times, but  it came right back. Tried to rezone over it, dezoning  it, & rebooting computer. Nada!  

So I destoryed the surrounding buildings and continued outwards, until program allowed me to destory it.

I noticed the med-center had a darkish brown color to it, as if abandoned . The only modd I'm using is the Network Addon Modd. I think you guys call it  "NAM"? Is that right?

Is it a lot or modd problem? Or just a game quirk?

Thanks

System specs:

SC4D-RH

P4 2.80 Ghz, 2Gb DDR Ram, 800 Fsb, 260 Gb Hd, XP Pro

[mrbisonm 1,622]

Dezoning a school? ......hm....and I thought I have seen everything in the game....lol.

Well I am glad that you could at least build something on top. It must be a bug in that city, that happenes sometimes.

Kids are still going to school? Children's Hospital?

[Nekar 0]

jepp. thats right. So actually I'm saving space. =)

[rocketoink 3]

mrbisonm; Don't think I myself haven't seen this phenomena a thousand times. For example, I was trying to make a naval port with ingame lots, landmarks in game and on the STEX,tree lots and PEG's naval ports. I was demolishing one, and I tried to replace it,but it said the port was still there.I tried and tried until I thought to try and dezone the space like landfill. It worked. And that wasn't the only case. You will see it soon.

[cyrus1979 7]

I had this issue with a hockey venue. To resolve I had to bulldoze suroundings, including high rises and fully used hospital, build the venue adjacent to the offending building (which had even stopped showing the correct description on mouse over) then bulldoze the pair together. Extreme measures but happy I got the space back.

[rsc204 21,836]

You know this topic hasn't been updated since 2007 right? This is the immortal lot problem, it can usually be solved with Ripplejet's Immortal Lot Remover tool.

[cyrus1979 7]

Well fancy that. (: but seems somebody is still paying attention (; I hadn't played in a while and hadn't heard of that tool. Thanks.