SimMars Project - Modd Squad, please help here

[AndisArt 2,068]

Thx Andreas, that is helpful! I found it on my Vista now.

[AndisArt 2,068]

Hi all,

we are currently attempting to create an .exe file as a launcher program for SimMars.

The launcher should make it possible to start SimMars individually from SimCity 4.

This is done by having a folder called "SimMars" in your "My Documents", which will be renamed to "SimCity 4" upon launching the .exe file. The original "SimCity 4" folder will be temporarily renamed until the game is exited.

We already have a file that does exactly this. However, there is one big issue with it: The program does not check if any of the subfolders of either "SimMars" or "SimCity 4" are in use / open and if they are it creates issues (probably Windows is preventing the folder from being renamed because it is in use).

The use who created the .exe has been out of touch and until we can fix this we're sitting on a ready Beta 3 pack which we cant release...

Would anybody know what we can do?

Maybe recommend a program we could try?

[Andreas Roth 616]

I have no idea about programming, but why not using the SC4 Startup Manager? It basically does the same thing, once you set up a "SimMars" region profile properly.

[AndisArt 2,068]

We've been recommending using the Start-up manager for Beta 2.

Going forward we would like to have a stand-alone application though.