SC4Tool - Reference and Visual Editor for BATs and Lots

[Andreas Roth 614]

Date: 2/5/2006 5:19:00 PM Author: joeynymets hi i recently downloaded the update, now when ever i start the tool i get a 'Error creating directories' message. Any idea why?

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Did you install the update in the same folder as the previous version? What version was installed before? If you haven't added custom information to the building database, it might be the best to uninstall the old version and install the current version (full installer).

[joeynymets 19]

ok thanks i will uninstall it and try the full installer

[Frolius666 0]

Hello,

Can anybody tell me how to transit enable diagonal rail with the SC4Tool?

I use the SC4Tool for all my transit enabling, but this is the first time I experimented with a path file.

This is the lot (so far):

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//rail%2045

[Andreas Roth 614]

I'm not an expert when it comes to transit enabling, but I'm pretty sure you can't do a diagonal TE with only one tile. All diagonal stations that have been released so far have two tiles, so I suggest to examine them how they are set up.

[Swamper77 90]

To do diagonal transit-enabled tiles, you need to use 01 and 03. I have never attempted to do a diagonal transit-enabled lot, but I think 00 gets replaced with 01 and 02 gets replaced with 03. You will have to experiment with it. And you shouldn't need a pathfile unless your network height is different than the default (ie GLR) or if you have some odd routes that you want the vehicles to follow. The game's network RULs account for connections to transit-enabled lots, including diagonals.

-Swamper77

[robertbeepbeep 0]

wer and the heck do you download the glr mod i dont want the stations i want the acherall glr file i have serched every were is it.I got the puzzel peices but nothing else

[Andreas Roth 614]

Date: 2/9/2006 6:58:13 PM Author: robertbeepbeep wer and the heck do you download the glr mod i dont want the stations i want the acherall glr file i have serched every were is it.I got the puzzel peices but nothing else

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This thread is not about the GLR mod, but about SC4Tool. And using mad smileys doesn't help...

[Buggi 684]

What additions/features is simrolle working on these days?

[allan_kuan1992 6]

I think there is a bug in the Comparer. Recently, I've been noticing that the Comparer will refuse to upload information from my National SimCity Plugins folder in D: drive, which contains all my SimCity downloads for the moment after there was little room in the C: drive. I currently have about 400 MB of files downloaded, and this problem happened after I passed (what I think is) a hidden limit in how many files that the Comparer can hold. I'm having to upload each directly separately, and its time consuming... can someone fix this?

Allan

[SUICO 129]

Andreas or Simrolle, I am using more and more your great tool, and I have what i think is a bug in the Transit enable tool

 

When you add a transit enable and right click it and choose the ff option after if tyou want to come back there it shows you this error:

Cast from string FF to type integer is not valid. I hope this can help you to make this tool even better.

 

And i have a question about it. I want to make an eye candy only transit enable entrance to my lot, but no way what options i set the lot permit passing trhough it even transit enabling only one tile

 

What do I have to do? I don t want to transit enable it in the old way at the ilive

Can you gimme detailed instructions for this?

[Andreas Roth 614]

@Buggi: I haven't heard much from simrolle lately; he's busy with other projects at the moment. But be assured, if there's something new, I'll post it here immediately.

@allan_kuan1992: Thanks for the note, I'll pass that information to simrolle so he can check if it's a but. We spent quite a lot of time on the comparer to ensure everything works properly, but there could be some bugs left. As long as the path settings in SC4Tool's options are correct, the location of the files shouldn't matter, and the size of your plugins folder should't harm either...

 

@SUICO: So you only want a road connection, but not an actual transit enabled lot? For this, only transit enable the tile that should be connected to the road/street/whatever into this direction (i. e. south; see jeronij's question a couple of posts above), and remove any Transit Switch properties (or set them to 0).

[Cmdr.spok 0]

ALRIGHT!!!!! I've have been trying the link to get the download for weeks, and I still can't get it! . Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please ... help me get the tool. I love your work, but i've been keeping my mouth shut for sooooo long. I tried patiently waiting for the link to be fixed, but I've waited too long. If I'm being a dork, and the link really does work, well, I formely apologize now.

                                                    Cmdr.spok

[lightsaber 0]

Hi Everybody!

That's my first post in this awesome forum, so please apologize me if my netiquette is not perfect and above all please apologize my English cause it's not my first language.

 

Anyway...let's get serious: I am using this beautifule piece of software SC4Tool is but I have some problems when I try to save some modifications made on the transit switch proprieties of some lot.

 

After saving the modifications and re-open the lot file when I try to open the switch proprieties folder I get an error message telling that there was some compiling error and the suggestion to use the jit debugger to solve it. The final results is that the folder is no longer accessible and I have to overwrite the lot file to use it again!

 

is it a SC4Tools bug or is it something due to the lot file?

 

Thanks!  

[vester_DK 477]

Date: 2/13/2006 11:09:56 PM
Author: Cmdr.spok

ALRIGHT!!!!! I've have been trying the link to get the download for weeks, and I still can't get it! . Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Please ... help me get the tool. I love your work, but i've been keeping my mouth shut for sooooo long. I tried patiently waiting for the link to be fixed, but I've waited too long. If I'm being a dork, and the link really does work, well, I formely apologize now.

Cmdr.spok

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Okay Cmdr. I am not sure where you go wrong, but I will try to tell you what I have done. Click on Andreas's useful links. Then click on Download SC4Tool v2.0.0. That will take you to simszone.de from where you can download it. I have just done this, so it should work.

[Andreas Roth 614]

@lightsaber: Could you please send the error report that is displayed to simrolle or post it here?

[wybs 0]

Could any body please tell me what I need to have so that i can use SC4 tool. I have win 98 for my OS.


Thanks wybs

[Andreas Roth 614]

Date: 2/14/2006 6:36:59 PM Author: wybs Could any body please tell me what I need to have so that i can use SC4 tool. I have win 98 for my OS.                         Thanks wybs

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The system requirements are listed on the download page (see useful links in my sig, as vester_DK already pointed out).

[lightsaber 0]

@Andreas: sorry Andreas I was not at home yesterday and I couldn't post the error message.

I will post it today!

[lightsaber 0]

@Andreas: here it is the error message I was talking in my precedent post(it's a bit long...sorry):

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Exception: Invalid CellRange for this operation
at C1.Win.C1FlexGrid.CellRange.set_Image(Image value)
at sr_SC4Lib.sr_ExemplarPropEditor.ShowTransitSwitch()
at sr_SC4Lib.sr_ExemplarPropEditor.NeueAusgabe()
at sr_SC4Lib.sr_ExemplarPropEditor.ShowProperty()
at sr_SC4Lib.sr_ExemplarPropEditor.set_ExemplarProp(ExemplarValues Value)
at sr_SC4Lib.sr_NewValueEditor.DisplayProperty()
at sr_SC4Lib.sr_NewValueEditor.TreeView1_AfterSelect(Object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.OnAfterSelect(TreeViewEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.TvnSelected(NMTREEVIEW* nmtv)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.WmNotify(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.TreeView.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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SC4Tool
Assembly Version: 2.2.7.0
Win32 Version: 2.2.7.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/SC4Tool.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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SandBar
Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/SandBar.DLL
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SandDock
Assembly Version: 1.0.6.1
Win32 Version: 1.0.6.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/SandDock.DLL
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sr_SC4Lib
Assembly Version: 2.1.3.0
Win32 Version: 2.1.3.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/sr_SC4Lib.DLL
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System.Data
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.data/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.data.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 7.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 7.10.3052.4
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/microsoft.visualbasic/7.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/microsoft.visualbasic.dll
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sr_Resources
Assembly Version: 1.0.2205.21686
Win32 Version: 1.0.2205.21686
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/sr_Resources.DLL
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Eyefinder
Assembly Version: 1.0.4.2
Win32 Version: 1.0.4.2
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/Eyefinder.DLL
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C1.Win.C1FlexGrid
Assembly Version: 2.5.20052.212
Win32 Version: 2.5.20052.213
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/C1.Win.C1FlexGrid.DLL
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C1.Common
Assembly Version: 1.0.20031.116
Win32 Version: 1.0.20042.118
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/C1.Common.DLL
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FSHLib
Assembly Version: 0.3.2.41616
Win32 Version: 0.3.2.41616
CodeBase: file:///C:/Programmi/SC4Tool/FSHLib.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:





When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.

[Andreas Roth 614]

Ok, hopefully simrolle can track down what's wrong. He was in hospital for a few days (appendix surgery) and is now recovering, so hopefully, he'll be back in action in a few days.

[Dupontfan24 0]

Andreas Roth: hi, I downloaded the SC4tool, but it won't load when I try to open it, I remember seeing a list once of everything i needed to have installed to make it run, and I don't thing I have them all, and I can't remember where the list was, could you plaese dicrect me to where the list is or what I need installed for it to run smoothly, thanks alot.

[Andreas Roth 614]

I just answered this questions a few postings above. There's also a readme file included into the download - so I advise you to actually read it...

[simrolle 18]

Hi to all,
sorry for not answering your questions for a long time, but as Andreas said,
i was in hospital for a few days. Only a small thing, but with complications....
I can't sit very long in front of my pc, so i'm a little bit behind my timetable.

To your questions:

@lightsaber: You are right, something seems to be wrong with the TransitSwitchPoint
in your building exemplar. Could you please mail the corrupted file to me so i can have a quick
look to it.

@allan_kuan1992: I know about this problem and i'm actually working on this. Till it is done,
try to extend the virtual memory of your pc.

@Buggi: We are planning a lot of new features, for some of them the main coding is actually done.
The main new features:
- Growable <> Ploppable changer
- UI-Editor
- Prop-Viewer and included a Skin-Changer for vehicles
-
But first of all, a cleanup of the current code is necessary, especially memory usage (see above)
needs to be updated.

@SUICO: Sorry, but i don't know what you mean if you say TE for eye candy only. Could you please describe it again ?

@Andreas,Swamper77,Vester_DK: THX for support

@ALL: Developing SC4Tool took a lot of time and it is totally free to use, like Reader and DatGen are.
As a recognition for hours and hours of coding,testing,fixing and so on,
please donate to ST to allow Dirk keep this amazing site alive.

THX
simrolle

[brtim2 11]

I have a question, has anyone else had a problem with textures overriding each other? I had 6 textures I made at once, each one with new ids, and they all looked the same. I have a group of textures assigned to me and I did as Barby told me to. It started fine for me as the first couple work as planned, but the most recent ones do not.

TE as eye candy again, I think that means just to have the road enter the lot but does not work as a station of any sort. Just so the road visually enters into the lot instead of deadending at the lot. I think.

[mr_helm 0]

Hi where do I download this tool from?

[vester_DK 477]

You can download it from SimsZone.de: SC4Tool, English downloading page

From the SFBT you also get the SC4 Startup Manager, English downloading page.

Normaly there was a link in Andreas Roths signatur file, useful links. I hope he gets it's working again.

[BBGun06 0]

I downloaded the full version from the website, extracted and ran the installer.  When I try to open the program, i get this error message:

I used the default install folder and didn't change anything, is there something else I need to download? Thanks for your time, I really need this tool for something I want to do.

[Andreas Roth 614]

Did you install the Microsoft .NET Framework, as stated on the download site and in the readme file?

[BBGun06 0]

Thanks, I read the readme but missed that part.

[festdave 0]

Has anyone done a Mac-compatible Buildings Database? I'm not up to the level of editing game properties, but I'd just like a reference for the potential buildings (even just a big PDF). I tried Andreas' database, but it downloads as an EXE, which I can't use. I tried searching the STEX on "building reference," "lot database," and some other variations, but nothing at all came up.