Problems Viewing Stex Buildings in Game

[kazerak2 1]

Before you all tell me that I need to check the dependecies on on all the lots I have downloaded, I have.  I have all the dependecies I need for the buildings. 

My problem is I just reinstalled Simcity 4 RH, it's running great but many of the building I downloaded are not showing up quite like they should be.  If I look at some buildings at a certain angle part of them will not be there?  If I zoom in to normal playing zoom level parts of the buildings will be missing?  I have to actually zoom out quite far to see the buildings in full & it's quite hard to play from that distance. 

The building that it is happening to are many of th HK BAT buildings (Bixle, paulvfomont I think that is his name)

If anyone knows hat is happening & could shed some light on this subject that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Indisguise 0]

what your missing is dependancies (aka other files you have to download seperately )

basicly they are ussually textures and/or props that get used in a number of different buildings, so they don't include them with the buildings...they have them as seperate files....so you only have 1 copy of them in your plugins folder, not having duplicates over and over again...which will slow down your game.

there should be a "README" file with the download thats should list all dependancies that the download requires to function or appear correctly ...if theres no readme file I say stay away from these files til you have more knowledge of the game, there are ways to find them out , SC4Tool program for example is one way, but will require a little bit of reading to be able to use isuch programs

PS... readme files don't list an of the official files...everyone assumes you have them already

[T Wrecks 10,209]

No precise info, no help. Have you patched the game? Has anything in the graphics settings (a) within SC4, (b) within your graphics driver, © within your OS been changed? Are default buildings also affected? Are features like anti-aliasing etc. enabled or disabled? Can you take a screenshot to show the problem? Have you tried a full reinstall yet?

[dadyrghluv 8]

system specs would be good, along with any patches u have installed

[Evil_Someone 1]

bldgpropvol1.dat and bldgpropvol2.dat is what you are missing there is a linky in my signature and find them there

[T Wrecks 10,209]

People, please read his posts. He reported incorrectly displayed buildings (e.g. HKABT stuff, which I should know rather well since I happen to lot and mod it) at closer zoom levels, and that buildings only get displayed correctly if he zooms out. This cannot be related to missing a prop or texture pack, and it cannot be related to missing the buildings as props downloads.

[Indisguise 0]

well that ussuaullly implies only small props that can only be viisable at closer zooms...I had this sort of problem when I was missing small shrubs, swing sets  potted plants in windows and ppl props that sort of thing.. when you zoom out....their too small to be seen and the boxes disappeared or are so small they are no longer visable

he not reporting it any any other buildings...so I don't think it would be any sort of graphic card or graphic settings..low Ram or virtual memory problems...that would affect other buldings as well

i will defer to you on bixels HK buildings T_Wreck...you most likely know more about them than I, does Bixel add any sort eater egss or special texture to his building that can be seen only at certain angle or close zoom levels  ?

 ould he have  a ID exemplar # that bixel and another lot maker just happen to use the same one ...and the game loading the other one last voiding one of bixel's

if you think thats a possible problem T...would changing bixels building folders name by adding zzz to the front and rechecking the game to see if the building appear correctly work  ? that or he just happen to get a corrupt download or file for some reason   ????

[Glenni 1,444]

Parts of buildings disappear you say?hmmm in what way? like the buildings are distorted? it sounds like a LOD error,but as bixel's and paulv's stuff is carefully tested ,that is probably not a LOD error then, but it could be all those other error suggestions:. :S

[KingTitan 6]

I had that problem also.....found out my settings in the options from the regeon view were set on Hardware. instead of software. Try that. might help. I like these posts and they are very helpful. But lets all rememember that we ALL were once new and all still continue to learn. lets not be mean to people. I have learned that myself.

[T Wrecks 10,209]

It's natural for small props to be visible only at the closest zooms, but it's definitely not normal for big buildings to become invisible or distorted at closer zooms. Glenni's thoughts about the LODs are somthing that came to my mind as well, though: Many HKABT buildings have customized LODs, but on the farther zoom levels, the game automatically switches back to box LODs. Now I'm using those HKABT buildings myself, and I never had a problem. This means that the error is probably not caused by the building, but by your particular graphics setup (hardware, graphics driver, graphics settings) or your particular game installation (damaged or corrupted files?). That's why I asked those questions...