Transfer PC regions to a MAC???

[jeffypop 0]

Okay, so I've become a mac person... and now I'm fully converted thanks to my success installing Sim City -- I can breathe easy.  But can I load my old PC regions in the mac?  I copied 'em over to the appropriate folder but that didn't seem to work.

[kbooms1w 1]

Yes, the EA version and the Aspyr port read game files the same, performance is a whole different matter.

I'm guessing you transferred them to the wrong Plugins folder, PC to Mac translation are:

MyDocs/.../Plugins (pc) = Documents/.../Plugins (mac) This is the one to transfer for Regions

Programs/.../Plugins (pc) = Applications/.../Plugins (mac)

Did you get Windows installed? or are you playing on the Mac side? Don't give up on the Bootcamp/Windows installation, once you get it up and running, the game is much better on the Windows side.

[jeffypop 0]

I actually got a copy for mac, though I haven't given up on bootcamp yet. I had transferred them to the REGIONS folder... I guess that was wrong. So, I have to put them in the plugins folder like all the rest of the STEX files? Innnnnteresting...

[jeffypop 0]

Hmmm... didn't work. I wonder if maybe I installed the game wrong, or put it in the wrong place. Unless... we are talking about the same thing, right? I want to load my old cities+regions from my PC on the new mac...

[kbooms1w 1]

No, I wrote that wrong. DONT put them in the Plugins, they go in Regions.

My Documents = Documents

Programs = Applications

was all I was trying to say, whether it's Regions, Plugins, etc.

[Fred360 0]

Hi.  Did copying the region folder (and city files, plus whatever else is in the region folder) to the mac equivalent let you play the region created on the PC?

I copied the region and its files from the PC to the Mac into the Regions folder.  There is apparently a Regions folder both from the Documents and the Applications directory.

Applications: Simcity 4 Deluxe: SimCity 4 Data: Regions

Documents: Simcity 4: Regions

I can't tell if the two separate Regions folders are aliased to each other or not.

When I try to play:

I see more than one Region called "Timbuktu" (from the PC).  When I select either, they start with the default region: does not reflect the population or cities I created in my PC region.

-The Plugins folder just seems to have .png files, no city files.

-I don't see a Downloads folder

**Should there be two different Regions folders on the mac?

Thanks for any comments or tips.

Fred