Village idiot desires help with addons(very basic problem)

[seaniesean 0]

Hello, i suppose this is a technical problem.  The trouble is, i went on the mods/downloads section and got a file called "realistic greenish water".  I unzipped it and out came a dat file.  Now, i don't know where to put it.  The file did not come with a "read me" or anything, which is very annoying for those of us who just stumble in.  I've tried finding some info, but the "basics" guide in the mods section doesn't seem all that "basic" to me.  So, if anyone knows where i should shove the .dat file (resist the temptation to be rude), i'd be jolly grateful if they could tell me.

Cheers.

PS I'm using SC4.  Sorry, forgot to mention that.

[TheAngryTomato 0]

There are one of two places you can put it. You can put it anywhere inside My Documents/SimCity 4/Plugins or Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Plugins, but most prefer the My Documents one. If you are the organized type, you can make a folder in your plugins folder that says 'Mods' for any mod you download, like the one you are speaking of.

[seaniesean 0]

thanks, angry tomato!  I'm certainly not very organised, so my documents it is.  While you're here(if indeed you are still there), do you know if there's any way of exporting sim city regions to other 3d formats like an obj or a lwo?  I've just downloaded sc4 terraformer, and i can import png's and bitmaps to sim city, but i want to get them out again in another 3d format.  Do you know any way of doing this, or of viewing the regions from other angles besides isometric? 

If you can't help, then nevermind.  Perhaps you've got some clue where i might find some help with this?

Thanks again for your help!

[TheAngryTomato 0]

I've always wondered the same thing, but I've never seen a way to do it. That would be a pretty cool addition to the terraformer...but at this point, I don't think it can be done. Sorry.