Problem with hole digging lots

[greg1904 1]

For some odd reason my hole digging lots are not working but the ground lifter is. Very strange can you help, is their a mod that its incompatible with or something? Please help i haven't been able to make good sunken highways in a long time Thanks, Greg

[SC4BOY 21]

You can't dig a hole that will drop the ground level to or below sea level

[greg1904 1]

but the land is on a mesa

[SC4BOY 21]

can't say then.. they've always worked for me, so I'd say take a look at the instructions to be sure you're doing as it suggests

(I've been using em forever.. 4 years? maywe longer.. ) they are crucial to me and my city construction.. How high is this mesa? .. I'm just shooting in the dark there.

[davidstriegel 2]

does it say usuitable grade? cuz thats what it says on mine

[Jazzmaster 716]

I've used the hole digging lots for a long time and noticed several things that could impact their performance.  Before trying to use one of these lots, consider the following:

1.)Will the ground go below sea-level? (I already know it's a "no" for you, just bear with me here)

2.)While in many cases the "unsuitable grade for construction" thing is a cop-out (it's some game bug that's preventing construction but the game itself doesn't know what), it could be the truth.  Your terrain has to be absolutely level before using them.

3.)Is there something nearby like a building that could be causing the problem?  In other words "if the ground were to drop 45 degrees by this building, would the building come crashing down?  If so, that could be inhibiting the construction of these lots.

4.)Is the NAM installed?  I know it sounds weird, but it's true...

The NAM is a very useful and well-sought after mod.  However as a third party mod it has some bugs that simply cannot be solved (mainly the CTD issue).

Because we do not have the same level of tools &/or degree of control over the game that Maxis does, some custom-based items may currently have Pathing, Graphical &/or other unknown/known issues with them, & exhibit behaviour that may not &/or should not occur normally. Unfortunately, some issues are beyond our control & as such may not be fixable at all. The following sections explains some of these issues in more detailquote>

I'm sure if you use the NAM you'd know what kinds of things come up...

Hope that makes sense/helped at all!

-Yoshi

[SC4BOY 21]

Good point yoshi.. i knew the 2 and 3 but didn't think to mention them.. but they certainly help assure working.. I've never had the NAM interfere in any way.. And I've been using it in all versions since it first came out.. .under what circumstances does the NAM prevent the holedigging lots from working? I've never had them to fail when conditions 1,2 and 3 were met.

[RebaLynnTS 276]

I have NAM, and have had for a long time, but never had problems with the hole digging lots becuse of it. Have you tried all of the digging lots? The rail is the most shallow, and best for testing if the land is too low for the others.

[davidstriegel 2]

well I got mine working(don't know how) thatnks for the info

[greg1904 1]

thanks everyone for your reply i reinstalled the game and its working fine now

Thank you all for your great advice!

Greg.