New Airport Updates and Support

[joerg 281]

RH Airport Pack

 

Thanks

This is now version 1.1 of the RH airport pack by Joerg with the help of The7Trumpets, Teirusu, RaphaelNinja and soon to have the help of DM, Tropod, ALTX, and ATPJohn.

 

Installation

First let

[corryzahn 0]

I know I've seen this somewhere before, but for the life of me, I can't find where it was now that I need it...

 

I have the airport stuff installed, and it was working great until I installed the RH patch (which I know did some stuff, and that's why there's a NEW airport pack).  SO, I went into my city and destroyed the existing airport, as I thought I had read that you shouldn't put the new airport pack in with the old one.  Then I went into the My Documents\sim city\plugins folder and took out all the lots from the pack, and then into the program files\maxis\sim city\plugins folder and removed the .dat file.

 

When I went back into my city, I get this...

 

 

There are areas that seem to be held by some of the airport pieces although there is no base texture on any of them.  I cannot demolish them, I can't de-zone, zone over, plop anything on top of, volcano, terraform, etc to get rid of this...

 

I really would like to get rid of this stuff so I can get the new airport stuff for RH... please tell me that I didn't do something to completely destroy my city...

 

I should focus on reading instructions better... DAMN DAMN DAMN!

[Losing Streak 0]

I noticed that in the update just before last (the current update in the lex doesn't seem to want to download) one of the airport lots is in the parks menu as an open paved area, no big thing just thought you ought to know.

[joerg 281]

There will be a new airport pack coming out as soon as i get some files from Teirusu. The changes are listed above as version 1.2

[Teirusu 38]

Hey Joerg, just so you know I posted a new file in the other thread. Gots three blank airport lots for you to play with. Again, sorry it took long.

[joerg 281]

Thanks a bunch Teirusu you saved the day. I had just mentioned this in the open mods discusion as you posted these. I will go download them right away.

[joerg 281]

NEW UPDATE V1.2

 

Tell me what you guys think all the info about the new version is at the top enjoy!

[oc48designer 0]

Wonderful, when can we download ????? Merry Christmas to all , I have to wrk, Homelard Security and all that happy stuff. Sure glad it's double time and a half !!!!! Steve

[MrK 0]

I think your Airport lots are amazing Joerg, and v1.2 sounds like another great update.

It's the "Airport Tram" that really caught my attention - any more info on this?

Can't wait for the release of 1.2 - any dates yet, or am I just being impatient?

[joerg 281]

Its Out guys and gals. You can download it from the old airport pack ont he LEX. Yah i know you have to dig through all the other lots to find it but the lot has been updated and you will see a nice V1.2 stamped on it. Just download it delete the old one and plop the new one in its place and please read the readme.

 

Oh and the Airport Tram is basically another functional airport but it looks like a parkign facility and tram stop where sims drop off there cars in one city and head to the city with the airport in it. Basically this makes the airport pack usefull on the regional level.

 

Anyway this is my present to you guys enjoy.

 

Oh and this is my 1000th post yea!!!!!!!!!

now i cant post for awhile just so i can savor the moment

[MrK 0]

Thanks Joerg, off to download it now - what a great Christmas present!

I don't know what we'd do without your lots, keep up the good work and a very Merry Christmas!

[Dippit 0]

Thanks for the airport tram thingee Joerg! MayorVieira and I have been talking about an small airport lot which would enable you to spread the effects of the airport pack on a regional level, and now we have it! YAY!

[comoneymaker 0]

i put all 3 in my F:\Maxis\SimCity4\Plugins but i still dont have the options for the airport...just the basic 3

[121759 2]

Joerg, You can have a couple of hours to savor your 1000th post (congrats), but I have an inquiry. Is there a way that you can spread the effects of the lots included in the pack... ie: each runway should provide demand cap relief, each terminal provides CO & CS jobs and added capacity appropriate for it's size, the security and fire training lots have the same effects as police and fire dept lots. Having everything incorporated within the control tower doesn't seem right.

Edit: I see you already did the police and fire thing... I'm a little slow on the uptake today. Holiday fever you know.

[joerg 281]

I would love to do that but that would require tons and tons of work. I would need to completely redo each lot. And about 30 blank airport lots woudl need to be made something i dont know is even possible. It would have been nice to have started the airport pack after the release of the blank airport lots but sadly i did not.

 

The control tower is usually a one time use object at an airport and it is very important and i knew i would only need one so it was the logical choice. And anyway the pack was never designed to make a whole new game out of simcity 4 like it has almost done for me it was designed to simply look good my own first pack i used long before you guys ever got one wasnt functional in anyway it has been along ways sense then.

 

comoneymaker

Im not sure what you mean by having all 3 in your plugins folder. But im guessing you mean you have all 3 airport packs. But you need to delete the old ones if that is the case.

[iebear 2]

oh my !!!!! I downloaded your Christmas present to us and I'm in shock (quick someone, call 911) It is beautiful. All the additions, the attention to detail, the add ons (fire and police) the fixes (connectors) the new stuff (transit parking so if you don't have a major Airport on your zone, this will transport you to the neighboring one). Now I can put a huge Airport on one of the smaller areas and have everyone go to it. Thank you so much. This group of lots deserve 10 for each improvement and add on.

[fire47251 0]

I have a problem with your new airport lots v1.2. Whenever I try and place the FAA control center, my game shuts down. I dont know the reason for it.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

[comoneymaker 0]

i downloaded the 3 packs at the top of this page and put them in the simcity4 plugins folder (not the mydocuments one) and i have no old ones cause i just got rush hour....i load simcity and i dont have the new airport options

[joerg 281]

A couple of really wierd errors. Hmm. Do you have everythign i list as needing in the readme? Also has anyone else experienced these 2 problems? I tested them out on 3 different copies of Sc4 before i released and i didnt find any errors. I will go back and test somemore though. And does the crash happen with the airport tram aswell? Also try placing the pack in both the my docs/sc4/plugins folder and the regular plugins folder.

[BarbyW 40]

No problems with my d/l. I love the Airport Tram terminal, thank you, joerg.
Barby

[fire47251 0]

It only happens with the FAA control tower, the airport tram works fine. I will try to put it in the regular plugin folder, also.

[stlmizzou 0]

What has worked for me is the three plugin prop ones i put in the maxis/simcity4 plugin folder, and i put the actual airport in my folder, so far it has worked perfect for me. ANYWAY mazing lot, i love the options you have given us for our airports.

[DuskTrooper 314]

I think I'll try it out!

[121759 2]

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On 12/24/2003 2:19:49 PM joerg wrote:

The control tower is usually a one time use object at an airport and it is very important and i knew i would only need one so it was the logical choice. And anyway the pack was never designed to make a whole new game out of simcity 4 like it has almost done for me it was designed to simply look good my own first pack i used long before you guys ever got one wasnt functional in anyway it has been along ways sense then.

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Are you kidding me Joerg? Nah, you didn't create a new game but you gave it a bunch of botox shots and some silicone implants. Between your packs and everything else Pegasus is doing, there's just a whole new flavor to the game. You've set the bar pretty high and I'm just responding to that. I realize a request like that would take a bit to implement but, to me, it just seems like the natural order of progression. I'm also considering the things you could do with the BAT but that's another post. I'm sure that my requests are possible with Easy Tweaker and Dat Gen and if I had the time, I would love to figure it out but I thought you might be ahead of me so I just wanted to nudge you a little bit. I'm not trippin'. I've gotten more than should be expected already. Especially if you've got other cool ideas coming down the pipe. I'm just waiting for someone to give me some real nice military base packs (hint, hint, hint) to add in my regions as well.
Love your work. Keep it coming.

[comoneymaker 0]

yea i downloaded all 3 packs you link at the top of the page and its in the folder where simcity4 was installed ....no new airport options though. also if i build a really big airport with it does it support the population accordinaly ?

[joerg 281]

comoney i just dont know what to tell you man i cant think of anything. Thats very odd do you have rush hour? Other than that and the prop packs i just dont know. You may want to ask about it in the mods section they might be able to help but i have tested it on my computers here and now one friends computer who only has the plugins specified and RH and it all worked fine.

 

As for adding airport abilities to all the lots it is possible but saying it would take a bit to impliment is a huge understatement. You see there is really no way around doing this other than remaking every airport lot i could spend a wekk or two working 4 hours a day just redoing all of the lots. And then i would have to have Teirusu make about 28 blank lots for these lots which i dont know if thats even possible. And then i would have to go through and change everythign in datgen. Sure it can be done but the price to do it isnt worth it to me and im sorry people but if i dont want the mod then im not making it i make mods so i can nejoy the game more and the simple adding of capacity to every lot isnt going to be enjoyable to me. Same reason i probably will never try to tackle an army base. I did make a few tiles for a shuttle launch facility but i dont see them as being of good enough quality to upload. And i may one day attempt a seaport collection.

[comoneymaker 0]

yea i got rush hour...maybe your links up there are wrong....cause the files seem kinda small

[joerg 281]

The links are good the files are small becuase they dont need to be very big and even if you dindt have those it should work. Im guessing you dont have the dat installed in the right place or you have a previous version still in one of your plugin folders.

[morifari 65]

the airport tram is a good idea. however, it's a bit too bulky for my needs. if i edit it in the lot editor, will it still work as intended?

[comoneymaker 0]

i dont have previous version cause ive never installed it soo...well im going to try the my documents folder