How to download regions

[xena99 12]

I don't know how to download regions properly for me to play. Can someone out there tell me how....thanks

[JackStraw 19]

First, you find the map you want to download from the STex.

Then click on the thumbnail of the map to open another window.

On that window, you will see a download link.... click it.

Then another window will open and a greyscale image will be in it.

Place your cursor inside the center of the greyscale, and right click. Choose "save picture as"... save it to somewhere you will know how to access it.

Then close the window. Now, next to the download link you will see a link that says Config or something close.

Click it. A box will open, choose "save"... save the config to the same folder where you put the greyscale.

Now, go start SC4. create a new region and name it. Exit the game. Go the folder wherwe you saved the greyscale and the config. Locate the config, click it and then choose "move file" on the left side of the screen.

The new Region should be located in My Docs>SC4>Regions>your new region.

Complete the move into that folder. If it asks you do want to replace the file named config with the new file name config, choose yes.

Now open sc4 again. Open the new region you created once more. When the region is loaded press Cntrl,alt,shift,R. A box will open. Locate the greyscale you downloaded and double click it. You should then see an hour glass, this means the new region is now rendering. The render could take as much as two hours to complete. If nothing happens then yuo did something wrong.

[Vandy 110]

Hello, xena99.

I would suggest you read the following OmniMaps -- Mapping and Terraforming information articles located in the Ominbus section of Simtropolis:

For "standard" maps on the STEX that use grayscale images, read the Installing a Region Downloaded from the STEX article.

For maps created with wouanagaine's SC4Mapper application, read the Installing a Map Created by SC4Mapper article.

For maps created with wouanagaine's SC4Terraformer application, read the Installing a Map Created by SC4Terraformer article.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

My thanks to CrazyFinger for his answer and help to xena99.

Regards,

Gary (Vandy)

[xena99 12]

Thanks. I'll try that out

[joejakejoe 0]

I have tried all of the above and still cannot get new maps to load in SC4. After I double click on the jpeg file there is no hourglass, just the yellow box around a "city".

[yace 0]

it asks me to risize the file when i put the .jpg image of the region...