Is it possible to store your regions elsewhere?

[SeeSpotSplat 0]

Hello,

I have searched the forum, the internet and indeed the world to no avail.

I would like to change the path to where my regions are stored (to a network path if possible) so that more than one person can play off of the same region without replacing files and such. After seeing how many mods there are to the game I figured I should try asking =)

Thank you,

Artur

[tungston 19]

That would not be possible, they have to be in the *Documents\SimCity 4\Regions.

[TimeMaster 4]

Originally posted by: tungston That would not be possible, they have to be in the *Documents\SimCity 2\Regions.quote>

That is correct...

[simsmart 1]

Originally posted by: tungston That would not be possible, they have to be in the *Documents\SimCity 2\Regions.quote>

That is incorrect. =P

It's C:\Users\#User#\Documents\SimCity 4\Regions

[tungston 19]

You're right, I made a typo, nice catch. But then we know we were not talking about SimCity 2, don't we?

[SeeSpotSplat 0]

So there is no way to modify something in a dat file or some registry key... Darn

Thanks for the quick responses!

[SeeSpotSplat 0]

Ok, I figured it out!

Its a bit sneaky and works only in Vista. In essence you trick SimCity into thinking the network location is actually "C:\Users\#User#\Documents\SimCity 4\Regions"

So what you do:

1. Backup your regions!

2. Move your Regions folder to a network location (lets say \\homecomputer\Regions)

3. Make sure you give the folder full permissions for everyone.

4. Go to the command prompt(Run and type in cmd)

5. Navigate to C:\Users\#User#\Documents\SimCity 4\

6. Type in mklink /D Regions "\\homecomputer\Regions"

That creates a folder in your simcity 4 folder that links to the networked folder. This way two computers can access the same region at the same time and create parallel cities. When the cities get saved, the regions are updated. You can even both have the same city open, just not save(since the file is in use)

I hope this is useful to someone =)

[High_Riser 0]

Well, if you get a USB stick and have SC4 installed on both computers, you might be able to work something out. (Make sure you download the same buildings on both computers, otherwise something might not work.)