New mod: No fires or riots

[Bones1 96]

Tired of proving your firefighting skills for the 1000th time?    Yes, you have shown your proficiency of clicking on a burning building, but it's time to end those annoying distractions. This mod eliminates random fires (and riots, depending on the .dat file you install) from starting in your city, regardless of your fire coverage. Fires can still be started using the disaster menu.

I created this mod because I tend to be lazy with fire station coverage, and I get sick of having to dispatch fire trucks to fires that start in areas that don't have adequate fire coverage. I want to play mayor and city planner; not play firefighter!

 

I included two .dat files; one to eliminate only fires, and the other to eliminate both fires and riots. I know that riots are much less common, so I thought that some may only want to eliminate fires which is the reason for two dats.

 

Note that this mod could be considered a cheat, since it allows you to save money by not providing any fire stations or police in your city.

 

I'm not sure if there's a way to upload mods, like there is with BATs, so I've just attached the mod to this post, and started this thread.

 

Enjoy, and please let me know if you encounter any problems. I haven't noticed any problems myself, but you never know....

[scififan68 23]

Put this file on the STEX!... lol!! I think people will like this. Great job!

[Bones1 96]

I don't think you can upload mods to the STEX. At least, I don't see a category for mods.

The Modding Files section has no upload ability, so I can't put it there either.

 

I presume this is the forum for new mods. Am I wrong?

[Craigsters 3]

Currently  there are over 281 modds on the STEX, I just downloaded  some God mode tree's and money maker lot's from there, and multi function lots as well!.

 

 

I think Vlakhass is the STEX moderator, but please don't quote me on that, try PM'ing him and see what happens!.

 

[prince_of_sims 0]

If one of the admins finds this mod worthy of being uploaded to the modding files page, they'll do so.... that's the only way to get this modd on that page... altho u might wanna PM an admin to take a look at this topic

[Tropod 144]

Date: 7/17/2005 12:06:23 PM Author: Bones1

I don't think you can upload mods to the STEX. At least, I don't see a category for mods.

The Modding Files section has no upload ability, so I can't put it there either.

I presume this is the forum for new mods. Am I wrong?

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Historically, this forum & the open modding forum have been used to initially release modds. Upon which user-feedback is obtained (i.e. for issues/problems/etc) prior to uploading the modd to the STEX or Modding files section. Nowdays though, due to site upgrades, the Modding Files section can only be accessed locally. So I would suggest uploading this to the STEX. There is a modding files category in there (kind of a mix between modding/lots), it just isn't selectable when you go to upload (I'm not sure why this is).

 

 

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Upload these files to the STEX I say, they are worthwhile the upload and to offer to the general public. Great stuff!

I would like to have an *only no riot* modd, since I have a lot of riots , but only experienced one fire since the game came out. Guess I must have good fire coverage.

[Bones1 96]

Ask and ye shall receive. I split out the two functions. This updated version includes a mod for eliminating fires, and a separate mod for eliminating riots. You can use both mods to eliminate both, or use a single mod to eliminate one or the other.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

I keep my city schools,police and hospitals just a tip elow the lowest limit of the minimum financing and it happens very often that they strike, so this *No Strike* mod is more than welcome to me. Thanks a lot!

[Bones1 96]

Hmmm, the no riot mod should only eliminate the riot disasters in the game, not the strikes. Strikes you can just ignore, as they don't put you into disaster mode (unless the strike breaks out into a riot). Eventually, strikes will end, even if you don't increase funding. (But then, they'll promptly go out on strike again.)

Are you saying that the no riot mode is also eliminating strikes from happening in your schools and hospitals? If so, I'll have to look into that, as it would be an unintended consequence. It should prevent the strikes from becoming riots, or just riots starting in high-crimes areas.

[Slowhand 0]

Finally, someone made something like this.

And for that, I thank you!

 

It's a cool mod you made. No fires. Now I don't have to worry about fires. It also saves money.

 

Good,Good,mod....

 

 

[Bones1 96]

Thanks for the positive comments.

Okay, I tested the riot mod, and it works as I intended. It does not stop strikes from happening if you underfund schools and hospitals. That is not what is intended. Rather, it stops riots from occuring, where the game goes into disaster mode and make you direct the police to stop the riot. Riots are different than strikes.

 

I find getting the right game conditions for riots is a little difficult. You have to have a really horrible slum. Your people have to hate you. It's actually kind of satisfying to run a city that poorly.   Anyway, riots will occur constantly in such conditions, and they become as annoying to deal with as fires.

 

There are two disasters that can occur in the game, other than those the user can start via the disaster menu. There are fires, and there are riots. This mod allows you to turn off one or both of these disasters, so you don't have to bother dealing with them (they become annoying after awhile).

 

[Bones1 96]

Attached to this post is version 2.0 of the No Fires or Riots mod. This version fixes a bug that caused fires to occasionally start in abandoned building. However, in fixing this, it also removes fires that start from the disaster menu. If you want to intentionally start fires, you'll have to temporarily remove this mod.

[aerojad 8]

Heh, I've never had a riot. I'd like a mod to make them happen more often, just to see what they look like.

[Bones1 96]

You want riots? [:0]

Okay, you got 'em! Download this attachment, and stick it in your plugin directory. Run your city for about a year, and you should start getting riots. If you've got a very happy city to begin with, you may not get riots; if so, just run a city that has some not-so-nice areas.

 

Riots are fun to watch for awhile, but I really don't see the purpose in them other than to tell you that some areas of town don't like you much. They don't cause any damage. They basically just force you to deploy your police cars if you want to continue playing the game.

[Bones1 96]

Here's another version to create riots, which doesn't destroy your mayor rating. Instead, it causes riots to occur when your mayor rating starts getting down to the +50 level. (Normally, riots start occuring at around the -50 rating.)

So, you'd better keep your sims very happy, or put up with anarchy!

[chipersboy03 0]

Hey, the no fires modd just lowers the flammability rating right? If so, then could you make a more fires modd? I'm building san francisco from 1849-present, and I need to do the 1906 earthquake & fire.

[jacqulina 162]

is anyone having trouble downloading today,i cant seem to download

[Bones1 96]

The No Fires mod doesn't touch flamability. Version 1 did change the probability matrix of flamability to fire, and a few other probabilities, but for some reason fires in abandoned buildings still occasionally occurred. (The setting of probability multiplier for abandoned buildings doesn't seem to work.)

So, version 2 took a different approach. I essentially gave all areas of the city very high fire coverage, without actually changing the fire coverage (so it doesn't impact aura or mayor rating).