downloadable cities?

[Bigdogx4 1]

Can anyone tell me if there is a place or another site [besides the official Maxis site] that you can download whole cities to  play?  I've not been able to download cities from Cityscape with my new laptop and was wondering if there is any other site out there that has "city sharing" or something like this???

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Im not sure if there are any sites besides the simcityea.com  were you can download cities, but you can try https://www.sc4devotion.com/.

[Darth Apple 54]

If you know any spanish, you can download some here. http://descargas.capitalsim.net/?sitio=csc&cat=1 I joined, and know very little spanish of my own. I find that if you know a little, you should do just fine.

I hope that this helps you Bigdogx4.

--blakesterville.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Originally posted by: Aaron Graham

Im not sure if there are any sites besides the simcityea.com  were you can download cities, but you can try https://www.sc4devotion.com/.quote>

SC4D doesn't allow cities to be uploaded to the LEX, just like here on the STEX.

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Ok, I did not know if that web site had any cities to download. Sorry

[Bigdogx4 1]

oh well, thanks for the help anyway, guys. Does anyone know if there is something wrong with the simcity.ea.com site, that I can't get a city to download correctly?

The site will say it's downloading the city I want, and even shows the correct file path (c:users/clayton/documents/simcity4/regions/downloads), but when I check that file, it's empty.

Has anyone else downloaded a city succesfully from there lately?

[SC4BOY 21]

If you mean the two sample cities (forget .. maxisland or something like that and a city for rushhour or whatever) then yes.. I dl'd them about 2 weeks ago and it was fine then..

[Bigdogx4 1]

OK, thanks, SC4Boy. I almost suspect something is wrong with my computer because the site says the cities are downloaded to the right directory, but with Windows7, I'm not sure what's going on anymore.

thanks.

[tungston 19]

Originally posted by: Bigdogx4

OK, thanks, SC4Boy. I almost suspect something is wrong with my computer because the site says the cities are downloaded to the right directory, but with Windows7, I'm not sure what's going on anymore.

thanks.quote>

If you can't access the "Program Files" folder, try installing the game outside of the Program Files folder.  Vista, and Windows 7 don't like outside programs editing inside those folders.

[Bigdogx4 1]

If you can't access the "Program Files" folder, try installing the game outside of the Program Files folder.  Vista, and Windows 7 don't like outside programs editing inside those folders.


Actually, I can access the "program files" folder and all the other SC4 file chain, it's just that the "Documents/SimCity4/Regions/downloads" folder is empty-- after I just got done downloading city files to that specific folder (so it says).

For some reason I have a "Program Files" folder AND a "Program Files (x86)" folder on this machine. I don't know why or whats the difference, but the default instalation path always wants to send stuff to the "Program Files (x86)" folder.

I thought for ease of installing plugins, etc. I should install the game [sC4Deluxe] in the regular "Program Files" folder.

Again, not sure why I have the two different Program files folders and don't know why that would matter for purposes of downloading from the EA site???

Should I be using the (x86) folder for everything? And why would it matter?
Sorry if this is just elementary, but I'm not that knowledgable about this stuff yet and on my old computer everything just downloaded and installed as it was supposed to without me having to think about anything.
Thanks

oh ya, I should also add that this is only pertaining to downloading cities from the "Cityscape" area and not from the "Cool Stuff" area where you can get the optional region and/or city.

[tungston 19]

You have a "Program Files (x86) because you OS is 64 bit.  The x86 folders are for 32 bit programs.

Some of the downloads at simcity.ea.com are self installing exe's, and want to install in the Program Files folder, or the "My Documents" folder.  Vista uses just "Documents", so that may cause an issue with the downloads, I am not sure about that.

Most of the custom content can work properly in the [My} Documents Simcity 4 folders.

Which flavor of Windows, or OS are you using?

[Bigdogx4 1]

I actually have Windows 7.

um..... I guess I better get my game moved or just re-installed in the right folder then-- Program Files (x86)???

I wonder if that's my whole problem then.  oops.

I guess this is my crash course in 64bit operating systems (pardon the pun).

[Legosim 14]

I found this region full of cities at a file sharing website: Im not about to even download it, might be a virus

http://www.filefront.com/3821790/Sim-City-4---Simolean-Valley-Model/

[Bigdogx4 1]

Ya....  thanks, but I think I'll pass on that one.
As soon as the page began to load, my antivirus software went berserk!

thanks for the help anyway.

[tungston 19]

Originally posted by: Bigdogx4

I actually have Windows 7.

um..... I guess I better get my game moved or just re-installed in the right folder then-- Program Files (x86)???

I wonder if that's my whole problem then.  oops.

I guess this is my crash course in 64bit operating systems (pardon the pun).quote>

I haven't installed the game on a 64 bit yet, but I will soon, I just loaded a 64 bit Win 7 on an XP machine.

[Bigdogx4 1]

Thus far, the game works fine on Windows 7. The ONLY real problem I've had is this one with downloading from Cityscape.

Other than that, it's much less troublesome than I had anticipated.

Thanks for your help, though. And good luck with that.