SC4Tools and .sav-files question

[heitomat 156]

This is kind of a beginner's question. I've also tried to locate the "SC4Tools Support Thread", as the readme says it's at Simtropolis, but with no luck.

I changed the properties of some lots with the Exemplar Editor and saved. This caused a .sav-file to appear in the same folder, and with the same name, as the edited lot.

Then I used DatPacker and noticed that all the .sav-files caused a "superseed" message. Now what should I do? Ignore the "superseed" message, or can I safely delete the .sav-files without having the properties jumping back to what they originally were? Or neither..?

Any help appreciated.

[un1 41]

You can delete the .sav files, they are just backups of the files in case the SC4Tool encounters a saving error and have no purpose after the file was saved.

[heitomat 156]

Thank you very much for your reply. I will do as you said. 

[Andreas Roth 607]

I wonder why that question comes up so often - it's clearly stated in the included tutorial:

Settings

Use this dialogue (accessed via Options/Program Setup) to set up your SimCity installation paths and select the modules that should show on startup, and if SC4Tool makes a backup copy of the files that you edit (they have the same name as the original file, but a "sav" extension).

[heitomat 156]

Ok, now I feel even more stupid. I read through the tutorial several times, and I could swear that this wasn't mentioned.. I should have known better, though; Germans never release something only halfway done. 

Btw, do the SC4Tools Support Thread really exist (at Simtropolis)? The link in the documentation goes nowhere..

[Andreas Roth 607]

Well, SC4Tool is pretty old, so most likely, the original URL got lost or buried due to the many forum upgrades sice then. However, the SC4Tool support thread is still there: https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=121&threadid=62826&enterthread=y

[heitomat 156]

Thank you for the link, Andreas.