Must have downloads???

[gillard01 0]

I'm new to Simcity 4 and have been looking through the different Mods and there are so many I dont know where to start.

I have already downloaded and installed NAM. I basically want more buildings, more traffic features, mass transit, traffic and pollution solvers and any other you think should come under the catagory of "MUST HAVE"

Thanks in advance for your help

[MandelSoft 2,769]

Well, you can add the following to the list: The Real Highway Mod (or Rural Highway Mod, as the current downloadable version is called). This mod allows you to build quite advanced motorway interchanges.

[ryanrunt 0]

Look around for stuff you like or are intrested in like for example: I like the Twin Towers!

[Mountain Dew 0]

I'm just gonna make a list for you!

NAM - 100% essential

RHW - Very Useful

Pegasus - very good stuff

NDEX - Very great buildings

For some suburban houses, there are some really great things at SC4 Devotion...

Anything else you need, just search for it

[gillard01 0]

Thanks guys, great help. I have tried to download the twin towers but there are so many variations i dont know which ones to go for also the ones i have downloaded dont seem to do anything, any advice?

[Cahzan 0]

These people are my top favorites, they don't have a buttload of dependencies so they are easy to install, properly named and look decent in the menus and the lots are excellent.

Fast food, restaraunts, dennys/mcdonalds etc.

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=files&keyword=kevdan25&view=all

School Packs, add some educational variety, amongst other downloads.

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=files&keyword=JBSimio&view=all

MadHatter106's items are MUST HAVE, Lower wealth commercial lots that grow. There are so many and they don't really have any dependencies either.

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=files&keyword=madhatter106&view=all

Simgoober also has a nice mix of real and fictional buildings, some of his lots have alot of dependencies though.

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=files&keyword=simgoober&view=all

Cycledog's Tree Mod is wonderful too..

[kingdiz_55 12]

You could also go around in some CJs and if you find something you like, you could maybe ask them where they got that addon. I used to do this when I was new to the community. It helps a lot. Only thing is, if they don't remember where they got it )

[madhatter106 3,903]

Originally posted by: Cahzan

MadHatter106's items are MUST HAVE, Lower wealth commercial lots that grow. There are so many and they don't really have any dependencies either.

https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=files&keyword=madhatter106&view=all

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I wholeheartedly concur with this.  Heheheheheh...

I would add dk1's Diners, as well as some of his other smaller commercials.  jmyers2043 has a few packs of small commercial shops which were a great inspiration to me when I first started out.  Simgoober has many great BATs, and must-haves of his for me include a set of apartment buildings he did to add variety to the existing Maxis ones.

There are lots of others, depending on your playstyle and what you might focus on in-game, but the ones I just listed are the ones I would absolutely have to have in my Plugins folder if I were to eliminate everything else.

[Francis90b 748]

I might suggest BSP(Barry Sanders Project), Jasoncw, Nofunk and SimHoTToDDy bats.They modelled a wide choice of commercial buildings, and some industrial, residential and civics too, both pre-war and modern buildings.

Don Miguel did some other good buildings.

If you are registered at SimCity4Devotion you might want to search for Mattb325 (great single-family homes) JBsimio and Simgoober (little bit of everything) and Jestarr (old industrial and UK residential buildings).

Hope this helps.

[k50 427]

I wrote down all of the sites I downloaded good stuff from somewhere, so check all of these (this should keep you busy for two hours easy :-)

http://hide-inoki.com/sc4/buildings_bat.htm#oita

http://27.pro.tok2.com/~chilitomato2/ 

http://www.bripizza.net/sc4/ 

http://sim-ism.nsf.jp/bat.htm

http://raika-s.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/somy000/index.htm

http://tadasu29.sakura.ne.jp/bat-ALLstyle.html

http://tokyo-urbanlab.jpn.org/link-1.htm

http://yaplog.jp/waldorf/

http://www.davidluart.com/download.php#ins

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex

http://www.toutsimcities.com/

Hope that helps 

[gillard01 0]

great help and thanks to all you guys! all i have to do now is find a couple of days from somewhere to download all this stuff lol

[specializedguy 193]

Interesting thread. When I think of this topic, the thought comes to mind: If I lost all of my plugins today, which ones would I start downloading first? NAM absolutely. Not everyone is a RHW fan, so you may find disagreements there. I would also download a terrain mod and water mod immediately as well. These 3, IMHO, have the biggest impact on the game in terms of cosmetics and function. Secondary for me would be enhancements to existing functions within the game: PEG's seaport, commuter stations for rail and El, and various subway stations. Keeping it short, that's my take.

... on a side note...madhatter's BATs ARE indeed an excellent choice. Come on, "Juanita's Washateria?" Instant classic.