Unlocker mod for CXL

[kiwispanker 1]

Sorry I haven't been working on CXL much lately, I've been away from home for some time; but I should get back into it soon when I get back to my computer!

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Kiwi. Like the look of the car parks. Sorry if I missed it, but what do they actually do?quote>

No problem. They are really only eye candy that give your city a few jobs, some environment (greenery), and subtracts air pollution -- because they are taking smoggy cars off the roads. They're not as in-depth as SC4 though, i.e., the building doesn't regulate how many cars can go in/out per hour.

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

That wooden walkaways can be of course built only on the ground 

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Yeah those wooden walkways are a pain. If you change the ground type to water it will be fine, but then you can't put it on the land!! I spent days trying to connect the waterway with a wharf/road but had no luck. I can't find in the code where MC defines these ground type restrictions. This is of course needed to make the sea_city_links have city hall accessability. Very frustrating.

[wyllman 0]

wow good work, this buildings looks nice!!!

"(I plan to add an "incompatibility code" for the release of CitiesXL 2011..)"

I

[mr-tom 2]

Very, very nice. Thanks all.

Looking forward to playing with some new toys...

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: kiwispanker

Sorry I haven't been working on CXL much lately, I've been away from home for some time; but I should get back into it soon when I get back to my computer!

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Kiwi. Like the look of the car parks. Sorry if I missed it, but what do they actually do?quote>

No problem. They are really only eye candy that give your city a few jobs, some environment (greenery), and subtracts air pollution -- because they are taking smoggy cars off the roads. They're not as in-depth as SC4 though, i.e., the building doesn't regulate how many cars can go in/out per hour.

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

That wooden walkaways can be of course built only on the ground 

quote>

Yeah those wooden walkways are a pain. If you change the ground type to water it will be fine, but then you can't put it on the land!! I spent days trying to connect the waterway with a wharf/road but had no luck. I can't find in the code where MC defines these ground type restrictions. This is of course needed to make the sea_city_links have city hall accessability. Very frustrating.quote>

I saw that many parts of the code of gems are in the exe (or in one dll)... (many tags use "" as default), probably when they created gems (2008) the architecture of the game was different and so many functions coded somewhere (ground type for example) can't work again with this new version of the game.

About new menus (at the moment gem buildings are in chinatown menu - while other things like power plants and parks are in their own menu), what did you do in order to change the menu icon? 

Originally posted by: wyllman

wow good work, this buildings looks nice!!!

"(I plan to add an "incompatibility code" for the release of CitiesXL 2011..)"

I´m sure if focus want, they can do it easily in his cities 2011 and they have professionals.

Thanks for your work, and release it soon pleaaaase :-D byequote>

Yes, but the easiest way for Focus is stopping custom content (and they have more than a way to do such a thing)...

If we make something "focus-compatible" maybe they don't have to fight us!

Thank you all.

[supercity124 8]

Yes, but the easiest way for Focus is stopping custom content (and they have more than a way to do such a thing)...

If we make something "focus-compatible" maybe they don't have to fight us!

Thank you all.

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Does this mean is this end of this topic??, and no unlocker mod forever??

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: supercity124

Yes, but the easiest way for Focus is stopping custom content (and they have more than a way to do such a thing)...

If we make something "focus-compatible" maybe they don't have to fight us!

Thank you all.

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Does this mean is this end of this topic??, and no unlocker mod forever??quote>

The mod is still in development (have you seen the last post of page 17?? ), but I'm trying to create something that will work only with this version of CXL and not with CXL2011...

[wyllman 0]

I think i saw a function that "check" .patch version before build it "ingame", but i don

[mr-tom 2]

Presume no news yet? 

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Presume no news yet? 

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The check function is ready... this mod works now only with CXL.

I'm just waiting an answer from Focus Home about my mod 

[mr-tom 2]

Feeling the need for a tumbleweed emoticon...

[Dockter 13]

Have you received any communications from Focus at all?

[Dockter 13]

Have you received any communications from Focus at all?

[Dockter 13]

Have you received any communications from Focus at all?

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Feeling the need for a tumbleweed emoticon... quote>

No answer about modding... I'll post them here (if I can).

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Feeling the need for a tumbleweed emoticon... quote>

No answer about modding... I'll post them here (if I can).

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Feeling the need for a tumbleweed emoticon... quote>

No answer about modding... I'll post them here (if I can).

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Feeling the need for a tumbleweed emoticon... quote>

No answer about modding... I'll post them here (if I can).

[Tanzy70s 0]

I have your mod on.

When I insert the airport there aren't the footsteps!!!!!!!!!!

[mayorsushi 0]

When will v3 come out or have u stopped working on it?

[mr-tom 2]

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Feeling the need for a tumbleweed emoticon... quote>

No answer about modding... I'll post them here (if I can).

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Only just noticed the tumbleweed icon.  Nice work!

[mr-tom 2]

Originally posted by: mayorsushi

When will v3 come out or have u stopped working on it?quote>

Hi sushi.

This question is answered a couple of posts above your post.

[supercity124 8]

Is the mod still in progress or, is it in a huge pause for a long period of time??

[mr-tom 2]

For those who can't read a couple of posts up, here it is again...

Originally posted by: GlobexCo

Originally posted by: mr-tom

Presume no news yet? 

quote>

The check function is ready... this mod works now only with CXL.

I'm just waiting an answer from Focus Home about my mod 

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[Dockter 13]

SO whats the deal, all you modders have stopped?

[wyllman 0]

It's summer and hot

[mr-tom 2]

Well they can't release anything until FHI say they can.

It's been some weeks now and FHI have been happy to talk about other things, but seemingly not about this.

Draw your own conclusions...

[wyllman 0]

"Draw your own conclusions..."

->My own conclusion, tomorrow i´ll go to beach, because it´s summer and hot(and i´m on holidays now). I will not do anythig in cities xl.

"Well they can't release anything until FHI say they can."

->"can´t" or "do not want"???I will not argue with anyone if needed really expect that answer, but you do not change reality.

"It's been some weeks now and FHI have been happy to talk about other things, but seemingly not about this."

-> Jejeje true, they do not want to talk about problems with the dual core and ram too(or mod tools, or...). Ummm..., focus danger focus XDDD

always in good humor and a smile on my face.

Bye and be happy

[mr-tom 2]

This is a thread for the unlocker mod, which Globexco said weeks ago was very nearly ready for release and that FHI's agreement was the main obstacle to this.

So yes, I stand by my previous comment.

[GlobexCo 33]

Version 3 can be the last big release of the unlocker mod, since we finished things to unlock...

Since in this version there are many things that Focus can sell, I asked them what do they think about this.

About Focus, they're answering all the question we sent from Simtropolis... so they're a bit slow, and maybe they need to check other things before giving the answer.

About its development, all the main things are ready...

There are many bugs, and of course if Focus want to release all those complete things, fixing them is useless (yes, it's summer and it's very hot).

[GlobexCo 33]

News:

Focus Home answered me about the Unlocker mod. I'm currently working together with Focus to develop a mod (version 3) that will satisfy both Focus and the community.

We're testing things at the moment and fixing bugs...