simmars-forum-threads Beta 3 Support Thread

[Terring 6,473]

Originally posted by: Pikman

Why am I the only one with a BUNCH of problems?

Or maybe I'm not. Does anyone else suddenly get loads of pollution data at random? Air and water. The whole map is covered with a mix of yellow, orange, and red pollution data. And the colony gets covered by tons of smog.

I know it's a mod and it's in beta, but I'm starting to get a little annoyed.quote>

Did you download an extra buildings for SimMars from STEX? If yes, there is an grownable building than ruins the colony!

[stamp 4]

 Hi Fsx_Trainz,

You need to install Simcity 4 using the original installer for the SimMars Launcher to correctly detect SimCity 4.

-Jeff

[lattyware 0]

I must admit I didn't think I'd see this project still here, but maybe I should have had more faith in the dedication of you guys.

Well done on getting this done, and I still recognise some of my art here and there (still can't believe I did it, I'm not an artistic person).

I'm working on other projects these days (hopefully with more dedication than I put forward here, fortunately for them), but I'll try and keep an eye on SimMars, even if it seems like a long time ago I was working on it now.

[ktronicus 0]

I tried to change a config.bmp file in one of the regions because I wanted all large size colonies. Is this possible?

It messed up the look of the region because where I changed the colors on the config file there are now large flat squares. How can I get the original config file back again?

[MachineIntelligence 0]

Hello, all!

It appears the work done on SimMars is pretty staggering - so naturally, it seemed a fitting tribute to give it a spin on Gagarin Day. Unfortunately, clicking the launch button seems to spiral into an endless sea of waiting which leads to nothing - I was wondering if there might be any knowledge on what to do to fix this? Thank you, looking forward to terraforming the red planet!

[SimMars Team 19]

Apologies for the late replies! The forums were down for a few weeks due to administrative work being carried out.

@Ktronicus: The easiest is to re-install SimMars. But be sure to backup your region folder and after the re-installation you can use the backed-up Region folder and overwrite the config.bmp with the one from the fresh installation. This should work.

@MachineIntelligence: Can you give more details about the issue?

[gamefreak89 0]

Ok first off hand, When I first started to play this the other day I kept getting a Display Bug like glitch. When I first started up making my first colony, the screen suddenly faded to black. And, then went back to the game screen, this time the screen was all glitchy and messed up. I couldn't make heads, nor tales of anything. It kept doing that for several hours, until I couldn't take it anymore. Then the next day later, I played the game again, this time in software rendering mode in the graphics portion of the Simmars. This time, the game would shout down in-voluntarily without any notice what so ever. I mean, the screen fades to black and then back to the main desktop screen.

There wasn't any display error messages, nor any bad driver messages either. It just shut down for no reason, I'm starting to think it might have to do with me having installed SimCity 4 already. Which is causing SimMars to mess up, but if it isn't I don't know what to do. So if anyone else has this problem, please find away to fix it. I just really don't know what to do about it.

[AndisArt 2,066]

Ok first off hand, When I first started to play this the other day I kept getting a Display Bug like glitch. When I first started up making my first colony, the screen suddenly faded to black. And, then went back to the game screen, this time the screen was all glitchy and messed up. I couldn't make heads, nor tales of anything. It kept doing that for several hours, until I couldn't take it anymore. Then the next day later, I played the game again, this time in software rendering mode in the graphics portion of the Simmars. This time, the game would shout down in-voluntarily without any notice what so ever. I mean, the screen fades to black and then back to the main desktop screen.

There wasn't any display error messages, nor any bad driver messages either. It just shut down for no reason, I'm starting to think it might have to do with me having installed SimCity 4 already. Which is causing SimMars to mess up, but if it isn't I don't know what to do. So if anyone else has this problem, please find away to fix it. I just really don't know what to do about it.

Can you give a bit more information about what computer OS and what version of SC4 you are using (Standard, Rush Hour, Deluxe, Steam)?

Also just in case: if you are using a cracked version of the game there is no way of guaranteeing that SimMars runs correctly and we also do not support it obviously.

It sounds to me more like a general issue not necessarily related to SimMars. To confirm this can you tell me if you have tried just playing SimCity 4? If not try it and see if it does get the same issue.

SimCity 4 is required in order to play SimMars.

[ctp133 3]

i just download sim mars and it says sim mars was not closed properly last time and your plugins should be fix so i click ok and it says unable to fix simmars plug in path dosen't exist (c:\documents and settings\ user name\ my documents\simcity4\plugins_backups_simmars) pleas ensure that the plugins, regions, and music folder are not in use and i can play sim city 4 what do i do

[Terring 6,473]

There is a problem with the Trikuti Plaza.

If you query the plaza, the game will crash. No similar problem with the other landmarks, only with the Trikuti Plaza. You can build it and remove it without any problem, but don't query it or the game will crash.

[ANGRY_LITTLE_DWARF 0]

ALright , I NEED SOME HELP HERE DESPERATELY.

SO I DOWNLOADED AND INSTALLED SIM MARS BETA 3 ON MY PC BUT AS SOON AS I CLICK THE LAUNCHER I SEE WA FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE CORNER OF MY

SCREEN AND THEN IT IS GONE!!

CAN SOME ONE HELP ME PLS??

I RUN ON WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 32BIT

if you wish to answer me privatley my email is elliottaustin@webmail.co.za

[H4tchetman 21]

not sure if it is just me but I have noticed a bug in regards to population, for example it says i need a population of 45 thousand for the large high school an my population was 35 thousand yet when i hover over large highschool it says my population was 36 thousand an something...

[AndisArt 2,066]

@Ctp133: are you still experiencing this issue?

@terring: thanks, I will look into this today and fix

@ANGRY_LITTLE_DWARF: you received a PM from me

@H4tchetman: Am I right that you are referring to the discrepancy between the population index in the tool bar and the index in the individual lots and their unlock limit? If so, it is known that there is a bit of a discrepancy, I assume that the number in the lots are more exact and the number in the tool bar is being updated with delays, but I'm not sure.

[joppesmurf 0]

@Andisart I'm having this problem too, can you fix it?

[PWO-Falcon 0]

When trying to open the game i am faced with the message Windows cannot find 'C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\ SimCity 4.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then type again.

When i click ok another error message says "Error starting calc!"

What did I do wrong? I saw someone else had the same issue but I didnt see a reply with a solution.

[kheldarath 0]

Hey there guys. Im really interested in this mod but sadly i have the steam version of SC4 deluxe. As such sim mars does not start at all. I was wondering if there was any news on wether this problem may be corrected in some way or anything?

Any advice either post here or PM me! thanks guys!

[Zirbs 6]

I just wanted to say that I'm having the same problem as well.

I run a Windows 7 64-bit with the seam version of Sim City 4, and SimMars apparently doesn't like this.

I've yet to see any solution to this issue. I'm willing to test out any installers.

[Terring 6,473]

Have in mind folks that Steam version of Simcity can't read SimMars

The only solution so far that I can think is to copy manually the SimMars plugins folder and paste it into the original one. Don't forget to remove any other plugin to prevent conflicts.

[Limboo 0]

Have in mind folks that Steam version of Simcity can't read SimMars

The only solution so far that I can think is to copy manually the SimMars plugins folder and paste it into the original one. Don't forget to remove any other plugin to prevent conflicts.

Hi, would it be possible for you to elaborate upon this solution? Perhaps some file paths would help?

[simcity4crazyguy 24]

Have in mind folks that Steam version of Simcity can't read SimMars

The only solution so far that I can think is to copy manually the SimMars plugins folder and paste it into the original one. Don't forget to remove any other plugin to prevent conflicts.

Hi, would it be possible for you to elaborate upon this solution? Perhaps some file paths would help?

All your plugins are available at C:\Users\Peti\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins

Just take out any previous plugins add the SimMars stuff in there.

Same with the regions, I believe: C:\Users\Peti\Documents\SimCity 4\Regions

[Limboo 0]

Have in mind folks that Steam version of Simcity can't read SimMars

The only solution so far that I can think is to copy manually the SimMars plugins folder and paste it into the original one. Don't forget to remove any other plugin to prevent conflicts.

Hi, would it be possible for you to elaborate upon this solution? Perhaps some file paths would help?

All your plugins are available at C:\Users\Peti\Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins

Just take out any previous plugins add the SimMars stuff in there.

Same with the regions, I believe: C:\Users\Peti\Documents\SimCity 4\Regions

So, just to make sure I have this right,

I copy everything from the SIMMARS_Plugins folder into the Plugins folder, but not the one in the Steam directory, the one in Documents, and the some for regions, correct?

[Terring 6,473]

Hi, would it be possible for you to elaborate upon this solution? Perhaps some file paths would help?

Of course it' possible , but be very careful. All you need is to know how SimMars works. SimMars renames some specific game folders in both My Documents and Programs Files. I'll show you the folders and how SimMars renames them. The next are up to you.

My Documents

SimMars automatically renames the Plugins folder into Plugins_SIMMARS, while renames the Plugins_SIMMARS into Plugins_Backups_Simmars

The folder Regions will renamed as Region_SIMMARS, while the folder Regions_SIMMARS will renamed as Regions_Backups_Simmars

Programs Files

Just like in the My Documents folder of plugins, SimMars will automatically renames the Plugins folder into Plugins_SIMMARS, while renames the Plugins_SIMMARS into Plugins_Backups_Simmars

In the Radio folder, SimMars will rename Stations_SIMMARS into Stations, while Stations_SIMMARS will renamed as Stations_Backups_SimMars

Now that you know how SimMars works, try working it by reversing it manually. For any problems, feel free to report. Oh, and make sure to make some backups...

[bugs 1]

GHAAAAAARGH!!!!! I installed SMB3 and didn't really like it, so I uninstalled it, but the textures used for mars stayed in my original SimCity4 Deluxe. So, my coastal cities are five thousand feet above sea level and the ground is red! I have Deluxe and Rush Hour, so could this affect it in anyway? I reinstalled it and uninstalled it again, and deleted everything on my computer that mentioned SimMars. Nothing worked. Please help!

[timcravey 168]

@ bugs -- The file you want is called Marsterraine-1.dat -- search for it in your plugins and delete it. If it is in a folder called #Textures you should delete this whole folder. If you installed the Terraformer 1000 you should look for it in its own folder and delete it too or move it out of your active Plugins.

[Mary Maurine Mayo 984]

@ buggs

what was it about sim mars you did not like. I am looking to improve upon it.

[Mary Maurine Mayo 984]

QUESTION?

What is the seam and or steam version of simcity4delux. Ive seen posts above and problems with reading sim mars?

Ive been gone for three years so i am a bit out of the loop so to speak.

[bugs 1]

Sorry for the late reply! I'm not sure if its "seam" or "steam", but I have RushHour, so I'm not sure if that affected it in anyway.

[bugs 1]

Accidentally posted before I finished, ariana adrial. I didn't find it as much fun as SC4, ya know? It's a cool project, but I'd like to stay on Earth. (And, I had just finished watching Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" too. I don't think they'd appreciate us colonizing them )

[KonstantinII 1,106]

Is it campatible with any of the snow mods out there?In winter on Mars water and carbon dioxide snow falls.

[PassingLurker 3]

I found that it is pretty hard to make money in Sim Mars. RCI tax returns are somewhat very low compared to vanilla SC4.

  Edited October 27, 2012 by PassingLurker