[Inactive] SimCity 4 Multiplayer Mode

[JeeKTan 4]

Originally posted by: JeeKTan

The regions and plugins are located on Dropbox ( http://www.dropbox.com/ ) which allows for real-time sharing of files and folders. This means, when I save a file, the changes that I make are instantly sent to everyone sharing my file through online syncing. When I save a city file, the file is also updated on your PC so you can see my changes. The new shortcut that you created loads the region and plugins independently of your own region and plugins. This means you won’t have to worry about overwriting your plugins or having a super massive cluster of unnecessary plugins in your personal regions.quote>

Is this answer your question?

[ovchar 1]

at me start empty flat green region only.

That,game can use folders(plugins,region) not from my documents/sc4 but from shared folder?

at me game do not see the shared folder.or incorrectly set the path in the short?ut properties.

[+Guest]

Ovchar as i can see you are Russian, so listen to me. I will explain you.

Wse fajly w Naszaj obsheej papkie Dropbox:\ SimCity Multi padstawliny w mesta fajlow w papkie Sim City 4 katoraja u Tebja w Dokumentach. Eta Ty nastrajiwaish, kagda Ty menjaish opcyji na "-Usedir ...." Ty dolzhen napisat prawilna mesta Twojej Papki Fileshare w SimCity Multi. JA tak samo imel. ne rabotala, poka nie skopirywal adresa toj papki na nowu. prawier etu lokalizacju.

All of our files in shared folder are being in use by SC4 against two folders " PLugins" "Regions", You may have wrong address to your folder called " FILESHARE" which is Simcity multi, Copy the full address of that folder and past it in target of your shorcut. I had the same problem. It should help ypu.

BTW ovchar - u menja uzje wtaraja ovcharka

[ovchar 1]

Puti pravilnii . Moget bb1t login Administrator ne rabotaet v igru. Puti -

"F:\Sim City 4 Rush Hour\Apps\simcity 4.exe" -UserDir:"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My documents\My Dropbox\SimcityMulti (1)\Fileshare\Regions/"

Umenya gruzica region bez reliefa ,all green,bez rek ,- i nametsya = Timbukty .wtx????(xp sp3).

[Elana-chan 0]

I've started the download, will I need to do anything extra other than making the redirected shortcut?

[+Guest]

Originally posted by: ovchar

Puti pravilnii . Moget bb1t login Administrator ne rabotaet v igru. Puti -

"F:\SimCity 4 Rush Hour\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -UserDir:"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My documents\My Dropbox\SimcityMulti (1)\Fileshare\Regions/"

Umenya gruzica region bez reliefa ,all green,bez rek ,- i nametsya = Timbukty .wtx????quote>

Mhmmm, Zdelaj uborku w dokumentach i papraw papki ja imieju w widu ( SimcityMulti (1)\Fileshare\Regions/" ) na (SimcityMulti\Fileshare/" wot tak dalgno byt. pastarajsa zajti cherez moi kampjutar w papku Fileshare i w palosie adresa papki, skopiruj iju i wklej iju posli (-UseDir:"

Dalgno pamotch

Ja dumaju shto eto tochno puti plahije, pastarajsa zdelat tak kak ja gawariu ili napishy mne na mejl ja tebje eta zdelat mogu.  Ja posli tawo kak izmienil login nechego mne ne pomoglo, patamu ja kopirywal polnyjje puti do etaj papki, moget gdeta pa drugomu nazywatsa shtoto u Tebja.

Poprobuj zdelat jeshho razok.

Jesli eto ne pomoget otozwis na fejsbuku Roman Segeda, Poland

ili lutshe paka?y mnie polnyje puti gde u tebja papki: FileShare w SimCity multi. I gde u Tebja windows.

Originally posted by: Elana-chan

I've started the download, will I need to do anything extra other than making the redirected shortcut?quote>

Not really, just edit this shortcut to change target in propeties. You have to overwrite it like you can see it in 1st post.

[Elana-chan 0]

I would like to propose we add the BSC SFBT GLR Tram Mod if we haven't done so already, this would allow the use of up to four distinct GLR lines within a city(identified as blue, green, red and yellow lines) and give a good variety of station types to work with for the GLR system.

[Waterclaw 80]

Uh oh, I hope you guys don't have my 50 extra add ons, if so, most are ok other than that money making one.

EDIT: I'm deleting the add-ons, I hope you don't see them... (Yes, the multiplayer is working finally)

[JeeKTan 4]

Originally posted by: Elana-chan

I've started the download, will I need to do anything extra other than making the redirected shortcut?quote>

No, you don't need to do anything else. Just start the game using the shortcut and you're in.

Originally posted by: Elana-chan

I would like to propose we add the BSC SFBT GLR Tram Mod if we haven't done so already, this would allow the use of up to four distinct GLR lines within a city(identified as blue, green, red and yellow lines) and give a good variety of station types to work with for the GLR system.

quote>

I will try to add that.

Update: I have added the BSC SFBT GLR Tram Mod.

[Elana-chan 0]

anyone here interested in setting up a channel to talk in for those of us participating in the multiplayer?

Edit: I donno who did it but someone just flattened the area west of jakub's "heaven" to default values

[JeeKTan 4]

Originally posted by: Elana-chan

anyone here interested in setting up a channel to talk in for those of us participating in the multiplayer?

Edit: I donno who did it but someone just flattened the area west of jakub's "heaven" to default values

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I will try to set up a channel for members. Have you tried open jakubs west city tile if its really flattened or not?

[Elana-chan 0]

Yes, I did that right after I noticed. Everything has been reset to default values within that area, like someone deleted the city from the region window.

Edit: Here's a screen shot of the city that went poof

Edit 2: I think one of our members is asking for trouble, the city roman had been working on is gone now :/

JeeKTan, I think it might be wise for you as the host to keep a backup of the region to keep people from tampering with it where they aren't supposed to...I know my area isn't very big yet but I don't want someone coming in and litteraly flattening my area once I've built up, not to mention it ruins not just the city but the landscape...

Edit 3: After my game crashing a few dozen times after I put the start of the GLR system in using the SFBT GLR tram mod, I took a look at the readme and noticed that I missed a critical step in trying to install the regular GLR station from it. So that others don't need to go through the same trouble I did, I have placed the readme file for the mod in with the CAM manual and SC4 rush hour guides. Anyone that has trouble figuring things out with those stations, please take a careful look at the readme, skipping steps is what caused my game to crash.

[JeeKTan 4]

I will make a backup very soon after I have investigate the problem.

[Elana-chan 0]

JeekTan, I also found that one of the dependencies is missing from the GLR addon I suggested earlier, the SFBT Essentials needs to be added for the avenue stations in the GLR mod to work properly. I would download it myself but according to their site I've "reached my quota"

Edit: is there a way for you to restore or re-render the sections that were tampered with? Even if the cities can't be saved, it would look really bad to not be able to restore the terrain in the two areas.

[JeeKTan 4]

I will try to add the dependency and restore the terrain.

[Elana-chan 0]

Ok I don't know what people are doing but now there are four cities that have been tampered with and it's making me want to go back to playing single player so I'm not at risk of being targeted by whoever's doing this. I joined this so I could participate in a community project, not witness stuff being ruined and hope I'm not targeted next...

Edit: the more I tinker with it, the more I find the GLR stuff isn't working properly, the RTMTv3 GLR components seem to be missing dependancies and I'm still having problems on the multiplayer map with the additional GLR stations I requested which makes me wonder if there's a conflicing addon somewhere.

[JeeKTan 4]

I checked the region and I found no problems. All cities are growing as normal. If the abuse continues, I would have to restart with a new region.

[Spoti 1]

fantastic idea jeektan - I will definatly get involved. Lets hope nobody comes in and makes a mess of things.

[Elana-chan 0]

jeektan about 30 min after I posted the region seemed to be restored with one out of the four cities recovered with the terrain restored with the other three.

[ovchar 1]

Can U add mod - seaport with short ground - to occupy a minimum space on the river? .:

https://www.simtropolis.com/STEX/details.cfm?id=23001

or

https://www.simtropolis.com/STEX/details.cfm?id=16217

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Big Dig and glr_to_rail connector needed.

[SimCity4IE 202]

I've started building 2 cities. Could we add SimFox's darknight mod? 

I used this shortcut:

"D:\Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -UserDir:"D:\Users\Ed\Documents\My Dropbox\SimcityMulti\Fileshare\"  -introff -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1080x32"

[JeeKTan 4]

I will add darknight mod.( It is also my favourite mod )

[Elana-chan 0]

having compared my city so far with others, it seems I'm the one making the most progress xD

I'm curious what you meant by "realistic" city layouts. All I'm doing is following the demand (and in the case of industry, pumping up the I-D and I-M taxes to promote farms and high-tech only)

[JeeKTan 4]

Originally posted by: Elana-chan

having compared my city so far with others, it seems I'm the one making the most progress xD

I'm curious what you meant by "realistic" city layouts. All I'm doing is following the demand (and in the case of industry, pumping up the I-D and I-M taxes to promote farms and high-tech only)quote>

Realistic city means a city which look very realistic and eye-pleasing. A city full of skyscrapers is NOT REALISTIC. A city with mixed downtown, midrise and suburbs are realistic. You will need to be creative to make a realistic city. If you want examples of what a realistic city looks like, go visit some other user CJ. Don't depend too much on the demand as your demand WILL drop drasticly if you have an oversupply of jobs.

[Elana-chan 0]

and what about what I'm doing? my city is sortof split up into districts

Edit: I'm making a blank region for the purpous of testing mod elements, primarily transportation related. This area is not ment to be used for regular gameplay.

[JeeKTan 4]

---------Attention to all members---------

I have noticed that some new members are creating their own region. This is NOT allowed and all the regions that are recently created WILL BE DELETED. You must create a city on the region West Bay. I will put in more regions if the number of members keep increasing.

Plus, I have seen you guys keep obliterating your own city for no apparent reason. Can you guys tell me why you guys keep obliterating your own city?

-JeeKTan

[insulfrog 0]

SimCity 4 multiplayer sounds good, I might try it at some point when I get the time. Got some of questions though.

For installation, is it better to start with a clean install of SC4 in order to install the multiplayer add-on from dropbox.com especially if you got plenty of add-ons from elsewhere to start with?

There is no internal chat for SC4, how would you communicate to your neighbours for city link-ups (e.g. for garbage/utility trade)?

[Elana-chan 0]

JeeKTan we need a testing region to fiddle with mod elements and make sure mods aren't conflicting with each other in a way that doesn't interfere with the development of the main region. As I said before, the one I made was meant for testing only. The idea is to go in, test things that need to be tested and clear the area that's been worked with after finishing. It's ment for testing things in a sandbox environment that shouldn't be keeped long term. The only reason I would have to save using a testing region would be to find out what is causing the game to crash and why, making a benchmark after finding stuff that works and eliminating stuff that doesn't. In either case, after a testing session is complete, the city area used during the test is ment to be cleared.

An example of things that this region would surve it's purpous for is how some of the GLR stuff doesn't seem to work properly, figuring out why and how it's acting up, and trying to see if there's a way to resolve it (possibly leading to looking at the readme file to see if something's missing).

Another example of how the area can be used as a testbed is for figuring out how to lay down puzzle pieces in a sertan way, the additional highway options for example, if someone is trying to make a specific arrangement for an interchange or something, it could take someone quite a while to make the nessisary tweeks to work out how to do it before implementing it in the regular city. I should note that in doing this method, using the import city option would allow someone to temporarly import their city from the main map so that they can test using the terrain of the actual city for the testbed before putting the final version of what's being done within the actual city within West Bay

As a side note for why I support this is that unless someone desides to adopt the exact same set of addons, the non-multiplayer directory WILL act diffrently.

To sum it up, the testing region I had made was for the purpous of weeding out bugs with the addons we have (or are missing in the case of dependancies) and experementation of puzzle pieces in a temporary area.

Edit: you know how you were requesting people make realistic cities? I just found someone ploped one right next to mine that just about is solid sky scrapers and looks to be an imported city, not something someone built from the ground up :/

[JeeKTan 4]

I will keep the testing region.

[+Guest]

i deleted my cities few times because Jakub and my other neighbors don't think. I mean there was too big congestion and there was traffic jam near borders, Jakob's 250 000 citizens were working in my business center and all of them were traveling to work by CAR ! by only one road. It's sick, i pleased him to change it, but he hasn't done it yet, It was the main reason, and the other one is there was really unequal terrain, so i couldn't make some connections to Ovchark's City. I decided to move to the end of region on the north-west corner. It should be calm situation now. It's all. We need chat to communicate. It's hard to make connection between each other. I had really giant traffic jams near the border. I tried to scale it down, but i can't it was too hard.