Cant render custom maps anymore

[davetripd1 0]

I just downloaded game from EA a few days ago to start playing again so I assume Im fully updated.

I downloaded and played 2 custom maps from the stex - Rio and Boston. Both rendered fine using both the config and jpeg downloads from this site. I really liked the Rio map but I wanted it bigger so I redid the config in ms paint, I also redid the jpeg in paint and tried to render the map bigger. I realized paint didnt actually enlarge the image, it just made blank spaces on the sides so rendering didn't work in game, after seeing that I went and resized the jpeg using a different program.

The jpeg is 1537x1025, the config is 24x16.

I create a new region > exit > move config into new region replacing config > open to region, region view shows the correct size and placement of cities > ctr alt shft R and navigate to desktop where the jpeg is > click on jpeg and get returned immediately to region view instead of the game rendering the file.

I figured I must have done something to mess up the jpeg file so I came back to stex and downloaded another map, went thru the same steps and still cant get any map to render anymore.

I now have a region in my mydocs/simcity 4/regions called "downloads" that appears even after I delete it (there is no region in-game called downloads)

If it helps I also emptied my plugin folder and tried with it empty

[tungston 19]

Check to make sure the jpeg file name shows in the selection box below the file list.

The "Downloads" region is a catch all for cities that are removed from other regions, and for city files you want to import into a region.