Need help with DAMN - not working properly

[wunderlong88 0]

Here's what I've done -

I have read the guide at Simpeg.com and installed DAMN - SSP TOOL & SSP TOOL DAMN PLUGIN per the instructions - in a nutshell I did this:

- Download and install (unzip) the 'SSPTool_Complete.zip' to your desired folder.

- Download 'SSPTool-DAMN Plugin' - no need to unzip, just remember the location where you saved it.

- Start SSPTool (double click the 'SSPTool.bat' inside the installed folder).

- Select 'Tool | Install Plugin', then select the 'SSPTool-DAMN Plugin' ZIP archive (hopefully you do remember where you saved it to) and press 'OK'. This will install the plugin to the correct folder.

- Restart SSPTool so it can complete the install - now a menu called 'Plugins' and the 'DAMN' plugin itself should appear.

- Press 'Install DAMN' in the lower left corner of the DAMN plugin to install DAMN; select the options to your needs.

- Now you can start the DAMN Manager and manage your DAMN menus.

I've done this multiple times and I always get the same result - when I start SC4 I see the blue open menu link in the newsticker but I never see anything except for the 3 icons. I have installed the addon file structure that was available and this does not show up in the menu area.

I see the Damn root & support folders in the simcity program plugins but there are no damn folders except zzz_damn remove in the my documents plugins folder. This only appeared after I attempted to use the Manager in the SSP Tool to begin setting up my menu navigation. Neither the original file structure in the manager (which I removed) nor the new structure which I created appear in SC4. Just the blue link for Open Damn Menu - which gives me 3 icons - arrow, home, ?.

I have tried installing and uninstalling 4 or 5 times - nothing changes.

The damn plugin in SSP does appear to be there - I see the installer, manager, etc. I've used this installer as well as installing manually. ANd yes I've run the index file (or in the case of the SSP Tool install, it does it for me). I notice there are no files listed in the index window - it begins and ends but no folders show up in between as I've seen in online screenshots of the index file.

After setting up folders/subfolders and installing files using the manager I do have .dat files in my root menu.

I have Windows 7.

I'm very frustrated.

Any ideas???

[wunderlong88 0]

Found my solution...I had to remove "apps" from my shortcut start in line in my shortcut for SC4.

[Gul Dukat 4]

Found my solution...I had to remove "apps" from my shortcut start in line in my shortcut for SC4.

Hi;

well, it did not work for me; I use windows 7-32bit, tried to re-instal 4 times and still have this issue with menus and icons unshown. I have spent all my day today trying to fix this issue with landmarks that I installed but they do not appear in the menu as I remove old landmark files that are still there polluting my game. How come I delete the files but the buildings are still on the shelf?!?!?

I read something about permissions but I do not undestand how to change it - my windows is in portughese for I'm brazilian - and I do not know if it is allright. I see I only got one group ("todos" = "everyone") with full control of the folder and I can't change it anyway...

So I have pretty much the same problem that our friend above - no menu and no more landmarks...

I am going up the walls, when I think I it worked out it isn't and another problem unfolds...

[lew1984 231]

I am having a similar problem it used to work fine now all of a sudden the menu is just showing up blank its really irritating lol.

[lew1984 231]

I narrowed down the problem by using different shortcuts into the game... one auto created on W7 start menu (works with DAMN) and one I created on the desktop(does not work!), Its a bit of a strange one and the problem is the \apps but NOT in the shortcut target! Beneath that there is another editable field called: start in. I changed it to match the autocreated shortcut line removing all reference to apps in that field so it reads:

 

C:\PROGRA~2\Maxis\SIMCIT~1\ 

 

This fixed the problem for me and my DAMN menu is fully functional now but now I have to rebuild the menu structures as I deleted and re installed it allready (I hate computers lol)!

[Hellken 1,658]

I know this post is some years old, but huge thanks! That fixed my DAMN problem! 

My shortcut now reads:

I left the Target location the same:

Target location: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe"

But I removed reference to \Apps in the "Start in" line and changed the "Start in" line to: 

Start in: "C:\PROGRA~2\Maxis\SIMCIT~1\" 

 

[CorinaMarie 29,568]

2 hours ago, Hellken said:

That fixed my DAMN problem! 

Yay!

I also wrote a revised LUA script that solves the problem in most cases. I forget the details, but @rsc204 has a copy of it he could share.

[Cyclone Boom 16,851]

38 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

I also wrote a revised LUA script that solves the problem in most cases.

It just so happens I remember this.

For anyone using the Steam or other versions of SC4, Cori's script contains new logic to set the correct path for the DAMN Manager to function.

  Edited January 15, 2019 by Cyclone Boom  
Added "damn" tag to this thread so the one I linked shows up in the button feed below.

[pmdl 6]

Hello!

Thanks, that was also my problem apparently. I'll explain how I very, very simply solved the issue.

My software is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition. This is apparently not a standard folder for DAMN.

I created the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis, then with the command prompt (cmd) with administration access I created a soft link with the following command:

mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4" "C:\Program Files (x86)\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition"

Then I modified the SimCity 4 shortcut's "start in" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4\", and it thinks it's accessing Maxis\SimCity 4 while it's really being redirected to the actual folder. I ran the DAMN Indexer from the DAMN folder I accessed through Maxis\ in Windows Explorer in order to update the index with the correct Maxis segment.

Works like a charm. Might even work for Steam users!