hello all..new builder here

[kameron-bc21 0]

i recently started here on this sight and i was wondering... ive herd the word PLOP and GROWABLE on here in reguards to the buildings. im a little confused to what they mean. and can someone also tell me about the brown boxes

[h8te 19]

Not to be rude but I believe you posted in the wrong section. could one of the mods please move this to the correct section?.

[kellydale2003 2,276]

PLOP (speaking Simcity 4 terms) means to purposely create a building in Mayor Mode in Simcity 4.

GROWABLE (speaking Simcity 4 terms) means that a building is built through a LOT zoned by the Player in Simcity 4.

BROWN BOXES are missing files in your plugins folder in Simcity 4's directory. They could vary from different kinds of files, most brown boxes are created by dependencies.

A DEPENDENCY (or dependencies) is a/are file(s) that is/are needed to ensure full functionality of a plugin (hence dependency relativity to the word).

btw, Welcome to Simtropolis

  Edited September 24, 2011 by kellydale2003  

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Allow me to add an additional welcome. A walk though this thread will help you quite a bit. Also, have a browse in the Omnibus.

[kameron-bc21 0]

thank you kelly dale...so if i download the dependencies along with the original file i can have full fuctionality?

[jacksunny 741]

Yes. The majority of the time, dependencies are only things such as props and textures. The lot will (most of the time) function correctly without them, but it won't look right.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The point about dependencies is that they are reusable objects and are often used in several different lots.

[Urbanator 7]

Older dependencies can frequently be found in larger 'collected' dependency files although there's no hard-and-fast rule regarding this. If you can't find a live link for a single dependency file then it might be part of a larger one.