I can't get DAMN mod to work

[Schmyzz 0]

When I install DAMN and then start the game, this is what shows up

but in tutorials there is a big list of things in the menu, can someone help?!

  Edited March 25, 2012 by Schmyzz  

[CaptCity 4,669]

What items are you attempting to use the DAMN with? Do you have those items installed? Even when using DAMN, the items need to be present in the Plugins for them to be used. Also, if the items have been installed, did you ru the Indexer located in the DAMN/Support folder?

[TwisterAce 3]

I have a problem with DAMN that's similar to the one Schmyzz has. I get the same menu in-game, but I think it's because the working directory for my SimCity 4 shortcut has "Apps" in it. However, I also have an issue with DAMN itself. I tried to create a menu for some canal pieces, but I ended up getting an error message that read "Index can't be generated. Check your permissions!" Any ideas or suggestions about what to do?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The pathname for SC4 is supposed to have Apps in it. So it is not that. Did you check the permissions on the files? Check the DAMN documentation, but I believe all you need is read permission. I can't imagine that it would want anything greater than simply the ability to read the files and folders.

FYI: here is my complete pathname, and yours should be similar.

C:/Program Files/Maxis/SimCity 4 Deluxe/Apps/SimCity 4.exe

  Edited June 16, 2012 by A Nonny Moose  

[TwisterAce 3]

Alright I fixed the permissions and now DAMN is working as it should. Thanks for the help!

[FalconsFan101 5]

What is DAMN?

[CaptCity 4,669]

What is DAMN?

DAMN is a way to provide alternatives to the game's menu structure to help with those long icon strings.

DAMN

SSPTool-DAMN

[Grneyes78 0]

But everything still shows up in the original menus. My parks menu is still super long. Someone suggested how to get rid of them using iLive reader, but I don't feel computer literate enough to do that so I got rid of DAMN.

[hellodave 1]

But everything still shows up in the original menus. My parks menu is still super long. Someone suggested how to get rid of them using iLive reader, but I don't feel computer literate enough to do that so I got rid of DAMN.

That's a shame, if you use the SSPTool to add stuff to your DAMN menu there is an option to hide it from the original menus.

It is a bit tricky to set up at first, but well worth the hassle once you work it out, you seemed to be so close

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Sorry, tricky, finicky tools are not in my line of appreciation. This kind of thing should always be written with the KISMIF principle in mind.

KISMIF ::= Keep It Simple, Make It Fun.

[hellodave 1]

Sorry, tricky, finicky tools are not in my line of appreciation. This kind of thing should always be written with the KISMIF principle in mind.

KISMIF ::= Keep It Simple, Make It Fun.

It's a good principle

I only found SSPTool and DAMN tricky when learning them, once you know how it works it's a piece of cake.

Easier than that iLive Reader thingy, that's a tricky tool if ever I saw one.

What do people use for menu organisation then? Is there another (better) way?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

No, but if I was still in the programming business I'd try to find a way to just drag the items out of the standard menu into the new one, with an option to remove the old one. I think this would have to be a mod in the .exe which is not currently allowed.

C'mon, EA, you've pi..ed this game to death, so why not make it abandonware now?

[Grneyes78 0]

Sorry, tricky, finicky tools are not in my line of appreciation. This kind of thing should always be written with the KISMIF principle in mind.

KISMIF ::= Keep It Simple, Make It Fun.

It's a good principle

I only found SSPTool and DAMN tricky when learning them, once you know how it works it's a piece of cake.

Easier than that iLive Reader thingy, that's a tricky tool if ever I saw one.

What do people use for menu organisation then? Is there another (better) way?

Ah, see....I didn't know about the SSPTool thing. Are there tutorials on here?

[hellodave 1]

Not as far as I know, the one I followed is on SImPeg -

http://www.simpeg.com/forum/index.php?action=articles;cat=7