How to install mods for use in SimCity 4?

[renderbebosin 1]

i've downloaded a bunch of mods, BATS, 3d models, and props. can anyone help me and figure out how to install them so i can use them in cimcity 4?? thanks!!!!!!!

[CaptCity 4,666]

You can check for installation instructions.

[nukeu123 307]

essentially, just extract the files to Mydocs./Simcity4/Plugins

[Lloyd0728 11]

i've downloaded a bunch of mods, BATS, 3d models, and props. can anyone help me and figure out how to install them so i can use them in cimcity 4?? thanks!!!!!!!

If they are still zipped............Unzip them to your simcity 4 directory.........It is usually (on windows) on C:\Documents and Settings\USER\My Documents\SimCity4\Plugins.........Be sure to check your downloads compatability or else you'll be like me who spent a day trying to find and delete the file that kills my gaming on.

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[LightSkinnedPisces 71]

What about the dependencies needed? How I download them? Same way? 

[Cyclone Boom 16,829]

3 hours ago, LightSkinnedPisces said:

What about the dependencies needed? How I download them? Same way? 

I presume by "download" you mean to install them into your game (rather than downloading from the STEX or LEX to begin with). If so, then the answer is Yes, but with the consideration how many dependency packs come in the form of executable installers.

These are .exe files which need to be run, proceeding through the steps which copies the files into your Plugins folder.

Going through these, they often form a predefined structure of subfolders which authors use, such as the BSC packs for each content creator. The same applies to some @Pegprod items also where they get placed in a specified location. After this point, it's possible to optionally move them to a chosen subfolder system of your choice. Generally unless there are needs to control loading order, the main thing is how dependencies are added somewhere in your Plugins folder in their raw form.

Any content items which come bundled in a zip or a rar (or any such archive), these need extracting as the above posts explain. It's necessary to do so because like with executables, SC4 cannot read files which are not plainly in .dat files or regular file formats (including SC4Model, SC4Lot, and SC4Desc files).