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[justforfun 7,928]

Version 2.0 right on schedule!

 

 

[nightbird615 1,440]

8 hours ago, Honolulu said:

Second part of marina and harbour master's office built.

Bringing life to the streets is still very difficult for me.

Beautifully done.  Loved looking at the photos, love the marina, etc.  Great layout.  Thanks for sharing!

[nikoxlaux 256]

On 6/7/2025 at 9:21 PM, Barroco Hispano said:

Thanks so much for helping me with modding and lotting! This BAT will have several uses thanks to your excellent work. I will upload the model tomorrow 

Beautiful!
I'll probably export some tree grates in the next update of my "Street DLC."

 

I need it now!!!! 

[gutterclub 2,729]

I think people have asked already but I'm going to anyway, can you please let me know

1) the water mod used

2) what that bridge is

3) Both the carpark thingies

This is beautiful work

[pclark06 12,073]

Happy Honda-days

In America Honda dealers are blue mostly due to the popularity of Honda motorcycles and the cycle dealers being red/different marketing strategies. Internationally, they are of a red/silver motif. I finished exporting the ploppable blue ones and am now exporting the ploppable red ones.

I am considering doing the Japanese Honda dealer branding from the 80s/90s as well as grow lots only (Verno/Clio/Primo).

[N1_2888 306]

In my mirror-symmetrical twin cities Lutetia Nova Sinistra (LNS) and Lutetia Nova Dextra (LND) there are still several sites that require some rework. The Esplanade, which connects the National (or, in SimCity 4 terms: Regional) and the Provincial Assembly building, is one of them. Initially I relotted Debussyman's Stormont building and plopped the new lot twice, once on the western, once on the eastern end of the Esplanade. The two huge parks in front of these lots also looked the same, as I used the same park set by Paeng for both, just supplemented with some additional new lots. Basically I still like the result, but think that more variety and work on the details are necessary.

Before:

The lateral medium-wide footpaths of the parks are not in-line with the corresponding footpaths of the Stormont lots. Moreover, they lack the low green fences that all other paths are accompanied with (you can hardly see this on the zoom 3 screenshot). The narrow paths in turn literally end in nowhere. It would look much better, if they were oriented towards the circular blue-white-red flowerbeds, wouldn't it?

After:

It still looks like the park lots by Paeng (in particular the luscious green ones on the picture below), but all overlay textures as well as the Murimk-style green fences are new. Furthermore I've done some FSH editing in order to alter the colour of a number of props, largely shrubs and other green stuff by Maxis and Simgoober. As my knowledge of working with graphics software is fairly limited, I really struggled with turning the Minerva fountain by Ripptide from blue into green though. The recolouring of the fountain's night lights still has to be done. 

[Barroco Hispano 26,932]

Sorry for the delay, my windows was crashing the last few days, I couldn't even open the calculator (A lot of BSOD & explorer.exe class not registered error). 

I bought this PC in 2020 (Ryzen 3600/GTX 1650 Super), and it'll probably stop working soon (Or not). Buying new components would cost me around $971 (RTX 5060/Ryzen 7900X, etc). I only use this PC to export BAT's to SC4; I don't play any other games, so I'm not sure it's a good investment. 

@nikoxlaux Soon 

[Honolulu 2,779]

4 hours ago, gutterclub said:

I think people have asked already but I'm going to anyway, can you please let me know

1) the water mod used

2) what that bridge is

3) Both the carpark thingies

This is beautiful work

Thanks!

1) The water mod is the VIP Terrain mod.

2) The bridge comes from the Glenni's Eyecandy bridges set. I tweaked the FSHs by separating it down the middle, hoping this would give it a lift-bridge look.

3) Could you please rephrase your question? I don't know what you're referring to.

 

[Jasoncw 11,949]

On 7/5/2025 at 12:13 PM, Krisman said:

 

This relot with the buildings next door turned out really nicely. 

[gutterclub 2,729]

1 hour ago, Honolulu said:

Thanks!

1) The water mod is the VIP Terrain mod.

2) The bridge comes from the Glenni's Eyecandy bridges set. I tweaked the FSHs by separating it down the middle, hoping this would give it a lift-bridge look.

3) Could you please rephrase your question? I don't know what you're referring to.

 

Sorry, refering to these 

 

[Honolulu 2,779]

On 09-07-2025 at 10:49 PM, gutterclub said:

Sorry, refering to these 

 

^ Original Pic Name: image.png

I made them with various existing textures and overlay sets that I modified to suit my needs.
(the one and only remaining montage of this area).

[Rott 2,399]

Forgot to post I was working on something again, ready to go pending some testing:

[Null 45 3,116]

I overrode the Maxis Lua logging functions as a test, the game is very chatty. Maxis logged every advisor and tutorial script load, plus a few lines of automata stuff.

Spoiler

Executing _system.lua...
NOTE! All tables supporting inheritance through '_parent' field 
    have to be created via 'TTT' prefix.
dofile() -- '_adv_sys.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_const.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- '_adv_advice.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_game_data.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_advisors_anim.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_advisors.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_cityplanning.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_transportation.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_environment.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_utilities.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_hq.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_finances.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_mysim_data.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_mysim.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_rewards.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_safety.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_nd.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_fluffnews.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_mysim_balloon.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'sit_constants.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_ambulance.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_armytruck.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_attackhelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_attackjet.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_citybus.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_crime.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_drivingtutorials.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_fireplane.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_firetruck.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_freighttrain.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_garbagetruck.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_hearse.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_icecream.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_mayor.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_medicalshelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_mysim.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_newshelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_newsvan.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_passengertrain.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_policecar.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_policehelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_schoolbus.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_steamtrain.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_tank.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_taxicab.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_ufo.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_cropdusting.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_ferryboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_fishingboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_metalwhale.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_skywriter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_speedboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_offshore.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_yacht.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_tugboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_motorboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_monorail.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_toxicwaste.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_skydiver.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_citysituations.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'tutorial_data.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'tutorial_registry.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "8a5b7a6c" : 46 steps. - Not registerd.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_tasks.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "ea5d6dc8" : 24 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_tasks2.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "abfad020" : 42 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_getting_started.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "0bfdb71b" : 22 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_make_money.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "cc02d3a3" : 32 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_big_city.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "2c12d0e9" : 58 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_whats_new.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'plugin_002_adv_const.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'plugin_002_adv_fluffnews.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_cityplanning.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_transportation.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_finances.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_rewards.lua'         -- Ok

I haven't decided if this is too chatty, but adding an INI file and code to detect and ignore the Maxis output seems like overkill. It does have the advantage of making print calls work outside fo a script function, which would be useful for debugging.

[art128 4,622]

5 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Sorry for the delay, my windows was crashing the last few days, I couldn't even open the calculator (A lot of BSOD & explorer.exe class not registered error). 

I bought this PC in 2020 (Ryzen 3600/GTX 1650 Super), and it'll probably stop working soon (Or not). Buying new components would cost me around $971 (RTX 5060/Ryzen 7900X, etc). I only use this PC to export BAT's to SC4; I don't play any other games, so I'm not sure it's a good investment. 

 

I mean as long you don't have any hardware error, I see no point in changing hardware.  Your PC is still modern. Don't believe what the manufacturers or vendors tell you, there are no real reason to upgrade.

Windows crashing doesn't surprise me at all, we've had several windows partition just stop working at work.

What you can do is backup your data (well, everyone should backup their data anyway) and do a fresh windows install.

It's not uncommon for Windows to crap itself after a few years of use. 

[watercitymadero 805]

6 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Sorry for the delay, my windows was crashing the last few days, I couldn't even open the calculator (A lot of BSOD & explorer.exe class not registered error). 

I bought this PC in 2020 (Ryzen 3600/GTX 1650 Super), and it'll probably stop working soon (Or not). Buying new components would cost me around $971 (RTX 5060/Ryzen 7900X, etc). I only use this PC to export BAT's to SC4; I don't play any other games, so I'm not sure it's a good investment. 

@nikoxlaux Soon 

I was playing sc4 and some other games fine with Bazzite, even newer games, but I need some SC4 tools, so I went back to Windows. I am on a 2018 PC with Windows 11, a fresh install, and everything seems fine . My motherboard is supported, but my CPU isn't, and I don't have any problems. 

Sometimes updates break something after a few years, so I think a fresh install would definitely be a solution; just make a backup to a USB drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox. Hope everything goes fine.

[Kel9509 1,483]

12 hours ago, Honolulu said:

I made them with various existing textures and overlay sets that I modified to suit my needs.
(the one and only remaining montage of this area).

You should upload those parking lots.  They are a work of art!

[Honolulu 2,779]

44 minutes ago, Kel9509 said:

You should upload those parking lots.  They are a work of art!

Thanks!

Well....It's the result of a complicated montage of JENX's sidewalks, overlays and textures. I don't think it's possible to release them.

[Honolulu 2,779]

12 hours ago, Null 45 said:

I overrode the Maxis Lua logging functions as a test, the game is very chatty. Maxis logged every advisor and tutorial script load, plus a few lines of automata stuff.

  Log (Reveal hidden contents)

Executing _system.lua...
NOTE! All tables supporting inheritance through '_parent' field 
    have to be created via 'TTT' prefix.
dofile() -- '_adv_sys.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_const.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- '_adv_advice.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_game_data.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_advisors_anim.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_advisors.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_cityplanning.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_transportation.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_environment.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_utilities.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_hq.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_finances.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_mysim_data.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_mysim.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_rewards.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_safety.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_nd.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_fluffnews.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_mysim_balloon.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'sit_constants.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_ambulance.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_armytruck.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_attackhelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_attackjet.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_citybus.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_crime.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_drivingtutorials.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_fireplane.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_firetruck.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_freighttrain.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_garbagetruck.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_hearse.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_icecream.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_mayor.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_medicalshelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_mysim.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_newshelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_newsvan.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_passengertrain.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_policecar.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_policehelicopter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_schoolbus.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_steamtrain.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_tank.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_taxicab.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_ufo.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_cropdusting.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_ferryboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_fishingboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_metalwhale.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_skywriter.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_speedboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_offshore.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_yacht.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_tugboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_motorboat.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_monorail.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_toxicwaste.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_csi_skydiver.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_citysituations.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'tutorial_data.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'tutorial_registry.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "8a5b7a6c" : 46 steps. - Not registerd.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_tasks.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "ea5d6dc8" : 24 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_tasks2.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "abfad020" : 42 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_getting_started.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "0bfdb71b" : 22 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_make_money.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "cc02d3a3" : 32 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_big_city.lua'         -- Ok
Tutorial "2c12d0e9" : 58 steps.
dofile() -- 'tutorial_whats_new.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'plugin_002_adv_const.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'plugin_002_adv_fluffnews.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_cityplanning.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_transportation.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_finances.lua'         -- Ok
dofile() -- 'adv_ep1_rewards.lua'         -- Ok

I haven't decided if this is too chatty, but adding an INI file and code to detect and ignore the Maxis output seems like overkill. It does have the advantage of making print calls work outside fo a script function, which would be useful for debugging.

Forgive my ignorance, but does this list of LUA functions (?) allow you to access useful information for the player to carry out his simulation, or does it allow you to manipulate existing scripts (?) or even create new ones (I'm thinking of “dofile() -- ‘tutorial'big.city.lua’ --”, for instance)?

[Barroco Hispano 26,932]

@art128 @watercitymadero 

You're right, I also consider my current hardware acceptable for the use I give my PC. I don't know if I should spend $1,059 right now on a PC that I use solely for this hobby. The good thing is that everything would render 150% faster . I have until today to make a decision before the Amazon deals run out.

What worries me about sticking with my current PC is that I've had to reinstall Windows on my PC about four times in the last two years (the last one was about five months ago). Every week I get several blue screens of death when starting or shutting down the PC. It's strange considering I have original Windows with the latest updates, and my SSD and HDD drives are fine. I bought a 4TB one to make a backup just in case, since my biggest fear is that constant Windows crashes will destroy my hard drives and I'll lose all my data.

 This happened to me today but I rebooted and used sfc /scannow and it seems to have fixed it: 

I've thought about opening a patreon but I don't think it would generate much interest since I'm focused on props and vehicles (I also have buildings, but they weren't made with SC4 measurements in mind and it would be very tedious to adapt them to the SC4 grid). The only different thing I have to upload to a patreon is 5 civilian ships per month and terrain mods 

 

[nikoxlaux 256]

1 hour ago, Barroco Hispano said:

@art128 @watercitymadero 

You're right, I also consider my current hardware acceptable for the use I give my PC. I don't know if I should spend $1,059 right now on a PC that I use solely for this hobby. The good thing is that everything would render 150% faster . I have until today to make a decision before the Amazon deals run out.

What worries me about sticking with my current PC is that I've had to reinstall Windows on my PC about four times in the last two years (the last one was about five months ago). Every week I get several blue screens of death when starting or shutting down the PC. It's strange considering I have original Windows with the latest updates, and my SSD and HDD drives are fine. I bought a 4TB one to make a backup just in case, since my biggest fear is that constant Windows crashes will destroy my hard drives and I'll lose all my data.

 This happened to me today but I rebooted and used sfc /scannow and it seems to have fixed it: 

I've thought about opening a patreon but I don't think it would generate much interest since I'm focused on props and vehicles (I also have buildings, but they weren't made with SC4 measurements in mind and it would be very tedious to adapt them to the SC4 grid). The only different thing I have to upload to a patreon is 5 civilian ships per month and terrain mods 

 

Do it bro, I love all your props!! I would subscribe to your patreon 

[justforfun 7,928]

2 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

I also have buildings, but they weren't made with SC4 measurements in mind and it would be very tedious to adapt them to the SC4 grid

RDQ props weren't made in standard grid sizes either, and yet we still found ways to lot them nicely. You could simply release the buildings as they are and leave it to each user to resize and lot them to their liking. The BuildingTweaker is so handy for this. 

[justforfun 7,928]

I still have odd corners left to fill in my region, so guess what? I'm starting a new pack of commercial corners. Here is the first one:

[SneakyDeaky 1,130]

3 hours ago, justforfun said:

I still have odd corners left to fill in my region, so guess what? I'm starting a new pack of commercial corners. Here is the first one:

That's great, can work in the style of a few different countries - like colonial America, or just plain UK. I wanted to ask you, have you batted a building from Southend yet? I know you have done a couple from Essex. If you ever do, I'm sure I can think of a few high street buildings hat would fit your style!

[Haljackey 17,398]

Railway chaos

[Null 45 3,116]

5 hours ago, Honolulu said:

Forgive my ignorance, but does this list of LUA functions (?) allow you to access useful information for the player to carry out his simulation, or does it allow you to manipulate existing scripts (?) or even create new ones (I'm thinking of “dofile() -- ‘tutorial'big.city.lua’ --”, for instance)?

It doesn't provide any new information, all of it would be available from reading the Lua code. You can already create new Lua files and override existing ones. I uploaded all of the Lua scripts in SimCity_1.dat to a GitHub repository to make them easier to browse.

The dofile command is used to load and compile a specific Lua file, this works for Maxis because the IID of their Lua scripts is derived from a hash of the file name. The retail version of the game uses the package system to control the order that Lua files are loaded, but during the game's development Maxis appears to have stored the Lua scripts as loose files.

It is hypothetically possible to add new tutorials, but I don't think anyone has ever tried to.

[mitsos 12,969]

Working on a new town

[hugues aroux 3,867]

30 minutes ago, mitsos said:

Working on a new town

.. just this little piece is very tempting!! hmmmm ... 

[Krisman 4,652]

Putting that new Toyota Dealership to good use ... 

@pclark06: brilliant work ... and if you ever get around doing a Peugeot of Mercedes dealer, there is space in my city for those ;-)

[justforfun 7,928]

On 7/11/2025 at 12:14 AM, SneakyDeaky said:

have you batted a building from Southend yet? I know you have done a couple from Essex. If you ever do, I'm sure I can think of a few high street buildings hat would fit your style!

Not yet! Do you know some nice commercials that I could include in my current project? 

[justforfun 7,928]

Another corner office: