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[TheMurderousCricket 5,104]

I am happy to announce that I work on bringing SC3000 ordinances into SC4, through the use of @Null 45's "Custom Ordinance Exemplar Host DLL" magic.

I always liked the additional control and significant diversity and variability that ordinance mechanism offered in SC3000. In SC4, however, the number of ordinances was cut in half. Although a practical decision, it could have been disappointing to some.

Thus, my humble project is to bring them all back to life so that our ordinance lists offer us, again, a world of possibilities and tools through which we can make delicate adjustments to the way we run our cities.

For the time being and with my current understanding of the game, it is of course not possible to directly cut traffic volumes (which SC3000 ordinances could do), so any Traffic Advisor ordinances force me to improvise heavily...  On the other hand, even Maxis didn't code the "Carpool Program" right, so why would I worry?  With the exception of that one caveat, I hope the project will give you a lot of joy, especially if you are anything like me - nostalgic and bureaucratic, that is.

I'm not sure if I will be able to make my downloads SC4Pac-compatible. I may not have the knowledge required to do so, but I promise I will try.

First uploads coming soon.

              

 

P.S.: Of course, SC3000 had neither "AI Free Zone" nor "DPC" ordinances. These are extras, which were made to test some functionalities.

[Null 45 3,113]

3 hours ago, TheMurderousCricket said:

Although a practical decision, it could have been disappointing to some.

Maxis left reserved IIDs for a bunch of SC3K and SC4 ordinances in one of the advisor script files, the Lua table is below.

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-- Ordinance IDs. Only used internally by the advisor system. 
-- 
ordinance_ids = {}

      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CPRTRAINING          = hex2dec('00D0723D')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_SMOKEDETECTORS       = hex2dec('62BF1DAA')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_NEIGHBORHOODWATCH    = hex2dec('62BF1DB9')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_POLICEOUTREACH       = hex2dec('A2BF1F60')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_YOUTHCURFEW          = hex2dec('C2BF1DC5')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_GAMBLING             = hex2dec('A0D07129')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_READING              = hex2dec('E0D07233')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_EARTHQUAKEPREP       = hex2dec('C2BF1DD1')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_SMOKINGBAN           = hex2dec('E0D07239')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_FREECLINICS          = hex2dec('40D07236')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_JRSPORTS             = hex2dec('815B4CEF')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_SHELTERS             = hex2dec('20D07175')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CARPOOL              = hex2dec('A2BF1DDC')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_SHUTTLESERVICE       = hex2dec('A2BF1DE5')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CROSSINGGUARDS       = hex2dec('C2BF1DEF')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_POWERCONSERVATION    = hex2dec('82B9999B')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_WATERCONSERVATION    = hex2dec('02BF1DFA')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_STAIRWELLLIGHTING    = hex2dec('82E42E30')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CARSMOGGING          = hex2dec('C2BF1E04')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_BRIDGETOLLS          = hex2dec('82BF1E0E')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_TRASHSORT            = hex2dec('42BF1E18')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_WATERTOWERADS        = hex2dec('62BF1E21')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_ALTERNATEDAYDRIVING  = hex2dec('E2BF1E2A')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_PARKINGFINES         = hex2dec('015B4D1E')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_LEAFBURNINGBAN       = hex2dec('22BF1E35')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_NUKEFREE             = hex2dec('E0D0722E')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CLEANAIR             = hex2dec('A2BF1E43')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_SUBSIDIZEDTRANSIT    = hex2dec('C2D1B025')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_TOURISTPROMOTION     = hex2dec('62F6E7CF')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CONSERVATIONCORPS    = hex2dec('A2F6E7DA')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_INDPOLLUTEFEE        = hex2dec('02F6E7E2')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_CLEANINDASSOC        = hex2dec('E2F6E7EA')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_ELECTRONICSINCENTIVE = hex2dec('02F6E7EF')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_AEROSPACEINCENTIVE   = hex2dec('22F6E7F4')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_ELECTRONICSJOBFAIR   = hex2dec('A2F6E7F9')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_BIOTECHINCENTIVE     = hex2dec('E2F6E7FE')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_PUBLICACCESSCABLE    = hex2dec('C2F6E804')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_LAWNCHEMBAN          = hex2dec('62F6E808')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_LANDFILLGASRECOVERY  = hex2dec('22F6E80C')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_INDWASTEDISPOSAL     = hex2dec('A2F917CF')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_BACKYARDCOMPOSTING   = hex2dec('22F6E814')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_PAPERREDUCTION       = hex2dec('22F6E81B')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_TIRERECYCLING        = hex2dec('C2F6E81F')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_FARMERSMARKET        = hex2dec('62F6E82B')
      ordinance_ids.ORDINANCE_WATERMETERS          = hex2dec('C2F90EB1')

 

Based on the game's existing ordinances, it appears that quite a few were ported from SC3K (possibly automatically by a script). The SC4 power conservation ordinance has some left over data from SC3K, its minimum availability year is set to 1970. SC4 checks the minimum availability year before enabling an ordinance, but that typo has no effect because SC4 cities start in 2000 instead of 1900 and all other Maxis ordinances use a minimum availability year of 0.

Several of them (bridge tolls, water tower ads) appear to be unimplemented SC4 ordinances ideas. I had looked into both bridge tolls and water tower ads at one point, but I couldn't figure out how to implement them. As a side note, there is a ST thread with numerous ordinance ideas, most of the DLL's example ordinances were taken from that list.

[TheMurderousCricket 5,104]

27 minutes ago, Null 45 said:

Maxis left reserved IIDs for a bunch of SC3K and SC4 ordinances in one of the advisor script files, the Lua table is below.

Interesting, I didn't know that. It looks like they wanted to transfer them after all! At least at some point..  I think this tool was not considered to be a top priority in the game.

[jestarr 3,423]

This is the latest iteration of the warehouses I'm making for my freight/port lots. I'm making 2x4 versions with warehouse doors on both sides, only one side, both ends and only one end. I'll also be making additional versions with different windows and textures. These may be slightly delayed as I'll only have one pc running windows 10 [not connected to the internet]. The other four will be running various linux distributions. My irritation with windows 11 necessitated this.

[justforfun 7,926]

1 hour ago, jestarr said:

My irritation with windows 11 necessitated this.

Still using windows 7 here - you can tell I love antiques 

[justforfun 7,926]

Optician, anyone? 

[sejr99999 8,370]

55 minutes ago, justforfun said:

Still using windows 7 here - you can tell I love antiques 

me too

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

I'm not sure if the frosted glass material looks good..

 

[Ulisse Wolf 4,458]

Meanwhile, work on rebuilding AMPS continues. After retrofitting the code, we are moving on to fixing the Maxis buildings, the additional buildings, and also the code as the power plants are ready. After this step, we will move on to fixing the UIs. 

There is still work to be done before a public version is released, but at least you can see the aesthetically improved version of the wind power plant already available with CAM Core 3.5.1.

[matias93 7,535]

1 hour ago, Barroco Hispano said:

I'm not sure if the frosted glass material looks good..

 

It looks a bit cloudy, but that makes sense for any glass or polycarbonate that has been more than a few weeks under the sun.

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@matias93

Yo, guy -- 

Just a quick question -- there was a discussion thread for the "Christmas Lights" last year -- do we have one this year -?   

I've been looking for one -- but probably in all the wrong places.  

[hugues aroux 3,867]

7 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

I'm not sure if the frosted glass material looks good..

Personally, I think it's great! I.love.it ! As for light, for someone from Normandy who has cloudy skies 10-12 months a year, It has a lovely daytime feel to it ! ( @matias93 Rouen gets 1500 hours of sunshine vs. Santiago 2750, pfff, show-off!  ) So we have a good compromise here !?! 

[kschmidt 6,221]

16 hours ago, justforfun said:

Still using windows 7 here - you can tell I love antiques 

Win 11 .limited to 23H2, but Win 7 & 8.1 for daily use ! Security, as long norton supports or go offline if critical ? Win XP still surface little from time to time! 

[Silur 3,308]

The fish theme is open. We are waiting.

 

 

 

[Ke|is 3,337]

New Saitama Prefecture update. It's time to visit Aoki*

 

[justforfun 7,926]

A model a day... takes the empty high streets away? 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

YO, GUYS ---

This is the final Chapter of “IMPERIAL DOCKYARDS: CUXHAVEN” – the second installment of the “Dockyards Trilogy”.

 

To honor the memory of “ODAINSAKER”, I dedicate this installment to him, and have included a brief “memorial”. (Any memories or anecdotes about Odainsaker will be appreciated and warmly received.)

 

Chapter 65:

THE PHOTO TOUR

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Visit us at……

 

[Koonam 539]

Finally...! Due to technical issues with GMax and real life events, I completed it with BAT4Blender in almost a year. 

Kanelloy Clock Tower

See you in a few days!  

[matias93 7,535]

On 1/9/2026 at 1:57 AM, Dreadnought said:

@matias93

Yo, guy -- 

Just a quick question -- there was a discussion thread for the "Christmas Lights" last year -- do we have one this year -?   

I've been looking for one -- but probably in all the wrong places.  

Here's this season's thread:

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

2 minutes ago, matias93 said:

Here's this season's thread:

 

THANK YOU very much, Sir.    

[Barroco Hispano 26,931]

WIP:

 

[nikoxlaux 254]

6 minutes ago, Barroco Hispano said:

WIP:

 

Fabuloso!!!

[justforfun 7,926]

11 hours ago, Barroco Hispano said:

Did I just dream about this, or you once asked whether we'd be interested in a transparency tutorial? As I very much am!

[justforfun 7,926]

A while ago I was asked to make a luxury fur shop. So here is the Arctic Fur Store, a fictional rendition of a historic London name. On the right is a patisserie (the "missing" windows are only visible in-game).  

 

[nightbird615 1,439]

3 hours ago, justforfun said:

A while ago I was asked to make a luxury fur shop. So here is the Arctic Fur Store, a fictional rendition of a historic London name. On the right is a patisserie (the "missing" windows are only visible in-game).  

 

A fur store.  Love the name as well.     Wonderful!  Can't wait for the release.     Thank you!

[yujiange 158]

[EffTheGrid 3,726]

5 hours ago, justforfun said:

A while ago I was asked to make a luxury fur shop. So here is the Arctic Fur Store, a fictional rendition of a historic London name. On the right is a patisserie (the "missing" windows are only visible in-game).  

 

I'm almost expecting a busker to pop out of the window and sing us a lively tune. Never know with you  

[jestarr 3,423]

A few Dock Props I'm making for my port lots. These are the 32x32 props. There are also various 16x32 and 16x16 pieces.

[Tyberius06 12,263]

27 minutes ago, jestarr said:

A few Dock Props I'm making for my port lots. These are the 32x32 props. There are also various 16x32 and 16x16 pieces.

Oh yeah! 👍😃

These are awesome! Now you may brace for the PITA requests: d.i.a.g.o.n.a.l.s. 

[simmering 2,742]

32 minutes ago, jestarr said:

A few Dock Props I'm making for my port lots. These are the 32x32 props. There are also various 16x32 and 16x16 pieces.

 

7 minutes ago, Tyberius06 said:

These are awesome! Now you may brace for the PITA requests: d.i.a.g.o.n.a.l.s. 

I agree, they do look great and I like particularly the signs of use on the surface.

Tibi's mentioning of diagonals reminds of a question I meant to ask a creator: I never saw any Fractional Angle docks or seawalls. Is this because they are difficult or impossible to make?