Archive Directory

[Cougar2004 128]

What is the Archive Directory for?

 

Installing SimCity 4 Deluxe creates a default folder in the My Documents/SimCity 4 directory.  I have never seen anything inside it.  What is it for? How do we use it?

 

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Thanks!

- Cougar2004

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

Good question, since I don't have it.  I suppose it was created by some installer or other, as were some of mine.

 

List:

SimCity 4
├── Exception Reports
├── HTTPCache
├── LBT_Downloads
├── LEX_Downloads
├── NAM_Documentation
├── Plugins
├── Regions
├── SimCity 4.cfg
└── STEX_Downloads
 

With the exception of the NAM_Documentation folder, the others came out of thin air due to things like plugin installations.

[Cougar2004 128]

Thank you for sharing your list and explaining.  After reading your idea, that has got to be the answer.  Thanks.

[Cyclone Boom 17,033]

One thing's for sure, it's definitely not used by the game.

 

Are you using / have previously used the DIC (Download and Installation Catalogue) by chance? It's basically an advanced tool which allows custom content to be organised and managed more efficiently. I believe an "Archive" folder can be created and used when processing files. For example, before uninstalling a plugin, instead of deleting it, the file(s) can be transferred from your main plugins folder to this archive. This can be useful in case you wish to reinstall a particular plugin.