Removing buildings from .dat file?

[Shadowstrike 21]

I'm installing CAM, but I wanted to remove the growable versions of the Coit Tower and the CN Tower that come with it (I don't find it particularly realistic that either of them count as commercial services, much less ones with thousands of jobs - can thousands of people even fit into the CN Tower?). They are packed into one .dat file with other buildings, and I think I've figured out how to do it, but I wanted to make sure I'm doing this correctly. Using iLives Reader, I've opened up ColossusAddonMod_1.0.dat, and deleted the files that have the examplar type "LotConfigurations" and "Buildings" for each of those two buildings. That should do it right?

[SimCoug 5,973]

Using iLives Reader, I've opened up ColossusAddonMod_1.0.dat, and deleted the files that have the examplar type "LotConfigurations" and "Buildings" for each of those two buildings. That should do it right?

 

Yes, that will do the job (just deleting the 'lot' exemplar would be enough to ensure that they don't grow - but it doesn't hurt to get rid of the building exemplar as well).  To be on the safe side, you should always go to the 'sub files' menu and select "reindex".  Then, go back into the 'sub files' menu and select 'rebuild directory file'.  Then you can save.  I would suggest doing that every time you make a change to files using the Reader program.   

[Shadowstrike 21]

Thanks for the tip, SimCoug. I knew that I was probably missing an important step.