An old newbie question....

[justcallmesam 2]

Hello to all.  I haven't been on Sim City 4 in over 5 years.  Now I'm starting to get the itch.  I checked out the STEX and it looks completely revamped.  I was looking for a search box to look for old BATs I remembered, but I couldn't find it.

 

Is there another way to simplify my search on the STEX? 

  Edited February 6, 2014 by Cyclone Boom  
Moved to here.

[Cyclone Boom 17,031]

Hi there... welcome back!
 
The site does have an advanced search option to the right of the search bar (it is slightly obscured by the background). This has options to search by a specific author, timeframe or file category. Enclosing a search term in "quotes" will only show exact matches. To find old BATs, probably the best way is to specify a timeframe in say 2004-2006 & selecting the appropriate category.
 
When all else fails, Google is always there. I recommend using this method:
 
site:community.simtropolis.com/files/ "<search term>"

This will only retrieve search results that are from the STEX, and contain a matching search term. Google's advanced search also has options to customise this further.
 
Hope this helps a bit.

[justcallmesam 2]

Really big help there.  Thank you!!

[jaredh 195]

google is usually your best shot.  The search functionality here is lacking to say the least beyond titles and authors....but that is more of a categorical issue than anything else.