[Solved] Unlimited Casinos Mod or Cheat?

[General Lee 9]

I'm wondering if there's a way to plop more than the limit of one casino. Has anyone created a Mod that allows this? Or is it possible to do so using a cheat? I searched Google and the Simtropolis forums, but didn't find a topic like this. So I'm assuming I'm the first one (so please don't kill me if this is a double post).

[CapTon 592]

Unfortunately, I don't believe there is I searched both the STEX and the LEX and came up with nothing. Sorry.

[jmsepe 2,039]

There are a lot of casino in the STEX and other exchange. It is possible to plop many casinos but it is impossible to plop more than one MAXIS casino. 

[paeng 2,510]

You could make a copy of the casino exemplar. Store it with a z_... prefix so it loads after your regular casino.

 

Open the copy and delete the property CityExclusionGroup - now you can plop as many casinos as you want.

[General Lee 9]

You could make a copy of the casino exemplar. Store it with a z_... prefix so it loads after your regular casino.

 

Open the copy and delete the property CityExclusionGroup - now you can plop as many casinos as you want.

All right, now it seems like we're getting somewhere. First of all, where is the casino exemplar located? Is it in the SimCity1.dat? And wouldn't I also have to make copies of the .model and .lot files as well? And how do I connect the two? Also, I'm assuming I just paste these copies into my Plugins folder just like any other mod?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

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All right, so I found the Casino exemplar located in SimCity 1.dat under Rewards. There are two properties under the Rewards Exemplar: Lots and Buildings. I'm assuming the exemplar I want to copy is the "Building" exemplar since it contains the property "CityExclusionGroup". Do I "Add to Patch"? And then in the patch manager, do I just delete the CityEclusionGroup property and save it in the Plugins folder in My Documents?

 

Any help on this would be appreciated.

[APSMS 1,893]

You could, iirc, use the "you don't deserve it" cheat. Plop one down. Then, afterwards, gain the reward normally. I think, also, that using the cheat after exiting and then reentering the city might trigger a reset and let you plop down yet another one. I'm not sure about this, though. I've never really needed to plop tons of the same reward.

 

Does the casino show up in the LotPlop or BldgPlop menus, or is that reserved for growable RCI only?

[General Lee 9]

You could, iirc, use the "you don't deserve it" cheat. Plop one down. Then, afterwards, gain the reward normally. I think, also, that using the cheat after exiting and then reentering the city might trigger a reset and let you plop down yet another one. I'm not sure about this, though. I've never really needed to plop tons of the same reward.

 

Does the casino show up in the LotPlop or BldgPlop menus, or is that reserved for growable RCI only?

Yes, those are reserved for growable RCIs. Esspecially since having one reward per city is coded into the object itself (specifically, the CityExclusionGroup code in the reward's/casino's exemplar). That's why paeng suggested creating a modded copy of the Casino exemplar, and deleting the property CityExclusionGroup from the mod's .DAT file entirely. The problem is, he suggested some weird "Z_Prefix" thing that I don't know how to do (and he hasn't replied yet with an explanation on how to do it   ). 

 

So what I was wondering is if this would work:

1. Use Ilive's Reader to get to the Casino Exemplar in the SimCity1.DAT file.

2. Delete the property "CityExclusionGroup".

3. Click "Add to Patch". 

4. Use the Patch Manager to create a mod .DAT file.

5. Place it in My Documents>SimCity 4>Pluggins folder.

 

So can you (or anyone) confirm if this would work? Or would I just be opening a can of worms? 

 

Thank you for your help!

 

NOTE: It's not that I "need" to plop "tons of the same reward". It's just that I want to create kind of a "Casino Area" in one of my towns. You know, for looks; kinda like a "Las Vegas". I know there are Landmark casinos here on the Exchange, but those aren't necessarily coded the same way (for example, they'll give you, like, $25,000 and they either weaken or eliminate the "crime effect").

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Have fun with your "strip".  Don't forget to put an airport at one end and a big cop shop at the other. Las Vegas is an interesting place.

 

Oh, and if you are interested, the name of the airport is McCarran Field.

[General Lee 9]

Have fun with your "strip".  Don't forget to put an airport at one end and a big cop shop at the other. Las Vegas is an interesting place.

 

Oh, and if you are interested, the name of the airport is McCarran Field.

I wish I could be having fun with my strip, but so far I haven't got much help on how to mod rewards. 

And yes, I kinda expected this. I realize SimCity 4's modding community is dead. 

 

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Just tested it out now. The above method seems to work. No detectable bugs as of yet. Hooray! Now that I can build casino towns in SimCity 4, I won't have to buy SimCity 2013!   

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

 

Have fun with your "strip".  Don't forget to put an airport at one end and a big cop shop at the other. Las Vegas is an interesting place.

 

Oh, and if you are interested, the name of the airport is McCarran Field.

I wish I could be having fun with my strip, but so far I haven't got much help on how to mod rewards. 

And yes, I kinda expected this. I realize SimCity 4's modding community is dead. 

 

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Just tested it out now. The above method seems to work. No detectable bugs as of yet. Hooray! Now that I can build casino towns in SimCity 4, I won't have to buy SimCity 2013!   

 

Actually quite active in many ways.  You just put your post in the wrong forum.  Next time try this one.  - - I see you already have.  Expecting action after a couple of days is not necessarily "dead".  It means no one who has read it is interested, or has a good answer.

 

It is considered bad form to post a problem in more than one list.

[General Lee 9]

Actually quite active in many ways.  You just put your post in the wrong forum.  Next time try this one.  - - I see you already have.  Expecting action after a couple of days is not necessarily "dead".  It means no one who has read it is interested, or has a good answer.

 

 

 

 

It is considered bad form to post a problem in more than one list.

 

Oh I fully realize it's bad form. The problem is we reach a catch-22 in this situation. See, as I mentioned at the begining of my other post (in the Modding Section), I didn't know this post would devolve into a "How to I mod this?" sort of question. So if I continued posting here, I would be told I was doing something wrong. If I started a new post, I would be told I was doing something wrong. No matter what I did, I breached etiquette! So I went big and did both at the same time.   But it's all good. My question was answered thanks to help from paeng and APSMS. 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I am glad you got your answer.  Sometimes people are busy with RL things and don't get around to the forums right away.