Cam Buildings

[1bbaxter 1]

Hi. I've been a member of Simtropolis since 2005 and never felt a need to ask any questions since I usually found my answers by reading the forums! I've played SC4 off and on since it came out and enjoy the game. Now my question - is there a way to make cam only buildings non cam? I've found that a lot of the industrial buildings that are cam only excellent looking buildings (very detailed) Hopefully this is the right place to ask and I don't think it's been asked but I wanted to post a question anyway!

[Turjan 1,048]

Well, sure. You can just change the growth stage in iLive's Reader.  With buildings that are close to normal stages (max. 8 vor commercials and residentials), that's probably all you have to do. With very large buildings, you may want to tone down some of the numbers (capacities, building value) or make landmark versions out of them. With industrials, you have to go from 10 levels down to 3, so I would probably compare some of the numbers of existing CAM/non-CAM pairs to get an idea of what's different.

[1bbaxter 1]

Thanks Turjan I figured the reader was the trick! Now I'll read on how to use it and study industry CAM -Non Cam.Thanks again

[Turjan 1,048]

Thanks Turjan I figured the reader was the trick! Now I'll read on how to use it and study industry CAM -Non Cam.Thanks again

 

Growth stage is very easy to change. If you click on a building exemplar file, it will be pretty much the first value, after Parent Cohort, Exemplar Type and Exemplar Name. It's a hex value, but as the base game ends at stage 8, that's not important to you. Just put in the number you want. Takes about 5 seconds.

[1bbaxter 1]

That explanation made it much more simple! Thanks -lowered a couple of buildings down to 3's. I am having a hard time finding how to change the amount of sims working in a building.Help again Turjan! lol

[Turjan 1,048]

It's the "Capacity Satisfied" value that needs to be changed. That can be found in the building exemplar, either directly in a dat file or in the desc file if you have separate files. Here you change the second of the two numbers. Attention, this needs to be a hexadecimal value, so you need a converter for that if you use the older Reader version (the new one is buggy).

 

If the building grows like weeds afterward, you can lower the "Building Value". But you can try your luck first. Big lots (abover 6x6) need some help to grow most of the time.

[1bbaxter 1]

Thanks Turjan! Great help with the reader.