SC4 Startup Manager says cities are "inapplicable"

[Moonraker0 193]

Hello.  I have been trying to export a region view image of my entire region (2048x8192 small tiles).  The Region Census program apparently can't handle large regions, so I thought I'd reinstall SimCity 4 Startup Manager, as I know it can export the region image as well.  However, now that I've installed it, SC4 Startup Manager is telling me that my regions' cities are all "inapplicable", and it won't show anything but blank ground tiles in its preview of the region.  I don't understand what this means, as I've already tried loading them in the game, and the region shows up just fine, in addition to the cities having no problem loading.  It's only SC4 Startup Manager that has the problem.  I've already tried deleting its .ini file to let it re-make it.  Does anyone know if there's anything I can do here to fix this?  I'd previously edited the config.bmp of the region using Startup Manager in order to expand the region to the north and east; I think maybe this has something to do with it.  When I did this, all my neighbor deals were canceled, but that's been fixed since then.

 

I would also like to possibly use Startup Manager to more easily edit the config.bmp to subdivide city tiles in the new areas in the future, but I guess if I can't use it, I'll do that manually.  Also, failing this problem getting resolved, does anyone know of another tool besides Region Census that can view/export an image of the entire region outside of the game?

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I've never used that program. 

 

However, I have stitched together some region screen shots.  You have to be very careful to make sure the POV is the same (shift the scene horizontally with the arrow keys) and take overlapping screen shots. 

 

Now, using the GIMP or Photoshop select both shots as separate layers, create a blank layer large enough to hold both, then paste one of them on the blank.  Next, use the transparency controls to superimpose the other layer(s) on the base lining up carefully.  Go non-transparent and paste.

 

This is a lot of work, but better than mucking around with a program you don't have the source for.

[Moonraker0 193]

Thanks for the reply; I guess I will have to do it manually after all.  I'm definitely no stranger to GIMP editing, so I'll try that for the region view.  I'd used this method for mosaics in my city journal but not region views.  I hadn't thought of using layer transparency to help line them up.  Usually I just try to line the edges up without being able to see beneath the layers, so this will be a better way of doing it.