To exclude a building from system

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Does anybody know how to exclude that brown building from the growable buildings lists of system, so as not to appear in game?

I don't know the English name of that.

Or any mod that prevents area of 4*4 from being divided or growing 4*3 building will work for me.

Thanks

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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[His Divine Hand 244]

There is no way to prevent zones from subdividing unfortunately, but there is away to stop specific lots from growing.   You will need to download two programs, the Sim City 4 Lot Editor and iLive Reader.  

To block these specific Maxis lots, you will first open Lot Editor and scan through the long list for lots titled RS$7(or 8)3x4.  These are the offending lots, and what you are going to do to each one that you don't want to grow make sure to select the Building tab, select the buildings box in the over head view, then hit the n key which will change which building shown, since Maxis made extensive use of Building Families, which means one lot can grow several different buildings, not just the one you first see.  Once you are sure you have found the right lot(s) all you do is hit the "Save" button.  NOT the "Save As", it has to be the "Save" button.  This will make a lot that will override the original Maxis lot.  

Now, open iLive reader, and select Open File, and direct it to your plugins folder, which should be in your My Documents folders.  Find the file (It will be named the same as what you saw in the Lot Editor menu unless you changed the name upon saving, which doesn't stop it from overriding the original) and obviously open it.  You will see a list of things in left window, the one you are looking for is titled "Exemplars" which you will select.  Now there will be a list of categories followed by names in the right window.  you a looking for named something like LotStageGrowth, and it should have a number from 01 to 08.  You will click on that and a new window will open, and in this window you will change the number to FF, then hit the apply button.  Then, all you do is save and the work is done.  

Your problem building cannot grow anymore as long as the file is in your plugins folder.  Just remove it if you want it to grow again.  Have fun!

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How kind you are! Thanks for your detailed explanation!

[InvisiChem 121]

Its English name is Brown Hi-Rise and is part of the Houston Tileset. Exemplar number 0x01810000 in SimCity_1.dat. Another way to stop it from growing is to use reader only. Open the reader, click on SimCity_1.dat on the left panel. Sort by Instance in the left panel of the new window. right click Exemplar 0x01810000, making sure it is the building exemplar, and select "Copy File(s)". At the top, click the new file icon. Right click the left pane in the new window and click "Paste File(s)". In the right pane, double click the "Occupant Groups" item. Change the First number from 0x00001000 to 0x00000000. Click Save as icon at the top of reader and save it in your plugins folder under any name (Brown Hi-Rise Blocker) would probably be a great name.

Attached to this post is a much more advanced version of the above process. This one, I broke the family chain, parent cohort chain, changed the purpose to IA, Changed the Occupant Type to 0x00000000 and changed the Occupant Groups to a single entry of 0x0000000. This building will no longer grow at all in your city as long as this is in your plugins. Way overkill, but easy.

Brown_HiRise_Blocker.zip

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Wow thank you so much!

[InvisiChem 121]

Very welcome. Enjoy