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Hi Simtropians.
 

Whenever I start SimCity4: Deluxe via steam, it always starts my region in Timbuktu and I always have to set settings to my preference.
Note: I'm using UserDir for my plugins folder on the same disk, another location.

I cannot remeber if I had the same issue on Origin.

If anyone had a similar problem, hope you can help me remedy this.

Thanks in advance!

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Have you moved the location of either the Plugins or Regions folders, usually inside My Documents? Do you have more than one user account in use on your PC? Does the account you use have Admin rights or not? Also which edition of Windows are you using?

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    20 minutes ago, rsc204 said:

    Have you moved the location of either the Plugins or Regions folders, usually inside My Documents? Do you have more than one user account in use on your PC? Does the account you use have Admin rights or not? Also which edition of Windows are you using?

    I'm running Win10, this account I have is the only account and it has admin rights.
    My previous OS, I had the simcity4 installed via origin. The whole SimCity4 folder in documents, I copied on a ext. hard, from which I run simcity4 (and all my games from steam, I know, but I got an SSD, don't have much room). So the entire folder with regions and plugins and cnfg file is on the ext drive, on the same disk where Simcity is installed.

    “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

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    rsc204    21,814

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    SimCity is very picky, if you move the default folders from Documents\SimCity 4\ elsewhere, it often simply will ignore them. So you need to store these in Documents ideally. If you really can't, you can add a command line (shortcut) switch:

    -UserDir:"d:\sc4\"

    Where d represents the drive letter of the files and sc4\ represents the folder path.

    The other option is using SymLinks. In short those make the folders on the external disk link back to the expected defaults. So SC4 will think the files are where they should be.

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    Head over to my Lot and Mod Shack to keep abreast of my latest developments.

    Do you like custom textures, but don't like all the work involved creating them?, take a look at the Texture Automation options here. Change the look and feel of your transit networks, with the minimum of effort, for example customised versions of my Sidewalk NAM (SWN) and Terrain Grass NAM (TGN) mods, and much more besides.

    New to the NAM? Check out my tutorials on YouTube. Latest upload: How to: RHW - MHO Roundabout Interchanges. (Nov 25).

    p.s. - I'm MGB over on SC4D and a member of the NAM team.

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    17 minutes ago, rsc204 said:

    The other option is using SymLinks.

    Whoa! That's cool. I've saved this in case I find a reason to use it. :)

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    Fatjuice    253

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    Thanks alot rsc204!

    Will try that now :)

    “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

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