Making a mixed R and C building

[fredinno 54]

Is such a thing possible? Or is it something that the traffic Sim can't handle, or no one has tried before?

[FlyHigh 179]

It is not possible to do mixed zones as zone types are hard-coded in the .exe. Even if you mod a building to supply both jobs and residences, it would not be growable.

[Prophet42 1,501]

Looking at the examplar files from, say a residential building, it is possible to include mixed types.  See a snap shot from using iLive Reader on a residential lot.  However, there is no 'Mixed' zone, so I do not know how the game mechanics would handle such a lot.

 

[Tarkus 6,932]

There is a game property called "Allow Joint Occupancy" (0x27812836), which accepts a boolean (true/false) value.  Per the description provided in the Reader, "if true, different types can occupy the building together".  However, the property isn't referenced in any of the game's original files, and I'm not aware of any custom content that has successfully utilized it.  RippleJet, who developed the CAM and is one of the luminaries of RCI modding, said in 2009 over at SC4D that he and BarbyW had both tried unsuccessfully to get the property to function.  His conclusion was that Maxis didn't finish implementing it. 

-Tarkus

[fredinno 54]

42 minutes ago, Prophet42 said:

Looking at the examplar files from, say a residential building, it is possible to include mixed types.  See a snap shot from using iLive Reader on a residential lot.  However, there is no 'Mixed' zone, so I do not know how the game mechanics would handle such a lot.

 

But it won't show up as a legit job and residence that sims interact with.

4 minutes ago, Tarkus said:

There is a game property called "Allow Joint Occupancy" (0x27812836), which accepts a boolean (true/false) value.  Per the description provided in the Reader, "if true, different types can occupy the building together".  However, the property isn't referenced in any of the game's original files, and I'm not aware of any custom content that has successfully utilized it.  RippleJet, who developed the CAM and is one of the luminaries of RCI modding, said in 2009 over at SC4D that he and BarbyW had both tried unsuccessfully to get the property to function.  His conclusion was that Maxis didn't finish implementing it. 

-Tarkus

Probably for a .dll or locked in .exe?

[rsc204 21,815]

8 hours ago, fredinno said:

Probably for a .dll or locked in .exe?

One and the same thing. If the code to do something is inside the .exe, the only way to modify it is with the use of a .dll.

[MayorBCL 11]

I'm not looking to mix res/commercial, but I would like to make my commercial  and industrial ploppable landmarks satisfy  $,$$ and $$$ and Co/Cs.  Do I need the "allow joint occupancy" thing to do that?  

 

Also,  I am running into the 1.2M residential cap.  Is there any mod to take that off, or some ploppable landmark that, for all intents and purposes, does that?

[Jasoncw 11,841]

CS and CO are different, and mixing them would be the same as mixing residential and commercial.

However, lots do provide different wealth jobs. The game's interface is misleading. For example, a CS$$$ building doesn't provide CS$$$ jobs only, it provides a mix of CS$$$, CS$$, and CS$ jobs. A CO$$$ building also provides CO$$ jobs. You can see in Prophet42's screenshot above, for "Capacity Satisfied" there are different values for R$ and R$$.

 

For your second question, I don't play very big cities so I'm not familiar with those extreme situations, but maybe someone else can help you.