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[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

27 minutes ago, junspud said:

Found this screenshot with a bunch of nice buildings.

Much appreciated if anyone could let me know which buildings the circled ones are... mainly the parallel parking lots.

Top left are the parks that are part of JPN Downtown/Urban Canal Set http://blog.livedoor.jp/moonlinght/archives/cat_59226.html

Bottom left is one of mattb's. Look in his files.

[Tyberius06 12,189]

8 minutes ago, junspud said:

Found this screenshot with a bunch of nice buildings.

Much appreciated if anyone could let me know which buildings the circled ones are... mainly the parallel parking lots.

Hi there!

So the circled canal pieces are from Moonlinght and it's the ML JPN DT (maybe downtown???) Canal - description in japanese: http://blog.livedoor.jp/moonlinght/archives/1940300.html

The building on the left side is one of Mattb325's FA buildings Urban Art Gallery

I don't know the tower.

As far as I can see the parallel parking is coming with the red-ish bicycle paths and I believe it's unreleased as whole. The parallel parking props were released as part of @Girafe's BSC-VIP Girafe Urbanpack (CarPack vol. 4) vol. 1 and the car props look like Girafe's too. 

@nos.17 also released a nice pack of (parallel) parking set with other goodies: nos.17 StreetSide Parking (SSP)

Where did you get the image? Who uploaded it at the first place?

[gwada971 1,891]

@junspud Hi, the tower from RDQ is here

 

[junspud 1,066]

23 hours ago, Tyberius06 said:

Hi there!

So the circled canal pieces are from Moonlinght and it's the ML JPN DT (maybe downtown???) Canal - description in japanese: http://blog.livedoor.jp/moonlinght/archives/1940300.html

The building on the left side is one of Mattb325's FA buildings Urban Art Gallery

I don't know the tower.

As far as I can see the parallel parking is coming with the red-ish bicycle paths and I believe it's unreleased as whole. The parallel parking props were released as part of @Girafe's BSC-VIP Girafe Urbanpack (CarPack vol. 4) vol. 1 and the car props look like Girafe's too. 

@nos.17 also released a nice pack of (parallel) parking set with other goodies: nos.17 StreetSide Parking (SSP)

Where did you get the image? Who uploaded it at the first place?

From here... One of the buildings I circled was linked to in the post so that was silly to circle it.

The ones I was most interested in were the bike path ones you mention, must be unreleased. I like the SSP ones too but these ones are different, think I'll have to make my own.

[Tyberius06 12,189]

13 minutes ago, junspud said:

The ones I was most interested in were the bike path ones you mention, must be unreleased. I like the SSP ones too but these ones are different, think I'll have to make my own.

@bladeberkman is the creator of those bike paths (and he is also a NAM Team member, and if I recall correctly you have access to the NAM discord too), we had a chat about the possible release of them 4 years ago, but then the topic has got forgotten. Your CFI question actually brought the whole thing up again to the surface and I asked him about the paths. We are going to be working on a public release shortly I guess. 

 

[AsimPika3172 1,136]

On 5/2/2023 at 12:28 PM, gwada971 said:

@junspud Hi, the tower from RDQ is here

 

Another one was here!

But when download it and unzip it... WAS BECOMES FILES instead of FOLDER.... Strange.... 🤔

[V-D-K 5]

Hi there everyone,

So i am basically looking for a Terrain (mod?) that looks like this between the farms and the dirtroad. So my farm bases blend in better just like in this picture.

I have tried a bunch of the terrains in from the shoppe but so far no luck with anyone that matches this. The TSC Pyrenean came pretty close but still not as in the screenshot.

Thank you in advance!

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

29 minutes ago, V-D-K said:

Hi there everyone,

So i am basically looking for a Terrain (mod?) that looks like this between the farms and the dirtroad. So my farm bases blend in better just like in this picture.

I have tried a bunch of the terrains in from the shoppe but so far no luck with anyone that matches this. The TSC Pyrenean came pretty close but still not as in the screenshot.

Thank you in advance!

Terrain mods can vary, depending on tile elevation, time of game year(seasons), moisture in ground and other factors. You'd have to know all the details of that tile to get an exact match. If Pyrenean comes close, it probably is the one being used.

[gwada971 1,891]

@V-D-K Hi, maybe you can ask the question directly to @acdrisk !

[Salty_vegan 1]

On 5/2/2023 at 1:16 AM, SIM-ple Jack said:

Top left are the parks that are part of JPN Downtown/Urban Canal Set http://blog.livedoor.jp/moonlinght/archives/cat_59226.html

Bottom left is one of mattb's. Look in his files.

The download link for Moonlight's Canals doesn't appear to work anymore. Is there any other way I can access this file?

[gwada971 1,891]

@Salty_vegan  Hi I just tried it and it works very well!

You also have on his drive all his downloads

[V-D-K 5]

On 5-5-2023 at 10:48 PM, SIM-ple Jack said:

Terrain mods can vary, depending on tile elevation, time of game year(seasons), moisture in ground and other factors. You'd have to know all the details of that tile to get an exact match. If Pyrenean comes close, it probably is the one being used.

Thank you for your response. Tried out many terrains en set different ground levels etc. Finally figured out how and why he achieved this. I'll describe below in case some else wants to know.

1 hour ago, gwada971 said:

@V-D-K Hi, maybe you can ask the question directly to @acdrisk !

Yes i did message him a while back but till this day no response. 

However, after some hours of trying and testing, I managed to get the result as in the picture.

 

The terrain does not really matter, as this is al low wealth grass.

So to archieve this "blending in" a combination of the following is used:

-Force / Fake sidewalk method ( Forcezoning low weatlh res) to get the $ Wealth grass near the dirtroads

- Fillers and extenders for $ grass

- Clever placement of some MMP's

 

Hope this might help someone else out too.

 

[Salty_vegan 1]

2 hours ago, gwada971 said:

@Salty_vegan  Hi I just tried it and it works very well!

You also have on his drive all his downloads

Excuse me, I'm a terrible ejit. Turns out I just wasn't logged into my account. Thanks for your help & the additional files all the same!

[pedroac20c 132]

Hello, could you tell me the name of this building with the numbers? or where can i get it?

[Tyberius06 12,189]

44 minutes ago, pedroac20c said:

Hello, could you tell me the name of this building with the numbers? or where can i get it?

Can you please tell us, where you found this image? It can be helpful for us to narrow it down. Thanks!

- Tyberius06

By the way I'm interested to know it as well!  

[Tyberius06 12,189]

55 minutes ago, pedroac20c said:

Hello, could you tell me the name of this building with the numbers? or where can i get it?

9 minutes ago, Tyberius06 said:

Can you please tell us, where you found this image? It can be helpful for us to narrow it down. Thanks!

- Tyberius06

By the way I'm interested to know it as well!  

@kschmidt

Could you please tell us what is that building with the numbers on the wall? Many thanks!

- Tyberius

 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

11 minutes ago, Tyberius06 said:

@kschmidt

Could you please tell us what is that building with the numbers on the wall? Many thanks!

- Tyberius

 

The building's look and placement imply Industrial M or HT. I'm inclined to believe the numbers are shopped on, as they have no cast shadows. I don't think I've ever tripped over them in my travels, and I'm pretty thorough with factories.

[Cougar2004 127]

This may be a hard one, but lets try it.

The SC4 "Bonus CD"?  

I've referred to it sometimes in my posts here a decade ago, but I cant recall exactly all that is in it, or where to find it.  I do remember it had extra items for the game from Maxis such original vintage style cars, and other things which enhanced the game, including some for the MySims feature.

Anyone recall this? Know what to find it / what its called now?  Thanks.

[CaptCity 4,752]

1 hour ago, Cougar2004 said:

This may be a hard one, but lets try it.

The SC4 "Bonus CD"?  

I've referred to it sometimes in my posts here a decade ago, but I cant recall exactly all that is in it, or where to find it.  I do remember it had extra items for the game from Maxis such original vintage style cars, and other things which enhanced the game, including some for the MySims feature.

Anyone recall this? Know what to find it / what its called now?  Thanks.

Testing the old memory on this one... 

I think it was a bonus for purchasing the original game, but there were issues with it. I believe all was fixed/added later with the patches or Rush Hour/Deluxe. There's an archive listing here (Link) and an Omnibus mention here (Link).

Later: Here are a couple topics you might be thinking of: (Link) (Link).

[Cougar2004 127]

28 minutes ago, CaptCity said:

Testing the old memory on this one... 

I think it was a bonus for purchasing the original game, but there were issues with it. I believe all was fixed/added later with the patches or Rush Hour/Deluxe. There's an archive listing here (Link) and an Omnibus mention here (Link).

Later: Here's the topic you might be thinking of (Link).

Thank you CaptCity you truly nailed this one!  That is everything I wanted to know, exactly.  I see now that the bug that caused these issues to work with the game were fixed in the EP1 update that everyone now has. I just downloaded another copy of it, so now I can see if I have them.  And I have to re-install and re-learn the modding tools again, so i can check to see what exactly we get with it.  I imagine its just stuff that randomly populates visually when certain circumstances are met. 

 

But the only lingering question in mind is... Why aren't all these original Maxis Files Links included in the Stimpolis page here?  I wonder why some were left out (like the Transportation Bonus CD). 
https://community.simtropolis.com/sc4-maxis-files/downloads/getfile_pri.php?filename=transportation.exe

Anyway, thank you for this perfect answer!

[CaptCity 4,752]

14 minutes ago, Cougar2004 said:

...But the only lingering question in mind is... Why aren't all these original Maxis Files Links included in the Stimpolis page here?  I wonder why some were left out (like the Transportation Bonus CD). 
https://community.simtropolis.com/sc4-maxis-files/downloads/getfile_pri.php?filename=transportation.exe

Anyway, thank you for this perfect answer!

In my experience, the Bonus CD merely installed the Air Force lot, and that particular lot 'appears' to be identical to the Air Force plugin that is listed on the Maxis files page. That said, I don't remember how or when I got the copy of the Bonus CD, so it may not be the original set. I've just always assumed the other items mentioned were part of the Air Force file since I have seen most in the game. But it has been a while though, so perhaps others have a better recollection of what was specifically included.   

 

 

[Cougar2004 127]

17 minutes ago, CaptCity said:

In my experience, the Bonus CD merely installed the Air Force lot, and that particular lot 'appears' to be identical to the Air Force plugin that is listed on the Maxis files page. That said, I don't remember how or when I got the copy of the Bonus CD, so it may not be the original set. I've just always assumed the other items mentioned were part of the Air Force file since I have seen most in the game. But it has been a while though, so perhaps others have a better recollection of what was specifically included.   

 

 

Well, in the spirit of finding things.... look what I found.   Can anyone explain the discrepancy?  I imagine these are NOT the same files, and now I'm seeking Ilive Reader, DatGen, & SC4Tool's latest versions so i can remember / relearn how to open them up and compare whats inside.

Transportation Bonus CD (downloaded from Mirror of Maxis's site today, which installed to the SC4 App Plugins - just this 1 file when extracted):

The Air Force Base downloaded with all the other direct downloads as a Maxis original file from the link above, that I already had in my Documents / Plugins.

Notice a huge difference in filesize?

And neither of these seems to be exactly the same as what was found back in 2006 (on the thread you found for me above, where I got this 1.41MB screen capture).

--

So unless anyone can completely explain the discrepancy, my next question is where can I find the latest version of:

Ilive Reader?   (Is it this?  https://www.dropbox.com/s/7g06tdc313xmkxx/Ilives Reader_v154_Release.zip?dl=0 from https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=10417.0 )

DatGen?  (The old link seems to have been deleted from STEX:  https://www.simtropolis.com/modding/index.cfm?p=details&id=334 )

SC4Tool? (Is it this?)

 ... and then I'll get to it and try to unravel the mystery. Hard to imagine no one has done this before in 20 years, but those who know may not longer be here.

[gwada971 1,891]

@Tyberius06 and @pedroac20c  This building is here. I gave the link on page 609 of this Topic

 

[gwada971 1,891]

@Cougar2004 DatGen v0.6.0b here

 

[Cougar2004 127]

10 minutes ago, gwada971 said:

@Cougar2004 DatGen v0.6.0b here

 

Thanks.  I was hoping to find whatever newer version existed, but the STEX seems to only have 0.6.0b.  My current version installed on my computer is 0.7.9.

Does anyone know if there are any newer versions out there from the last 15 years?  I noticed that the link in the About goes to a dead website.

[gwada971 1,891]

@Cougar2004 see here https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=DatGen

[Cougar2004 127]

8 minutes ago, gwada971 said:

@Cougar2004 see here https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=DatGen

Thank you!  Thats great info, and an alpha download for 0.7.13.  I just noticed that the page says 0.7.12 is the last official release, and in looking my image above, while it says 0.7.9 it also says 07.12.247 just below it, making me believe I probably have the latest official release, so I'll just use it, and have the alpha download on standby in case something i need is in it.  (I'm starting to think that DarkMatter is not coming back ever.  But he had a whole team, I wonder if we can find them!?)  Thanks for finding this gwada971 !

[pedroac20c 132]

1 hour ago, gwada971 said:

@Tyberius06 and @pedroac20c  This building is here. I gave the link on page 609 of this Topic

 

Thanks!! 

[Cougar2004 127]

3 files originally Maxis, EA, SimCity.com downloads were included in the mirror site, however while everything else has a dropbox download, these 3 files seem to have gotten lost entirely.

I remember getting these a long time ago, and using them in the game.  But I cannot find them anywhere on my system now. 

I had hoped to find them here on this link, but they are not there: https://community.simtropolis.com/sc4-maxis-files/downloads/getfile_pri.php?filename=transportation.exe
Does anyone know where they can be found? 

• Mayor's Mansion
• Country Club
• State Fair

Thanks!

 

[PaulSawyer 219]

There existed once a ploppable industrial lot based on this part of Detroit Ford Plant, but I cannot in my life find it now. I'd appreciate any clues as to where'd it go.