BSC Mac Archive

[LivingInThePast 364]

Could you add the NDEX Props and the McDonalds?

[Shooshie 0]

Am I the only one seeing what appear to be links, but which are inoperable? I'm getting frustrated trying to find the packages listed in these threads, as the links almost never work. Is it my browser? Or have some of these links been deactivated?

In either case, can anyone direct me to working versions? I'm really getting into downloading BATs that actually light up at night on my Mac.

Shooshie

[kbooms1w 1]

LITP: I don't know what NDEX props you're talking about, nor which McDonalds, you have to be more specific.

Shooshie, when ST was most recently updated, links went dead, but the link in my sig to the BSC Mac Archive is fine. And for BATs that light up on Macs, look for the MacPacks by Goaskin on the STEX

[Shooshie 0]

So, does that mean that none of the properties in the BSC Mac Archive will light up at night? Only the MacPacks by GoaSkin? I've found a few that do light--maybe they weren't here. I don't remember where I got them now. A burger place, a lounge, a restaurant... I don't remember now which do and which don't. So I downloaded the BSC Mac archives thinking that perhaps someone has figured it all out, someone has done the converting... but not so? Are my hopes of a brilliantly lit, customized SC4 about to be dashed on the reality of half-baked Mac ports by Aspyr? I'm going to keep tinkering with these. There's got to be a way to make this work. Maybe that little Mac app, "The Cheat," could be utilized to change out some variables. Suppose that could be done? Shooshie

[LivingInThePast 364]

@ Shooshie: That would be cool, but I doubt it.

@kbooms: The McDonalds: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?page=1&keyword=McDonalds%20V1&type=all

I searched and couldn't find it, and it said it would be at the MacArchive "soon". The Global Essentials is only in EXE format. It said a Mac version was at Dakota Park Place, but that just redirected me back and was not found.

Here: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?id=12730

[Zelgadis 638]

kbooms1w is a BSC member, so unless he gets special permission from somebody else, he can only upload BSC stuff.

However, I did get special permission from SC4Meister to upload the NDEX Global Essentials.  See my signature for the link to my download site.

ISF

[LivingInThePast 364]

Wow! Thanks a million!

[LivingInThePast 364]

Also, I need the JRJ Street vs Railroad Underpass by jeronj.

The McD's is not up yet.

[Zelgadis 638]

I don't want to put words in kbooms1w's mouth here, but I seriously doubt that the McDonalds you are referring to will ever be up at the Mac archive.   If you want it, just use FileJuicer on it.  I just tested it on that lot and it works fine.

As for any other requests.  I can speak for myself, and I believe kbooms1w is of the same mind here, that I will consider uploading major stuff, such as the NDEX Global Essentials.  However, I'm not using up my alotted space on mac.com for every single .exe lot on the STEX.  If you want it, go get FileJuicer and go get it.

ISF

[LivingInThePast 364]

Well, so it does. I'll try FJ before I tell you guys. It's Big Mac time in Cat Valley! (that's my region)

[wgb24 20]

can the mikesith car mods and there varyus carmods also be added that the bsc team have been modding and sruff

[kbooms1w 1]

MikeSeith's stuff can be downloaded from the STEX, they are in Zips, not installers, no need to put them at the Mac Archive.

[kbooms1w 1]

SFBT Highway Bridge Construction Set is up (wasn't juicing properly). Just place the whole "SFBT" folder in your Document/.../Plugins folder.

[kbooms1w 1]

For some reason, over the last month or two, the BSC Mac Archive has been getting slammed with usage. I'm currently at 90% of my allotted usage, and when I hit 100%, .Mac shuts it down automatically for a period of time.

Not sure why this is happening of late, it's never happened before. For the time being, the page will be password protected, and I'm not sure how I'll proceed in the future. I don't want to take it down, but I also don't want to pay extra to maintain it.

If you need the password, PM me, though I will say I will be giving priority to Mac users. In theory, I don't have a problem with PC users downloading from there, but since there are so many more PC users out there, it kind of defeats the purpose of the Archive if Mac users are end up losing access to it because of too much usage.

And just to be clear, I'm not "blaming" PC users, or anyone else, I have no idea why the traffic has spiked, could just be a few people "catching up" on downloading a ton of stuff, I'm just trying to keep .Mac from shutting it down and forcing me to pay more.

EDIT: Actually, the Archive will be down for a while, I'm going to be making some changes, don't know when exactly it will be back up, hopefully not too long.

[Nisca 0]

This is an awesome resource, Thank you so much for put this together for us Mac users.

[bombcar 12]

Note: Anyone with Parallels can run the installers there -> they work without SimCity 4 installed, and afterwards just copy the My Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins folder as appropriate.

[nino71 0]

Thanks alot Kbooms1w for the BSC Files its great you made my day , i am trying to get the swing canel bridge or the open canal bridge are these lots available for mac . Thank you again from Nino71

[bwatterud 7]

If you're talking about the CSK bridges, those lots (and more like them) are available here (you need to register, but there's lots of other good stuff there too). I would also recommend getting FileJuicer, a program that will extract files from most of the .exe installers on the STEX.

[luc4sdominguez 0]

Hey... I downloaded some files, but they are .exe, and following the instructions, they won't work...

how or where do you download them as .dat files?

[Crissa 1]

File Juicer is the solution to getting the dat files from exe.

It's available under 'Mac OS X Software' in the Apple menu.

-Crissa

(Just repeating because I guess the answer keeps getting lost in pages)

[DeliaJolie 0]

Hello, I am French and I represente with me a little french community of the MAC users of the game SimCity4 .

We would llike to know if you can create a document .pdf to explain and to summarize the diagram, the organisation, that must have the two files plugins :

1)Applications\SimCity4\SimCityData\Plugins

2)Documents\SimCity4\Plugins

Please.

Because we are lost.

^^ Thanks a lot for what you did, and what you will.

French Mac Users of ToutSimCity.

[DeliaJolie 0]

Hello, I am French and I represente with me a little french community of the MAC users of the game SimCity4 .

We would llike to know if you can create a document .pdf to explain and to summarize the diagram, the organisation, that must have the two files plugins :

1)Applications\SimCity4\SimCityData\Plugins

2)Documents\SimCity4\Plugins

Please.

Because we are lost.

^^ Thanks a lot for what you did, and what you will.

French Mac Users of ToutSimCity.

[bwatterud 7]

I'm sorry if I didn't understand your question, but...

You only have to put plugins in the first of the two folders. It doesn't matter how they are organized, but it is useful to have different folders for different things (for example, a folder for bus stops, a folder for waterfront lots, a folder for landmarks, etc.).

[DeliaJolie 0]

So I don't understand, something 's wrong...

Some of the buildings are paperboard boxes, even some trees.

..like : Rott Crystal museum, Mrs Slocombe secretarial, Burell Academy, Bubble de verre Beauty Clinic, Nip and Tuck Plastic Surgeons, BlsGa Pumpkin Acres, Cypress trees (timber?) and somes houses (Nikos, rue d'alexandre, etc...)

We need help, please.

Thank you.

[Hamish 1,369]

That is because you are missing some dependancys. Go back to the place where you downloaded them and look to see if it says something about dependancys. Then download the needed files. Or you could look in the read-me for the same infomation.

[DeliaJolie 0]

Hamish, I 've understood it well but I gonna tried to better explain my self.

I need especially a organized list of all elements because it seems that it have there conflicts between some of these (some buildings were not paperboards but are now) and unfortunatly, some of read-me documents explain it needs dependancies which don't exist.... or explain anything...

I read that some of the elements were placed either in the file "Applications\SimCity4\SimCityData\Plugins" or in this one "Documents\SimCity4\Plugins" ; Am I wrong ?

Well, if someone 's got plugins file whish works, please, pretty please, can he make a list whish could help us.

Thanks a lot.

DeliaJolie and the French Mac Users of ToutSimCity.

[DeliaJolie 0]

Ben, tant pis je vais me debrouiller toute seule !

Have a good day !

[Lord_Zod 5]

i;m a *****...

i've successfully installed a few files that work for mac but i'm confused with something. when open some folders, the files are represented by a white piece of paper with a folded corner... Do these files work for mac? I know that the exe files don't (PC only right?) DO only dat files work for mac?

I appreciate any and all help guys/gals...

thank you.

[Hamish 1,369]

Ok, no, not only .dat's work with simcity. There are others, for example .SC4LOT and .SC4MODEL (I think there are more) also work. If it comes with a download from simtropolis, then it will, generally, work with macs.

And for exe support read this.

[bwatterud 7]

All filetypes except exe can be used on macs (.dat, .SC4Lot, .SC4Model, .SC4Desc). Downloads that use an .exe installer can also be used on macs, using a shareware program, called FileJuicer, which can extract the aforementioned file types (as well as html, text and image files used for readmes).