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MySim Thought and Speech Balloon Dictionary
  by CorinaMarie@Simtropolis

MySim SimSpeak Post Pic.jpg

Image created by @Cyclone Boom

 

(Translations based on the available Lua script. If anything is hard coded differently in the .exe the results may vary from what I've written here.)


About the Environment

01-29 SUNSHINEGREEN('cb9539a2').png SunshineGreen ('cb9539a2')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and the nearby air pollution is less than the pollution low tuning constant.
  • MySim is in a car and nearby air pollution is less than the pollution low tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and nearby air pollution is less than the pollution low tuning constant.
  • MySim is at home, nearby air pollution is less than the pollution low tuning constant, and 25% random chance.

 

02-x SUNSHINERED('0b953c55').png SunshineRed ('0b953c55')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

03-35-x POLLUTIONGREEN('8b953967').png PollutionGreen ('8b953967')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

04-30 POLLUTIONRED('2b953c27').png PollutionRed ('2b953c27')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and nearby air pollution is greater than the pollution high tuning constant.
  • MySim is in a car and nearby air pollution is greater than the pollution high tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and nearby air pollution is greater than the pollution high tuning constant.
  • MySim is at home, nearby air pollution is greater than the pollution high tuning constant, and 25% random chance.
  • MySim is at home, nearby water pollution is greater than the pollution high tuning constant, and 25% random chance.

 

05-49 RATGREEN('cb953981').png RatGreen ('cb953981')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a landfill and the available capacity is greater than 25%.
  • MySim took a trip to a recycling center and the city's uncollected garbage is less than or equal to zero.

 

06-44 RATRED('8b953c40').png RatRed ('8b953c40')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is at home, the local garbage is greater than the pollution garbage medium tuning constant, and 30% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to a landfill and the available capacity is less than 25%.
  • MySim took a trip to a recycling center and the city's uncollected garbage is greater than zero.

 

07-33-x GLOWRATGREEN('cb9538fc').png GlowRatGreen ('cb9538fc')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

08-47 GLOWRATRED('2b953bde').png GlowRatRed ('2b953bde')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is at home, there is a nuclear power plant nearby, and 30% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and is chatting about glowing red rats and 10% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to a toxic waste dump.

 

09-x RADGREEN('eb953978').png RadGreen ('eb953978')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

10-67 RADRED('6b953c3a').png RadRed ('6b953c3a')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a nuclear power plant.

 

 

About the Civic Things

11-33 HEALTHGREEN('0b953905').png HealthGreen ('0b953905')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and the nearby health quotient is greater than the health quotient medium tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and the nearby health quotient is greater than the health quotient medium tuning constant.
  • MySim took a trip to any health building and the global health grade is greater than three.

 

12-34 HEALTHRED('6b953be5').png HealthRed ('6b953be5')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and the nearby health quotient is less than the health quotient low tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and the nearby health quotient is less than the health quotient low tuning constant.
  • MySim is at home, the nearby air pollution is greater than the pollution high tuning constant, and 25% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to any health building and the global health grade is less than or equal to three.

 

13-31 JUSTICEGREEN('6b953928').png JusticeGreen ('6b953928')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot the and the nearby crime is less than the crime low tuning constant.
  • MySim is in a car and the nearby crime is less than the crime low tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and the nearby crime is less than the crime low tuning constant.
  • MySim is at home, the nearby crime is less than the crime low tuning constant, and 25% random chance.

 

14-x JUSTICERED('6b953bfc').png JusticeRed ('6b953bfc')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

15-x CRIMEGREEN('6b9538d7').png CrimeGreen ('6b9538d7')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

16-32 CRIMERED('eb953bbf').png CrimeRed ('eb953bbf')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and the nearby crime is greater than the crime high tuning constant.
  • MySim is in a car and the nearby crime is greater than the crime high tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and the nearby crime is greater than the crime medium tuning constant.
  • MySim is at home, local crime is greater than the crime medium tuning constant, and 30% random chance.

 

17-60 JAILGREEN('0b95391a').png JailGreen ('0b95391a')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a jail and the number of arrests in the city is less than the jail system capacity.

 

18-59 JAILRED('6b953bf3').png JailRed ('6b953bf3')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a jail and the number of arrests in the city is greater than the jail system capacity.

 

19-35 EDUCATIONGREEN('cb9538e8').png EducationGreen ('cb9538e8')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and the nearby education quotient is greater than the health quotient medium tuning constant. (This is a typo in the Lua script.)
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and the nearby education quotient is greater than the education quotient low tuning constant + 20.

 

20-36 EDUCATIONRED('4b953bcf').png EducationRed ('4b953bcf')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on foot and the nearby education quotient is less than the education low tuning constant.
  • MySim is traveling, is idle, and the nearby education quotient is less than the education low tuning constant.

 

 

My Sim Observations

21-04 FRIENDGREEN('2b9539c1').png FriendGreen ('2b9539c1')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is approaching a residential destination and 60% random chance.

 

22-05 FRIENDRED('eb953c6d').png FriendRed ('eb953c6d')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is approaching a residential destination and 5% chance. (Simulating being near a home of a Sim who was cheating on their boy/girl friend.)

 

23-57 PARKGREEN('6b95395d').png ParkGreen ('6b95395d')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a park and the nearby air pollution is less than the pollution medium tuning constant.

 

24-58 PARKRED('4b953c1f').png ParkRed ('4b953c1f')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a park and the nearby air pollution is greater than the pollution medium tuning constant.

 

25-45 LANDMARKGREEN('ab953939').png LandmarkGreen ('ab953939')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is at home, there is a landmark nearby, and 30% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to a landmark.

 

26-46 LANDMARKRED('cb953c04').png LandmarkRed ('cb953c04')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is at home, there is no landmark nearby, and 5% random chance.

 

27-65 REWARDGREEN('4b95398b').png RewardGreen ('4b95398b')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a reward building and 30% random chance.

 

28-66 REWARDRED('cb953c48').png RewardRed ('cb953c48')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a reward building and 30% random chance.

 

29-43 HOTELGREEN('2b953910').png HotelGreen ('2b953910')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to a motel/hotel and 60% random chance.

 

30-56 HOTELRED('eb953bec').png HotelRed ('eb953bec')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a motel/hotel and 30% random chance.

 

31-27 DININGGREEN('8b9538df').png DiningGreen ('8b9538df')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is R$ and took a trip to a low wealth food-related building.
  • (Inactive) MySim is R$$ And took a trip to a Family Diner. (Trigger remarked out in the Lua script and contains a bug.)
  • MySim is R$$$ and took a trip to Chez Fancy.
  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to any commercial food-related building and 60% random chance.

 

32-28 DININGRED('4b953bc7').png DiningRed ('4b953bc7')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is R$$ or R$$$ and took a trip to a low wealth commercial food-related building.
  • (Inactive) MySim is R$ or R$$$ and took a trip to a Family Diner. (Trigger remarked out in Lua script.)
  • (Inactive) MySim is R$ or R$$ and took a trip to Chez Fancy. (Trigger remarked out in Lua script and contains a bug.)
  • MySim took a trip to any commercial food-related building and 30% random chance.

 

33-50 SERVICEGREEN('0b9538c6').png ServiceGreen ('0b9538c6')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a car-related commercial service.

 

34-51 SERVICERED('6b953bb7').png ServiceRed ('6b953bb7')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a car-related commercial service and 30% random chance.

 

35-52 SHOPPINGGREEN('2b953998').png ShoppingGreen ('2b953998')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a shopping-related commercial service and 60% random chance.

 

36-53 SHOPPINGRED('8b953c4f').png ShoppingRed ('8b953c4f')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a shopping-related commercial service and 30% random chance.

 

37-54 MOVIEGREEN('0b953954').png MovieGreen ('0b953954')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to see a movie and 60% random chance.

 

38-55 MOVIERED('0b953c0d').png MovieRed ('0b953c0d')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to see a movie and 30% random chance.

 

39-64 TRACTORGREEN('0b9539ab').png TractorGreen ('0b9539ab')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a farm and the air pollution is less than the pollution medium tuning constant.

 

40-63 TRACTORRED('eb953c5c').png TractorRed ('eb953c5c')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a farm and the air pollution is greater than the pollution medium tuning constant.

 

 

About Transportation

41-x WALKGREEN('4b9539cd').png WalkGreen ('4b9539cd')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

42-x WALKRED('4b9d445d').png WalkRed ('4b9d445d')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

43-37 CARGREEN('cb9538b9').png CarGreen ('cb9538b9')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a car and the traffic congestion is less than the traffic congestion low tuning constant.

 

44-38 CARRED('2b953bb0').png CarRed ('2b953bb0')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a car and the traffic congestion is greater than the traffic congestion high tuning constant.
  • MySim is at home and nearby traffic congestion is greater than the traffic congestion high tuning constant. (As in traffic noise.)
  • MySim is at home and there is no road connection.

 

45-39 BUSGREEN('ab9538ae').png.png BusGreen ('ab9538ae')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is R$ or R$$, at home, a bus stop is nearby, and 30% random chance.
  • MySim is on a bus and traffic congestion is less than the traffic congestion low tuning constant.

 

46-40 BUSRED('cb953ba9').png BusRed ('cb953ba9')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is on a bus and traffic congestion is greater than the traffic congestion high tuning constant.
  • MySim is R$$$, at home, a bus stop is nearby, and 30% random chance.

 

47-42 TRAINGREEN('4b9539b3').png TrainGreen ('4b9539b3')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is traveling by Subway, Train, Elevated Rail, or Monorail and there is no trip delay.

 

48-41 TRAINRED('2b953c62').png TrainRed ('2b953c62')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is traveling by Subway, Train, Elevated Rail, or Monorail and the trip is taking twice (or more) longer than it should.

 

49-x FERRYGREEN('eb9538f0').png FerryGreen ('eb9538f0')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

50-x FERRYRED('cb953bd7').png FerryRed ('cb953bd7')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

51-48 BOATGREEN('8b9538a0').png BoatGreen ('8b9538a0')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is at work, there is a Marina near their home, and 5% random chance.
  • MySim took a trip to a Seaport, Marina, Car or Passenger Ferry and the water pollution is less than the pollution medium tuning constant.

 

52-62 BOATRED('2b953b99').png BoatRed ('2b953b99')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to a Seaport, Marina, Car or Passenger Ferry and the water pollution is greater than the pollution medium tuning constant.

 

53-61 AIRPLANEGREEN('eb953890').png AirplaneGreen ('eb953890')

Triggered by:

  • MySim took a trip to an airport.

 

 

Random Conversations

54-06 exercise1('8c0d2e8a').png Exercise1 ('8c0d2e8a')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

55-07 exercise2('ec0d2eac').png Exercise2 ('ec0d2eac')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

56-08 exercise3('ec0d2ebe').png Exercise3 ('ec0d2ebe')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

57-09 food1('0c0d306c').png Food1 ('0c0d306c')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

58-10 food2('ac0d308c').png Food2 ('ac0d308c')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.
  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.

 

59-11 food3('0c0d3096').png Food3 ('0c0d3096')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 30% & 5% random chance.
  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.

 

60-12 movies1('6c0d312a').png Movies1 ('6c0d312a')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

61-13 movies2('4c0d3145').png Movies2 ('4c0d3145')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

62-14 movies3('2c0d315a').png Movies3 ('2c0d315a')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

63-15 party1('ec0d2ed1').png Party1 ('ec0d2ed1')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

64-16 party2('6c0d2ef2').png Party2 ('6c0d2ef2')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

65-17 party3('ac0d2f04').png Party3 ('ac0d2f04')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

66-18 romance1('8c0d31c5').png Romance1 ('8c0d31c5')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.
  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.

 

67-19 romance2('6c0d31da').png Romance2 ('6c0d31da')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.
  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.

 

68-20 romance3('0c0d31ee').png Romance3 ('0c0d31ee')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.
  • MySim is at home and 3% random chance.

 

69-21 style1('6c0d30da').png Style1 ('6c0d30da')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

70-22 style2('0c0d30e5').png Style2 ('0c0d30e5')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

71-23 style3('ec0d30f9').png Style3 ('ec0d30f9')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

72-24 tech1('cc0d3177').png Tech1 ('cc0d3177')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

73-25 tech2('cc0d318b').png Tech2 ('cc0d318b')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

74-26 tech3('cc0d31a1').png Tech3 ('cc0d31a1')

Triggered by:

  • MySim is in a residential building and 10% random chance.
  • MySim is at work and 5% random chance.

 

75-x SUNSHINE('6b8c3221').png Sunshine ('6b8c3221')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

76-x POLLUTION('cb8c3209').png Pollution ('cb8c3209')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

77-x HEALTH('8b8c3218').png Health ('8b8c3218')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

78-x JUSTICE('eb8c31fe').png Justice ('eb8c31fe')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

79-x CRIME('eb8c3189').png Crime ('eb8c3189')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

80-x EDUCATION('0b8c31f5').png Education ('0b8c31f5')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

81-x WALK('0b85ba93').png Walk ('0b85ba93')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

82-x CAR('8b85ba82').png Car ('8b85ba82')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

83-x BUS('2b85ba76').png Bus ('2b85ba76')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

84-x FERRY('cb85ba8a').png Ferry ('cb85ba8a')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

85-x TRAIN('eb85ba9e').png Train ('eb85ba9e')

Triggered by:

  • This one is defined in the table, but is never used.

 

All The Balloons Downloadable

In case anyone would want them, the three attached files are the .png images. The first file contains the originals as extracted from Simcity_1.dat and have the Pink (#FF00FF) background used as a transparency layer. The second file has all the images as I've posted them in this thread. And the third file is all of the images as a single .dat file which could be tweaked for in game use.

MySims Balloons Originals.zip

Sim Balloons as Posted.zip

MySimBalloons.dat

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That's awesome research Corina, replacing some old discussions. There was a recently updated necrotic thread about these balloons. The two threads should be cross-linked (including a link from the old-thread's OP to here), and the old thread should be locked so that both its OP and final post come here, but people arriving here can check back to there.

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CorinaMarie    29,856

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    3 hours ago, jeffryfisher said:

    That's awesome research Corina, replacing some old discussions.

    Thanks. I'm glad you find it useful. *:)  (I'm a wee bit perplexed why you reacted confused to it tho.)

     

    3 hours ago, jeffryfisher said:

    There was a recently updated necrotic thread about these balloons.

    I'm guessing you are referring to my post here where I replied to @That Retro Guy's question by quoting the entirety of this old post. The old thread was not bumped and @black_coat derived the interpretations from observation of the game and then logical speculation. The thread it is located in is still buried a zillion pages deep in the forums list so I really see no need to add a linky to it nor to lock it. *;)

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    catty-cb    4,412

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    Interesting information and thanks for putting it together .... I've never paid much attention to the MySims makes you wonder what MAXIS was planning on doing in the future for all the ones that were never used.

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    CorinaMarie    29,856

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    8 hours ago, catty-cb said:

    I've never paid much attention to the MySims makes you wonder what MAXIS was planning on doing in the future for all the ones that were never used.

    I usually drop one of myself and a Bella in each city tile just for the fun of it. I have a good imagination so the simplified interactions with them are cute. They each get a low wealth home and throughout my building I'll eventually have some areas with medium wealth residential and a small handful of high wealth. As I'm finishing up that city tile I'll then drop in some education near each of MySims so they can start their paths towards the upper two wealth levels. (Or that can be done with a simple, single City Museum, good city-wide health coverage, and lots of in game running time.)

    I imagine the unused black ones were created first and then the Green and Red ones from those. Maxis prolly decided many of the black ones were not needed for random convos. I do know just enough about modding and Lua scripting that I'll give it a try for fixing the bugged triggers and adding new ones. I imagine the number of balloon hex associations are locked down just like the ordinances inasmuch as it's likely no new ones can be added. However, if those unused ones are callable, they could then be altered for other types of information display. (I don't yet know how to replace an existing .png in a .dat file, but I'm sure one of the tools can do this.)

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    1 hour ago, CorinaMarie said:

    (I don't yet know how to replace an existing .png in a .dat file, but I'm sure one of the tools can do this.)

    You can do it with Ilive Reader ("Insert file" command).

    Replace .png You can with SC4 Tool too...

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    13 hours ago, CorinaMarie said:

    a wee bit perplexed why you reacted confused to it

    It's just a lot to take in, and there are still some mysteries to be solved (perhaps because some bubbles are never used in the game?).

    I've never used a "mySim". Are they pure sugar, or do they provide info that is not available via the graphs, queries and colored data maps?

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    CorinaMarie    29,856

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    1 minute ago, jeffryfisher said:

    I've never used a "mySim". Are they pure sugar, or do they provide info that is not available via the graphs, queries and colored data maps?

    As best I can tell they are a cute addition for peeps playing with story line imaginations. Otherwise, there doesn't appear to be anything one can learn from them that the data views and graphs don't already show.

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    SimCity 4 game mechanics aren´t as responsive as we would like. Power, water, traffic fine. Crime - Emergencies reasonable. Healthcare, wealth it responds rather slugish ! Bombe a neighbourhood with hospitals, clinics, parks the effects may only have effect in sometime non measurable ! Annoying are the icons of sims who have a high education level and won´t move on to a better neighbourhood !

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    I find it amazing that SC4 had so many game mechanics, and such a shame that they werent finished. I can imagine what this game could have been if they had finished it all, and left the game code open completely for modding, a bit like the Arma games. 

    I sometimes use the MySim function. It is just for the fun of it, but it does add an extra level of personality to the city, knowing that you've got something resembling a living individual roaming the streets and giving you feedback about what you've created. I think it encourages you to build more conciously, more people-oriented, and stimulates creativity, imagination, and common sense.

    It also reminds me of Tamagotchi for some reason.... ;)

    Great work Corina. Always helpful!

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    1 hour ago, kim026 said:

    I sometimes use the MySim function. It is just for the fun of it, but it does add an extra level of personality to the city, knowing that you've got something resembling a living individual roaming the streets and giving you feedback about what you've created. I think it encourages you to build more conciously, more people-oriented, and stimulates creativity, imagination, and common sense.

    This sums up MySims very nicely. It embodies the spirit of what they are good for and why they can be fun. *:)

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    Great work!

    I hope with recent breakthroughs on .dlls we might be about to expand on MySims, I had idea to upload my tweets from the past ten years and have them displayed in the MySims's bubbles.

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    On 1/7/2018 at 2:12 AM, Silur said:

    You can do it with Ilive Reader ("Insert file" command).

    Replace .png You can with SC4 Tool too...

    Hiya Silur, May I ask more about replacing .png files? I export some pngs from Simcity_1.dat and then modified them with Photoshop, after that, with iLiveReader i insert those pngs and then selected a png format one by one, then i got them in Reader, But i found that their format didn't seem to be a png format, at the preview side of Reader it's the unreadable code, and also the TGI became to 00000000 or origin, when i want to change the TGI the Reader crashed. Thank you!

    Ah, I see the problem, I should use ''Insert File and Compress'', Then ''copy (paste)entry ID'', "delete original", "reindex", it's ok now! Thank you!:bunny:

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    I wonder if it's possible to make some of the unused icon useful again. For instance, the FerryGreen and FerryRed thoughts could be shown when MySim is traveling by ferry and there is no trip delay (green) or the trip is taking twice or more longer than it should (red). Correspondingly, WalkGreen will be shown when MySim is walking without any problems and WalkRed when MySim is too poor to buy a car, there is no public transportation near him/her, his/her job is very far away and the only way to go there is by foot. RadGreen can be used too for Sims that visit or live close to a nuclear power plant and actually like it. Not everybody dislike nuclear energy in real world. Too bad there is no AirplaneRed, for when MySim loves close to an airport, which makes me wonder if it's possible to make new thoughts and speech balloons.

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    "Being a mayor or a content creator for SimCity 4 is a heavy responsibility, Patrick. Each city and each custom content is like a child, and must be treated as such." - SpongeBob Squarepants after playing SimCity

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    16 minutes ago, Terring said:

    I wonder if it's possible to make some of the unused icon useful again.

    I'm certain additional triggers could be added via the Lua code. *:yes:

    Basically you'll need to create new triggers in module FF2D523A. When loading a city tile all of the "MySim" table's data for each is set to zero as seen in FF6DC983 and then updated per MySim from their specific information like Name, Home & Job Location, and such.  Then as time runs in the game those other table entries are updated based on city variables.

    You could create the if statements for the triggers as comparisons to the MySim values combined with the 368 variables shown in The C.O.R.I. Reports (most of which are found in FFBF9CCF). For proximity to various buildings, those codes are in FF048A3E.

     

    35 minutes ago, Terring said:

    For instance, the FerryGreen and FerryRed thoughts could be shown when MySim is traveling by ferry and there is no trip delay (green) or the trip is taking twice or more longer than it should (red).

    This in particular won't be possible because a MySim will never travel via a Ferry. It seems Maxis never got that part integrated properly with the MySim so they just don't allow it.

     

    46 minutes ago, Terring said:

    Correspondingly, WalkGreen will be shown when MySim is walking without any problems and WalkRed when MySim is too poor to buy a car, there is no public transportation near him/her, his/her job is very far away and the only way to go there is by foot.

    Should be possible to build the trigger testing first for:
      mysim.trip_on_foot = 1
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        game.mysim_distance_to_closest_building(building_groups.BUS) > tuning_constants.MYSIM_HOME_RADIUS.

     

    51 minutes ago, Terring said:

    Too bad there is no AirplaneRed, for when MySim loves close to an airport,

    Seems entirely possible it could be added. Then it'd just need testing the home radius vs the building_groups.AIRPORT distance.

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