What is "Blank_CO$$$"?

[zebulon_stonehenge 135]

This "building" (if we can call it that) cropped up in one of my SimCity4 cities today, but I don't know what it is. It appears to be invisible except for a 1-story facade store front, but from the stats, it must be a huge office tower, but transparent. Anyone have any idea where this came from?
 

[CorinaMarie 29,616]

It's an ancient method of modding. While I don't know the details for why, it was how they did things in ye olden dayes.

[zebulon_stonehenge 135]

24 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

It's an ancient method of modding...

"Modding" as in creating plugins? I looked though everything in my plugins folder, and couldn't find anything like that. The only thing marked "CO$$$" was a 5x7 office park (which I don't even know how to invoke; I've never seen it in my menus or cities, and I don't know if it's a growable or a ploppable), whereas the mystery "Blank_CO$$$" building is 3x3 (height unknown).

Now that I think about it, I ran into this "invisible building called 'Blank_CO$$$'" issue once before, in another city, a year or two ago. I ended up just bulldozing it, and it didn't grow back.

But in this case, I'm leaving it up, because it's providing 5000 jobs to a job-starved city. Maybe the actual building is in the 5th dimension, and the front facade is a spacetime portal? :-)

[CorinaMarie 29,616]

1 minute ago, zebulon_stonehenge said:

Maybe the actual building is in the 5th dimension, and the front facade is a spacetime portal? :-)

That seems like the most logical explanation. (Tho, I'm sure one of the experts will be along to explain why things were modded batted that way long ago.)

[Raymond7cn 6,772]

38 minutes ago, zebulon_stonehenge said:

This "building" (if we can call it that) cropped up in one of my SimCity4 cities today, but I don't know what it is. It appears to be invisible except for a 1-story facade store front, but from the stats, it must be a huge office tower, but transparent. Anyone have any idea where this came from?
 

Hi zebulon_stonehenge, Nice to meet you, I knew there is a lot as you showed above, I will find out it for you as soon as possible.

Best,

-- Raymond

[zebulon_stonehenge 135]

HUH! I just noticed something in that photograph: Those 4 doorways at ground level are the exact size, shape, colors, and location as the 4 doors on the front of the building next to it (a "Mid-Knight Office Suites")... but without the building. It also has the exact same cluster of employees taking a coffee break out front (though you can't see it in that photo). It's as if there are 3 "Mid-Knight" buildings there, but one of them got damaged somehow, so that most of the structure, and the name, have vanished, just leaving the front doors, the 4511 employees, and the name "Blank_CO$$$".

[Raymond7cn 6,772]

53 minutes ago, zebulon_stonehenge said:

HUH! I just noticed something in that photograph: Those 4 doorways at ground level are the exact size, shape, colors, and location as the 4 doors on the front of the building next to it (a "Mid-Knight Office Suites")... but without the building. It also has the exact same cluster of employees taking a coffee break out front (though you can't see it in that photo). It's as if there are 3 "Mid-Knight" buildings there, but one of them got damaged somehow, so that most of the structure, and the name, have vanished, just leaving the front doors, the 4511 employees, and the name "Blank_CO$$$".

Hi zebulon_stonehenge, I'm sorry that It might be different, I checked my computer where found out there is a memo I left when I dealed with a familiar issue "Blank_CO$$$" with Somy's Lot, But there is also a link from sc4d in my memo :

Blank co$$$

And this post from simtropolis. 14257-tutorial-growing-empty-lots-and-how-to-correct-them/

I couldn't remember what I did exactly years ago, but I thought this link may be useful to you.(page 5 and page 6), Or you should wait other experts for a good answer. Sorry for my poor english. Thanks.

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[zebulon_stonehenge 135]

55 minutes ago, Raymond7cn said:

...a link from sc4d in my memo : Blank co$$$  ... And this post from simtropolis. 14257-tutorial-growing-empty-lots-and-how-to-correct-them/   ...

Ah, landmarks growing on zoned lots? How weird. Let me check my landmarks menu. Ah! I found it: a building in my landmarks menu called "Blank_CO$$$". It's an enormous building, 6x6 and twice as tall as the "Mid-Knight Office Suites" building it's growing on top of. I see the reason the "grown" version is invisible: it's a 6x6 building on a 3x3 lot, so it can't "root" itself; it's only visual effect is to make the underlying "Mid-Knight Office Suites" become invisible except for the foundation slab and front doors.

I see now how to handle this: I'll bulldoze the "grown" Blank_CO$$$ and plant a real one on an unzoned 6x6 plot a couple blocks away, as it apparently provides a huge number of jobs (whereas most landmarks just eat money and do nothing).

Thanks for the links!

[Raymond7cn 6,772]

9 hours ago, zebulon_stonehenge said:

I see now how to handle this: I'll bulldoze the "grown" Blank_CO$$$ and plant a real one on an unzoned 6x6 plot a couple blocks away, as it apparently provides a huge number of jobs (whereas most landmarks just eat money and do nothing).

Thanks for the links!

Hi zebulon_stonehenge, I'm glad to be helpful, The same issue happened to me was Somy's 6x6 LM, BTW, Have you noticed that there is a Cleanitol.txt file in the first page of that thread, Just in case you have other relevant Lots, Likewise, I think maybe dear @xxdita could give you more better choice of that, Since I saw these words: xxdita made a Cleanitol txt file listing all files containing landmarks that grow on empty lots.That file is attached to this post for easy removal of all these troublesome lots.A big thank you, xxdita! 

I have to say that we all benefit from stuff other people have done before us, Thank you very much! @xxdita

Yours Sincerely,

-- Raymond