[Solved] Weird Glitch - Nothing in city builds

[KougaTalbain 3]

I played this game years ago.  I recently got it for steam.  I downloaded add-ons to the plugin folder.  Never built anything, started a few city, and did power, water, low density all zones.  Nothing builds at all, like absolutely nothing any ideas?  Add ons I got from this site too.

[Cyclone Boom 17,031]

It sounds like this could be caused by a number of things, but likely one (or more) of the items you've installed to your Plugins folder is responsible.

One possibility would be a faulty item, or some demand mod which alters the way the RCI growth simulation works. Additionally maybe if you've added the CAM and perhaps you'd installed a Maxis blocker mod for instance, then nothing at regular stages would grow without replacing them. Of course, the game will need unpausing as I'm sure you've done for things to develop. Also new zones will need to be powered too as the most basic requirement for all developer types to grow in the first place.

The only real thing I can suggest at this point is to try with an empty Plugins folder in a test region. Then add new items in halves as per the binary method for identifying plugin issues. That way it can be a means of tracking down what the culprit is (or culprits if there's more than one item responsible).

Hope this might help you find the answers.

[KougaTalbain 3]

1 hour ago, Cyclone Boom said:

It sounds like this could be caused by a number of things, but likely one (or more) of the items you've installed to your Plugins folder is responsible.

One possibility would be a faulty item, or some demand mod which alters the way the RCI growth simulation works. Additionally maybe if you've added the CAM and perhaps you'd installed a Maxis blocker mod for instance, then nothing at regular stages would grow without replacing them. Of course, the game will need unpausing as I'm sure you've done for things to develop. Also new zones will need to be powered too as the most basic requirement for all developer types to grow in the first place.

The only real thing I can suggest at this point is to try with an empty Plugins folder in a test region. Then add new items in halves as per the binary method for identifying plugin issues. That way it can be a means of tracking down what the culprit is (or culprits if there's more than one item responsible).

Hope this might help you find the answers.

Yes thank you I found it and all is fixed

[jeffryfisher 2,176]

On 6/15/2020 at 11:24 PM, KougaTalbain said:

I found it and all is fixed

Please tell us what "it" was, because somebody someday will have this problem and find this thread and benefit from the information (and if there's a problem mod involved, there are people here who can add incompatibility warnings to downloads where needed).