One-Side Reconciliation

[thornp113 54]

Is there a Mod out there that allows you to Reconcile just one edge of your city, or just a localized area?  

I'm really tired of having to fix all the spiking and or dropping corners that you get from trying to make a region from scratch and being OCD and yeah....

If there's not an app, any advice on how to dodge all the frustration im feeling is welcomed.

[SIM-ple Jack 17,444]

1 hour ago, thornp113 said:

Is there a Mod out there that allows you to Reconcile just one edge of your city, or just a localized area?  

I'm really tired of having to fix all the spiking and or dropping corners that you get from trying to make a region from scratch and being OCD and yeah....

If there's not an app, any advice on how to dodge all the frustration im feeling is welcomed.

Go into your Regions folder and copy the region, rename the copy region and put it back in to Regions folder. Reconcile the surrounding tiles of your target first, then the one you want to work on. Replace the other tiles with copies from the copy region by import option.

[rsc204 21,808]

Or you could use SC4 Terraformer, you can simply import an undeveloped region into the app, smooth areas between borders (it allows editing of entire regions in one place), then export it again.

[thornp113 54]

Thanks yall!  I will give both of those a try and will post about my experience.  Im a veteran at the game but a noob with mods and terraforming.

[CorinaMarie 29,605]

Somewhat related you might be interested in:

Tho you will be able to get more subtle transitions between elevations using Terraformer, this is how I started when I was first learning to make maps.

[thornp113 54]

Sorry for the laziness, but can someone give me a link to download the terraformer and/or mapper?  The only ones I've found are through other communities and require that I open an account on there site which I don't like doing.  Is there one on Simtropolis?

[thornp113 54]

....Also or if there's a mod that allows terraforming in Mayor mode, or allows you to go to GOD MODE without having to obliterate city, a link to that would be super awesome.  Like I said im very new to mods and very tired of google searching them.  blah.

[CorinaMarie 29,605]

@thornp113

Yep, @Cyclone Boom is gathering the linkys you've requested and will post soon.

Btw, the LEX (SC4Devotion's file exchange) is a completely safe place to register. It is a separate login from the one to be a member of their forums. I was hesitant myself when I first joined ST, but learned it's a large repository with many dependencies for other mods, even some mods hosted here on our STEX.

[Cyclone Boom 16,875]

9 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

@Cyclone Boom is gathering the linkys you've requested and will post soon.

And here I am.

 

25 minutes ago, thornp113 said:

can someone give me a link to download the terraformer and/or mapper?

Here they are:

Terraformer

Mapper

These are only hosted on the LEX and not on Simtropolis, so as Cori said above it will just need registering to the LEX to download. This will probably come in handy in future too, since there are quite a number of dependency files and extra content which is exclusive to the LEX and well worth checking out.

 

14 minutes ago, thornp113 said:

Also or if there's a mod that allows terraforming in Mayor mode, or allows you to go to GOD MODE without having to obliterate city, a link to that would be super awesome.

Yes, there is indeed.

Here it is:

God Terraforming in Mayor Mode

 

And of additional related interest might be this tutorial @Terring created:

 

Including the Flora Eraser Brush that Cori made, attached to this post.

 

14 minutes ago, thornp113 said:

Like I said im very new to mods and very tired of google searching them.

No worries, and that's why as a community we're here to help whenever you'd like to find anything in particular.

(The CFI thread is a useful one to bookmark too if searching for something a bit more obscure.)

[thornp113 54]

Thank you all!

[thornp113 54]

HI I'm back again!  Even though it was weeks ago when I started this thread, I haven't been able to play or study much at all since then.  Plus my computer crashed.  So a few more questions...

A)  Does SCTerraformer require you to purchase an account with driver support one?  Because I installed THAT, but the SCT install program won't run.

2)  Is there like a basic Texture packs for beginners?  I used to think that textures were just for BAT designers, but thats wrong. Right?

Any advice/tutorials would be helpful.  Can't believe how much I still have to learn.

Thanks!!

[Cyclone Boom 16,875]

1 hour ago, thornp113 said:

Does SCTerraformer require you to purchase an account with driver support one?

Like many SC4 tools, Terraformer is freely available on the LEX here, and so it only needs an account on the LEX to download it.

There are no extra drivers required to use SC4Terraformer, so it runs once installed. It might just need the DLL file mentioned in the description / documentation. I found there's a useful post here which explains a process which worked for someone recently, in case that might help.

 

1 hour ago, thornp113 said:

Is there like a basic Texture packs for beginners?  I used to think that textures were just for BAT designers, but thats wrong. Right?

Yeah, BAT textures and lot textures are two different animals. For BATs it involves the 3D modelling for how textures are applied. I'm not familiar with the process, but some authors might make their own textures, or find suitable ones to use from online repositories.

Lot textures are known as dependencies, and are created to be used as base or overlays in lot editing. There are many of these available, as this dependencies list shows. If using Ctrl+F on this index, they can be found for many of the most common texture packs. The mega texture packs are similar to prop packs in that sense.

[thornp113 54]

Thanks! I ran through the instructions on the post and I didn't have much luck.  I think Ill start a fresh thread with a more fitting name.  Still trying to wrap my ahead around the textures thing but Ill keep that link bookmarked.