Census Repository Facility v4.0
Census Repository Facility, version 4.0, as updated by Kel9509
based on the Census Repository Facility v3.5 by RippleJet
January 2025
With help from Null 45, CorinaMarie, and Cyclone Boom
Note: After 16 years from the release of RippleJet's Census Repository Facility v3.5 (since October 26, 2008), the Census Repository has been upgraded to take advantage of modern DLL functionality now available for Simcity4. There are also numerous fixes, one of them critical and some others identified by RippleJet himself subsequent to the release of version 3.5, which are now incorporated into the Census Repository query along with some other new features. For those who have used version 3.5 of the Census Repository, the most critical distinction between that version and this new version is the fixing of an incorrect attribute for Commuters. After a thorough review, Commuters have been identified to exist alongside and within the Vacant Jobs statistics, and the previous Commuter information has been identified as Anticipated Regional Growth (otherwise known as extrapolation). RippleJet had previously incorrectly described this "extrapolation" as Commuters, causing tremendous confusion in a game mechanism that has nothing to do with actual workers moving across city lines, and which function is actually quite simple. A new understandable summary of extrapolation, called Anticipated Regional Growth, is also provided within the Census Repository and in this readme. Finally, the other criticial distinction of this version 4.0 of the Census Repository is the use of DLL mods to complete all missing information from the original query. This Support Thread highlights key updates of version 4.0 of the Census Repository Facility, as well as providing support to those with questions about anything in the Census Repository. See the thread that started this update here. Download the Census Repository Facility v4.0 here: You may also find it over at SC4Evermore here: https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/21-other/331-kel9509-census-repository-facility Census Repository Query - Expanded and Normal Size
With version 4.0 of the Census Repository Facility, the query has been expanded to provide an additional window for a summary of a city's budget. The new "City Budget Overview" window features tax revenue information from each zone type, as well as a summary of your city's balance sheet showing total RCI tax income, other income, expenses, and net income. This expanded query is optional and you can decide to use it or instead use the original normal size view. The normal size view also has new tax revenue information for each RCI type overlayed on the existing zone windows, but is not as detailed as the expanded view. Follow the installation instructions carefully. You must manually choose whether you want the expanded view or the normal size view. Only one view can be used at any time, so follow the installation instructions carefully. The Census Repository's query provides detailed information about the city's residential, commercial and industrial supply or capacity, demand and CAPs. Additional information shown includes: Available Vacant Housing Total City and Regional Workforce amounts The Neutral Tax Rate and each zone type's separate tax rate Tax Revenues for each of Residential, Commercial and Industrial zones The city's real Educational Quotient, as well as how this affects job demands Actual Demand amounts Drives - the type of residents that jobs can cater for, or the type of jobs your sims are looking for Anticipated Regional Growth, which will help neighboring cities grow once your actively played city grows Commuters or Vacant Jobs - the Census Repository can track net commuters to a limited degree, or if there are no commuters it can track vacant jobs that result in unemployment All of these are important in reviewing and managing a city's growth. By hovering above any piece of information in the query, you will get more explanations than given here. Census Repository Query - Expanded : Census Repository Query - Normal Size: More details are included in the Readme file included in the download. If there are any questions, please post them to this thread and hopefully they can be addressed.
based on the Census Repository Facility v3.5 by RippleJet
January 2025
With help from Null 45, CorinaMarie, and Cyclone Boom
Note: After 16 years from the release of RippleJet's Census Repository Facility v3.5 (since October 26, 2008), the Census Repository has been upgraded to take advantage of modern DLL functionality now available for Simcity4. There are also numerous fixes, one of them critical and some others identified by RippleJet himself subsequent to the release of version 3.5, which are now incorporated into the Census Repository query along with some other new features. For those who have used version 3.5 of the Census Repository, the most critical distinction between that version and this new version is the fixing of an incorrect attribute for Commuters. After a thorough review, Commuters have been identified to exist alongside and within the Vacant Jobs statistics, and the previous Commuter information has been identified as Anticipated Regional Growth (otherwise known as extrapolation). RippleJet had previously incorrectly described this "extrapolation" as Commuters, causing tremendous confusion in a game mechanism that has nothing to do with actual workers moving across city lines, and which function is actually quite simple. A new understandable summary of extrapolation, called Anticipated Regional Growth, is also provided within the Census Repository and in this readme. Finally, the other criticial distinction of this version 4.0 of the Census Repository is the use of DLL mods to complete all missing information from the original query. This Support Thread highlights key updates of version 4.0 of the Census Repository Facility, as well as providing support to those with questions about anything in the Census Repository. See the thread that started this update here. Download the Census Repository Facility v4.0 here: You may also find it over at SC4Evermore here: https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/21-other/331-kel9509-census-repository-facility Census Repository Query - Expanded and Normal Size
With version 4.0 of the Census Repository Facility, the query has been expanded to provide an additional window for a summary of a city's budget. The new "City Budget Overview" window features tax revenue information from each zone type, as well as a summary of your city's balance sheet showing total RCI tax income, other income, expenses, and net income. This expanded query is optional and you can decide to use it or instead use the original normal size view. The normal size view also has new tax revenue information for each RCI type overlayed on the existing zone windows, but is not as detailed as the expanded view. Follow the installation instructions carefully. You must manually choose whether you want the expanded view or the normal size view. Only one view can be used at any time, so follow the installation instructions carefully. The Census Repository's query provides detailed information about the city's residential, commercial and industrial supply or capacity, demand and CAPs. Additional information shown includes: Available Vacant Housing Total City and Regional Workforce amounts The Neutral Tax Rate and each zone type's separate tax rate Tax Revenues for each of Residential, Commercial and Industrial zones The city's real Educational Quotient, as well as how this affects job demands Actual Demand amounts Drives - the type of residents that jobs can cater for, or the type of jobs your sims are looking for Anticipated Regional Growth, which will help neighboring cities grow once your actively played city grows Commuters or Vacant Jobs - the Census Repository can track net commuters to a limited degree, or if there are no commuters it can track vacant jobs that result in unemployment All of these are important in reviewing and managing a city's growth. By hovering above any piece of information in the query, you will get more explanations than given here. Census Repository Query - Expanded : Census Repository Query - Normal Size: More details are included in the Readme file included in the download. If there are any questions, please post them to this thread and hopefully they can be addressed.
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