Old Tools [Found]

[nic49548 15]

For those still using Gmax, is there a way to get the Simtropolis Tools? The links provided on this website and the former SC4Devotion forum doesn't work. (I am fully aware of Blender and the Bat4Blender plugin)

[nic49548 15]

Oops, I put this in the wrong Category. Could someone redirect this to the SC4 - Custom Content category, please?

[CorinaMarie 29,558]

On 8/7/2025 at 8:52 PM, nic49548 said:

The links provided on this website and the former SC4Devotion forum doesn't work.

I never did work with GMAX or its tools, but maybe post linkys to the dead ones you are referencing might help others know better what you are seeking.  

[nic49548 15]

Here are the dead links for the Simtropolis Tools:

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=49&threadid=48178&highlight_key=y&keyword1=Simtropolis%20tools

http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/attachments//SimTropolis_Tools_V105.zip
 

[nic49548 15]

These were the sites I got the links from: 

https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=5926.msg187922#msg187922

[CorinaMarie 29,558]

2 hours ago, nic49548 said:

Here are the dead links for the Simtropolis Tools:

Thanks for posting. Hopefully that'll be enough for our experts to go on to find said tools. (It was way before my time and the linkys happen to be ones which got clobbered in a site conversion long ago so they won't help us.)

Good luck!

[CorinaMarie 29,558]

@nic49548

CB checked the database itself and found the reference to the name, but the file itself is completely toast.

The only hope now is some Packrattus Collectus member still has the file and will share it.

[rsc204 21,804]

Why don’t we start with what is it you are trying to accomplish rather than can we find a 20 year old script which is at best vague on what it actually does?

Usually for SC4 BAT the default scripts are just fine and they absolutely support nite lights so I’m thinking whatever you need to do can probably be accomplished without a special script. 

[nic49548 15]

I have multiple models legitimately purchased and/or downloaded from various websites (Turbosquid, CGTrader, Sketchup/RenderHub/BlendSwap or Hum3D), converted to the .gmax format, but needing textures. Some are fully modeled, some are a starting point or template. There was a script called "Randomize Night Windows" or something. I am a complete beginner in Gmax. I do read the BAT/Gmax tutorials but I have a perfectionist tendency, so I'm nervous trying to do it. These are for my personal use only.

[CaptCity 4,670]

On 8/10/2025 at 4:00 PM, CorinaMarie said:

The only hope now is some Packrattus Collectus member still has the file and will share it.

Well... um.... Not sure where I got it, but I do have something with that name. It is a .ms file. I don't remember what it supposed to do or how it is to be used, but here it is... 

SimTropolis_Tools_V105.zip

[nic49548 15]

Thank you, that is what I was looking for.

[pikachu_SQ 907]

1 hour ago, CaptCity said:

Well... um.... Not sure where I got it, but I do have something with that name. It is a .ms file. I don't remember what it supposed to do or how it is to be used, but here it is... 

SimTropolis_Tools_V105.zip

I think you downloaded it from the SimTropolis Tools post.

V106 was there too. According to JakeMD, V106 came with BAT4MAX.

[nic49548 15]

Which version of BAT4MAX? The download did not contain V106 as far as I know.