TMC's 'SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4' - support topic

[TheMurderousCricket 5,156]

Good morning Everyone,

As many of you may know, I am the author of the 'SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4' mod series. The goal of this series is to revive old ordinances in SimCity 4 as many of them did not make it into the SC3000 successor.

I recently received a complaint that one of the ordinances I uploaded into STEX did not work as intended and, alas, after more detailed investigation it turned out to be true... This is why I decided to create this thread which shall act as a support topic for my mod series. This is your place to discuss my "ported" ordinances and report any problems or unintended effects that you discover while playing.

Coming back to the problem just discovered, it was caused by my incorrect understanding of the format that "Boost" effects use. This resulted in creating effects that are either ridiculously weak, or totally opposite from the ones intended.

I intentionally omit links to my resources for now, because all ordinances are under review to identify those which contain incorrect values. As soon as the situation is tackled, new files will be provided and links added to this topic.

Thank you for your attention and I'm terribly sorry for any inconvenience and disappointment caused!

[xnight34 64]

Good on you for your proactive approach to the problem, and I wish you swift, llama-flavoured success in fixing it.

[TheMurderousCricket 5,156]

Hello again,

I ran a check through all ordinances and luckily, it shows that the "Telemedicine Program" is the only one with incorrect values.

I don't know, perhaps it was evening and I was tired or distracted by something while working on it.  The important thing is that the rest is good to go.

Updated version of "Telemedicine Program" will be provided soon. Perhaps, while I'm at it, I will rebalance some of other ordinances too.

[wuzzle2 13]

Huzzah! Happy to hear that you're fixing this issue and giving the other ordinances a second glance!

[TheMurderousCricket 5,156]

The "SimCity3000 ordinances for SC4 - HEA and Public Safety" ordinance pack is now updated. Changes for version 0.9.7:

• Addressed issue with 'HQ boost effect' in "Telemedicine Program" which caused health to deteriorate instead of improve
• Slighlty lowered the monthly price of "Telemedicine Program" ordinance to make it more cost-effective
• Added version number to the aforementioned ordinance title for clarity

Please make sure to read instructions in "Installing new version" section, to understand the update routine as it currently stands.

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Other ordinance packs work as intended and remain unchanged (until possible rebalance in the future). They can be downloaded under following links:

SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4 - Environment

SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4 - Utilities

SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4 - Transportation

SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4 - City Planner (p. 1)

SimCity 3000 ordinances for SC4 - City Planner (p. 2)

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You can also use the tool by @Ulisse Wolf, to automatically install my custom ordinances directly from Simtropolis:

 

In case of any questions or doubts, do shout about it! Cheers!

- TMC

 

[xnight34 64]

*Rubs his chin, then rubs yours*

A recommendation: Add summaries of the ordinances included in these packages to their given mod pages. The in game descriptions would be more than reasonable. This will help prospective downloaders figure out what they want.

[TheMurderousCricket 5,156]

1 hour ago, xnight34 said:

*Rubs his chin, then rubs yours*

A recommendation: Add summaries of the ordinances included in these packages to their given mod pages. The in game descriptions would be more than reasonable. This will help prospective downloaders figure out what they want.

Ahhh... I wanted to just upload new version already and totally forgot about it.  You are right, old readme was indeed linked to old descriptions which are stored here, on ST. I'll add them tonight. Thank you.

EDIT: Links to original ordinance descriptions are added, back to the readme. Thanks for noticing this @xnight34.