INFO: Getting Up and Running

[deafdolphin 0]

Hordijk, thank you so much. I don't know how I managed to miss those since you found them so quickly! Thanks again. Guess I need to get some new glasses or something .

[deafdolphin 0]

*deleted, double post, sorry!*

[Vigilante1987 180]

I went looking for some of those mods too, and also missed them. Thanks for the links.

[Hordijk 18]

No prob guys.

[SC4BOY 21]

I think you have done a GREAT JOB of putting in one place and summarizing a broad overview of LAUNCHING into SC4. I believe this thread should be POINTED TO by the very HOME PAGE of Simtropolis (or any other SC4 site as far as that goes).

BTW I DO NOT AGREE with ILL Tonkso's post about getting those many megabytes of all those other things.  I don't know if he is an author of those lots or not, but they definitely are not needed for SC4 and are not even in the same class of the nature of things you are discussing here. There is nothing WRONG with em, but they aren't an answer to SC4 either. (not to mention that last I added it up, BSC ALONE is probably a GIGABYTE of plugins and I don't think that included ANY lots).. lol.. .. I mean, really! ..
 
Again.. GREAT JOB!!

[Camaron 1]

Well it seems to have already been said but I can' help but say it again: this is a very useful guide. Brilliant at getting up and running hence its name I assume.

[CrazyBuilderMann 0]

Great thread. This website has opened my eyes to a whole new sim city, I'm hooked all over again. A big thanks to all contributors to this community, you guys rock!!!

[your_adress_here 11]

Originally posted by: The Terminator

 

Now greyveil what is better to buy if you are a $%&^!:

Number of the Beast of Powerslave?? and should the n00bs look into the 90's stuff as well? and who exactly are paul di'anno and blaze bayley?? im sure the n00bs want to know.

quote>

LOL!!! I just had to awnser this!

Ok, first off, if you are just getting into Maiden, you are better of buying The Best of the Beast. Then The Number of the Beast would be the best. If you are looking to buy a live CD, get Rock in Rio.

Paul Di'Anno was the Maiden signer for Iron Maiden and Killers. Blaze Bayley did The X-Factor and Virtual XI when he replaced Bruce Dickinson who wanted to work on his solo career, but came back for Brave New World and is still the current signer.

The Maiden 90's stuff wasn't as popular as Maiden's 80's music, especially because of the departure of Dickinson and Adrian Smith. Dickinson also cut his hair.

IMO, The X-Factor and Virtual XI are good albums, but Maiden is just not complete without the ass-kicking vovals of Bruce. The addition of Janick Gers, to replace Adrian, also brought in a different style of music to Maiden, and some fans didn't like it very much.

Well, that's it. I hope I awnsered your questions!

[moganite 4]

I would be inclined to add one or more hieght mods if you need to render maps for custom terrains at any time as mine is working i would recomend it and it does also controll the errosion of the created region.

[moganite 4]

I would be inclined to add one or more hieght mods if you need to render maps for custom terrains at any time as mine is working i would recomend it and it does also controll the errosion of the created region.

[moganite 4]

I would be inclined to add one or more hieght mods if you need to render maps for custom terrains at any time as mine is working i would recomend it and it does also controll the errosion of the created region.

[lockstep 0]

Many thanks for this great thread!

Just a minor clarification: The two 'SC4 and Rush hour Buildings as props updates' files have to be put in the ...\Simcity 4\Plugins folder. (The ea website does mention this, but a hint in this thread would be nice for newbies like me.)

[mchibearss54 0]

Thanks for all the info new to site and sc4. Finally got activation email from eagames for simcity.com so I decided to follow your advice and got all the files you said to. Thanks again!!

                                                                                                                                          Matthew

[spointz2020 0]

so i suppose everything i download goes to the plugins section?

[+Guest]

Are there any power plants that you can place in one city of your region and it will power most/all of the region?

[Gayowulf 15]

First I'd like to say thanks for the great thread for us rookies. Unfortunately, I seem to be having a problem.

After attempting to update my game once yesterday and twice today, I keep getting the following error messages saying:

"We're sorry. Update 1.1.638.0 is currently unavailable at EA.com. Please try again later."

Has anyone else had this issue? Should I just wait a few days and then try again?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: sorry, didn't read carefully.  Problem solved!

[GreekMan 246]

hey can we hve a new link for the region census I can'i find it anywhere

please we need a new link for it

[SC4BOY 21]

I note that the smoncrie link is broken. A search on "digger" yielded no results. If you are going to leave that recommendation in this thread someone should fix the link. (oh.. and Hordijk's links are also "broken")

Originally posted by: Hordijk These are the downloads you wanted:

-Hole Digging Lots  

-RCI Query Upgrade Mod quote>

 

 These  links are bad

edit: Here's a good link to the digger lots  DIGGER LOTS 

[LatvianGG 0]

Hi guys - just installed SC4 Deluxe, and was installing the game update which did some weird stuff. See here the copy of patchlog and notice the highlighted text. Is this bad?? I installed the game by using -Edited- - my real old cd's were not readable anymore.

Please don't mention that here. -sim1234.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   PATCH  Version 6.50 - RTPatch® Professional - Software Update System

                    DOS/16-bit Windows/32-bit Windows Edition

       © Copyright Pocket Soft, Inc., 1991-2002.  All Rights Reserved.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

----- Processing Patch File -----

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'DELUXE.exe'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'Graphics Rules.sgr'

 

    Writing New File   

    Verifying - Passed!

    Deleting Old File

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'RUSHHOUR.exe'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'SimCity_1.dat'

 

warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was

               found. No update done since file contents do not match.

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'SimCity_2.dat'

 

warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was

               found. No update done since file contents do not match.

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'SimCity_3.dat'

 

    Writing New File   

    Verifying - Passed!

    Deleting Old File

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'SimCity_4.dat'

 

    Writing New File   

    Verifying - Passed!

    Deleting Old File

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'Danish\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'Finnish\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'French\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'German\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'Italian\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'Spanish\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'Swedish\SimCityLocale.DAT'

 

 

----- Patch File Processing Complete -----

 

 

-----------------------------------------------------

-        Results of Application of Patch File       -

-----------------------------------------------------

File Patches Applied ......................... (   3)

 

   Files Modified .................. (   3)

   Files Renamed. .................. (   0)

   Files Added ..................... (   0)

   Files Deleted ................... (   0)

   Temporary Files Processed........ (   0)

 

File Patches Skipped: New Files Up-To-Date.... (   0)

[LatvianGG 0]

Tried to apply the nightlights fix and the same happened - there is something wrong with the the main simcity.dat files as it seems, it doesn't recognize them and won't apply the patches   I guess it is because of -Edited-, however the game does run (at least it did before updating, haven't tried it now).

Please don't mention that here. -sim1234.

[EgoTripper 0]

Thank you so much for this compilation of mods/resources. The only one I really, really think needs to be here is Daeley's SaveAlarm (I found it on SCDevotion). Pops up a warning every few minutes (configurable) reminding you to save in case of crashing? It's the only thing that got me all the way to 1,000,000 people -- before it I had trouble getting past a tenth of that size.

[patch320 0]

I am a long time user who because my SC4 disk gave out bought a SC4Deluxe and while i can download to the computer and extract cannot get them into the game. any suggestions Thanx,

[Exethalion 4]

Thanks for taking the time to compile the help. But I have a problem. (Actually, a few.)

I am trying to get custom BAT lots night lights working. I have downloaded the sku update from the official site, and now need the BAT update. Thing is it requires to be registered on ea.com. So I register, username, e-mail etc. and put the simcity 4 serial code in, and it does not accept it. I bought this copy of SC4 from Tesco, cellophane wrapped, so the code hasn't been registered before. In addition to this, I cannot even register without serials, because I am not receiving the validation e-mail.

Things couldn't get any worse. Please could someone help!! Thanks.

[96kilo69 0]

hi i want a know How we can't build our building we want ? is it have a software we can't instal to do that i don'T know so please help me ?

[nick1817 0]

Originally posted by: LatvianGG

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'SimCity_1.dat'

 

warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was

               found. No update done since file contents do not match.

 

Applying MODIFY File Patch for 'SimCity_2.dat'

 

warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was

               found. No update done since file contents do not match.

 

quote>

 

This is what I'm getting as well, w/ CD install.

[parallax7d 0]

region census has moved:

http://www.simcitycentral.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16136&sid=7bdc3ddff64249414d95045741dcf07c

[SC4BOY 21]

Originally posted by: nick1817

Originally posted by: LatvianGG  

warning wpt0036: Old File not found. However, a file of the same name was

               found. No update done since file contents do not match.

  quote>

 

This is what I'm getting as well, w/ CD install.quote>

When you're getting those messages it is because you have either used a "crack" or because you have modified the files yourself in some way.. it the files differ BY ANY AMOUNT WHATSOEVER, the patch will fail. If you are using a legitimate copy, just backup your .dat files in the ... Program Files\maxis\... directory and copy the original files off of the CD .. they can just be copied over.. then re-apply the patches and they will work fine..

[IGdood 0]

Hi...the links on the first post are all not working for me....can someone help? Please?

[astronelson 339]

The links were still using the old STEX URL system. They have been updated to the new system now, and should work.

[mrmin123 0]

Links in first post are still broken for me.. here's a list of the 'fixed' URLs:

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/21365-dataviews-increased-detail-mod-v1-0/

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/21323-stupid-news-ticker-mod-v1-1/

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/21342-opera-house-fix/

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/21355-network-addon-mod-nam-version-29-for-pc/

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/21375-sc4-terraformer/

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/3599-hole-digging-lots/

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/4243-rci-query-upgrade-mod/