Must Have

[Lor3nzo 0]

Hello again To you old simtropolians, wich are the best, the "must have" BATs, mods, lots and similar, that should be dowloanded as soon as sc4+rh is installed??? The STEX is sooo big... I spent a good hour browising it and there is so many things... So, post your favorite STEX files, make a top 10 (not necessarly 10) and i'll donwload them ASAP Tanks :edit Carriage return doesn't work??? Edited three times...

[sim1234 62]

Well, there are too many great BATs out there for me to think of a top 10 but to start with I'd try lots from Vlakhaas, barbyw and mrbisonm and BATs from SimGoober, Pegasus, Equinox, gascooker and ill tonkso.

[simmax 0]

The NAM is definitely a 'must have', and Porkissimo's buildings can be an interesting addition if you want to build European-looking cities. PEG's seasonal woods and BSC's trail parks are very useful if you want to build parks, although some people don't like the seasonal woods at all.

[newyorkstate 6]

Well, you don't need everything....but you do need something! Everyone does!

[mrbisonm 1,620]

A * Must Have* is different to every person, so you better choose your own. Hard for us to tell you what YOU like most, right?

[Lor3nzo 0]

Originally posted by: mrbisonm A * Must Have* is different to every person, so you better choose your own. Hard for us to tell you what YOU like most, right?quote>

Right, right... Well, I've looked to some CJs and the best things i saw was: Realistic water and cliffs. Canals and streams. Roads and some really cool trees. I'll take a look on mods simmax suggested... Also two questions: What is a Prop? and a dependecie? Tanks again!

[sim1234 62]

A dependancy is a building or another file which the file you are downloading needs to work. They are usually listed in the ReadMe or the description of the file. If you don't download them you will usually see a big brown box instead of the building you were trying to download.

A prop is anything used to asthetically improve a lot, excluding: the building itself and the ground tiles.

Take a look at the Simtropolis Glossary which is here:

https://www.simtropolis.com/for...d=59814&enterthread=y

and here:

https://www.simtropolis.com/for...d=74912&enterthread=y

This gives many definitions of Sim City 4 related words.

[DaMaster_architect 0]

Originally posted by: mrbisonm

A * Must Have* is different to every person, so you better choose your own. Hard for us to tell you what YOU like most, right?quote>

there are some files that everyone should have, regardless of their liking. The NAM, for example.

Furthermore, my "Must Haves" are the High Speed Rail Mod (not released yet, but I cant wait!!), the NAM ofcourse, and hmm.. ah, yes, the black hole waste management corp. Although I don't use it that much, since the building actually kinda cheats, I really like the idea of dumping garbage in a black hole.

[SamFlash 0]

As everyone else has said the NAM is a must and everything else is optional.  Look thru the CJ's and see what appeals to you, then PM the owner and ask them.  Other than that you will have to do what most of us have done.  When we need something, like a park, or a train station, we do a search and pick out what we like.  I, and probably most others, could not make a top 10 list.  I have about a thousand bats and lots and wouldn't know where to start.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Originally posted by: DaMaster_architect

Originally posted by: mrbisonm

A * Must Have* is different to every person, so you better choose your own. Hard for us to tell you what YOU like most, right?quote>

there are some files that everyone should have, regardless of their liking. The NAM, for example.quote>

Well, that should be true and I have the NAM, but now I am thinking of getting rid of it, because for once it slows down the game quite a bit, plus somehow some things don't work right with it and I don't want to go and do researches all over the site of what I need to add or not to make it function properly. I like my game simple. So to some of us it is NOT a Must-Have.

But I recommend it anyways and agree with the others that it is probably one of the most important ones to have or at least try out.

Another one I like very much is the CycleDog Terrain Mod, which completely changes the looks of the game's graphics to a point that the whole game is simply better looking. (question of taste though)

Here is a pic of the CD Terrain Mod or what you can do with it:

[rubberduck 3]

Also, instead of searching the STEX for all the "must haves", you could donate $20 to ST and they would send you a cd with all of the "must haves"...

[+Guest]

Originally posted by: rubberduck Also, instead of searching the STEX for all the "must haves", you could donate $20 to ST and they would send you a cd with all of the "must haves"...quote>

I was thinking of this, the thing is, is it updated? ie if a new version of the bat is out or a new version of a mod is out will it have the new one now? or is it the old version?

[Lor3nzo 0]

Tanks for the answers! I've already D/Led some stuff... Some terrain and water. CycleDog's mod looks very nice. For NAM... i can't find it! In the STEX I found some mod FOR Nam, but not NAM itself. Even the search button didn't help... Someone can give me a specific url?

[Swamper77 90]

The NAM can be downloaded from www.stnam.com. There are two versions on that site, one for PC and one for Mac.

-Swamper77

[rubberduck 3]

Originally posted by: Omegamrk

Originally posted by: rubberduck

Also, instead of searching the STEX for all the "must haves", you could donate $20 to ST and they would send you a cd with all of the "must haves"...

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I was thinking of this, the thing is, is it updated? ie if a new version of the bat is out or a new version of a mod is out will it have the new one now? or is it the old version?quote>

I'm not sure...it would take a lot of work to update everything on the cd that has been updated on the STEX...does it get updated?  (I don't have one...and don't really need one so I wouldn't know)

[deKoven 0]

I was thinking of this, the thing is, is it updated? ie if a new version of the bat is out or a new version of a mod is out will it have the new one now? or is it the old version?quote>

I'm not sure...it would take a lot of work to update everything on the cd that has been updated on the STEX...does it get updated? (I don't have one...and don't really need one so I wouldn't know)quote>