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A huge problem, ...:(

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Neonsim

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"Que worlds smallest violen..."

To my fans, sorry for the delay in updating my city, i had to deal with a huge problem. That took up over "10" days..

So, i was working on my city, and i was working on shinjuku, and decided i would make it look more realistic by using the NAM

Padestrian tiles, so i planted them around the buildings, and then i saved,

But when i got back to the game, it froze then the game completely shut down....

So...after i cooled off, i restarted the game, loaded up the city again, got there with out a hitch

Then when i went into night, half of my BATS did not have night lighting, So im thinking it must be a low desirability problem, But when i quaried the non functioning buildings, the land value was high, and it had worker, So then at that point i noticed their was a major problem with my game,

So i just let it be and continued to add on to my city, so about after 1 hour, i started thinking the problem was fixed, but then 1 hour later, my game had froze(I didnt save) it went back to desktop, i started freaking out, but i noticed driverdetector had started up, and i saw the sc4 tab on the toolbar, so im like ok, Next thing i notice it dissapears, So i just give up for about a day, thinking there is no hope, and that i'll just have to obliterate my city :( and start all over again...

two days later,

I fire up SC4 Determined to find the cause of this problem.

i cant bring my self to obliterate my city.....

So then i start to think... What if i demolish my whole city and see what building stands...

Seeing as i started remembering something like this happened before, when i added NAM tiles to the parimeters of tokyo metropalitin tower, and the building became "Permanent"....would not demolish no matter what.

So i demolished my city, and to my amazement, the Chogo 71 tower was standing there all by it's self...

So i got to work...

First i tried setting it on fire... it burned then when out,

I tried shooting with a meteorite, the building was sitting on top of the whole in the ground...

I tried digging a lake, Sure enough the building tuned into a bardge...just floating there, mocking me.

So then i finally decided to delete it from my plugins folder, Fire up SC4 thinking the problem was fixed,

Got to the regieon view, i shouted in joy when i noticed the building was not present,

.....Got to the sc4 city screen.... sure enough, there was the building...

i just basicly sat there like... -_-.. turned off sc4, left it for another two days... started back on Granturismo 4 instead.

....4 days later.

I went on simprolis to look at my CJ...even honestly shedding a tear because i love it that much.

So i went to the forums, typed in...

"building in simcity will not demolish.

Got alot of searches......aparently this problem was a huge nusence..

Found a thread called..

"Can demolish, query, or delete building"

So after reading...and reading... sleeping... then reading the next day.

I found somthing very "weird" but very helpfull..

Aparently if i put three of the same buildings around the tainted building, and do a huge destructive sweep... it will delete the building...

I said out loud "Yea right..."

So...the following day, fired up SC4...with the plugin back installed...

Demolished 3/4 of the surrounding area of the building(the sims were outraged...)

put 3 buildings around the tainted building, in a cross formation... did a sweep..

And weaped with tears of joy as i seen the building crumble into the ground...

...so now, SC4 works perfectly, its been on for 4 days(testing) with out crashing...and still on.

..

I am so happy i found that thread,

Thank you simtropolis...now i can get back to my city.

:D

Follow this information if you have a stubborn tainted building.

Bye for now.

 
 
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TekindusT
I think there's not a single player who hasn't had this kind of problem with NAM puzzle pieces. If they didn't had this problem, we could consider the NAM as the "perfect" mod. Well, I encourage you to keep on with this great recreation you're doing; I'm sure that it will be even better than before!

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Neonsim
Glad i didnt save when i demolished the whole city to test a theroy...My city is now up and running, finally added on alot more, can not wait to update you all,

:D

Thank you for the love and support, means alot to me.
 

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naftixe
That happens to me every once in a while, my solution is as follows:

1. Try to demolish the affected area.
2. Lay Ped tiles throughout the affected area.
3. Demolish the affected area again.
4. Lay Maxis park items onto affected area.
5. Delete Maxis park items from affected area.
6. Lay Ped tiles throughout affected area.
7. Demolish Ped tiles.
8. Area is usually cleared by this time.

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tankmank
I've had the same problem too but an easier way is to draw a zone over it and then you should be able to delete the problem building but i'm glad all is fine now as you have a very good CJ here

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Neonsim
Now just waiting on new monitor before i get to work again, i currently working on my laptop...which does not have the game installed, So sorry for the delay, My CJ will be up and active soon.

Thanks.
neonsim.

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Smalltownroots
You wont beileve how many times i have had this happen to me. Congradulations on fixing the problem with out having to obliterate your city! wish i would have know about this before hand.

Keep us updated, Later.

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Guest solitude313

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Yea, same here...Thats why i have a huge love hate relationship with NAM!....
Very wonderful tokyo man!.

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