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I've been playing for a couple of hours on the server named "Oceanic 1", but it seems quite unstable. I have been thinking about starting a new game since I'm afraid this server will never run properly again (simply too many who signed up for the first handful of available servers). Can I expect other servers, espcially the new ones added within the last 12 hours or so, to be more stable in the long run? Which ones would you suggest?

I've been very busy lately, but are now getting back to SimCity 4 - Rush Hour. OK, i know there isn't a real way of competing in this game and that is fair enough, but a goal could be to get a $$$ residentual, commercial and industry building containing as much people as possible as you guys have. So could anyone tell me what the largest (looking at inhabitants) $$$ resident, commercial and industry building is so i have something to compare with? Does anyone know an upper limit for buildings sized of $$$? Furthermore, i just want to compare with vanilla buildings, no downloads / cheats.

I sent the files to CaptCity but we didn't find any solution unfortunately. I must have done something wrong when moving the files around, but i can't say exactly what went wrong. However, i am very satisfied with all your help although we didn't come up with a solution. At least i am happy that it didn't erase my main city

Almost. First of there are no cities in the download-folder. Then i copy the 10 cities into it. The 4 of them work perfectly while the remaining 6 have a name in the download-folder, but when i go to import in the game it only writes 'New city' for those 6 cities, and when i import them i only get an original empty (with rivers, lakes and hills) city. Maybe, if someone don't mind, i could send it by e-mail - one that works and one city that doesn't work.

Have tried, but when i delete everything in the Download-folder and then copy over my backup, go to the game and import the cities, only 4 of the cities are shown with the right name, while the last 6 cities are shown as 'New city' although they had different name in the Download-folder, and when i place them on the map i simply move one of the other terrains from the London-region to my own terrain location while the one i moved the terrain from is replaced by a totally flad landscape. It's like the game can't read the 6 cities but know they are there, so i just put in some terrains - probably one of the terrains that i had the city on originally, but since they all have the same name i don't know which city/terrain is suppose to be located here and there. Any further ideas?

It worked - partly. Thx a lot! What surprices me is that i have 10 cities (i had added numbers to the city names and could easily add them into the right spot) but it only showed the name of the 4 of them. I got those into place without a problem, but then i only had 6 cities names "New city" in the download-folder, although they had names in the actual download-folder found via Windows. I figured i just had to try one of them in one of the spots that i wanted to add a city to and hope it was the right one i added, however, it simply put in an empty plot with lakes and stuff (could see it was terrains of a different location in London). How can this be and is there a fix to this? If not, can i use the region.ini that i've backup up to do something smart and adding them all at once. I figure there must be somewhere in the london-folder the region setup is saved since i can delete the entire folder and still have the original London-region.

I've been very busy since you replied last, and i'm sorry i couldn't follow up on my own posts. I've been trying all morning, but it seems to give me problems still (please read the posts above to get the full story). I tried to figure out which files i had to delete first in order to get all my cities into the region, but i am unable to find out which standard city maps i have to delete in order to get my city maps on the region map. I have now made a screenshot and edited it by putting a red X over the empty city maps that i need to delete in order to put in my own city maps, so if any of you are interested in helping a poor guy like me i would be extremely happy with your assistance - so if i can send anyone the picture so they you can tell me which city maps i need to delete that would be great!!! I have attached the file (if i did it right), but i am not sure if it works. In case it does, it is the red city maps i need to replace with my own, and then one of the two yellow ones, i'm not sure which one of those two though, but if you could just tell me the name of both of them. It is the London region map. The file names in the ... Documents\SimCity 4\London folder are all called: City - New City ([number]).sc4 ...except for those called Fulham, Kensington, Sydemham and Woolwich.

@ xxbydesign I meant the density or value like $, $$ and $$$. But what is this 'stages'? I don't think i know of any 'stages' going from 1-8 for residents and commercial, so could you enlighten me please? @ Fawah37 I don't think comparing the total amount of inhabitants for a whole region is a good way of doing it. Once i had a building containing 5,000 people of $. You will definately get many people if you build the only $ zones, but of course this is a way of comparing for some people. I would just hope for something a little more difficult or nice-looking than that type of buildings. Is there a way of comparing how many inhabitants you've got of $$$ for a whole city / region without doing a long and boring self-count? @ Hamish True. I'm not that much into competing, just interested in a little comparison so that i can say subjective that my city / region is the best, but objective i've got to get some more achievements before i can say it's the best city / region. Don't worry, you won't hear me bragging of my city / region, i might just be asking about your city / region for comparison only.

"Compete" might not have been the best word, but challanges would be great. I would like to see some challanges in SC4 (not that it isn't challanging to make the city the way you want it), but i just would like some sort of challange or something to compare regions with. So, maybe someone can tell me what their most inhabitet level 3 resident, commercial and industrial buildings are? Is there a way to see how many level 3 residents, commercial and industry inhabitants you've got for a city / region?

I've been wondering how you guys compare and compete your cities or regions. I mean, you could of course say the greatest city was the one with the most inhabitants, but that's not really necessarily the best way to compare cities / regions. Either it is a matter of time, and actually its even easier to get a big city / region when you go for low value zones. A way to compare and compete could be to see who can get the biggest building of level 3 value (both residents, commercial and industry). In case you ever compete on this forum or among your friends, how do you do it - and keeping it objective?

After Windows crashed i need to get my cities back. I've stored everything, but i just need to find out how to do this right. I recall it made a mess the last time i did this where all the cities where randomly spread across the region aswell as the empty landscapes. Maybe i did it wrong, but i guess there is a way to make sure they are installed in the right place or the regional map will be a mess and all my cities working together will be in serious trouble.

I don't place too many trees, but i prefer moving the industry into the suburbs and only built trees nearby those industrial areas. Could someone give me a direct link to a site where i can download the Region Census Program? Thx in advance.

I've searched Google now but didn't find a link that could lead me to a page where i can download the region census program, a lot of the links that i might could have used are dead links. Could someone plz give me a direct link to a page where i can find the region census program, more than just www.simcitycentral.net.. Thx

Thx storms991.. @ Fanaza I am not sure all ppl can agree with you that trees increase the desirebility. However, everyone seems to agree that trees decrease pollution.

Thx, but uhm.... what is SCC?