Nihilianth

0 comments! This is incredible writing! I was thinking of starting a new baseball league for all CJers, starting in the year 1871. (Using Out if the Park Baseball as the simulation engine.) It would be a baseball league open to anyone and everyone. CJers, and non-CJers alike. And everyone's favorite city they've built, no matter which game they play (SC4, SC2013, Cities XL, CS, CS:2, it wouldn't really matter.) For those CJers out there, like you, they could print up their own "historical" local news paper accounts of their local sports teams. I would eventually bring in "feeder leagues"; high schools and colleges, so not just your city team, but you could bring to life a history of your local high school and colleges as well. Hell, since you're writing up a major naval dock yard in your sim, you could have it where the sailors that are stationed there would play ball, since our military veterans were historically big into sports. Especially in the 19th century, there were a lot of company teams. Not just businesses, but military units would also form teams. Since your CJ isn't American, for your purposes, you could pretend it's another sport. Such as soccer. And convert the final score to one more suitable to soccer. Like a score of 8 - 4 could be converted to a soccer score of 4 - 2. Since I'm starting in 1871 and will try to progress one year every month up to one year every few months (depending on the response I get; a larger league will take longer as more games need to be simulated), you could pretend it's any year as you please. You could be as involved or as uninvolved in your city's (or school's) teams as you please. I figured for CJers, this could bring more realistic historical flavor to their journals if they wish. Sports is a big part of most cities and towns histories. It is my hometown (Williamsport, PA - Little League Baseball, and our city's ball field is among one of the oldest professional ball fields still standing. It has the oldest Little League field still there as well. My hometown wouldn't be the same without that history.) People could also create their own logos, player and manager names, etc. (Ratings for players and managers will not be touched. I don't mess with ratings, as it's pretty cheaty.) I'll be working on a writeup with more details somewhere in this forum by Wednesday.

Oooohhh! Ok! I'll try that out later today! Thanks! ETA: Is that also true for the Auto Save, and CPU and Graphics Options DLLs as well?

Yes, and that was my next question. None of the ordinances show up at all. I tried adding zzz_ to the folder name inside the plugins folder to make sure there wasn't a specific loading order that needed to be done after other things like, the NAM for instance. But nothing doing. I thought maybe there was an off chance I might have to have changed a command line in the .ini file, but that was missing altogether. Which is why I asked about that. 🤣 But yeah. Anyway. As always, I greatly appreciate the time and effort you and all other modders put into this over the years, even if something doesn't work quite right.

Is this supposed to have a .ini file? It says in the readme and in the OP that it does. If so, what would be the point of renaming? Maybe perhaps for custom purposes if someone wanted to name to something like..... Kiwanis or Lion's Club instead for instance. In any case, I cannot thank you modders enough! You guys do absolutely amazing work! Thank you sooooooo much! You've inspired me to think about picking up the task of actually doing my CJ!

LOL! This post made me giggle through my tears! Really cute! The name "A Nonny Moose" always made me giggle, and this post is just adorable!

I cant remember if I ever posted in this thread or not. Even though I've been a member since 2006 and only have 77 posts now to my post count. I have always so selfishly taken advantage of all the great content this community's great modders and CJers have provided while not giving enough "Thanks" or praise and not contributing much myself (I did make one failed attempt at creating my own CJ at one point). I do remember conversing with Nonny one time as he so patiently and painstakingly helped me to understand how to better keep my Plug-ins folder neater and more organized, and also steered me in the direction of learning to use the NAM. Stumbling across this thread (I think I have read this thread before some years ago,) almost brought to me to tears. I wish I had participated more on this forum than I have. It's people like Nonny that has made this place so warm and welcoming.

Williamsport! My home town! Looks nothing like it though. lol. I played on a Williamsport region map for a long time back in the day. Still have all the saves, but cant open it now and play from where I had left off years ago.... It isnt corrupted, its just that the mapper tool isnt saving the region in the way it did before. I dont think I have the Williamsport map I had back then.

Probably due to a switch over to a new server or something. Life's been very busy, moved 3 times, and about to move again. I have abandoned, and occasionally pick up reading this CJ now and then over the past few years. Looking up a few posts ago, from 2 years ago, brings a tear to my eyes. Once again, I thank you.

Awww....all the photos of this are now broken....

Thank you for your response. Much appreciated. As is your hard work on the NAM. It's not the zoom bug. I knew about that one for as long as the game as been out. And I still zoom in and out too fast on occasion. lol. What do you think the best course of action should be? Bulldoze all the transit lots and the entire RD-6 on both sides and try again? I did re-d/l the NAM 32 last night and installed, but haven't had the chance yet to try it out. When you say that little "ghost tile" is an error, is it an error with the NAM, or do you suspect it's something to do with my particular installation that could be causing it? Also, does it affect the functionality of the piece? If not, I probably won't have to worry about it. I figured it shouldn't matter which way to orient the peice, as the yellow lines are in the middle, and the white lines are on the outsides. But I am not a programmer, soo....