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My version of SC4+RH is NA (North America). Am I out of luck to switch from left side driver to right side driver? Regards, Arto.

I prefer to import water for Industrial, especially Farm as they pollute water and make water source not effective. Regards, Arto.

What is your best solution for above? Any mods to allow playing SC4 with that native 1680x1050 resolution (that work)? Which resolution work best for wide screen monitor? I think 1280x1024 is quite stretch to side and circle become oval. Thanks! Regards, Arto.

Frankly, after set to wide screen resolution 1680x1050, I feel less lag on SC4 than 1280x1024. Maybe only for a while until the city growth. I am using Vista home premium 32bit and ATI x1600pro AGP 512MB. CPU 2.8GB, memory DDR 2GB. Regards, Arto.

What people here suggest for wide screen will run on native 1680x1050 resolution without any stretching. Try it, your game experience will be fulfill. Regards, Arto.

Originally posted by: offgreen There is no solution. There were some things to try to force the game to run a widescreen resolution, but they never really worked, the game just doesn't support wide screen. Just run the largest window you can.quote>There is solution for wide screen monitor like what Shadow_assassin and ben_1986 post. Try it, it work! Running in window mode make me crazy as I only can use cursor to move around. Regards, Arto.

Originally posted by: Shadow_Assassin Actually, the game does support widescreen. It's natively supported and is activated by the command line. I actually run my game in 1680x1050, and there's no graininess or stretching. Follow the instructions on how to activate it here. All widescreen gamers should bookmark this wiki, because it has a very comprehensive list of games that support widescreen natively, as well as any hacks that are supported, etc, etc. But be warned, running the game in 1680x1050 will cause more lag with your system than lag that is caused playing in 1280x1024. I have an X1650 Pro and it lags a bit, especially when using Cycledogg's trees, and it's on maximum detail. By the way, running in full-screen mode will always result in much better performance graphically than running it in windowed mode.quote> Wooohhooo.... Yes, its works! Thank you very much. This I paste for convenient: "C:\Games\simcity 4\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -CustomResolution:enabled -r1680x1050x32 -f -intro:off My worry about lagging too, since I am using x1600pro. But, it work for wide screen! Regards, Arto.

According to this: http://www.wuphonsreach.org/Games/SimCity4/commandline.shtml The only valid resolutions are: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200. So, wide screen out of valid resolution. Regards, Arto.

Hi, I have connected 2 cities. One cities only for Residential and Commercial, connected to one city as Industrial City. I connect with Road. 2 Roads to be exact. Afterthat, both become very traffic jam. To solve this I build elevated Highways to connect 2 cities to replace the roads. The problem, looks like my Resident don't know how to use the new elevated highways. They don't use it. While I demolish the 2 roads connection already. In the Industrial City, I also see they only use elevated highways for trucks and not for car or bus. Is there a bug here? How to solve this problem? Thank you in advance. Regards, Arto.

Yeah. My mistake to use auto ramp that give single ramp instead of dual ramps. Costly mistake. My Resident went down from about 12.000 to 8.000. But now is shoot up again to around 22.000... Regards, Arto.

Hi, Finally found the culprit. The auto ramp that single ramp cause the problem as the car and bus can't find a way. Changing the ramp to double ramp solve the problem but with cost that I need to replace all the single ramp. %"@!"&*! Regards, Arto.

Thanks for reply. Yes there are. At least 4 on each elevated highways. There are 2 elevated highways connected to Industrial city. Yes, I am waiting more than 1 or 2 years in case 'Resident delayed find a way'. Regards, Arto.

I need vice versa one. From left driver (USA) to right hand driver (Europe). Regards, Arto.

Airport can expand... So I make a mistake by putting airport on high ground and surrounded by road. No place to expand more. Regards, Arto.

Try this: "C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -introff -directX in SC4 icon --> properties. Regards, Arto.

Even if the police coverage that area, I still get report something like undercover agent blah blah blah... What should I do? Regards, Arto.

Originally posted by: N_O_Body Originally posted by: artosoft Put plenty of mass transit like bus stop to reduce traffic noise and pollution. City ordinance to give intensive for using mass transit. Car polling maybe (I read somewhere it doesn't contribute to reduce car actually, is it true?). Regards, Arto.quote> The grammar Nazi strikes. Polling means counting. Did you intend to say pooling? Intensive is an adjective. Did you really want a noun? Incentive?quote> Yes, thank you for correction. English is not my mother language. Regards, Arto.

Put plenty of mass transit like bus stop to reduce traffic noise and pollution. City ordinance to give incentive for using mass transit. Car pooling maybe (I read somewhere it doesn't contribute to reduce car actually, is it true?). Regards, Arto.

By the way, anyone know and can advise the best driver version of ATI CCC for SC4+RH? Thank you in advance. Regards, Arto.

I am using ATI x1600pro, and I am using Omega driver 7.1 (an improvement over plain vanilla ATI driver 7.1?). I also got the same problem with SUNSHAWK. At most, it is always always exit to desktop. Partially I fixed the program by using: "C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -intro:off -d:DirectX in the SC4's property icon. I am trying OpenGL (I know, experimental only), and looks ok for rendering and as fast as DirectX, but I can't use my mouse to move around (only can use 4 direction buttons on keyboard). Trying software, and it is terrible slow for big city. Small city still ok to play. Regards, Arto.

Originally posted by: N_O_Body Could be one of two problems: If you are using a wireless keyboard, it may not allow you to press four keys at the same time.g The region you are trying to create is the first one in your list. If this is so, there is a bug in the software that disallows this. If that is the case, create a folder named 0000000 as the first folder in your regions folder. This avoids the problem, but doesn't fix it. When the process starts you get lots of warm feelings on your screen.quote>I am using Logitech Wireless Keyboard, and have no problem to press four keys at the same time. Maybe different brand different? Regards, Arto.

You need to press and hold all four keys (CTRL + ALT+ SHIFT + R) to get SC4 terraforming. Pressing CTRL, afterthat ALT, afterthat SHIFT and afterthat R will not do. Press 4 keys in one time. Regards, Arto.

I am using SC4 mapper from SC4 devotion. It will create region based on greyscale jpg and doesn't care 8 bit or 24 bit. Faster than using SC4 terraforming (CTRL + ALT+ SHIFT + R). Google it. Regards, Arto.

Wow..., thanks! It make me want to start new game. My current game is only about 46K people, and I can't get rid of traffic. Thanks again! Regards, Arto.