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sorry i am somewhat of a newbie when it comes to this game, however i was wondering how you guys set up your water distribution (utility wise) throughout your cities? i am having a hard time supplieing (sp?) everything with water without taking up huge amounts of city space designated for water supplieing buildings. is their a cheat that will eliminate the need for water distribution and where it will not show up in the polls or papers that the city is dry? just wondering, ive been searching for awhile and could not find anything on this. thanks in advance! chrish

i was curious after viewing through the suburbs section and seeing how fantastic everyones suburbs look and had a question if there is any modd or ploppable housing that will actually contribute to population? reason is because i see these awesome planned communities but for some reason i never get good looking housing or at least not where i want it. thanks in advance

and i know im a *****, its terrible however, when i go into properties after getting on the simcity icon, it says im over my limit on my E drive. is this because i have uploaded too many things from the stex? if so how do i relocate these to keep them working. and one last thing, the computer is new and i have tons of room (i think) on it so i am suprised that i am running out of room. please dont laugh, but if you do, i will just laugh with =)

i have 641 mb of space on my e drive, and i have used it all up. nothing ever pops up in game, its just the game runs slower than it should and some of my dloads are not working correctly and i figured this could be why. i have not tried making a new plugins folder to see if it speeds up the game, but i will. thanks again in advance

honestly i do not know, im not at home but i think i dont have more than 400 files from what i remember it saying. alot of my dloads and modds i got off my stex ver 2 cd and some off the stex here. when i install them i have all of my folders set underplugins according to what they are to make it easier to access (like parks and sports venues in a folder named recreation and then sub files under it) when i put them in the sub files i go in and unzip the file, then delete the zipped file left. when i was dloading em off my cd it didnt option for me to unzip so i assumed they were already unzipped. i dont know how i filled up so fast because honestly, i dont have very many things loaded compared to what i notice many of you are running. im stumped and i just cant figure it out.

im moving files from my stex volume 2 cd over to my plugins folder, now will these work by just moving them over? i dont see how to unzip them bc they seem to already be that way. im going to sit here and wait since i have everything up already so a quick responce would be much appreciated!!! thanks in advance

wanting to get some good residential styling in my cities, i just do not know what to download. i bought the stex cd 2 and did not find any residential housing styles in it. i love the style of housing in the dallas fort worth/tulsa/phoenix areas and would love to get my cities to have architecture like that. so any ideas of what would be a good modd to download off the stex? also, when im done making my golfing communities i want the nicer higher end homes scattered around the course, however i cant get that either. any suggestions? is their any way to keep industrial out of or at least at opposite ends of the map from residential. (small maps that is) thanks in advance, ive been working on a coastal area for awhile now and i cant wait to get my cj going!

thank you, i guess i need to establish more of my surrounding cities as well for better choices and trading for sims. ill check simgoobers housing, thanks sam!

sorry i forgot to add that the lots that are not showing parking lots are those similar to the bestbuy lots, walmart supercenters and such. again thank you so much for the fast reply! i hate being a newbie to this hahaha

Originally posted by: CaptCity For the night lights... Do you have Deluxe or Rush Hour and all the official updates? They're required for lights. If so, you might want to check the information on each file - some lots may not have lights. Parking lots... Is it a few lots or widespread? Check game's graphic settings - need to be medium or high. Also, check for any required dependencies. Might be missing textures. Suggestion... You might want to mention the specific lots you're having trouble with to get more specific help. Palm Pack... If it is the one I'm familiar with, you might to be sure that the trees are 'powered' for them to light up. Good luck...quote> i have the rush hour and delux setup. how do i acquire the official updates? also all the lots i see without lights are supposed to have lights. parking lots show up when i plop just them. however i did the plopashop mod and it just has a grassy knoll outside infront. as for the palms that light up, it is powered so im curious why it wont light up. the downloads that they say you must get from simcity.com, what are those? i cant find any specifics their. thanks

some were zipped but some just went over without being zipped. everything came out ok, however on some of my ploppables im not seeing any night lights coming on and i have grass instead of front parking lots. also i went through the steps to get the palm pack with the lite palms, but they dont light. this is myf irst time doing this so sorry if its simple. again, thanks in advance for the help!

i live in the states probably 8 hours from the canada border and i still have not recieved mine. i dont mind waiting either if thats what it takes, im just kind of annoyed that they will not return an email.

my friend i have run into the same problem. if i do not recieve mine im going to contact an agency that will be able to get my money back. i added alot more money than just the basic donation for the cd and still have no recieved a thing, nor an email. hope the delema gets fixed fast, i was always sceptical about doing it thats why i didnt for so long. chrish

i put in a donation over the amount for the second dvd and its been 2 weeks and i still have not recieved the disc. anyone have any problems like this? just curious as i did not know since i put in more than what was required will that effect anything? i emailed paypal@simtropolis and never recieved anything back pertaining to this. thank you in advance. chrish

ok awesome, thanks for the replies everyone! i can wait it out, i just knew it was taken out of my bank account money wise and its been over 2 weeks now so i was just a little concerned. ill wait a little longer and hopefully ill get the disc. =) chrish

bump to the top please. does anyone know how i can contact admins or moderators because i have sent numerous emails to paypal@simtropolis and never recieved a reply back. i am trying to be patient but it is making it hard when i am not getting any email replies back. again, thanks in advance for the help, its much appreciated! chrish

when you are starting up a new region, how do you start out? what im talking about is say i want a huge region with alot of sprawling suburbs and i want a metro area that conisists of the main city and a skyscraper district. im wanting to know how to start out? should i start with my main downtown and move my way out or start on the outskirts and move in? thanks for your help in advance! im looking forward to getting this started and possibly doing a cj on it =) chrish

title explains it, how do you get big tiles or majority bigger tiles in region? thanks chrish

wow thanks for the quick responces! keep them coming guys! chrish

just curious as i am going to buy this rather soon, how is it? is there alot of good modifications that i can use or would i be better off just getting a few here and there off the stex? of course i also want to know if adding this will slow down my computer at all. and, if its been posted before im sorry i couldnt find it but; is there a list or larger idea of what is included in it. the info is kindof breif on it. thanks in advance everyone! chrish

so quick question, if i was to get the 2nd version of the stex cd would i encounter slower running? just curious as i plan on buying it to up my gameing ability. thanks in advance chrish

crooked cops? lol jk if i knew i would gladely help, hope you get assistance soon! chrish

ok thank you, and yes i am using pipes. i just dont think the coverage is very good and i dont see the need for me to clutter my cities space with alot of pumps. do alot of people use this mod in order to eliminate the bad look of tons of pumps? just curious as i never see them when i search through he journals. again, thanks in advance! chrish

I KNOW MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SITE IS GREAT, BUT I WONDERED IF THE 2ND VERSION OF THE DVD DREAM CITY IS WORTH IT? I WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE OPTIONS, HOUSING OPTIONS, TRANSIT AND WATER VARIANCES. ANYONE WHO HAS THIS IS IT WORTH THE MONEY? THANKS IN ADVANCE

oh my bad i just now noticed that i posted in the wrong area, lol... and yea sorry about the caps, i was at work earlier (hospital) and had some down time and all the computers there run caps lock on unless you turn off. thanks for the reply though!