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OK... from some other threads I so happen to come across on a different site, I've found the answer. If you want the "Budget Department" to have the value "Park and Rec", but the lot is not in the Park menu, then you need to set the "Budget Purpose" to the value "Landmark" instead of the "Park Effect". Now the question... is there a tutorial about the Budget Department and Budget Purpose explaining the combinations allowed? Also is it possible to combine the entries in the game into one entry? Example, I have 5 different castle walls plot, and when I place all 5, the 5 differrent names appear under City Beautification. Is there a way where you can name the 5 lots so when you open the City Beautification, that you would only have one item listed, but you've placed 5 of them? Even if they were different lots.

I've moved some pieces from the parks menu into the police menu, but kept the budget Department and Purpose the same (Park and Rec and Park Effect), but for some reason it doesnt show up when I plop it so there isn't any maintance cost. Any ideas?

hmm... probs sometimes is that there isnt any docs with it

Some lots I've downloaded states that it is a rail, bus, garage and underground station. How do I confirm that this is the case and its not just a visual thing they done so it looks like its everything, but doesn't really function as everything? Any pointers or link to a tutorial explaining it? Thanks

I guess with the amount of experienced modders here and no visible solution, I guess it must be impossible to make a functioning Residential Plop. But wondering... is there still official support from EA that they may consider fixing this problem? Or would they be too busy with their latest games? *sigh* after downloading hundreds of lots, I realise it may all be in vain when the new game is released

I think I've patched my Sim City Deluxe, but not sure. Which patch do I need to get this working? As soon as I switch the time to night, the night lights should immediately come on right? Even if the game is paused? or do I need to ensure the lot has electricty and not abadoned and then unpause the game before I see the night lights of lots?

Just curious as I'm going through all the downloads available. There are many different residential towers/styles and commercial towers, hotels etc... but what I noticed is that there is something missing that would make a city look amazing... and that's the hotels in Las Vegas... how come no-one's done any lots of the many different theme and styles of the hotels in Las Vegas? It would be one good reason to run a sim city purely at night time.

Now is there a guide to all the different parameters/values that are used within the Examplars?

Ok. Understood. So I presume if a lot appears in the landmarks, I can easily change the occupantgroup to the rewards with no ill effect. And if a Reward lot that has no pre-requsite, I can easilt change the occupantgroup to the landmark? The reason is so I can order the lots I downloaded a bit better.

That's what I was trying to get at, looking at the parameters, there isn't much diff. Is there specific parameters that are available in the Rewards that is not available for a Landmark? and vice versa? Besides the obvious ones where the Rewards can have requirements before they become available. i just don't understand why someone put an item in the Rewards menu, but it has no requirements. Would this have been happily placed in the Landmarks?

I've downloaded some lots where some appears in Landmarks and some in Rewards. Is there any difference where they are? I know Rewards can have certain requirements before they become available, but some downloads appear in Rewards, but can be used immediately. I have some standard towers, with RCI properties, some appear in Rewards (without any requirements before available) and some in Landmarks. Any ideas if there is any diff? Or is it just a place to put them in the menu?

I've downloaded the British Airways London Eye and want to provide more details in the Desc. I've used LProp to do this, but that has failed. I then used iLive Reader and checked the Item Description Key and that points to the correct LTEXT (which is plain text). But for some reason, it still says "London, England" even though I've deleted the Item Description. Anyone got any ideas?

Looking about on the lots for downloads, I've seen ponds sets etc. Is this what people use to create ponds, canals, rivers and waterfalls? I havent had a chance to play with them yet, but do these still require rivers to be already be sculpted while Teraforming? If they are plopped during city building, do they still act as a source of water or not?

Not sure where to ask this, so I guess this is a general place to ask. Wondering if there is a mod that changes the layout of the menus. Getting sick of scrolling down to find the buildings I want.