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Hi all I have recently gotten back into SC4 for the 5-6th time. I backedup all my plugins that were in the my documents/simcity4/plugins a long time ago. So I copied and pasted that into a fresh install to the same location. I seem to recall having to put special files into the root plugins folder...you know the c:\program files\maxis\apps\plugins...but i cannot locate any backups I may have made for that location. Basically Im asking anyone who has a decent amount of custom content, a gig or two, what files they have in their root plugins directory. Any help would be great. Geaux Tigers!

@ A Nonny Moose Good to know. @ CaptCIty Very informative info there. Wasnt aware of the load order difference between the folder locations. I follow installation instructions on the items I DL from this site 95% of the time. That leads me to believe that the author of the custom content I downloaded specifically instructed me to place their files in the roots plugins. However with all the plugins that I have, and each person organizing their own folders uniquely, this may be a fools errand. Thanks for help guys and happy building. Im off to rebrowse the STEX. This site rocks!

Dementor101, I believe you are right to doubt the loop bug being the culprit regarding the pic you recently posted. I misinterpreted your earlier pics, thought you had a few road neighbor connectors in there.... my mistake. k that being said I would leave the highway system be and look elsewhere..try to work out all the variables as best you can by using the route query tool and following a res zone area and see what route they take. then make minor adjustments in your transit system such as onramp placements and access to those on/offramps, roads , mass transit, etc, then see the difference it makes. Use parking lots at some bus/mono stops. I like the idea of prebuilding an entire city infrastructure but I rarely get the planned product..ha! Even with all of simcitys tools I still cant make in SC4 what i design on paper. Started playing the grow naturally then sculpt as i cant fight maxis code anymore!!! Goodluck to you and your Q actually made me make my first post on an 3 year old account..cheers!!

Dementor, I believe the problem you are having is due to a bug that exists when having too many intercity connections in an area. More specifically on the corners of your cities. The bug , I think, is called the endless commuter bug. Its tough for me to explain but ill give it a try.... Lets say you have 4 cities in your region like this City 1 City2 -------X------- City 3 City 4 You can connect city 1 to city 2 and city 3 with a road or what have you. To bring city 4 into the network you then connect it to city 2 and city 3, which connects it to city 1, all of this you know. The part where it gets tricky is if your neighbor connections are very close to the center of those 4 cities,which i marked with an X in the diagram, the corner ALL 4 cities border, then alot of your commuters will travel endlessly in a circle through all 4 of those cities and never find a home To solve your problem you have to bust up your perfect grids of avenues and roads that are neighbor connectors and too close to the center of all the cities involved. If that didnt help you understand http://www.simphoni....php?t13412.html is just one of many pages on the topic. Been playing for 7 years and still havent found a fix for that bug!