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  1. Name: pcwhiz24 Gender: Male Zodiac: Libra

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    SimCity 4 has a lot of cool disasters but I feel there's a few missing ones. Over the last year, I accessed some of the files and even contacted EA. Luckily one of my relatives is friends with someone that works in EA and after talking to them, they gave me the specific source code I needed. Note that I was told I'm allowed to distribute this mod as long as I don't sell it otherwise big scary men in black suits will show up to my house and destroy me. This mod will add new disasters from the game that I thought were missing. Some of these were already coded in the game and some me and my super intelligent coding buddy created this. Combined with my designer room-mate and animator, I was able to create a mod that may just be in the same calibre as NAM! New Disasters: - Epidemic: Inspired by a certain virus which shall not be named here, this was the first disaster I made and it's what gave me the idea for the mod. You can click on a specific region of the map and as the game months go by the sickness rates will increase and spread. The longer you hold click on the area the more severe the virus. (Similar to the "pandemic" event in SimCity Societies.) Like fires & riots, it can be set as an automatic disaster too The duration of the pandemic depends on both the initial severity and how well you handle it in-game. If set as "automatic disaster," then epidemics will happen randomly. Lack of health coverage/funding will increase the chances of an outbreak occurring and they will be more severe. Health advisor will pop up every few months to tell you the current death toll, cases, and how many have recovered. Note: Disease research center lowers the chances of outbreaks by 10% to 50% max depending on funding. This building is REQUIRED in order to make a vaccine. The higher the budget, the faster a vaccine will be found for the virus (advisor notifies you when they do!). Tips: Have good hospitals. Hospitals will be at over-capacity. You can also build graveyards freely, as they will fill up as sims die. You get to choose, your sims health or your economy. - Tsunami: For coastal cities (Land must be at least 30% water) you can trigger a tsunami. Like earthquakes, click the area on the water (the longer you hold it the bigger the wave). After anywhere from a game day to a game month, a tsunami will come and flood your city. Tip: Most buildings flooded will be abandoned or destroyed after. It was tricky figuring out the which buildings can tolerate or which can't. Water effects still under development! - Hurricanes: This one took me a long time to make. Luckily someone already made a good cosmetic template and I was able to figure out how to animate the trees. All maxis flora and PEG's have been animated though I will do more trees in a later release. Hurricanes can be automatically activated but they will happen in any map, even non-tropical ones. Then again, you can assume they're just a bad storm The category is random when automatic. To manually trigger a hurricane, click on any area and hold the mouse. The longer you hold it the more severe. The general advisor will tell you ahead of time (usually 3-14 game days) how severe the hurricane will be and the expected landfall. They will last anywhere from 2-10 game days. Like tsunamis, floods will be simulated too and cause abandonment. Some trees will be uprooted depending on severity. Power outages are simulated, though they are random. After the hurricane, power will be restored over the course of several game months/years. Note: Hurricanes will also appear in regional view, super realistic: Still working on making those clouds look more realistic. Hopefully these were okay for now. - Wild-Fires Pretty straight forward, similar to the normal fire disaster, except it will SPREAD fast, depending on wind direction. Can be automatically enabled, where the disaster will start in poor fire-fighting areas. Normal fires can also become wild-fires too. These can be severe and will literally burn your whole city down if there's no firefighters nearby! New ordinances have been added to the game. These include: - Evacuate: When enacted, sims will evacuate whenever a disaster warning is in place. Make sure to disable it otherwise citizens don't come back! Useful for wild-fires, hurricanes and tsunamis. Can also be used for wild-fires too! - Quarantine: When enabled, Sims will hide in their homes and only leave when necessary. Restaurants, bars and small business will close and you will see less cars/sims on the roads. The monthly cost is proportional to the size of the city. Positive effects is cases will stop increasing and even go down, however, income will also go down and you may notice job zots appear as sims lose their jobs. If left on long enough, businesses such as restaurants will become abandoned. This ordinance prevents sims from leaving the city too which prevents potentially spreading the virus to other cities, creating epidemics on other regional cities (The closest thing to a "pandemic" I can make with the game limitations.) Note: After 6 game months, mayor rating will start to plummet until the quarantine is de-activated. This effect will last about 10-50 game years afterwards. Do NOT activate this mod when there is no epidemic or your whole city will be abandoned after 6 game months! - Mask Mandate When enacted, sims will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of disease. When enacted, sickness will go down and cases will decrease during epidemic. Monthly cost is proportional to the city size. This mod can be enabled without epidemic (useful when hospitals are over-capacity) though negative effects still apply. Negative effects include the Mayor rating going down the longer you enact it. Crime rate will increase from 5-25% and the chances of riots will increase to 50-80% in the first 6 game months before lowering then increasing again after a game year. Abandonment will happen as citizens leave your city unhappy. Jails will fill from the increase in crime rate.
  3. If you take pics of cities at night, you can stitch them together and make regional pics at night Here's a couple of them I made using this method with Paint.Net a while back: I photoshopped the highways a bit hehe I even used this method on my very "real" regional night mod! Original Thread:
  4. For those new to this CJ, it is highly recommended to read the updates before this one for context. I apologize for the long wait, I will try to update much more frequently. Back in Woodland Town, the mayor's wife, kids and just about everyone are still unaware of what's happening. The fire has taken out the only radio station in River City and lack of power has left the whole town in the dark. As seen in the image, a police helicopter and several others fly above the roaring inferno below. Meanwhile, the intense heat causes multiple buildings to combust, threatening West-Field Headquarters and several small homes. Firefighters frantically try to contain the flames and prevent the flames from reaching the other side of the road. Meanwhile, a helicopter from Coibridge medical center arrives at the fire, with a crew of 5 people are in it, along with a rescue basket. Under the smoke, I stand below with a severely injured Mayor Matthew surrounded by an ever-growing inferno Matthew laid motionless next to the burning building after the explosion threw him towards it. I drag him to the center of the road where it's at least safer, while everything else burns around us. He's still breathing and is barely awake. Matthew looks at me. "Leave me here" He said, "Save yourself and family. This town is going to burn down. I failed as a mayor." "I can't do that, buddy. I'll never do that to you." Your town is a great town, and you saved many lives." I told him "Trust me it'll be saved." I notice the road I came from is now blocked by a wall of flames. I literally have nowhere else to go. "Mayor," Said Matt, "I just wanted you to help the firefighters, not run in here." I'm not sure at this point how long I've been here, but with the adrenaline I can't tell how thirsty I am or the amount of heat around me. I start thinking about Christina and Jeffrey (my kids) and wife I left at my town, wondering if I'll ever see them again. I thought about Ben (business partner), I thought about my town, that we founded, the town that Matt has given electricity for to all those years nearly for free. I look at Matt, he's done so much as mayor, person, and Friend. I really don't want to lose him. With no communication outside, it's possible the town has burned by now. Hopefully not. Matt looks at me again (grunts) "Leaves me here," He said, "Coal plant is going to explode..." "I won't. I'll stay with you." I said I look at the coal plant. The thought of going inside to turn off the switch crosses my mind until I see the massive flames coming out of the only entrance. Taking the road I came from the other side is impossible, since it's a complete inferno. We're in a quickly shrinking space where we're safe. Suddenly I start to hear helicopter blades Moments later my radio-phone comes back alive "Mayor?" I heard following static "This is Kevin, Officer Lane sent us here to extract you! W're sending in a basket!" Normally a crew member would come down in the basket but there's only room for two people and two separate rescues is far too risky. Never mind the fact that Matt can't move on his own to get on the basket himself. (Radio) Lane: "Hey this is Lane, they're gonna try and get you out of there! How's Matthew hanging right now?" "I don't know," I replied, "He's barely alive now." "I feel cold," Matt barely utters as he's slipping in and out of consciousness. "Don't worry Matt," I said to him, "we're gonna make it out of here. Everything's gonna be okay now." I said to him. (Radio) Pilot: "We'll get you both out of there but we need your help, when you see the basket below tell me. "Will do Kevin," I said Carey Co-Pilot: "Just so you know, we have one shot at this, if that basket hits the flames, you're both good as screwed." (Background) We're going at it blind! It's such a narrow spot. I notice a lot of smoke coming out of the building next to me. Walls of flames are closing in on us. "Hurry up!" I yelled Kevin (Pilot): "We're dropping it now!" After a few short moments I see the basket coming down through the smoke, and straight into the burning power plant! "Stop!! It's too far to the right!! Go left go left!" I yelled "Roger, is that my left or your left?" "My Right!" Through the static I can hear the crew yelling at each other: (background) What the (bleep) are you doing?! You're gonna kill us (static) The basket moves further from me and closer to the flames " The other left!" I yelled. "North." I turn to Matthew who's awake. He noticed the basket "North?" I asked "This road goes west, if I recall, and the train station is east; Tell them north." Kevin apparently overheard him "Is that Matt? What did he say?" Asked Kevin "Go just a little bit north!" I said "The basket moves towards me." "You got it, a little more north!" I said The basket is now directly on top of me "How's about now mayor?" "That works! Now lower it down!" The basket lands just next to me, a little bit charred from the flames. "We're getting on now" I said into the radio "I'll never be able to repay you" Matt said "What do you mean?" I asked as I carry Matthew into the basket. "You risked everything just to save me. You're a true friend. Thank you." "You don't owe me anything, Matt." "I'll repay you any way I can, no matter what" Matt insisted "Alright pull it up." I say into the radio. The platform lifts us up towards the smoke above. "Ow, ow oh man this hurts." Matt groaned in pain. Radio) Pilot: "We're pulling you up, you're gonna have to hold your breath for a minute or two" As they begin to pull us up, Matt opens his eyes again and looks at me. "Are you okay?" I asked him "Haha," he weakly chuckles in a croaky voice, "yeah man, everything's okay." I never felt better." (coughs and groans in pain). "It's all over. Thank you Mayor, for everything." He said as he started to slip away "Matt no no no come on stay with me" I try to take his mind off the pain. "Think of something peaceful, something beautiful. Anything else." "I just want it to rain again." *He pauses as he struggles to breathe a little.* "Yeah, we could really use it now eh?" I said, chuckling a bit. "It would put out this fire." "Yeah (chuckling) it sure would. Thing is, (he pauses for a moment) I just love rain, always did." He said as he closed his eyes. We approach the smoke. They continue to hoist us up, towards the thick smoke above us. As they pull us up, I look down to where I was just standing: Just moments after we're lifted, the buildings along the dirt street flash-over, turning the area I was just standing on into a burning inferno. My radio turns off. Batteries ran out. My eyes start watering like crazy from the smoke. I feel an urge to cough but try to hold it back. I hold my breath and put my face in my shirt as we rise through the smoke. I put Matt's shirt over his face to protect him too. I can feel the wind around me, as the air becomes much cooler. I have never seen this much smoke in my life. I see the helicopter through the smoke... Kevin (Pilot): "We got them!! Okay let's get out of here!" The six man crew cheers as we enter the helicopter. Carey (Co-Pilot): "Now get us out of here!" "For a moment I feel happy, knowing I'll get to see my wife and kids again and hopefully even see my town grow. However, my relief is short lived as reality crashes back down on me. I turn to Matthew, and notice just how hurt he is. Burns everywhere and even his shirt and pants are half torn. Medic: "This is not good, he's got some serious third degree burns to his back, and multiple fractures. Another Medic: "He's lost a lot of blood!" They start giving him fluids as we fly to Coibridge. Officer Lane: "Out-freaking-standing men! I never seen a rescue like that in my 30 years of law enforcement." One of the medics call Coibridge medical center to be ready to take us in... Medic: "He's got broken hips, his left lung completely collapsed." One of his monitors start to beep His blood pressure is dropping fast. Carey (Co-Pilot): "Guys, he's dying. We need to go to Coibridge Trauma Unit!" "Don't worry, he'll make it." I said, he's one tough fighter Officer Lane: "Again, unbelievable job right there, thank you very much!" To my relief I see most of the town is still there as it was before. The north-eastward winds have prevented the fire from spreading to the rest of the town and homes. The rest of the industrial area, however, is now a raging inferno. Firefighters from every city are now responding. "We were in an eternal commute loop but Lane closed off one of the roads so we were able to make it!" remarked one of the firemen from the other town "We're getting aerial relief Fire planes are coming from Woodland town to control the flames and prevent further spread. The only main concern now is preventing the fire from spreading over the river or across the street." Said another fireman Fire-boats arrive on the scene to control the raging inferno, presumably from Pleasant view. Equipped with very powerful pressurized water cannons that hook up directly to the water below. After a while we start to see the first signs of progress is now made towards getting the inferno under control. Unfortunately, the West-Field Office is now fully engulfed along with the rest of the complex. Click on the image to see it full screen. There's so much going on that a quick glance simply doesn't do it justice. We start flying to Coibridge. The light blue line shows our helicopter path, and the orange circle is the fire with dark shaded being the smoke. . We finally arrive at the hospital, with crews around the helipad already waiting for us They immediately rush Matthew on the stretcher down to the trauma ward... Doctor: "He needs life support fast!" "Alright mayor come this way, we'll take him in!" said one of the trauma surgeons The security guard takes me to the waiting room, which is surprisingly empty. "The fire blocked the only ways we can get here. We can only take people by helicopter." Said the security guard. As I walk into the lobby, I notice some TV's, all with the news showing the scenes back in River City. I notice a familiar man sitting watching the news It's the mayor of Coibridge!" He gets up and shakes my hand. Mayor Gene: "I hear you're the mayor.." "Yes sir I am" I replied "My respect to you Mayor," He said, "rushing in there and saving your neighbor, the way you ran down the road into the fire." "Look I think they almost got the fire out!" remarked Gene as he pointed at a TV screen I turn my head and look at the TV: Breaking News: This was the worst accident this whole region has ever seen!" (Real life stock image is the closest to what it actually looked like in the waiting room) "Chief officer Lane told me he's never seen firefighters busting their butts like this. They're the best he's ever seen." Said Gene "I can't believe you two were in the middle of that! How was it like in there?" Asked Gene, amazed as he stared at the screen above. "Hot." I replied. "Ah," he said. Moments later, the doctor walks in the lobby, with the helicopter pilot, co-pilot, a security guard, a woman, and two more people, presumably friends of Matthew "Mayor?" Doctor asks "This is Matthew's Wife Pamela, and some friends." He said, (Pamela looked very concerned). said as I shake their hands. "We brought them here, they wanted to see Matthew and also thank you for saving him." "Speaking of Matt, how's he doing in there?" I asked (He lets out a sigh and shakes his head) "I really wish I had better news. He's currently undergoing an emergency procedure. We're doing everything we can to save him." He said This has to be the worst disaster since the Woodland tornado. Already 6 dead in this and counting." Said Gene "Matt saved a great deal of people, he managed to get a whole group of workers out of there. He always knew his city inside out." I said "Yeah, not sure how good of a mayor he was but I heard he saved some lives." Said the doctor "So is this guy!" Gene said as he pointed at me Gotta give him credit, Matt wouldn't be here right now if this he (referring to me) didn't run into that fire like a headless chicken, and risk everything. Plus Kevin and his crew , gotta give them a lot of props for getting them out of there! Gene said to the two helicopter pilots. "Yeah I saw it on the news, it was one insane rescue effort," remarked the doctor "They've both be certainly dead," pilot remarked, "the whole place just blew up." "Chief Officer Lane is going to address the citizens in the morning at Woodland Town to inform them what happened. They're gonna be without power for weeks, even months." Said Gene. "I have to hook up the power lines while we rebuild the power plants. They're all gone back there." Disasters like this often bring out the best in people. We had a lot of heroes tonight!" Said the doctor, as he's called back into the operating room ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officer lane: "You're all doing great!" Chief Firefighter: "Come on!!" Water puddles line the streets from the water. After the constant battle, the flames are finally starting to die down. The fire boats and their powerful water cannons help quell the flames. The once bright orange glow of the inferno fades away and give way to the darkness of night, with only the red siren lights of the emergency vehicles. Firemen begin to walk into the burnt buildings and look for anything they can find. The city is saved, but it isn't until sunrise that we can determine the full extent of the damage. Thank you for reading, please leave a comment down below, it is greatly appreciated! I will make the next update much sooner than last time
  5. Part 3 is coming!! Following mysterious rumbles in the middle of the night, Woodland Town is plunged into the dark. Little do we know the disaster that awaits us in the neighboring town: River City; The town that has provided power to the region for years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Previously on Story of a Nation... 2:57 AM I just got awakened by what sounds like a loud rumble. It definitely isn't thunder. Neighbor: "Mayor! Do you have any idea what's the heck is going on?" Me: "No idea, maybe an earthquake?" Neighbor: "Whatever it is it's woken up- *Boom* An even louder thunderous rumbling noise so loud that it rattles windows... I can sense people starting to panic. Christina hugs my leg and starts crying. Just then, the power goes out... Chapter 12: Part 2 The night was slightly chilly for a summer night from yesterday's thunderstorms. The air felt heavy with humidity and it was slightly windy. Me: "Everyone stay calm! We'll get to the bottom of this." *Cell phone rings* It's Mayor Matthew. (Mayor of the neighboring River City) Matt: "Send every firefighter, ambulance, and police over here NOW!! Helicopters too! I don't care!! Send anyone you can! PLEASE HELP US!!! Me: "I'll get on it! What's happening over there!" Matt: *Static*" I never heard so much panic in his voice. I don't like the sound of this. With no hesitation, I got the EMS talkie and called the chief of police Lane Jackson. Lane: "Mayor, I was just about to-" (Radio) Me: "We need every fire truck and ambulance over to River City now!" Lane: "I just sent all of our firefighters a couple minutes ago! I don't know what's going on!" Me: "What about Pleasant-view and District 1?" (Radio) Lane: "I already called them five minutes ago! Every unit in this whole region is heading to River City right now!" Me: "Any idea what's happening over there?" (Radio) Lane: "No power, idea right now. We have very little communication. I'm going over there right now. I suggest you and Ben head over there too." Wife: "What's going on?" Me: "I gotta go, I'm wanted at River City. This is serious." Wife: "Please be careful" (Kisses and hugs me goodbye) Jeremy: "Dad where are you going?" Me: "I'll be back, go back to sleep, everything will be okay. Go back to sleep." I get in my red car: Play this at full volume: As I get exit the driveway, I dial call my business partner Ben on my cell-phone: (Phone) Me: "Ben Wake up!" (Phone) Ben: (Yawns) What's going on? Why is the power out?" (Phone) Me: "I don't know! Just get up and get dressed! I'm picking you up in a few minutes!" I pull up to his driveway. Me: "Ben get in, hurry!" Ben: " Hang on, I'm coming!" Ben jumps in and we're on our way. Ben: "People are all coming out, it sounds like the world's coming to end end!" *Chuckles* Me: "Indeed." (Revs car) We drive through the dark eerie dark roads of our town in the middle of the night... 3:07 A.M. Play this at LOW volume: "10-39 get all units to River City! This is a 10-39" "10-69, we're on our way!" "10-71 we need more info!" "10-33 all units in region!" We catch up to the train of four fire trucks as police escort them. Nearly all police units, including our police van lead the way... We're in the red car following the firetrucks Ben: "Good lord..." Me: "Are they all evacuating from River City?" .My EMS Radio rings, it's Chief Lane Jackson. (Radio) Lane: "We got an update from firefighters over at River City!" (Radio) Me: "What's the situation?" (Radio) Lane: "Our whole county has lost power. We are completely in the dark!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- For reference, we are heading to River City, the site of emergency: Light Blue = Medical Helicopters Green = Firetrucks ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Radio) Lane: "There's a huge industrial fire at River City. Three of the coal power plants exploded. We have 14 confirmed casualties, possibly more. Coibridge is the only town that has hazmat units and ambulances. They're heading there too. I can see the smoke from here!" "10-33 all units to River City, all units to River city" Play this at LOW volume: Ambulances pour out of Coibridge Medical Center like angry bees from a hive: We quickly make it to the bridge. It is just endless cars on the other side of the road as they evacuate to Woodland Town. It becomes apparent just how serious the situation is once we cross the bridge: Play this at FULL volume: Play this at LOW volume: Play this at FULL volume: Play this at LOW volume: 3:17 A.M. We finally arrive and find a blockade of policemen and firefighters. Hundreds and hundreds of people are out around city hall that decided to stay: Officer: "Stay back! Everyone back to the town hall!" Ben: "Good lord! There's people everywhere!" Firefighter: "This way, This way! Come on! You get that side and you spread to the west! Go go! Play this at LOW volume: "We have more units coming in!" The sound of sirens is overwhelming. As we arrive, we can already feel the heat. I can barely hear myself over the sound of the sirens. Me: "Chief! Where's Matt at?!" Lane: "I think he's on the other side of the street! Probably looking for trapped workers! There's people still trapped back there!" Firefighter Squad Leader: "What do you mean we're out of WATER?!! Go find more sources NOW!!" Firefighter: "Move over to this side of the warehouse!" Me and Ben get out of the car and walk up to the firefighters (FF Squad leader = Fire Fighter Squad Leader) FF Squad Leader: "Here! You'll need this." (As he hands me a gas mask). Ben, go to city hall and take care of the crowds. Ben: "Will do! Take care of yourself, Mayor!" Another explosion is heard. FF Squad Leader: "10-33, LANE! WHERE ARE PLEASANTVILLE'S UNITS?!!" Lane: "They're still trying to get here! You know there's no direct road connection here!" FF Squad Leader: "Why not?!" (As he turns to me with a death glare) Ben: "Because the eternal commute loop!" FF Squad Leader: "That is the biggest load of bull-(beep) I have ever heard! Are you kidding me?! Me: "People can be dumb sometimes! I mean come- Another explosion Play this at LOW volume: Firefighter: "We got water!" FF Squad Leader: "(Turns to his squad) GO! GO! Spray now! Lane: "Get all your butts down there now! Let's go!" FF Squad Leader: "Spray! Let's go Spray at it!" Firefighter: "What's the point?! We're not the (Bleep)-ing hazmat units!" FF Squad Leader: "We're just buying time for now! We can't let the homes burn! This is all we can do!" 3:42 A.M. I hear a familiar voice on my EMS radio, it's mayor Matthew! Play this at FULL volume: Me: "Matt what's the situation?! Matt: "It's an oven over here Mayor! I'm trying to save people here!" (Talking to his group) "Alright this way come on!" Turns out Mayor Matthew (This town's mayor) has been escorting industrial workers out of the buildings and walked them to the freight station where they walked across the rail bridge to safety. Here's a map for reference to clear things up: The orange area are the burning zones, the big blue arrow is Mayor Matthew's location Lane: "He's on the other side of the power plants! He's walking people to the train station!" FF Squad Leader: "I don't know how he does it, it's over 150 degrees over there!" I radio to Matthew. (Radio) Me: "Matthew! What's going on?" (Radio) Matt: "Just got (coughs) the last group of people out, I'm going to go check (cough) and see (gasps) if anyone still left." (Radio) Lane: "Get out of there Matt! You've done your job! That oil plant will explode any moment!" (Radio) Matt: "I'll do what I...can. I'm...getting dizzy...hard to...breathe (fits of coughs)" FF Squad Leader: "Heat's gettin' to him. He's been back there for the last hour! He ain't gonna make it at this point." (Radio) Me: "No... Matt! Get back over here!" (Radio) Me: "Matt! Matthew!!! Do you copy?" (Radio) Me: "Matt! Do you copy?!" *No signal* I look around for a moment. Matthew has given my towns power for years and has been a great friend for so long. He has family living in another city and he's been through a lot. I put on a fire suit. Me: "I'm gonna go in and get him!" (As I strap on my suit) FF Squad Leader: "Are you out of your ever-loving mind?! Me: "Yes." I start to sprint down the road towards the burning buildings Me: "I'm going to save him! We need him!" FF Squad Leader: "You idiot! Get back over here now! But I kept running... As my adrenaline took over, I sprinted down the street and made my way towards the freight station at the end. I jumped a few flames and held my breath a couple times as I ran through smoke walls. I took a left to the dirt roads and stopped behind the coal plant to catch my breath. As the adrenaline wore out, it dawned on me just how hot it really was. I had burns on my fire suit and if I breathed too fast I would get into a coughing fit. Even my sweat was evaporating right away. The sky was nothing but smoke, and it was nearly quiet, aside from the sounds of burning buildings. "Hello!" I see a figure out in the distance: It's Mayor Matthew! Wearing a yellow suit and cap! I muster whatever breath I can to yell to him. Me: "Matt!" Matt: "What are you doing here? Go back! (Coughs)" Me: "Imma get you out of here, come on walk towards me!" The heat is so intense that I can barely breathe. A weakened and disoriented Mayor Matthew is stumbling right next to the oil plant. Matthew tries to walk but limps. (Radio) Lane: "Mayor! What the heck are you doing back there?!" Me: "I found Matt. His radio died. I'm trying to get him out of here..Can you send any units back here? (coughs) (Radio) Lane: "We can not send anyone back there! That Oil plant will go off any second! There's huge gas lines beneath them!! GET OUT OF THERE NOW!!!" Me: "Come on Matt!" (As he tries to take a few steps towards me) Me: "You can do it! Just a little more!" (He falls) Matt: "I can't make it." I start walking towards him Me: "I got you!" Matt: (Coughs) "You're insane, Mayor." Me: "Let's go. I'mma get you out of here." I hold him by the arm and start walking him to the train station. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh (Bleep)! Play this at FULL volume: Boom... The explosion sent me and Matt flying. Everything went black. I can only hear a ringing in my ears... Play this at LOW volume: Play this at FULL volume: Suddenly I hear a voice on my EMS radio that was tossed a few yards away. (Radio) Lane: "This is chief lane, copy! *Static* (Radio) Lane: "Copy! Is any one there! Do you Copy? Mayor!" Me: "I'm okay..(gasping)." (Radio) Lane: "That whole plant just blew up! It's a miracle you're still alive! The situation is beyond worse now! Where are you!?" Me: "Behind the power plant. Near the...gas...I mean train station." (Radio) Lane: "How about Matthew?" I look around and notice his body. He's been thrown a couple of yards. I stumble back up and walk towards him. I look over to him. He appears to be breathing. Me: "Matt?" Though he is still breathing thankfully, both of his arms and legs are covered in burns. Likely they were slammed into the ground by the explosion. Half his hair is missing and his shirt is torn. Matt: "(grunts in pain) I can't move. It hurts." Me: "What's hurting you buddy?" Matt: "Everything." (Radio) Me: "He's not doing too well Chief. He's in serious pain." The flames begin to reach down towards us. Me: "Come on Matt I got you. We gotta go." I try to pick him up but my body felt too weak. I try to drag him by his feet. Me: (Grunts). "Let's go to the train station." Matt: "My town...(grunts in pain) I slowly drag him down the dirt road: We get closer to the train station. Me: (Grunts). "We're almost there. We're gonna make it." Matt: "No...take a look.." I look behind me... My heart sinks. Matt: "There's (gasps) no way in hell we're...getting through that." I look to the road I came from earlier. It's blocked by a huge wall of flames and debris. Matt: "Now we're trapped." I try to think about anything, any ideas. But nothing came to mind. Lane can't get anyone here either. Too risky. Even if I left Matthew to die there's no way out for me now. Me: "I'm so stupid, Matt. I left my wife and kids...back in Woodland." The flames continue to get closer...

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  8. Version 1.0.1

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    Tired of waiting for your cities to grow? Cheetah-mode still not fast enough? Not anymore! In a society of instant-gratification, we don't have time for many things, including waiting for entire cities to grow! With this mod, you can speed up the process significantly! This mod allows you to run Sim-City 4 even faster than Cheetah-mode, in fact as much as 8X cheetah mode! This mod was made after searching for months through the SimCity_1.Dat file, where I found a bunch of settings that control the simulation-speed! Turns out it seems the developers had planned on making the simulation with even faster than cheetah options but may have disabled it since there was a lot of bugs or instability. Today however, most computers are a lot better than back in 2003 and should handle the game much better! There are three options, 2X, 4X, or 8X cheetah mode speed! How to install: Click on the "Readme!" file for more instructions. Simply copy ONLY one of the .Dat files (2X, 4X, or 8X) to your Plugins folder Copy the Speed.DLL file into your plugins folder too If you use 4X or 8X, then install "Stabilizer.Dat" to make the game more stable. Afterwards all you have to do is disable the advisors through the game settings, then double-click the cheetah-mode speed to make the game go whichever speed you installed! (2X, 4X, or 8X) No dependencies needed! Always back up your regions!!! Here's a video of me using the mod. First part of the video I use 2X cheetah super-speed. At the end I test out 8X Cheetah super-speed in a small map: Troubleshooting: Note that the sound bugs out a bit during the super speed but don't worry it's perfectly normal. BACKUP YOUR CITIES AND REGIONS!! I'm not responsible for any damage to your cities from super-speed! Also if you have any trouble running the mod, simply right-click on any of the .DAT Files and select "Open with" and choose "Note-Pad." From there there are several settings you can choose to make it work however you like! Take your time and scroll through it all. There are easter eggs in them too as well as more game settings especially in the "Stabilizer.dat" If you have any more issues please read the "Troubleshooting info.txt" file for more information! After testing the mod for many months in a secret beta here, I was able to iron out most bugs and put their fix in a "stabilizer" file. Despite that however, there are still some bugs. List of Some Known Small Bugs and tips: (SS stands for Super-Speed). Click on spoiler for more info. Super-Speed Mod.zip

  9. Notre Dame in Paris is on Fire!

    pcwhiz24 posted a topic in Current Events

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris Hopefully they can rebuild it

  10. april 1st Realistic Lighting and Weather Mod

    pcwhiz24 commented on pcwhiz24's file in Obsolete & Legacy

    Hmmm. That's strange. Check the upload date of this file, and if that doesn't fix it then read the first letter of each word of the following sentence: 'As Perfection Rises It Like Falls On Over Leny's Sock'

  11. Version 1.0.1

    3,712 Downloads

    Take your SimCity 4 Experience to a whole new level with my lighting mod! With this mod, the sun shines brighter, the skies look bluer and the shadows are animated! After many hours of looking through the SimCity_1.dat file and messing with exemplar settings, I have managed to make this game look more like real life! I even modeled a realistic atmosphere in 3Ds max and figured out how to make shadows move! Fully animated shadows! (Cheetah Mode) Features: - Realistic atmospheric lighting in-game both in day and night - Realistic Clouds in both region and mayor view! - Realistic Weather including rain and snow! - Fully animated moving shadows! (These took the longest to make) - Realistic rain showers and thunderstorms that spawn randomly throughout the sim day! Roads will get wet like real life! - Randomly spawning tornadoes! During particularly bad thunderstorms you may get a tornado that's EF1 to EF5! - Regional View clouds are much more realistic! - Realistic Fires too! With full 3D smoke! Minor Bugs and Issues - Realistic day/night mod is very CPU intensive since it features moving shadows - Regional clouds tend to be glitchy on Nvidia machines. Recommend downgrading to older 355 or earlier drivers - Shadows will freeze sometimes in cheetah mode unless you have a decent PC - Rainwater may not be wet enough - Graphics combined with other mods may make this game look better than real life. - Might make SimCity 4 addictive - Game crashes every 5-10 minutes on 90% of all attempts of running it with this mod - Game crashes every 20-57 minutes on 66% of all attempts - Screenshots using F10 will crash the game - Taking a screenshot with your android or iphone will crash both the phone and the game - Saving while exiting to region view crashes the game - Exiting the game during a thunderstorm might cause both your computer and internet to crash - Exiting the game during tornado will cause permanent corruption to your city and all of its backups on the computer. Beware! - Tornadoes sometimes spawn and are so realistic that they'll make your bedroom and house messy - EF5 tornadoes are very RAM intensive and will use up over 60 GB of RAM. If you don't have enough RAM, your PC will explode - U-Drive it mode doesn't work - Sim-Mode doesn't work - Realistic 3D fires may burn your PC and house down - Mod is fully compatible with my 3D SimCity 4 mod, but will crash 9/10 times - Snow storms might freeze your game and occasionally your PC as well - If the power goes out in your game that's because the snow storm or tornado knocked it out. If the power goes out in your home, just take the mod out of your plugins and it should be fine - May cause minor frustration - There's been a huge inflation in Sim Nation so prices of buildings has increased 1000 fold. - Sometimes the music will skip like a broken record in a blender - Cities take a very long time to recover from the EF3 and above tornadoes - The brighter sunlight may cause skin cancer. Sun glasses and sun screen is recommended before installing this mod - Shadows might be purple at first but that's okay, that means the mod is working! Aside from those issues everything works great! If you still have any problems, just keep this quote in mind: 'As Perfection Rises It Like Falls On Over Leny's Sock...before settling for only the first letter found for which it stands; and therefore conceives only the true meaning, and intention, of the greatest mod ever made.'

  12. Extreme Difficulty Mod 1.0

    pcwhiz24 posted a file in Gameplay Mods

    Version 1.0

    493 Downloads

    Extreme Difficulty Mod Version 1.0! You think SimCity 4 was hard enough before, well think again! This mod is guaranteed to make your SimCity 4 experience far more difficult than ever before! This mod makes nearly everything more expensive. Not only to plop but their monthly costs! However some buildings are more effective as well. Do you like a good challenge? Then this mod is for you! Features: - Schools, Hospitals, Police and Fire Stations are far more expensive to plop and maintain but their range and capacities have been increased (by about 1.5 times) and they are a bit more effective. - Airports, Seaports, and all transportation buildings are far more expensive than before - Bulldoze costs of schools and hospitals is much higher than their plop costs because paperwork and petitions now! - Parks are more expensive but are more effective too - Most landmarks are now 10x more expensive but more 1.5-2.0x more effective - Roads have had their capacities increased slightly and cost more per tile a month! - Power plants are much more expensive to build/maintain but also produce more power. Same with water towers/pumps - "Legalize Gambling" ordinance income has been increased to $1000 from $100 a month, but crime is now increased to 40% from 20%. - Most other ordinances are also more effective but also cost more now. - You will start at "0" simoleons on hard mode instead of $100,000. - Max loan has been increased $200,000 to $500,000 - Loans now cost 5% to pay back instead of 8.5% - Game over limit has been decreased from -$100,000 to -$500,000 Before you get told to "Run for Senator." - Fires spread faster and are more frequent! - May cause minor frustration I highly recommend creating a new plugins folder for this (moving your current folder or naming it "Plugins.old") and starting a new city/region. This mod does work with NAM, just move (but don't delete) the traffic simulator controller file in the Network Add-on Mod Folder. Tips: - Patience. Lots of it. You're gonna need it. - Get a fire station to cover your industrial area as soon as possible. Fires are quite annoying! - Take out a reasonably-sized loan at the beginning of a game on "Hard Mode" since you start with no simoleons! - Make sure you are ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN where you place your civic buildings, ESPECIALLY Schools and Hospitals! They are extremely expensive to demolish now and demolishing one could take you straight to game over. - Make use of neighboring cities. Trust me. - Try to build the biggest, most prosperous city you can, using only this mod (and NAM), and no cheats! I challenge everyone here! - You may use cosmetic mods for this challenge such as Terrain Mods, Tree Mods, etc. But no CAM, SPAM, JAM, LAM or Shazaam (NAM is allowed since it's essential.) - Good luck. You're gonna need it.

  13. Show us your DISASTERS!!!

    pcwhiz24 replied to TrickyMario76543's topic in SC4 Showcase

    From my most recent update, River City's industrial area is on fire around 3 am after a major accident resulted in some of the power plants exploding. Firefighters tried putting out the flames but they aren't specialized in hazmat. The fire only grew worse, as all water did was slow it down. It just wasn't enough. To see more, click on my City Journal link in my signature.

  14. Show us your.............. Fires!

    pcwhiz24 replied to Timmo2000's topic in SC4 Showcase

    From my most recent update, River City's industrial area is on fire around 3 am after a major accident resulted in some of the power plants exploding. Firefighters tried putting out the flames but they aren't specialized in hazmat. The fire only grew worse, as all water did was slow it down. It just wasn't enough. To see more, click on my City Journal link in my signature.
  15. Welcome back! School's out and summer has begun! It's time to make great use of the water park that was built a while back! Woodland Town, along with most towns in the region have stagnated a bit, with population hanging at 30,000 people. Plans to connect the towns and region by interstate and rail by the end of the year are in progress and will encourage major growth in all areas once completed. The Mayor and his wife have two kids, their son Jeremy who is 10 (going into 5th grade) and daughter Christina who is 8 (going into 3rd grade). A Summer to Remember I: A Trip to the Water Park It's another hot summer day This particular Saturday, however, it was very hot! Weather Report: July 8 Saturday Temperature: 96 Degrees Dew Point: 72 Degrees Feels Like: 107 degrees Rain: 80% Highs 98, Lows 73. Scattered showers throughout the day, isolated showers in the afternoon. I took the opportunity today to take the kids out to the new water park. They've been begging me to go the last couple weeks! Jeremy and Christina: Daddy let's go! Me: Christina put on your seat belts! Wife: It's really hot out today. The lines are going to be really long today! Me: I imagine. We get in the car and drive out: 1:24 PM We arrive at the water park and as you see, it's quite crowded: Unfortunately, the trip was cut short and just as they were about to go back upstairs to go on the slide, the lightning alarm goes off. The wind started picking up and drizzles of rain began to come down. Me: "Alright, let's pack it up!" People start exiting in droves as the storm nears. Typical summer storm, we've been getting a lot of these lately but they're normal. I feel the temperature drop. 4:15 PM Just as we're leaving the parking lot, it begins to downpour: It rained for a good portion of the afternoon... The sun peaks through the clouds as the rain continues: 7:35 PM The rain finally let's up: Christina and Jeremy playing in the puddles in my front yard: Here's the current weather now after the storm: Weather Report: July 8 Saturday night Temperature: 76 Degrees Dew Point: 71 Degrees Feels Like: 81 degrees Temperatures have dropped by 20 degrees! Later That Night... The night is peaceful, with the occasional sound of a car streaking through the wet streets splashing up water and distant thunder. Kids from the local neighborhood join in for a pickup game: 10:12 PM Regional Night View: Woodland Town on the right, Woodland River City on the Left, District one above and Pleasant view below it, and Coibridge on the upper left. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2:57 AM I just got awakened by what sounds like a loud rumble. It definitely isn't thunder. Wife: "What's going on?" She says as she rubs her sleepy eyes Just then an even louder rumble booms in the distance, waking up the kids. Jeremy: "Daddy what's that? Another storm?" Me: "I'm going to find out." We all go outside and notice just about the entire neighborhood's been woken as well, as families head outside out trying to make out what's going on. I look at the skies for a sign of a thunderstorm but the skies are clear... Neighbor: "Mayor! Do you have any idea what's the heck is going on?" Me: "No idea, maybe an earthquake?" Neighbor: "Whatever it is it's woken up- *Boom* An even louder thunderous rumbling noise so loud that it rattles windows... I can sense people starting to panic. Christina hugs my leg and starts crying. Just then, the power goes out... To Be Continued... Thank you for reading! Don't forget to leave a comment if you haven't already! Like and follow to stay tuned!

  16. Chapter 11: Expanding The Arteries

    pcwhiz24 commented on pcwhiz24's City Journal Entry in (SC4) The Story of a Mayor

    Yes, the site had an issue where the links were blocked. The issue has now been fixed
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