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Hi just wondering if anyone uses the Colossus Addon Mod? I'm a new player (I played before NAM existed and got frustrated with the failure of transport to make ubermetropolises) having just started again after finding this community with delight, resparking my interest. I have considered installing the CAM and was wondering if it is worth it? I have found the files needed without difficulty but also wondered if downloading additional buildings is needed, as the CAM building packs I have found all depend on other buildings which in turn depend on other prop and texure packs, and more often than not one thing or more would be an .exe What I am worried of is installing something or things with incomplete textures or props. I would like to know if there is just one or two packs i can download that would cover everything, or if it just too much work with holes in to bother Many thanks in advance for your help, even if it is just a point to a "player startup" thread or something like that. There is a great deal of support here, evidently, though I assure you this deep forum can be a bit of a daunting labyrinth at first!

Very good to know, thanks. What do you mean by a terrain mod? I literally just read about some terrain edit program that allows you to edit terrain over a whole region rather than by each city tile. Is that what you mean, or do you mean something like the columbus terrain mod I have which gives new trees and terrain texture. I was thinking of getting new beach and rock textures but am not sure what would work. Likewise what do you mean by a watermod? I'm currently looking datpacker up, just wondering if you know offhand whether it is safe to use on big things like CAM or not, if not what should it be used on?

ps I also meant to ask, and I know I should ask in another new thread, are there any other really outstanding mods that might be considered almost vital? I already use NAM and the cycledogg's columbus terrain mod (modified for a lower snowline) and am very very satisfied with both (as a sidenote when installing CAM I removed the NAM parts of it, don't worry).

Thanks for the quick reply both of you. I'm glad to know that the mod is useful. Since posting I found both a list of CAM lots and their dependencies, so will start downloading later with filejuicer by my side. I have already installed the mac version with your help.