Toby Ferrian

After seeing the recent discussions about using DirectX wrappers to run SimCity 4 at higher resolutions, I thought, can I use this to run ReShade with SimCity 4? The answer, to quote myself from Discord, is: In this thread I will share the results of my experimentation. Prepare yourselves, we are about to tread on unholy ground. To make this work, I used the dgVoodoo2 wrapper, along with the latest version of ReShade at the time of this writing, ReShade 4.8.2. I also ran the game at 1440p. If you wish to try this yourself, download dgVoodoo2 and extract the files within the MS\x86 folder within the zip file into the game's Apps folder, same as the game's exe file. ReShade comes with its own installer, so I will not provide instructions for that here. (Note: The performance impact of all this is minimal on my system, but your mileage may vary.) Once both are installed, simply run the game, and you should see the following: The ReShade overlay at the top of the screen, and the dgVoodoo2 watermark in the bottom right. If you see both of these, you are now able to see the horrors I have witnessed with your own two eyes. Now let's move on to my experiments. Antialiasing Easily the best use of ReShade within SimCity 4, at least in my opinion. It simply smooths out jagged edges in an image. It does not make a huge difference, but it results in a softer image. In my opinion, it looks much nicer than it did before, and is the only effect I can recommend using for normal gameplay. HDR HDR will make the image look more vibrant and colorful. With the right settings, it can look great. However, I don't recommend enabling it for normal gameplay, only for screenshots. The reason: Like all other effects, it also affects the user interface. Bloom don't just don't but if you do anyway, it will allow for some fantastic night shots: It can also be combined with other effects for an even better result: It might even look good during the day, but in my experimentation I found that it mostly ends up too bright: However, do make sure you hide the UI and unpause the game first, otherwise the bloom from the UI will bleed into whatever you're taking a screenshot of: And do be careful when adjusting the settings, otherwise you might find your eyes dripping down your face from the blindingly bright images: This is everything I have tested so far, but feel free to experiment with ReShade on your own and share your results here.

wait what do you mean cori's not doing this one? oh okay fine i'll do it then Ferrian's Tree Shoppe by Toby Ferrian A picture catalogue of (almost) every known Tree Controller Mod for SimCity 4 Note: I did not create any of these mods. This thread is simply to display each tree controller mod using the same city tile for easy comparison. If you find this useful bookmark or follow this thread. All images are hosted right here on Simtropolis, so they will likely be around for as long as the site stays up. All of the content in this post is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, meaning you can share any part of this post as long as you attribute it to me. For people with 16:9 (or other wide screen) monitors, or a dual monitor setup, you can open this thread in two separate windows side by side. This allows you to have independent scroll bars to compare specific mods, but if you spread it across multiple monitors there may be some slight color difference between the two. For those that don't know what a tree controller is: A tree controller mod is a mod that replaces the trees that appear when you use the god mode tree brush. Other Threads in Cori's Shoppe Series: Cori's Water Shoppe (Linkys to and Pictures of every Water Mod) Cori's Side Water Shoppe NEW! – March 2022 (Pictures and in topic Downloads of the Water's Edge for every Water Mod) Cori's Rock Shoppe (Linkys to and Pictures of every Rock Mod) Cori's Beach Shoppe (Linkys to and Pictures of every Beach Mod) Cori's Terrain Shoppe (Linkys to and Pictures of every Terrain Mod) Note: If you download a mod and have any difficulty with it and when all else fails, read the ReadMe instructions that come with it. All of the pictures below were taken of the same hill with Maxis textures and shadows disabled. Due to the limited terrain variation not all trees are shown, and results may vary depending on your terrain and textures. If there are any tree controllers I forgot to add, let me know and I'll add them as soon as possible. The spoilers contain important information, so check them. Maxis trees: Cascadia Tree Controller by blunder My personal favorite tree controller. Pacific Northwest Tree Controller by blunder: CPT Italia Tree Controller by cycledogg: Works with flora blast CPT Olympic Coast Tree Controller by cycledogg: CPT Missouri Breaks Tree Controller by cycledogg: Yes, it's supposed to look this barren. With this tree controller, trees only show up in areas with high moisture. To find areas with high moisture, use this mod. CPT Meadowshire River Tree Mod by cycledogg: Like the Missouri Breaks tree controller above, it's supposed to be this barren. CPT Painted Desert Tree Controller by cycledogg: HBS Yucatan Tropical Tree Mod 1: HBS Californian Mediterranean Tree Controller: HBS Chihuahuan Desert Flora Mod Central European Tree Controller by 11241036 ARDEN Seasonal Tree Controllers by vortext: (missing - contact me on the simtropolis discord if you have it) This is the "Coast Regular" variant of the mod. Monkeywater's Always Green and Very Coniferous Tree Controller by monkeywater: FedEx Tree Controller by missing dependencies: This is what you get when you don't read the ReadMe-s and descriptions, and don't install the dependencies. So again, read everything in the description and ReadMe file for the mod you choose. Unless, of course, you like the brown boxes enough to fill your city tiles with them. Return to SimCity 4 Ultimate Guide: https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/762954-SimCity-4-ultimate-guide/

i haven't posted anything in a good while so here are a couple of night shots i took with ReShade enabled

I'll have a look at it when I get the time

Protip: Use a mod that changes the city view background to a solid color (like this one), it'll make it much easier to cut out the background

No, I suspect it's because of whatever your engineers did here

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Added it

The widgets are various Rainmeter skins from different sources (listed below), the taskbars are from DisplayFusion combined with some Rainmeter skins, and for the background I use these two wallpapers from Wallpaper Engine The Rainmeter skins I use: Elegance2 Enigma Omnimo Authentic Weather No Man's Sky Rainmeter

spring 2020 update

Do these count?

Two shots from the same city

The (almost) carless city of Hiraeth, population: 476,945

The city of Hiraeth during a storm

who needs desktop icons anyway

I think you might be looking for this thread: In any case, welcome to Simtropolis

Thanks for the links, I'll add them when I have the time.

Added that to the original post. Side note, I've noticed the images have gone missing from the post. I will fix this.

I play with shadows off, and only enable them for screenshots, for the reasons you described here.

i'd love to be part of this name: Toby Ferrian gender: male sign: capricorn i know i just changed my avatar but i doubt i'll change it again any time soon

In SimCity 4, and I believe also SimCity 3000, each tile in a city is about 16 km2. The city tiles that make up a region in SimCity 4 can be 1 km2 (small), 4 km2 (medium) and 16 km2 (large). So a 30 km2 city would then have to be built across two large city tiles. The squares that appear next to roads in Cities: Skylines are a certain measurable size, though I don't remember what that is. Each unlockable square is 4 km2 though, so even the 9 tiles you can unlock without mods are more than enough for a city of that size.

From the latest entry in my city journal.

Good idea, I'll start. I read earlier in the linked thread that it didn't work with the Cascadia tree controller, which is what I use, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to try it myself. As I expected, it didn't work. I'll update the first post with this.

Very nice! Here's what I'm working on for my city journal: