Anhedonia

Hello again, I've been having a rather good time with the game - downloaded the NAM, some stations for the avenue trams, el-rail-over-road systems - they're a nice thing to drop into an overcrowded city that won't grow any more, I've found ? Couple of questions - I've discovered the official Maxis update (638 is it ?) - applied that through their in-browser update thing - Just curious if there's any way I can check if it's worked ? There's no very obvious differences in-game you see. Second - what does the Rural Highway Mod do for me that a well-laid out rail network doesn't ? (I've got my cities connected by a fairly extensive system of railways at the moment, with SimGoober's 'Central Station' lurking in the biggest to handle the traffic). Finally - Would anyone mind offering a little advice on the pedestrian paths included in the NAM (forget their proper name) - I'd like to use them to create 'pedestrianised' streets around important civic buildings, as I see in the real world, but the engine seems to sulk about this, and register some buildings as having no access, and showing that 'no car' zot.

Thank you so much, pipelad - I'm going through the official updates at the moment - I hadn't realised that the game needed any heh, perhaps I'd have noticed over long association ! I'll certainly keep in mind your comment about ending up with a 4gb folder full of stuff - I got into that situation with Neverwinter Nights - loads and loads of custom content that was never used ! Mayorm - I'm going to head over there next, when I'm all patched up and have had a look at this NAM & the other things suggested - care to reccomend anything in particular that I should look at ? thefunktopus - I've already got the NAM down - what terrain mod do you mean - there appear to be loads, textures, gradient changes etc ? Thanks again guys !

Hello everyone, I was told about this site, that it was the most important third-party development community for the game, so I thought it best to ask for a little startup advice on here, rather than trying to police up the random bits and pieces myself and missing something important ! I would like to ask, considering that I've bought the SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition, what I should download/buy to begin with; Patches Official Add-ons Any large mods 'Essentials' from this/similar sites ? Thanks in advance - as an aside I'd rather get stable add ons/mods than unique ones that crash the game after an hour. Thanks again guys, I hope someone here has the patience for an utter newbie !