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Can anyone tell me why the STEX is so EXTREMELY slow in downloading? it takes an eternity to download one single file, really really frustraiting. 0-10 kB/sec is not normal! should be at least 100-200 kB/sec The problem must be on this site, because my internetconnection is fast, and i got no problems with other websites

i thought so. I've sent a pm to Dirk; hope this can be fixed, or upgraded. It's so frustrating.. thanx

Ha! A remarkable moment.. just awakening from hybernation and seeing one of my alltime favourite writers actually sculpting a very impressive story with just about everything that makes a story great in it. Once again on the tip of my chair... If this was a movie, I would vote this one for the Oscars!

I have a problem with installing the BAT nightlighting update, for some reason it doesn't work, whatever i try. I always get the "old file missing" error, even when i have all the required updates installed (EP1). I also can't download the SKU1-5 updates, same error. I've read the previous thread on this problem, and the only thing i can think of, is that it has something to do with registration. Now here's where the problem shows up: On my previous computer, i had installed the game, and registered it online at the Maxis-site. I had no problems installing updates, everything worked correctly. Since a few months I have a new pc, and thus i had to re-install the game on my new pc. When i wanted to install the updates from the Maxis site, i suddenly ran into this error-problem. when i try to register again, it (obviously) says that either the registration number is already registered, or that it is invalid. i have absolutely no idea how to solve this problem. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Btw, i run Vista on my new pc. Utora

yeah, i know that. i guess i got a little bit confused because of what was said in another thread. There they suggested it could have something to do with registration. But that's not the problem. If you are a registered user, but still run into the BAT nightlighting update error, it can be fixed easily: Anyway: i fixed the problem. Here's the solution for anyone who runs into the same problem: Go to the Maxis-site (SC4) and to the "help", "updates" section. Select: "manually install the updates" Then you can choose out of the following updates: SKU1 till SKU5. Pick the relevant update for you, install it, and then after that install the BAT nightlighting update (SC4 BAT update). NB: You don't need to have the SimBAT, Lot Editor, Plugin Manager or Gmax installed For example: I'm a Dutch user, I'm from Holland, so I selected the SKU2 update (which includes Europe, where I'm from). When I installed that update, I didn't run into any error. Everything ran fine. After that I could install the nightlighting update without any problems as well. My nightlighting for BAT plugins now work fine. To anyone who reads this: hope this helps! Please anyone with this problem, for whom this info hasn't been helpful, PM me.

interesting discussion... like many forumers i tend to feel a little bit disappointed when it comes to the new direction that SC seems to take. It looks like nothing I would have expected of the next version of this most beloved game. However, I think it is a bit too early to make a fair judgement. For now I'd like to say that my greates fear is that SC4 and especially the amazing high-quality custom content created for it (and available on this site) will slowly disappear. I mean, what about all these great fantastic BATs, Mods and expansions created by this community?? When I speak for myself, I think SC has already reached its highest level; I can do whatever I want with the game, I can create the cities I'd like to create; hell, I can even create complete universes and build fantastic stories behind them. With SC5, everything will start from scratch again. We will have to wait for months, maybe even years to reach the amount of custom content that REALLY takes the game to a higher level. And I'm not sure whether I'm willing to partake in that process again.. The game is almost perfect to me the way it is right now (just to mention the terrains that one can create, the different styles one can give a city, the stories one can build behind them...) I'm skeptical, and i really HOPE that this site, and particularly the City Journals-section and the STEX will continue to exist in their current form for a very, very long time!!

wow Jacky!!! what a great journal! It's been along time'since I've visited Simtrop, and my jaw is on the floor when I read your cj! I've been away for much too long!

wow... just... wow! great to see you're still active on Simtrop! and how... great stuff in here Mike! It's very inspiring! cheerz, utora

Great stuff in here Darmok! your journal's among my all time favourites, and it's VERY pleasing to see it's still up and running since the last time i visited a long long time ago... my god, 147 pages..... respect!

great story! I like the suspense that's built into it; I also like the wonderful terrainshots of the forests, hills and streams; but most of all, i wonder what's in the woods (somehow it makes me think of the black riders from lotr); and those stars... what about the stars...? I wanna know!! marvellous job Mr C! I'm getting really inspired by the story...

Wow! Some amazing stuff in here MrC; It's really great to see you've started a new journal; it's even better to see it's of great quality as well (but somehow I already expected that...lol). It's been a LONG time since I've taken up the time to wander around this site, but it feels good! I'll catch up with the story and of course I'm curious about it's unfolding (and of course the yada yada ya..) Great to see you back man! Utora

I have a mod-request I would like to have a mod that prevents ALL REGULAR GAME BUILDINGS TO GROW, so that only the plugins and custom content grows in your city. (and no, I don't like the idea of plopping a city, so the PlopModd will not do) Would anybody like to dedicate some time to this? cheerz, Utora

Absolutely amazing Sloppet! This journal is extremely graphic, extremely detailed, and extremely inspirational!!!! Keep up the great work!!

Geez, this journal is simply amazing! The terraforming is superb, the custom content is awesome... I just got no words for it. You make me feel like a pathetic amateur Great job! I will definitely come back for another visit!

Nice and charming cj!. I've been skipping through the pages, and I must say that I like your transport-layout. It's very well planned. Btw, which slopemod do you use? It looks like BRF's Keep it up!

Hi. I downloaded some Japanese files recently, and I discovered that they had a different format. Instead of a regular .zip file, I run across files like these: antena.gca.zip. When I tried to extract them with WinRAR, I got an error. I renamed the file to antena.zip, and still got the same error. How can I open these filetypes? Is there an additional tool/program needed to convert the file to a regular .zipfile?

Originally posted by: vester_DK From which site have you download these file ?quote> I think it was a building by Dareka; I got it here: http://www.geocities.jp/dareka789/bat.html It's the microwave antena. @prince_of_sims: I checked it, but ehm... where can I download the program? I clicked on the link, but I cannot decipher Japanese... To all: I have had this problem before. Someone on Simtrop (can't remember the name) said I needed some sort of program, or something I needed to do in order to convert the file. Few months ago, my pc crashed, and everything on it was gone. So now I'm downloading everything again; but now I run into the same error, and totally forgot what was needed to fix it... Anyway: I think this problem occurs mainly with some of Dareka's files. I remember having the same issue with his "space Colony". Ehm... is there a place where I can download those BATs in a normal file extension?

OMG!!! I think the people on Oragalon or the Galaxians could only dream of such advanced technology!!! Simply amazing, I really love those coruscant and skybuildings. Hmm, and that fuelship, I was planning to use that in my cj as well some time in the future; do you mind? Great stuff, It's been too long since I last visited Zanapolis. Chilling story btw; keep it up!

Geez, this is a truly OUTSTANDING journal! Love the aesthetic quality of your pictures. I GOT to know how you make that effect on the water (shining, bright and mirroring) Great stuff, you inspire me with this one (your other cj's as well! )

Wow, these are some truly wonderful closeup shots! Great to see this cj still thriving keep it up!

Do you have the cycledoggs and Jeroni's snowcapped mod installed? My game crashed to desktop precisely the same as yours. If I remember correctly, I deleted the columbus rocktextures because I wanted to install a pegasus rocktexture. Since an essential modfile was missing due to this, my game crashed to desktop. The other time when my game crashed to desktop when trying to load a city, it was because I had used the waterfloramod, then uninstalled it, but I forgot to remove the waterplants I had plopped throughout the city's river. When you load a city without having removed the waterplants, the game crashes to desktop as well. I think the main cause for your crash must be some mod that you used and forgot to remove some things you built, or you have deleted an essential file (coming with some terrainmod or otherwise), which causes your game to crash. Hope this helps!

Originally posted by: cowcorn utora: The signature box in the profile section now features a rich text editor. To insert a picture or a link, simply clic on on thhe editor buttons. For a picture, first incert a picture the same way has when posting, underline it and clic on the incert link button, the paste the url in the box.quote> Yepper, I found out already (as you can see in my sig) Thanks anyway!

@MrCinatit/Mayormommy I'm still finding out how the features on the new site are working, where I can find info etc. I want to add a picture link to my signature, but I don't know how to do it. The last version of Simtropolis featured some very useful tutorials in the Forums, but they're now gone. This thread is the replacement for that, but I only see a tutorial for adding a picture to your signature, and not a picture link. Ehm... wouldn't it be useful to make some new tutorials on everthing a cj'er needs to know for creating a cj? Right now I have to use the searchbar to find several scattered and incomplete topics that don't really help me further. It would be nice if everything is in one place, on top of the CityJournals forum. The topic could look like this: Tutorials: - How to make a picture in your signature - How to make a picture link - How to make a text link Sorry but I'm one of those noobs who barely knows how to use a computer , and this would be very helpful, especially for new users. Btw, the info in this thread about inserting a picture in your signature, isn't it outdated? Right now we can use the "insert picture"-button in the My Profile section, right?