Violator31

Should I uninstall the NAM before installing Java, or will it be ok to install now? And.... Thank you for your help.

Forgive me if I don't reply soon after my post, but I am having some trouble with the NAM. I'm recently back into the game after a bunch of years away from it. The problem I'm having is one I remember having before. Everything seems to be going well until I use oe of the items & the games crashes to my desktop. I believe the item is the subway to elevated rail (if needed I can confirm the object later). I downloaded the NAM via the installer. The attached photo shows the prompts I saw afer the download (I don't know if this info will help or not). I really don't know if that is the only item causing the problem or not. Other that that problem, just like in years past, I love it overall. A LOT of great stuff in there.

Looking at my profile I see it was four years ago when I first happened upon these forums. I really liked SimCity 4. I bought the "SimCity Limited Edition" and I wasn't happy with it at all. So I kind of fell away from the game. Recently I decided to get back into it. When my Mom died & I was moving into her house, I found the old "SimCity 4 Box" set during my packing. All of the fun I had playing the game was enhanced when I learned that I could create & use my own maps. I have always been into photography so I have Photoshop on my pc. I had so much fun making those maps, & tweaking them to work better. Many years ago I did buy the STEX Collection of discs, but I can't find them now. Being a pack rat helps & hinders all at the same time.... you know you have it somewhere, you just can't locate it within everything else. So I will be purchasing everything again (I always seem to find the originals after I purchase the replacements). I'm asking for a little help, please...? I remember having a problem, years ago, when I had items stored in the wrong folder & it would create issues when trying to use stuff that was dependent on it. The help,.... would any of you experts be so kind as to direct me to creating the right folders for the right items in order to keep all of it working properly, please? I will be downloading the NAM as well, but I won't do so until I have the new discs so I can get it all stored properly. I was pretty disgusted before when I couldn't use certain items & I really want to avoid that this time. Until I get the discs I will be dabbling in photoshop creating maps. Thank you in advance for ANY help you may provide.

Thanks. I maybe a little dense..... unable to be helped ... I'm still struggling with the NAM crashing on me, but as I know it is of course something I am doing wrong, I haven't perused a solution yet. I'm sure that once I start asking more questions there will be people eager & quick to help. I just don't want to wear out my welcome right away, plus I don't have the time to devote to it right now. I'm not computer illiterate, but I'm no where near the status of most people around here so I kind of need a little time to go step by step (mostly in order to soak it in & I can manage by myself later). Creating the maps in photoshop & then getting them to have active cities is a lot of fun for me. When I was playing before, it was a regular thing for me to have more than just a few regions that I visited regularly just because they were on maps I created. I am currently creating a "grid" to use, in photoshop, that represents where each city is. That way I can coordinate the waterways to be accessible on most of them. I thought I had it down, but last night I realized I was off somehow. Then, after getting into bed (still pondering my miscalculations) I decided to count each of the tiny squares along the top & side of the city to get the right sized rectangle. I'll get it down & make it work pretty soon, then I will spend quite awhile designing the map, downloading it, tweaking it, downloading it, repeat, etc. (somehow that is fun for me).

I just needed a little more time to monkey with it. I knew right away that my map did not match the dimensions as the config file. I downloaded a map from here "Tyne & Wear" just to get the config & map sized to match. Then I brought the map into photoshop to edit it. This is a 1st attempt. Keep in mind that it is a rough draft, just to get the right size pixels for the brushes to make the rivers without them being too deep. This will not be the one I will be using, I want to make the hills a little more prominent (not too much though). When I downloaded the NAM I did use the installer. When I got home from work I uninstalled it & started fresh. I do not remember exactly which items it was that created the crash, but I am going to try a lot of different stuff to see if everything works now or not. Is there a way to pause the game & get back to the desktop? I have tried it by hitting the "Windows" key, it does work but when I go back to the game it's pretty sketchy...... clouds flashing & the screen jittery. In other games I can pause them, run the cursor over my 2nd monitor, click anywhere & be out of the game. Then when I get back to it, it's fine.

I have downloaded the NAM & I am getting the crash when trying to drop some of the items. I know there must be a simple fix for this. I downloaded the 4GB patch but I get the prompt in this photo; I do remember this driving me crazy before also. I was trying some of the stuff out in a blank city just so I didn't mess anything up. I was also trying to edit a map in photoshop & download it to a new region.... I failed somewhere along the line. This is no big deal. I can figure it out later. Gotta take off for work right now (damnit). It's a matter of the file sizes not matching. I downloaded a file from here & used it as a "model, "template". I will just need a little more time to get this right..... taking notes on file size / dimensions etc. This was one of my favorite aspects before & it will be again as soon as I get my "master" copy sized correctly.

Awesome. Great advice. Thank you CorinaMarie, the links will be a huge help. In just the little bit of reading I did there last night I was able to find the answer to one of the issues I ran into before = I didn't expect the game to read into the sub-folders. I had everything in one folder. Kinda like the junk drawer in the kitchen (or that box of nuts, bolts, nails, etc). Just that info alone will help. I do have the discs but ran into a snag when installing them. Quite possibly it is directly related to what jeffryfisher mentioned, I do run windows 10 / 64 bit. I ended up making the purchase through Steam. Is there anything I should do in addition to that? The game plays fine. Looks great, no hic-ups. Cyclone Boom, I will be going slow & easy. I have a region going right now only using the options that were "stock". I figured if I were to get the STEX Collection I could trickle items in until I get a better handle on incorporating more. When I was playing, a few years ago, I had a lot of fun with the NAM Network. As I'm typing this I do remember having issues connecting cities though. Not every time, but It was very annoying. Again, Thanx to all for the help so far & try not to get to annoyed if / when I return with more questions later.

Also, I have a problem out of the gate.... there was a problem with the box of discs I found so I had to download the game through Steam. Now when I make a city the city names all have "de facto" behind them. Could someone explain that to me, & / or suggest a "fix", please?

I create a lot of different maps in Photoshop. For me it's just about as fun as the game itself. I'd like to create a large map, but to do that I know I would need to edit the "config" file also. What is the best way to figure out how big the config file needs to be to match the jpeg map? I downloaded a map - the jpeg is 1025 x 1025 and in "Paint", the config file is 16 x 16 pixels Are there any tutorials around here showing how to create / edit the config file?

Wow have I been having fun tonight!!!! A while back my hard drive crashed. I had to buy a new PC. So the other night I started setting up my SIMCITY files. Having to completely start over does have some benefits, I can organize the folders better this time. Starting from scratch, I broke out my "STEX Collectors Edition" DVD's. When trying to download one of "Peg CDK3" series selections, I was taken to a "SIMPEG4" webpage ----- what happened to just being able to download it from the disc? I had to register there i order to be able to download anything. Doe. Now, I click on one of the selections, because I always liked their work, and I see that there are "dependencies" so I click on that link. It takes me to another page, where I am now a "guest" so there isn't a link there to download the file. No matter what route I take I cannot get the download done. So, I said "@#&*" -- and I came here to download the same files. Seems easy enough, I've downloaded countless files here. I searched for "Pegasus" files. Clicked on one. Downloaded it - no problems. Oh look it has a dependency -- click on that and a new window opens --- SPAM (I think) = AdF.ly This sure has been a fun afternoon / evening.

I found the problem -- the download is supposed to go directly into the PLUGIN folder and NOT in a "SUB" folder. Weird that the other ones worked but MOOLAH didn't.

After opening the command box (Ctrl+X), the syntax to use is: Moolah # Press Enter and the # will be the new amount remaining in the treasury. The command is not case-sensitive, but that space must be entered before the number. Thank you "Cyclone Boom" for the help. That is what I have been doing. I've tried it with caps without caps, with spaces, without spaces. I just don't understand - "FightThePower" works as do others. Thanx again.

I must be typing it wrong, spaces or no spaces (?), but I cannot get the "Moolah" cheat to work. Any suggestions? The others, within the same pack, all work. I used to play the game a lot more & it worked then. Then my hard-drive died, & I lost EVERYTHING. Trying to get back in the mix again. What sux is, I want it all at once - like it was before. Starting completely over really blows. I do have the 3 discs I bought here, but I guess I forgot about all the "unzip / install" time.

Hello, Thanks to Lord Dimwitt Flathead I am now having as much, if not more, fun creating maps (in Photoshop) as actually playing the game. I will create a map, open it in game and right away think "I know I can do this better"...then I redo it, & redo it again. I have done one that I am pretty happy with and I'd like to share it on here, for feedback & critique. Can someone walk me thru the process of uploading a map, please? This map is 769 x 1025. The config file is 12 x 16, including 21 cities (9 large). Do I combine the MAP and the CONFIG in a zip file and just upload it? Is anyone allowed to do this, or is there someone who has to approve it? How do I get a screen shot (for a visual description) without the "border" on it?...and do I put that in the zip file or is it uploaded separately (from Photobucket or something)? I think those are all of my questions so far. Thank you, in advance, for any & all help.

OK my system = Windows Vista Home Intel® Core 2 quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz 2.34 GHz with 8 GB ram Unless I defrag about every day my older Simcity (4) crashes after just a few minutes. My new version has shipped, can I expect the same actions? If so, what can I do, short of getting a new PC, to fix this problem (I am maxed out on the RAM)? Thanx for your help.

Hello I don't know if I read yhis somewhere or drummed it up on my own, but.....can we put a passenger train station and a freight staion on the same rail - or do we need to drag an additional line so they each have a dedicated line?

no offence... you just arrive to this world? or you are messing with us? I'm not exactly sure what you are getting at, but just to clarify...... I am not talking about opening up a new region and starting new cities. I am saying that I like to import my own jpeg design from photoshop. Not like using "God mode" to create the region. So instead of just making such a vague reply, even tho prefaced with "no offense", please explain what you mean by your comments.

Part of the fun of SimCity, for me, has been cteating my own regions. Using the skills learned here, I have been using Photoshop to create whole regions the way I want them to be (hills, rivers, etc). I hope that eventually this will be an option.

Understood. Thank you. I wondered if it was the card. Damn. There goes more $$$$$$$$$$$. Oh well.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 ................(is this what you are looking for?)

I'm in no way experienced enough to jump in here,...but I'm gonna throw something in there anyway.. if you click directly on the "balloon" with the number on it, you can move which ever truck you want to.

Thank you very much.

So, I did use the link "yarahi" provided (Thank you) & I am awaiting their response. ...but, will I be able to use the "photo" I created in Photoshop? ...or will it not work with that format? I am sorry for all of the newbie questions, but, er, uh,..... I'm a NEWBIE!!!

Thanx for the help....but, on the BSC Lot Exchange page - there are ZERO links for me to download anything. I did register there a while back, but now I do not remember the password, and there isn't a "forgot your password" link there. As far as "terraformer"...no I did not use this for creating the map, I made it in Photoshop.

Ok - here are 2 screen shots. I have an avenue which turns into RHW, my lanes are arrowed correctly (as I see it). In "city two" in the traffic view, it shows traffic movement to "city one" -- but in "city one" there is not any movement. When I drag an RHW lane across the existing lanes, it will go only so far and then the drag line turns RED. This tells me that there is some sort of issue...but if I pick a different spot on the same stretch of RHW and drag a segment, it works. I have had these connections work before, but, not every time.