JoeLetaxi

Hello everybody, I have a big city running, 500000 sims; Nam installed, Cam installed, all dependencies completed; Then i had a big Plugins folder ' about 3Go, and i decided to Datpack it. Once it was done i continued to work in my city to improve it. I used no cheat , all constructions are watered and powered and nearby a network. No brown box any and no conflicts as far as i can see. No traffic jams.no garbage, many schools, college, university....., many clinics, hospitals....., any kind of parks even raised or sunken ones, a big higway, quite no crimes, over 40 fire trucks, airport, army base, port, ferries, 5% landmarks only the rest is only growable stuff. I put metro, bus and elevated train. All is (was) perfectly working EXCEPT the fact that population systematically decreases ( i m losing 1000people every 30mns); All items in RCI are pointing down (maximum down !). So i begin to destroy or erase residentials, commercial and industrial to make the city grow up again, no results. Then i wondered if it was reasonable to instal illegal plantations in a hidden part of city (hidden by big trees, lol) i too installed sex shops (from simgoober) and fukushima (from Somy) . If i can t have a solution to this problem i surely will move the "plugins compressed" folder and reinstall my genuine heavy plugin folder which was working perfectly. Could i have some help? friendly .

Hello all, Maybe i packed my plugins (with datpacker) in a wrong way: Before in the MyDocs\Simcity4\ Plugins directory i had one "Plugins Compressed" file, and when i opened it i could see many .dat underfiles that i could remove or modify. For now, after a datpacking once more, i still have "Plugins Compressed" file but when i open it there are four .dat files ( about 380Mo each) named Plugins_Compressed.dat (396 173 Ko) Plugins_Compressed-001.dat (396 018 Ko Plugins_Compressed-002.dat (396 206 Ko) Plugins_Cpmpressed-003.dat (356 445 Ko) My game is running very ok, i even succeeded to build good tram and GLR net and connections with very few crashes to desk. Nam 31.1 seems very OK. My problem is i don't know how to modify ( add or take out ) any file into those four Plugins_Compressed.dat files. By using iLives i can see what s inside but it seems impossible to change anything without changing the whole 396Mo files. If there is an easier way than re-datpack the whole directory with my originals plugins, would you let me know it?

Hello, I'mbuilding a port within my simcity. So i wanted to use Somy Industrial port plugins. I already had Somy Prop Packs (1 to 7) and Somy Industry 01(part 1 and 2) installed, the point is when i want to add Somy Industrial ports (set 01 to 05) then it generates a lot of overrides (using Sc4 DataNode). Game is running, but a little slower than usual and the same plugs may appear several times in the game menus, once in port, once in monuments and even once in rewards. I didn't find a recent cleanitol file that can help. Also some plugs are "open" and others "dummy". Do some one can explain how to correctly install those plugs. Thank u for your patience Joe Letaxi

Hello everybody, Since september 2014 i posted maybe 3 topics, each time i found no replies, not even a view. It's only written " this topic has been moved". Would u tell me where? Ty JoeLetaxi

Hello, I thought that my cities were all prop poxed, then i found "wouanagaine save game", and it simply showed me that they were not. I started a topic about that 3 days ago, it s got 0 view, because it s been moved (where?) and almost why? JoeLetaxi

I just found and install that good tool and it said me my cities are NOT Prop Poxed. Good new. Wouana thank u El Taxi

Hello everybody, Like most of player i'm still looking after THE OPTIMAL loading order. i red many forums, many tutorials but it s always a good thing to receive experiences of other ppl. Loading order doesn't follow alphabetical order, or not a classical onel. Anyway my doc plugins folder is organized like this: a CAM b Megaprops ( all megaprops files, most of dependencies, this simple file is 1,2Go) datPacked b1 Props ( all props) size 0,8Go datPacked b2 Textures datPacked Commercial datPacked Industrial datpacked NAM (not datpacked) PegProd (not datPacked, i still have some plugs to install Residential datPacked Trains (not datpacked, i like to change them regularly Utilities ( water, garbage, energy, health, schools, police, firemen, army...... datpacked.) z DAM not datpacked zz Mods not datpacked zzz Peg (not dat packed z_____NAM ( obviously not datpacked) It's working quite good, game takes about 4mns to load, not so much ctd's except when i make mistake with puzzle elements, no shadows but i m sure it s )possible to improve gaming. Joe Letaxi ( i saw a plugin "Total recall" that gives Elevated Taxis, i won't ever use it).

Hello, Nonny Moose My comp is a dinosaur, it s a IntelPentium 4 proc 3,2 ghz, i doped the Ram up to 3Go (max supported by mother card). OS is Windows XP Pro, graphic card is a Nvidia 5700 on AGP port, 256Mo ram. I use this machine since 2004, i saved it s life many times ( i lost all my hairs!), an old companion as u can see. It's clear that next PC i ll get ( when money be back, actually i can't "cough" 400 euro !) will use SSD, with less mechanical loss of time. To clean the disk i use command line chkdsk, with or not options. For defrag i use Perfect Disk, little better than the window's one. As protection i use MalwareBytes, CCleaner,no other antivirus, i avoid dangerous sites. Except this ultra addictive game named SimCity, PC and me are safe at that point. Have a nice day and thx for helping.

Hello, Shall we see one day an updated cleanitol tool, that could fix everything, is it an old dream. I ask again what can i do with 0ko files such as 'money transfer file.dat', BSC Fields.dat......, did any player encountered such files and how did u manage with? Nonny Moose, i finally dropped all plugs in Doc:\Plugins. Only sky png's remains in Maxis plugins folder and its ok. NAM is not datpacked. Dalton City has now 1 020 000 residents and continue to grow. I will never "cough any euro" for SC 2013. I like the expression "cough" associated to money, in french we say "cracher" (in english: to spit) And after a closer investigation it s possible that i may not be infected by prop pox, probably just overriding (den) files. Thx to all players, helpers, and so on El taxi

Hello, First of all i thank Nonny Moose for his always pertinent advices. (all plugins, except sky png's and NAM, are located in doc Plugins) So, after taking a close look to my city, which is still growing with 1 000 000 people living there, i m now sure it s affected by the prop pox. I started a cure, by updating BSC MegaProps Misc 02, and deleting all files of its remove list. Now i ll continue with some Peg Files. The question is: if i can delete or update all files causing prop pox, will my city be cured ? A little fun now, when i first saw the expression "prop pox", i thought that it aimed the player itself! Because, at this time, i was spending more time to download, install, test, than to build or to make grow a city in real game. Perhaps many players got this behaviour during their gaming period. Thx too to all. Joe

Hello everybody, 1: Did some one encountered problems with: MoneyTransferFile.dat; BSC Fields.dat. Those files are present in:C:\Program Files\Maxis\Simcity4\Apps and C:\Program Files\Maxis\Simcity4\Plugins. They appear to be 0 ko files. When i delete them, they come back at next starting. Datanode marks "NONE" on their lines, in the checking results. 2: Take a look at my Air Force Base and help me to fix this texture default.

Hello, I quietly play SC4 with XP, with an old but still good NVidia graphic card, my Ram is boosted up to 3,5 Go. (rebel to new OS), Plugins files (maxisplugins and docplugins) are 3,5Go. My game is fluid, with reasonable loading time at start. I use datanode for keeping a clean and playable installation. Datanode always write "NONE" in front of some files: Money Transfer Files.dat; BSC Fields.dat and Network Addon Mod\Tools\O.SC4. I can deal with overrides or overriden files or missing dep, but how to deal with NONE. Some clue, Money Transfer File and Bsc Fields are 0 ko sized, and they appear to be in: C:\Program Files\Maxis\Simcity\Apps AND in C:\Program Files\Maxis\Simcity\Plugins If i delete them, in both places, they re-appear at restarting. Do i continue to search an issue to the problem or do i leave it like this, because after all game is working. TY for answers, any advice with datanode will be welcome. JoeLeTaxi

Hello, I recently made some important changes in both files (Maxis Plugins and Doc Plugins). Some clean (datanode, and cleanitol), some adds like many Pegprod productions, and some DatPacking. Now the ground of Air Force Base is filled by one of the basics "background.png", means blue squares.I wanted to replop it, so I bulldozed the AFB, and it now even didn't appear in rewards menu. I checked the presence of "plugin 007" in MaxisPlugins, and it's present. Can u help me to recover AFB in the menu and most of it with the correct texture. Thank u, Joe

Hello, Thx for your clear answer and reliability. And i agree about the installation of plugins in the maxis plug-file. JoeLeTaxi

Hello, special hello to "A Nonny Mouse", Recently i plopped the SW77 Train Generator right beside GLR and suddenly i had freight trains running all over my city, on glr tracks. lol. Not a bug, just a funny thing.

Hello Thx for your replies, I m gonna put this "train generator on another place. One thing i learned: Trains can easily pass through 90° degrees curves. Joe Letaxi.

Hello, This game is awsome, each session brings its lot of surprise and obviously great pleasure too. Today i have a bug, i cannot bulldoze the "connexion Train to subway", it s an old SFBT element, not a puzzle piece. It explodes but still remains (once dust has been blown away). I need this place to make my underground rail. I can t even force replacement by the "entrance ramp of underground rail" which is a puzzle piece, this directly leads to the well known CTD. Any suggestion will be welcome. Special Thx to Nonny Mouse for his wise answers. Joe Letaxi

Hello, Building underground rail, i found underground rail crossing tram on street but not the underground rail crossing tram on road. Someone has an idea? Thx

Hello, This place may not be the right one for this kind of problem, in this case tell me where to ask about. I started to use Damn Manager, it worked for a while, then, later, Damn Menu showed empty in the game. I uninstalled, reinstall properly, it worked again, and disapeared again. I just want to understand, am i mistaking in configuration? Is there a known issue with update RC8 of SC4 Launcher? I already posted this topic, and got no one reply. Help please.

Hello, If you have Traffic Simulator installed (coming with NAM 31.1) maybe u could try to configure it. Try Medium Traffic (American) or High traffic(European). JoeLetaxi

Hello, everybody, First, special thanks to members who continue to create, to work, and to give precious advices form this awesome game, i mean SimCity 4. Ok, done. I encounter a problem with Damn manager, which like a young child never does what u expect. It works ok for a (short) while and then show an empty content in the ingame Damn Menu. I uninstall, reinstall, it works again and vanishes again. I d like to understand. Am i simply mistaking in settings. Second thing, i recently update SC4 launcher, from R7 to R8 version, and my Daeley s regional Counter disapeared. I launched SC4 by the normal way and daeley s regional counter was back. phew. If someone can explain, i ll be grateful. JoeLetaxi

Hello, Maybe using Damn Manager (when it doesn't randomly disapear), you can plop that prop. I use this to plop some parts of farms or fields. Though they are mentioned "No Icon" sometimes u still can plop them. JoeLetaxi

Hello everybody, I recently updated SC4 launcher (R7 to R8) and since, my RTM DAELEY'S doesn't show and DAMN Menu is empty. Does someone encountered same issues? Thx for answers. JoeLetaxi

Thank you Nonny Moose for the answer. Fortunately i never dat packed the NAM. Bonjour chez toi ou chez vous. Joe