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@Aspire: I recommend to use the Unpacker from generation-city.com as this unpacker can open all files from CXL. It also converts those MC-DDS files into ordinary DDS files so that changing any textures is now possible without complicated procedures... You can even create "new" buildings by duplicating certain objects/buildings or just changing some textures. http://www.generation-city.com/citiesxl/pakunpak/English.html @mrdazza_460: See sandbox-mod by moaku: http://www.citiesxs.net/forum/index.php/topic,1116.0.html

Well, it is moaku who has firstly created this unpacker tool. Globex is just the distributor - so to say. I have seen moaku messing around with his unpacker back in September 2009. Until the death of the PO we did not want it to be released as it could be misused as a cheat-tool. However, there were more clever people like Okeanos who also had their own unpackers. It was just a matter of time. Just as small hint: Our friends from www.génération-city.com have released their own unpacker/repacker which is rich in possibilities and features. Just have a look at it: http://www.generation-city.com/citiesxl/pakunpak/English.html

@Gamur: It is possible to unlock a train station. Therefore just wait for the upcoming modification. Furthermore one might place the trains on ordinary streets (as a substitute for cars) but that does not look too good...that is why some of our users changed the textures of the streets so that they look like real tracks. You cannot use the default tracks as Monte Cristo was not able (or had not the time) to construct suitable crossings of tracks...so changing the textures and creating own tracks is the only solution so far for a functionable rail-network in CXL.. See NAM for SC4 as an example. In CXL, however, puzzle-pieces cannot exist as we have endless possibilites of crossings (360° + different number of crossing tracks). Consequently crossings will be hard to solve...

@Wyllman: I do not use any translator. @GlobexCO: As far as I know one of our users is already using his own unlocker-modification. It should be ready for distribution soon. PS: I still have no answer from mudder but I am sure he will reply.

@Wyllman: All modding-related threads are still in an internal forum. Nothing has been deleted (death downloadlinks may exist nevertheless but that should not be a problem). I asked mudder to transfer the internal forum to the English modding forum so that it would coexist there as a subforum. I doubt that Okeanos is going to participate either in the forums or in the modding-scene in general...he has been inactive for several months.

@Mr. Tom: Personally I do not see any problems concerning the release of some mods and tutorials since the game's death is a settled matter... Nevertheless I´ll talk to mudder as he is the webmaster of CitiesXS. Expect a definite answer tomorrow.

Well, not much to say. Have a look at our Moddingforum and decide which of them you´d like to have for your own game. None of them affects the multiplayer-mode. Nobody will be advantaged/disadvantaged. Some of those modifications were even accepted by Monte Cristo last week during a meeting. LINK: Our modifications

It should be finished before PO ends. Nevertheless an open distribution is necessarily planned after the 8.3.2010 because SP-players do not possess any busses at the moment. (And the tram will replace one certain type of bus) Of course the release is planned for CitesXS.com. It might happen that a French description will be added at Generation-City.com as we do not provide French forums, but finally everything is easier to control when uploading it all together at one page. I mean, uploading things, changing descriptions etc. are easier to manage when you have everything "gathered on one single page".

Just download it, extract it to the correct direction and play the game. In the options menu you´ll see immediately that something was added. There you can add extra money, change prices for Omnicorp and last but not least you may decide to enable all ressources on every map. Sorry, but I have got only this out-dated picture:

I have asked our community manager today whether it would be possible to write an official news about this event. Furthermore I asked for an extra "Party-PO-Day" (free 1-day-subscriptions), but he just said that this will most probably not happen. He told me that he could organize a news for the next week-end but then even less people will still have access to the PO. That is why we would not profit from an official news although it would have been a nice gesture.

He is the single author as he is the one who unlocked the railtracks, as he managed to put the trains onto the tracks and he is the one who is changing the layouts of the streets. There might be some people who have contributed by creating some single textures but that is all. So basically haltendehand is the single author which should be mentioned when talking about trams. It is senseless to mention every single, tiny contribution such as small textures, translations, advice etc. Compared to "inventing" or "getting behind" the theoratical steps, creating some descriptions/textures is no big deal. That is why mentioning every contributor is practically rather senseless than helpful.

It depens on which mode you play. In the singleplayer-mode you need to import fuel from Omnicorp. If you prefer beeing indepented you might use our sandbox-mode. It features that all ressources are everywhere on every map. Furthermore you can set the omnicorp buy- and sell prices dynamically. That should solve your problem.

@mrdazza: It should be possible to create an "exchange-tile" so that the tram can go on both tracks (on streets or seperate railtracks). As a consequence you could leave a small gap between two adjusted streets in order to place a seperate railtrack in between there. This way your tram would be situated in the middle.

Yup

Here you can see the current status of our tramlinks. The appoximate release date is end of february. Author: haltendehand I´ll give you further information once we have anything new. Please see this thread (French) for all images (Sorry, hate to change VB-codes into html. Furthermore this is the only post including all photos. Sorry.) PS: There are also updates from the Cameramod, Plazamod, Terraforming Mod, Bulldozer Mod and Sandbox Mod. Please be sure of using the latest versions! Here is a guide how to create selfmade avenues in Cities XL using the improved Plaza Mod: www.CitiesXS.de Have fun when using our mods!

@Leviathan: Whay not using mods in order to trade people, to work on the terrain etc? See Modding Index!

Look at the description. It is clearly said that you need to extract the file into your installation direction and then in ...\CitesXL\Paks When being ingame you need top open your options menu in order to see all options. Here two outdated pictures: PS: Please download the latest version. Just overwrite the already existing one. Changes can be seen in the suitable thread of this modifcation at CXS.

Great! Another one who has saved some important stuff! I do not know whether the following list is helpful or not but I have saved some posts made by the admins in the old forums. You may find even more sources or just refer to it... List: CitiesXS.de PS: Some posts are in German as I included some posts from the German "Articles, Interviews, Press Releases % Screenshots" thread which was invented by trouble.

@USA_Pride: You may use this simple method to import your PO-city into SP.

Ehm...not really. These pictures were made in CitiesXL! All exposed buildings can be found in Cities XL. They are just unlocked... PS: You can find even more "new stuff" in my gallery at CitiesXS (except the first to pics).

Wow, that is cool. Just one day before the site was shut down I also saved the most important posts made by any admin. You can find them here. PS: This archieve includes also some posts which were made in the German version of trouble's "Article, Interviews, Press Releases & Screenshot Thread" which can be found here.

With the end of the PO restrictions will hopefully be removed to increase the number of modding activities. That means that there will be less obstacles for modding. Although Cheating will be banned forever as no multiplayer exists anymore we will not make it public to everybody. Reasons are for example that "fake limited editions" can be created very easily by changing a few values. Furthermore cracks would be possible. Last but not least one can easily unlock things to use them ingame although MC wants to sell them later on. So making it public to everybody is not the best idea. Nevertheless we´ll open up a bit so that more trustful and interested players will be integrated. We are still discussing about this topic... PS: As far as I know MC asked us to send them our tools. Hopefully they´ll make their own tools which are meant to released to the public.

Most of your concerns are modifiable...so with the end of PO we will have less restrictions to modify the game. As a consequence there will be more modders...including more mods. "Wait & See".

I do not think that Monte Cristo should work on interaction but on core game mechanics and features. The only possibility to "save" the game or to "guarantee a future" is to support modding. Basically we need a tool to create buildings (or better to import them into the game). Moreover current restrictions need to be removed after the end of PO. Concerning city journals etc: Why not using any external sites like simtropolis? You may even share your SP-cities with others. I do not see any problem to interact with each other. It does not need to be the "official way". MC should concentrate on more features.

@morriswalters: Correct. Everything is already implemented in our games but almost nothing is unlocked due to bugs, missing functions or simply because MC wants to sell it later... There are more unlocked things. Have a look at my galery at CitiesXS: www.CitiesXS.de PS: Even if it is possible to unlock things we will not provide any help nor won´t we distribute such modifications. That was the deal with MC about modding...