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Although you obviously can control prop placement by tweaking the reps with reader, this is a tedious method. Reps 4, 5 & 6 are respectively for X, Y, Z axis. A much easier and intuitive method is to use Lot Editor. If you want to add a prop to a T21: - start the LE, choose a 1x1 lot with invisible building (Pz 1x1 grass is my favourite for this task) - add a road texture on it to mimic the network you wish to put the T21 on (use a street texture for street T21, etc.). Do not rotate the texture, it must be laid exactly as it appears in the LE (provided the texture is oriented the same way as it would be by the transit texture you want the T21 on- refer to Mandelsoft database or check for yourself in the simcity/NAM dats with your tool of choice). Personally I always directly use the textures from the database and change the GID to 0986135E so it appears under LE - this method is foolproof. - refer to screenshot for prop placement. Red arrow points toward the imaginary road and show the direction. So if you want for example to put a signal on a RHD road, you would put it on your right when you're facing that imaginary road. - save the lot when prop is placed and open it with reader - find the LotConfigPropertyLotObjectData property and paste it in your T21. Reindex Lot Config and save. To modify an existing T21: - create a simple lot with LE - open T21 with reader, select all the LotConfigPropertyLotObjectData properties there and paste them on the lot, then reidex lot config - open the lot in the LE. From there you should now how to roll on things! Exceptions When transit textures are mirrored, the above method will only work on the non-mirrored texture. The mirrored texture will require an alternative prop placement, so you'll have to create 2 exemplars: one for non mirrored placement with property FlipsAllowed set to 0x01 and the other for mirrored placement, property Flips to 0x00. Luckily this not happen very often. Hope that was clear enough

Sounds like you're using one of the latest versions of ilive's reader - possibly V1.4? If that's the case consider getting which is by far more stable and less prone to odd glitches.

At first I was a bit reluctant to use GoFSH (mainly because Fshman and PngFsh2Batch did the job) but once I started to use it more frequently it quickly became my favourite tool as it does all of the above softwares and has some nifty advantages. I use it mostly for batch transit texturing. Tried once the BAT texture feature but got an error message - the image was too small to be halved aS it didn't met the minimal requirement of 16 (pixels?) IIRC. Indeed it was some small object. Anyway I plan to give it another spin, as I'm totally ignorant into batting the possibility of tweaking models by just retexturing them sounds very appealing. Many thanks for creating and sharing this great tool rivit! Cheers

Yes that is totally possible. That would require 2 things: -create 5 new textures for the roundabout + interaction with different road-based networks. -insert new RUL 1002 code to trigger the texture override. Both are quite easy to achieve: the textures and the code already exists, they just need some lght editing. However the problem is to include the code in the controller: it is explicitly forbidden to release publicly new RUL code without the NAM team approval. Since more code entails a heavier controller (which consequently increase loading times), there's little chance to see the concept of a 3x3 street roundabout implemented. The team has put a lot of efforts trimming down the controller to make it as light and efficient as possible and your idea sound a bit counterproductive in that regard. However. If the reason that leads you to wish for a 3x3 street RA is the ability to place some piece of decoration in it's middle, I'm about to release a T21 mod aimed at streets and roads roundabouts. Basically the mod would add trees and other flora on such roundabouts. If all goes well it might be finished tonight or tomorrow. Nothing spectacular though, don't set your expectations too high

Pardon me if I sound pedantic here but to clear things out, props are various little objects that can be found in the game: lamp posts, garbage cans, vending machines, fences, trees, etc. To create props you need a 3D modeling program, such as 3DSmax or Gmax and then the Building Architect Tool (BAT) to export the model into a file supported by the game. However, it seems obvious this isn't what you're after. You want props to appear along streets and roads (or any other network), not create them (which is very different process). To have props along a network is referred as T21, or T21 exemplars (as it was labelled by the developers of SC4: a network lot). To create T21s, you need 2 tools: the Lot Editor and the reader. The lot editor is mainly used to help you with prop placement, and everything else is done with reader. The LE is pretty straight forward to use, and everything that need to be done with reader to create T21s is far from being complicated, it's essentially basic file manipulation (copy-pastes and a bit of editing). What is slightly trickier though is to understand how the T21 works in the game. Fortunately there's a good article that explains how to create T21s on the omnibus: link. It has all the information needed to succesfully create your 1st T21 file. Once you get the hang of it, you realise it's nothing overly difficult (although some situations are tougher to handle but they are rare). Don't hesitate to read and re-read the tutorial several times; I had to do so many times before being able to assimilate everything and have a good grasp on what I was doing. Should you have any questions about T21 modding, don't hesitate. If you wish, I can provide some T21 templates for you to get started. Happy reading

As streets, not as parkings.

The opposite, actually. A lower capacity translates to a higher probability for the building to spawn. Also, lot size doesn't have any impact on it. What defines the density is the growth stage. You can't have a building with different density, as that would entail different growth stages. Growth Stage 1 to 3 -> Low density Growth Stage 4 to 6 -> Med density Growth Stage 7 to 8 -> High density

It's impossible to delete buildings with the LE, you'd need the reader to do that. Unzip the attached file and put it in your plugins folder, open the maxis parking and replace the building with this one, it's an invisible parking (simply labeled as "parking" in the list)

How about creating a thread here at ST that would keep record of all members that were outcasted and the reason why they were banned? I think it could be instructive, informative and even humorous... I mean, I'm pretty sure a majority of people never read forum rules (I rarely do...using common sense is often sufficient to stay out of troubles...). A ban log could serve the purpose of "educating" forumers and provide an entertaining read at the same time, depending on how it is written. The point being not to make the fun or to mock at the banished member, but rather to state the reason leading to the ban in a lyrical or humorous way. I've seen such a thread existing on another board and think it worked pretty well...

NCD released 2 identical texture packs but with different IDs; you'll need if you already have and vice-versa

Well if the region comes with a grayscale jpeg you could try to edit and overscale it with a good image editor, but you have to set the right number of pixels, IIRC it goes like this: size in km x 64+1= number of pixels If the file is .SC4M then I don't think it's possible to change the size, but I might be wrong...

Make sure the mod loads after the NAM, and after your Road textures folder that is inside z___NAM folder.

Or try to create the image with CloneCD, as Cyclone suggested. This will generate .img .ccd and .sub files. Create virtual device if you haven't yet then mount with Alcohol 52/120 (or Daemon Tools but I personally prefer Alcohol). Works like a charm.

It was initially intended for heavy rail viaduct, so there's no possibility (yet) of dragging transit through it... Better wait for z's update

Hey, some of us are enjoying modding more than gaming actually... z if I read you right the new RTMT is to be released very soon then? And, will you post the tutorial on the boards?

Only growables, and yes you can have it alone, the files aren't merged !

It's the walkup tower, last in the list