MPD01605

I currently have a Windows computer, but I'm getting a MacBook very soon. I am debating getting SC4:mac and using it on there, but I am wondering if I would be able to copy my current SC4 folder to my Mac, and if all the things would work correctly. I have numerous plugins that I've collected in the past five years. Are there compatability issues between plugins and the NAM and Mac computers? I'll still have my Windows PC, but it might just be easier to use SC4 on the Mac so I don't have to juggle two computers. And even then, I would hate to lose my region and have to start from scratch. Any help/tips would be great. Thanks!

In the US, most vending machines only take $1 notes, in addition to all the coins (except pennies). A few take $5 notes. In most of the other countries I've been to, most vending machines don't accept notes, only coins (to be fair, most other countries have a 1 or 2 coin (euro, pound, A-dollar, CND-dollar, etc). But that's another argument). Simple solution: don't change the $1 note. If the note you feel doesn't have a mark or anything on it, it's a $1 note. Long argument short: without a total change in currency, it would take years to rotate out all the currency, which is enough time to get things ready for the new bills. It's not impossible, just difficult. @ belfastuniguy: yeah I thought about that flag, but I figured since the pound was legal tender all over Great Britain, it was a better way to represent it (as the country the currency is used in), but the notes are printed by the Bank of England, so that's why I put England. I do however respect your statement and have made a change. Also, I'm not ignorant, I'm well up to speed on the fact that the British flag is a combination of St George's Cross, St Andrew's Cross, and St Patrick's Cross (doesn't seem to represent Wales very well though). But we're "cool" mate, I understand.

I have a few different currencies in my wallet right now (just did some travelling around Europe, and just like to collect). Here are some things countries have done that I have noticed as a seeing-person. When I say "differences between notes", I mean aside from colour and size of the numbers, because if you were completely blind, those things wouldn't matter. European Union: the only thing I can recognize on the €5, €10, and €20 notes is that the large numbers on the face are raised a little. If I couldn't see, I'd probably be more used to feeling for them. Czech Republic: I have absolutely no idea how you'd be able to tell them apart. The size difference between the 50K? and 100K? note is only maybe 1 or 2mm, but nothing less than what you'd find between a €5 and €10 note. Nothing raised or easily noticeable by me. England: Nothing tactile, I only have a £5 note, but I know from experience that their notes are significantly larger in size with the higher denomination. The £5 note fits very comfortably in my Irish-made wallet (in my old US one, too), but I have issues with even the £20 note. Australia: They feel awesome. Probably my favourite notes, but I digress. The window is neat, and if I were blind, I'm sure I could figure it out. Other than that, the A$5 and A$10 notes are the same height, with maybe 1 or 2mm of difference in length. Switzerland: Everyone's favourite. The sizes are radical. The 10 Sfr note is fairly big, and the other notes get significantly larger by denomination. But what makes them the best, in my opinion, is also what I feel the US could do and not have to worry about a whole new different-size initiative, in my opinion. On the front of every note, on the left side, there is a small symbol about 2mm in diameter. The 10 Sfr note has a circle with a dot in the middle, the 20 Sfr note has a square with a dot in the middle, the 50 Sfr note has a triangle with a dot in the middle, and the 100, 200, and 1000 notes have the same order of shapes, but without the dots. They are very easy to feel, even for me. On a US note, I don't think they'd mess up any machines. This 10 Sfr note that I have is pretty worn down, but the symbol still remains. In the end, it seems like the notes you would need to tell apart the most, in terms of usage, would be the $1, $5, $10, and $20 notes. I'd hate to mistakenly think I'm using a $5 and it's really a $100, but I can't remember the last time I used a $100 for anything. It's even rare that I use $50. The only place you might get a large denomination is from the bank, but while there, ask for smaller notes. Yes, a measure should be applied to all notes of course. I'm just sayin'. But a symbol of sorts, not necessarily changing the size, seems like the best option for the time being. It has to be "something", per the judge, not a specific change. I personally prefer the Swiss franc when given today's options. I do however miss the ot

I played around with grade-separated busways, only I went the other way. I used the road puzzle pieces and built up. Although I couldn't put bus stops along the elevated sections, it provided a quick link across town. I used the bus-only diamonds to limit traffic to buses, and put no-bus blockers along side roads to force buses onto the busways. It worked for a while, but I ended up taking some of it out. Also, for some reason, the no-bus blockers let traffic skip onto the elevated section from the car road...so I got some non-bus traffic sometimes...oh well. I'll probably try it out in another city soon. Here are some photos. It was a more extensive system than this, this is jut a small part of it. And then I cut it back some... And yeah, if those ped stairs are somewhere, those would be good to have, too!

I hope Monte Cristo and De Silva read threads like these, and understand that modding, and our ability to add to the game, are VERY important, and help prolong the life of the game. SC4 came out in 2004, and I- along with all you- still play it like it came out last month. There's always something new to add and play with in the game. I can't remember the last game that I played for over three years with such enthusiasm after all this time. I always lose the first disc of SC4, so every time I get a new computer or have to reinstall (playing SC4 on my third computer, still the SAME region since 2004), I have to go buy another copy. I've bought one copy of SC4 Original, three of Rush Hour, and two Delux Editions. Always worth it. I sincerely hope that they read this, and understand what we want. No, we dont' want a souped-up "copy" of SC4. We want to go along those lines, though, and have great graphics, great (variable) gameplay, where we can set things to automatically run themselves if we want to make gameplay simpler, or micromanage every aspect if we want. We want the ability to add and modd the game to suit our wants and needs, to fix omissions and bugs or issues that give us trouble. All the content I have in SC4 would have cost SO much in expansion packs on my end, and how many millions on EA's end for them to have made. Continuous user-created content only helps the game's longevity. Societies has something that I can let it get away with: the city development is (reportedly) influenced heavily by the way we control the behaviours. That is interesting, and I will probably play around with it in the interim until CU comes out. Although SCS looks like a cross between City Life and SimCoaster (or whatever it's called now). I didn't like the classes and such in CL...WAY too much work, and I hope CU doesn't have that (at least not to such a great extent). It was also too hard to build buildings. Very time consuming and inefficient. All that aside, I have high expectations for CU, and I hope that I don't have a great disappointment next year. I am sure, however, that I will still be playing SC4 in a year. Since this is getting long, I will end my statements here.

This is my region of New York. It bears no relation to the real-life New York. This image is out of the Highway Numbering thread, since it's here and I don't have a recent image to put up. This one's from February of this year at the latest. So excuse the highway markers. I have two countries in this region. The capital city is Chenonceau, and it's where I-35 and I-70 intersect. I'm working on a nice, scenic region. This is a small picture since the image is HUGE. The link to the HUGE 100% image is here: https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/MPD01605/1CopyofNewYork19.jpg

@haljackey: Short answer- I used MS Paint. It's a long and painful process of taking screenshots and lining all 50ish of them up perfectly. Then saving. If and when I make a new map (usually I just add on to the south and east, it's faster), it can take 3 hours or so. It's also hard to not get airplanes in the region. But yeah, MS Paint will do it.

@haljackey: Short answer- I used MS Paint. It's a long and painful process of taking screenshots and lining all 50ish of them up perfectly. Then saving. If and when I make a new map (usually I just add on to the south and east, it's faster), it can take 3 hours or so. It's also hard to not get airplanes in the region. But yeah, MS Paint will do it.

After looking at the NAM development thread, I think it would be neat to have two things: elevated and sunken train stations. Elevated...I don't know if that would be possible, but a train station with an entrance 8, 10, or 14m above the track and extending over the slope to the road would be fantastic. I'd use sunken railways a LOT more. If I should create an image and take this to some other thread, please let me know.

Reversible lanes would be incredibly awesome, but I'd imagine they'd be VERY hard to make. I mean, if it could be automatically set for a certain direction during certain times, that would be so neat.

I posted my map a while ago (page 8 or 9 I think), but I have since expanded my system and revised my map:

More highway interchanges would also be nice: Drawings are terrible, but you get the idea. The different semi-cloverleafs currently on NAM are...inefficient. They don't work too well.

Iain: try the one in the post right above yours. :-)

There are some very original names here. I for the most part do not have such original names. However, I am in the midst of a renaming scheme for my cities. Plus I was running out of ideas when I started expanding my region, and I never kept track of my cities until now, so I have a few duplicates. Les Champs Milano McMurraysville Butte Asheville Salem Winston Charlotte Asheville Salerno Sestriere Valencia Novavilla New Kensington Highton Edditon Stonebrook Centreville Coruscant Future City North Bend Den Haag Blitzschneemanstadt Seaside Lille Port Victoria Ogdenville Birmingham Port Midland Einschoenland Lovettsville Mountain View Mercer Coast City Nouvelle-Caledonie Lenoville Harbourville Nordenville North Haverbrook Le Grand Plateau Centreville Ferrington Bay City Wellington Herring Sound Michigan Ionic Springs San Andreas Alamance Leesville Citta Dell'Isla Leesburg Chenonceau (capital) Queenstown Harbour View Denver Mount Nomatic Two Rivers Wilmington Cary Salisbury Santa Fe Central Islip Lansing Altavista Fairfax Portsmouth Morgantown South Hill South Hills Yavin Mesa Mos Espa Beaufort Charleston Savannah Columbia Vienna Ellendil Mos Eisley East Morgantown Huntersville Osipee Wein Geonosis Prague La Paz John's Gap Randleman Kensington Cascade Ridge New City Columbia Michel Bensonne Saint-Malo Plie-de-Fleuve Tenienne Brouleville La Fleur

Of course there are ways to make these already, but it's not as smooth as it could be. I'd like to see a one-way-road split/merge. as in two one-way-roads side-by-side split or merge very neatly, not with an intersection. Of course, this would go from an Avenue to one-way roads, then the split, then it could be brought back to an avenue with two frontage roads. It would also be easy to widen a bridge by building one-way bridges on the sides of an avenue bridge. Below is what would be two lots- one for each direction, and there would be any number for all the different configurations (left merging, on and off merging, splitting, etc). But it would essentially put out or accept two same-direction one-way-roads. It would look much better than the current intersection (with a stoplight!) that exists now.