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Well yes and no, like any other hobby it's all about how much work you put in to get it right, if you don't want Orange then it's time to learn how to change such niggles. I've stopped playing and been going through a list of everything that bugs me "fixing" it. I am releasing everything I can back to the community which gave me so much help to make them, because it would not have been possible without all the hard work of others to document what they know. But if you are not willing to take this approach then usually you will have to live with whatever options are available, ideal or otherwise. Learning the basics of the Lot editor is a must if you really want to start making "your" cities. Think of it as the difference between making a model railway using only the parts you can buy and buying the the main parts but creating everything else yourself, the results are staggeringly different.

Also bear in mind the game likes to predict what it thinks would be best and sometimes undoes your hard work, you'll work out how to avoid this with practice. Sometimes it helps to plop Rail not roads as they tend to stay together more persistently, if you don't want the land to change at all, try plopping a PedMall piece on the next tile away from where you are going to level and it won't auto-terraform this way.

The lot editor will probably work on Win7 if you enable software rendering, this requires you to add the switch -d:soft to the target line of the shortcut. As for the Anti Virus, disable it whilst installing the file, if it's the one from the SC4 Disk it is safe. However, there is an update, so probably best just to re-download from the links given above. If you get the same error, it's probably a false positive, which literally means because of how the file appears to work, the software has misrecognised it as a threat. If you trust the file, then just tell Avast to let it through, or disable it during startup if that's not an option using MSConfig. Remember to turn it back on again afterwards and perhaps (Because XP has no patches anymore) disconnect your internet whilst it's off just to be safe.

There is an easier way, albeit a little longer. Go into your PIM and create a new exemplar (park would be fine) for three of the 4 model files in the package, I'd recommend keeping the stationentrance as your station, so just redo the others. When you've your three new .sc4Desc files, create three new lots, each with one of the 3 new models, but now the new lots will no longer be transit enabled, mere eye candy. Ditch the three old lots (the ones you remade) and the sc4Desc files and replace them with your new ones, you will need to replop any lots you already have after this. (you may also want to ditch an errant .sav file in the package too, this could cause problems). Whilst you're at it, since it looks like you can use the reader, change the station lot (original one) according to this information to ensure it's up to modern NAM standards . These properties are in the building exemplar that's integrated with the lot, but you may want to change the matching .sc4desc file for the model as usually it's set there too.

Agree with others, the Moolah cheat is the way to go for me, sometimes I just need cash to build, for example fill a city with RHW (I usually build transit first) what with all that rebuilding junctions when I screw them up (often) it costs a lot of money, and I don't see it as cheating to get round this. And I would try to take your time terraforming a region slowly, resisting the urge to build anything during this stage. When you are happy with your results, then make a plan for a whatever settlements you want to make, try to decide where some big industry or large features like ports, marinas and beaches will be and make a rough plan of how to connect them up with transit. If you have an outline then usually it helps to stop you building too much. It's always tempting to build your final vision, but SC4 is designed for that vision to be built slowly, hence you can't have skyscrapers until your demand is high enough. Stopping yourself from zoning anything but low density until you've filled a region, then upgrading parts to medium-high density is a really great way to play, although I admit I don't always have the patience either. Since it looks like you are a bit new to all of this, why not have a look at this CJ/Tutorial on SC4Devotion by SmileyMK. It's very unique in that it explains every aspect of how to get the best of the game in detailed step-by-step lessons. It might seem like you've missed a lot, but it's worth every moment of time you spend going through from the beginning, I know my game is better as a result. Which brings me to one last point, soak up as much inspiration from CJ's as possible. We won't all be able to build the creations of BadSim, Paeng, Vortext or all the other truly fantastic cities out there, but they are a great way to see what's possible.

This would appear to be a hardware rendering issue rearing it's ugly head, and yes this can affect the LE but not SC4 itself for whatever reason. You need to add the switch "-d:soft" to the command line of the shortcut (to set it to software rendering) and everything should be fine . I'd heartily recommend SC4-PIM (PIM-X) too as it will make your life so much easier, just so many neat features that the Maxis LE can't do, it's worth the effort to learn if you are serious about modding, although every now and again you'll need the Maxis LE too - you can find this on the SC4Devotion LEX search under Utilities.

Depends on the road network you are crossing, if it doesn't automatically create HSRP over a particular road, go to the HSRP icon in the Rail menu and keep pressing tab and see if the piece you desire is listed. If it is make sure both networks are in place completely, then plop the piece over the gap that remains and everything will look and work fine. Usually this is needed for crossings of Diagonal HSRP, but HSRP is also one of the few networks that can adapt to all the SAM streets in this way. Note also the GHRS (Ground version) has many of the elevated over rail pieces in it's Tab-Ring, in this sense the HSRP works a little differently to most NAM items where such options are grouped in with the overpasses item or such.

Actually I am using Paeng's Sandstone - that's what I've created a mod for, the first part is already available for download on the STEX. In short, right now I need to create and colour adjust a single base texture, run some automated routines and I can add any sidewalk to the following items: - Turbo Roundabouts - TULEPs - NWM TULEPs I am currently at work updating the Sandstone mod for GLR and all the other stuff not currently covered by existing mods, so when I've finished I'll have templates for everything with EU textures. Since it's so easy to then make multiple sidewalk versions, I hoped to put all my work to as much use as possible and cover the most popular sidewalks so as to benefit the most people. I'm getting that the US textures seem to be more predominant, but even so it's asking a lot of someone to redo 1000's of textures to make a US variant they have no use for. However, if someone else was willing to edit the US textures (literally just remove the sidewalks so they are transparent for each texture) the rest could be done in seconds, provided it was exported in the correct fashion to work with my automation. If no one else is willing to take up this part, then I guess for the moment at least they will remain EU only. Thanks for that, I was able to find it and downloaded it, it doesn't really work for what I'm trying to do here, but certainly I can see it will come in handy for other things I have planned.

Here is the mod by Ripplejet I think you are looking for. is one Cull-De-Sac mod by Battlecat, and is another by Marsh.

Not true. You actually can build build transportation networks under bridges, using the Underbridge lots found on some Japanese website... That's very cool, thanks for pointing out this mod to me, it would be something useful to have.

Just one other thought, you have used Radeon 200 series in every attempt I see above, did you try it with "AMD Radeon R9 240" or "ATI Radeon R9 240" Again with and without stars I suppose it's worth a shot if there are no better suggestions.

Yeah you can't edit a log (well you can but it's pointless, it's a log after all) - as I said before I wouldn't worry about it too much, unless when it does recognise the card it still shows 16MB I think it's probably related to that issue. Did you follow the tutorial the first time to copy/paste the entries from System Information, they should match up, after that try every space with a combination of spaces or stars and you should be good. That said this is a problem I don't recall hearing about before, perhaps it's due to the card being quite new, but it would be interesting to know if anyone else has a R9 series card working. Happy to send you my config files, but it won't really help since the entries I added are not relevant to your setup. If you could find a user with the same card that works, then you could probably use those config files to get it working. What we are doing here is just telling the game what your card is and that it's powerful enough to run the game, a particular problem for ATI cards because in 2003 they ran badly and without manually adding your cards details it will see at as a generic ATI card and assume it can't run the game well... that's wonderfully forward thinking coding there. Therefore my files have my NVidia and Intel graphics entries updated, but of course that's only useful if you have the exact same graphics chips on your PC too.

If you did I can't see it, one thing does look a little odd from the log file you posted before: Numbers ------- ... videoMemory = 16 textureMemory = 16 textureStages = 1 ... For example here are the same figures in mine: videoMemory = 1974 textureMemory = 1974 textureStages = 8 Assuming I'm reading that correctly SC4 thinks you only have 16MB of Video Memory, not that I can shed any more light on it than pointing it out, sorry. It could just be that due to the mis-recognition of the driver it's set wrong, but I figured it might be worth mentioning.

Try it without the stars, I have mine with spaces and it works just fine.

Sorry to tell you but there really is no easy way out in regards to installing custom content. As mentioned above, the CAM mod does package up quite a lot of content into some CAM-Patible Mega Packs, but you'll still need to download a ton of dependencies for it to work. IRM is simply brilliant, but in essence it doesn't really have new lots, it just makes the Industry from Maxis look much more realistic, and to do this you're going to need... yup a load of dependencies. The thing is, after a few months you'll find that most dependencies are already installed and this will become less of a problem - but if you are starting out now there isn't really a way to fast forward the process with a couple of downloads. A good tip would be to download all the content of a few creators only, as most creators stick with a small group of dependencies that they like. But at some point you are going to have to decide whether to put the needed work in to get the best out of the game or have a more vanilla experience.

I think retrofitting the NAM could be much like revisiting a city and improving it, sometimes you will tear town what seems like a lot, but often the improved results compensate for your losses. Many people for example have retrofitted RHW to replace their existing Maxis Highway, it really depends on whether you perceive it as work or play, and how willing you are to demolish and re-build parts to do it. Personally I quite enjoy the extra challenge of retrofitting stuff in existing cities as it forces you to find more creative solutions as you are always trying to use the least amount of space. When you build these networks in empty tiles, you can be much more free with it and so the results of each method can vary hugely. If you aren't so familiar with the NAM though, I'd sure recommend getting a test region or play region setup and just try all the new pieces out. It really helps to have some idea of what pieces are available when building, with all the wonderful NAM options it can take a little while to become familiar with everything.