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I'd like to be the first to request the new Devon Tower. Just unveiled yesterday and set to go under construction in 2009. 925 feet, 52 stories

Guys I have the latest NAM and Street ad on but do these already, or is there any other way to increase the traffic capacity of the roads/streets/avs and highways? It seems the capacity is a big lacking and I am have fairly large traffic issues even with low density zoning and the use of avenues. 2 years ago I think there was an add on that added 30% capacity? But I cant' remember, its been so long.

Originally posted by: un1 Only get Network Addon Mod 08 and SAM v3 because if you get the older ones you will get Plugin conflics.I have a new suggestion: SC4 Mapper for Tools sections. -un1quote> Thank you, any recommendations on the airports?

So guys on these mods RMIP 2 RMIP 2 Small Airport Edition Vol 1 RMIP 2 Small Airport Edition Vol 2 RMIP 2 Small Airport Edition Vol 3 RMIP 2 Small Airport Edition Vol 4 ACE ACB VLT Terminals and Jets Series 1 Part 1 ACB VLT Terminals and Jets Series 2 Part 2 ACE Modular Airport Base Pack Network Modifications NAM (Network Addon Mod) April 2008 SAM (Street Addon Mod) v3 Bridge Height Mod Can I start with airport vol4 and terminals series 2 vol2 and NAM april 08? Or do I need to get all the prior versions first? My copy showed up today so I'm going to start with a fresh plug in folder

Hello all! I've been away for quite sometime now. I started my MBA a couple years ago and as a result decided to basically walk away from this game because I can literally waste away playing it. Well I finished up my MBA, recently moved and LOST my copy of SC4 however, not all is lost, I ordered SC4 deluxe this past week from amazon and it should be here middle of next week. I guess the crux of my question is, what have I missed that I must have over the last two years? I'm a big fan of trying to build my cities in a realistic manner and I prefer realistic buildings. I still have all my plugins, but was wondering if there are now plug in packs available for download? If so what commercial, industrial, residential packs do you guys recommend? Also has there been many changes to the transportation packages? Did they ever get the bugs fixed with some of the airport stuff? I remember a couple of the airport packs once you built the airport would cause the game to crash to desktop and when I quit playing they were trying to get that stuff fixed. Thats a lot of questions i know so if anyone wants more specifics from me, please just ask can't wait to start playing again!

Just curious because I had a part of my region with an avg income of close to 100k now its down to 20k and I dont know what happened or caused this change. Most of my region has avg incomes up around the 90 or 100k area. This one did and then it dropped like a rock. Any ideas?

So does anyone have any clues to get my sims to use the highways? They do use them in fact there's a fair amount of traffic on them but avenues running from tile to tile in my region attract more vehicles than do the highways at least upon visual inspection. I have avenues jammed with cars coming into some of my downtown area the same time there are three highway connections in the same area all with use but not nearly as heavy as the avenues. This seems to defy logic, I know its some sorta bug but is there a fix?

Anyone still paying attention to this thread?

I'd be a millionaire due to my superb city management skills.

Well guys I went back in to build some more of the airport and now everytime it crashes to the desktop. I think something is up with this SWAP pack. Here's the exception report data... Exception time: 11/16/2005, at 19:53:05. Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION. Current thread ID: 3412 (0x00000d54). Version information: Application/module path: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe Application/module version name: SimCity 4 Application/module version: 1.1.638.0 System version: Windows NT 5.1 System memory: 1024 Megabytes total, 548 Megabytes free. Exception module: C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe. Exception address: 0x006ea07a. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x002e307a. Registers EAX: 00000014 EBX: 1e65aef4 ECX: 1d7a6a14 EDX: 1d84d014 ESI: 1df8afa4 EDI: 00000000 CS:EIP: 001b:006ea07a SS:ESP: 0023:0012fad8 EBP:0012fb24 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003b GS:0000 Flags: 00010206 Loaded Modules Address Size Module Path ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x00400000 8187904 SimCity 4.exe C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe 0x7c900000 720896 ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll 0x7c800000 999424 kernel32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll 0x77d40000 589824 USER32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll 0x77f10000 290816 GDI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll 0x77dd0000 634880 ADVAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll 0x77e70000 593920 RPCRT4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll 0x71ad0000 36864 WSOCK32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll 0x71ab0000 94208 WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll 0x77c10000 360448 msvcrt.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll 0x71aa0000 32768 WS2HELP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll 0x771b0000 679936 WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll 0x77a80000 606208 CRYPT32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll 0x77b20000 73728 MSASN1.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll 0x77120000 573440 OLEAUT32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll 0x774e0000 1298432 ole32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll 0x77f60000 483328 SHLWAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll 0x7c9c0000 8474624 SHELL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll 0x73f10000 376832 DSOUND.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll 0x76b40000 184320 WINMM.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll 0x77c00000 32768 VERSION.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll 0x5ed00000 835584 OPENGL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll 0x68b20000 131072 GLU32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll 0x73760000 299008 DDRAW.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll 0x73bc0000 24576 DCIMAN32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll 0x75a70000 135168 MSVFW32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVFW32.dll 0x5d090000 618496 COMCTL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll 0x76390000 118784 IMM32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll 0x773d0000 1056768 comctl32.dll C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll 0x77b40000 139264 Apphelp.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\Apphelp.dll 0x10000000 638976 ~df394b.tmp C:\DOCUME~1\6SPEED~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\~eff7b9\~df394b.tmp 0x5ad70000 229376 uxtheme.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll 0x74720000 307200 MSCTF.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll 0x76bf0000 45056 psapi.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll 0x76ee0000 245760 rasapi32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll 0x76e90000 73728 rasman.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll 0x5b860000 344064 NETAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll 0x76eb0000 192512 TAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll 0x76e80000 57344 rtutils.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll 0x76c30000 188416 WINTRUST.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll 0x76c90000 163840 IMAGEHLP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll 0x20000000 2904064 xpsp2res.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll 0x0ffd0000 163840 rsaenh.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll 0x769c0000 733184 userenv.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\userenv.dll 0x77fe0000 69632 secur32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll 0x75e60000 77824 cryptnet.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll 0x76f60000 180224 WLDAP32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll 0x4d4f0000 360448 WINHTTP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll 0x722b0000 20480 SensApi.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll 0x73940000 851968 D3DIM700.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\D3DIM700.DLL 0x72d20000 36864 wdmaud.drv C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv 0x72d10000 32768 msacm32.drv C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv 0x77be0000 86016 MSACM32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll 0x77bd0000 28672 midimap.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll 0x73ee0000 16384 KsUser.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll 0x77260000 651264 urlmon.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\urlmon.dll 0x605d0000 36864 mslbui.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\mslbui.dll 0x6d510000 507904 DbgHelp.dll C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\DbgHelp.dll Call stack: (Debug information (.pdb files) appears to be absent). 0x0001:0x002e307a C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe. 0x0000:0x00000000 . 0x0000:0x00000000 . 0x0002:0x0003195c C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe. 0x0001:0x0005f4d0 C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe. 0x0000:0x00000000 . 0x0000:0x00000000 . 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How can I get my airport back or at the very least my tile for my region?????

Ok question guys... I've built my first airport with this airport pack and it is getting zero use. Any ideas/suggestions I need to clarify that I have only airport stuff in this tile, all my residents are away from my regional airport...also I can not make diagonal runways.

Jason is correct, its basically been a HUGE waste of tax dollars. Originally budgeted for about 5 billion dollars they have now spent just short of 16 billion and estimates for completion now range from 21 billion to 35 billion to complete, in the meantime the same senators (kennedy and kerry) that voted for the big dig repeatedly vote against the I40 relocation project in Oklahoma City which is projected to cost 400 million total.

These are from my latest region, but its only got 375k so downtown is pretty small. Edit: clickable thumbnails on my host for soem reason wont work on this site so there's the links

Where are you guys finding these huge malls? Those are awesome, I've beenlooking for those types of malls for a LONG time and haven't found anything.

I also want to know how you expand a region.... btw are we allowed to post oversized pics since its an oversized region thread? I've got some pics but they're all 1280x1024

You could create a non square shaped region though. Then simply turn off the borders and it would look pretty cool

Well guys there's a bit if misinformation floating around about our energy use. We are 5% of the worlds population. We use approximately 24 million barrels of oil per day (this number ranges from 22 million up to just over 26 so i too the middle number, according to the american oil and gas journal its 23.9 mil). The total world consumption is right at 90 million barrels. Our consumption has stayed pretty flat in recent years thanks to more effecient technologies. There are currently plans in the works for a few rather large 1000megawatts and up Nuclear plants. This could be the start of something good, we could in as little as 25 years have power available in mass quantities via nuclear fission. There are also nuclear fusion in our future. How far no one really knows. But focusing on fission power is a good clean way to generate lots of energy.

Here's the airport compared with the NW quad of my region This is mine, I wish I knew how you guys got the curved taxways on your custom airports. The goal is a realistic size airport. This one should be close when its done. With 4 small terminals already on airport grounds. I plan on adding another 4 small ones on the other side, but I'm really hoping will someone on here will come out with some more airport mods with LARGE terminals.

Well here's my favorite cities in no particular order Dallas Ft Worth Houston Austin San Marcos Kansas City Oklahoma City Denver Colorado Springs Fort Collins Nashville Memphis Louisville Charlotte Chatanooga Knoxville Phoenix Indianapolis Tuscon Flagstaff Albuquerque

Good post! I like you dude, its good to talk to someone online that actually has a clue. I used to read the economist and quit I should resubscribe to it. I majored in MIS but have enough econ credits for a minor I love economics reading two books right now on economics. Most of the exploration right now is happening in the gulf of mexico and overseas in other less developed countries. Local politicians in california refuse to let companies look for oil and gas except in a few select areas. The pacific coast is loaded with oil, estimates range from as little as 50 billion barrels (the known amount there) to over a trillion barrels. Its deep water exploration that we're likely to find oil and gas in the future. Technology now allows us to go down 1, 2 or even 3 miles and then over horizontally as much as 25,000 feet. Personally I think the president should issue an executive order to explore the pacific and the gulf. At some point we have to worry about a national economy over the worries of a few environmentalist. As for nuke plants right now nuclear fission is the best power option we have. We can even use the waste to generate more power. There is a fusion reactor being built in france that could put fusion power available commercially as soon as 2015 if everything goes right. Which would put the first reactors online in early 2020s. However, things like this rarely go right and I would guess that we're still 40 years away from having the first widespread use of commercial fusion.

They've done more exploration the last 2 years then they had the decade before. In the next 5 years there's more exploration on the books than the last 20 years COMBINED. As for refining capacity americans are beginning to get fed up. In fact there is a chance that two medium to high capacity refineries will be built here in Oklahoma. One in cushing at a major national pipeline interchange and the other in oklahoma city. But I agree overall demand by citizens for refineries is ultimately stampeded by the NIMBY effect. Oil will eventually settle down, but I dont see it happening anytime soon. In fact I could see oil staying around 60 or 70 bucks and inflation slowly catching it over the next decade or 15 years. Why? For the very reasons you mentione refining capacity being chief among them. With new nuclear plants going online the next 15 years and assuming the enviro wacko crowd doesn't get them shut down things can get better the next decade or two. edit: one thing you're wrong on is exploration. Exploration didn't take place because energy companies were loosing money as a general rule throughout much of the very late 80s and throughout the 90s. In 1998 oil bottomed at 9.xx a barrel. Spawning merger after merger of various energy companies. The results of cheap oil were many but the two key issues were: Mergers spawned as result of cheap oil. To remain profitible many companies merged and the government allowed the mergers to take place. The result now is we do not have a true free market with only 5 providers of gas/oil in this country. Compared with 12 to 15 providers of 10 and 15 years ago. The second major result was lack of exploration. The lack of exploration is due in part to cheap oil, companies didn't have the money to justify the exploration that generally requires 30 dollar oil NOT the 50 you mentioned. 50 is for deep water exploration. And when I say deep I mean DEEP water. Lack of exploration for the last 2 decades was also a result of politicians in state, local and federal governments caving to special interest groups despite their long term effect on the United States. For energy companies to turn a profit oil needs to be around 18/barrel as a general rule. If you want any kind ofres R&D and/or exploration we need prices of 25+ and if you want anything substantial prices of 30 dollars at a MINIMUM are needed. 40 dollar oil allows companies to conduct research and explore. Kerr McGee, Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco and ConocoPhillips are all conducting BILLIONS in exploration this year alone. I talk to reps from these companies on a daily basis. With prices high we will find more oil and we will have other technologies developed and/or implemented. But its not going to be pleasant in the meantime.

Thanks for the replies guys, I think I'll just keep it how it is, they have a few taht do use the freeways and since some of the av's are at max capacity it wont get any better on teh avenues so maybe some of them will start using the hwy. Thats a big time nasty bug. EA has a lot of work to do on Sim City 5 Thanks for the help gusy

I'm a fan of sprawl. Living in Oklahoma City most of my life you see the benefits first hand of a well laid out and very spread out city. The downside is it really is too spread out. A metro area population of 1.3 to 1.6 million people depending on which stats you use and yet the metro area takes up a whopping 5300 sq miles if you use the lower figure and if you use the larger figure it is 6800 square miles. To give you an idea the DFW metro area is 6 million people and about 9800 square miles. Do the math, DFW is a lot more dense. The goods about urban sprawl: 1) traffic is a breeze 2) more peaceful community 3) more laidback feel 4) friendly environment (goes along with laid back) 5) costs of living for whatever reason almost always seem lower in areas with urban sprawl. Possibly because of the large area home prices stay low relative to incomes. The bad parts 1) from east to west it takes over about 50 minutes to drive accross the metro okc using the lower figure, it takes and 1hr 15 minutes if you use the larger figure. North to South is about the same. 2) There's plenty to do but you better be ready to drive unless you happen to live next to a mall or shopping area it could easily be 4 or 5 miles to the closest strip mall or supermall. 3) With gas prices high sometimes it would be nice to just walk somewhere... On the issue of gas prices and economics and oil shortages, working in the energy industry I can tell you the problem isn't solely about a shortage. Its about refining capacity. Its about not having the money to explore for well over a decade. Prices were so low for so long that energy companies couldn't afford research into alternative sources of energy and couldn't afford to explore for more energy. Ideally oil would stay around 40/barrel give or take 5 dollars a barrel. This would not be so expensive that it would hurt consumers, but it would be enough that companies could make profits and continue R&D along with exploration.

Well that sucks I already have a crapload of highways.