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  1. @CorinaMarie @Cyclone Boom Sorry for making you sweat it out, but it works great, saves lots of time. Excellent work as usual, Thank you.
  2. When I select the "One More Verification" filter, I wonder if their might be a way to filter out the files where I am verifier '1' of '1/2'. I find I am spending a lot of time checking each file manually. And when selecting the "Restored (Unverified)" filter, they are mixed with "One More Verification" files. Also, as mentioned previously, I do need to refresh the tracker page to enact the "Mark Verified" selection, but this is not a major thing. Overall the Tracker is a great tool. Thank you.

  3. Verifier HQ: File Verifying Info & Discussion

    Handyman replied to Cyclone Boom's topic in The Planning Commission

    I have had encountered readme files that display like this "����.txt (invalid encoding)" and have seen that they are encoded using "Western(ISO-8859-15)".Thank you to @CaptCity who renamed and re-saved the files so they display properly as a "readme.txt" file (I should have known 'doh') but when opened they are still unreadable because of the encoding (Western(ISO-8859-15)). Is there something I can do to correct this? I have gone ahead and verified the file because it meets all the other criteria, but I wanted to bring this up for clarification.

  4. Sharer HQ: File Sharing Collaboration

    Handyman replied to Cyclone Boom's topic in The Planning Commission

    Unfortunately I have no files newer than 2019 so I won't be able to help with replacing lost files. I will still try to help with Processing and Verifying.

  5. sign up Calling All Volunteers!

    Handyman replied to Cyclone Boom's topic in Simtropolis Recovery Project

    I have a copy of everything I've ever downloaded so I would be willing to search for anything that may be missing. I also would be willing to learn how to help in processing and verifying. I have experience with process and instructional documentation as well as java, bash. I am not sure about the amount of time I can give currently but that should change soon.

  6. Simtropolis Returns!

    Handyman replied to CorinaMarie's topic in Simtropolis Recovery Project

    Many thanks and cudos to the SC4 ATeam. What would we do without you? I have not played in quite a while but came to the site regularly to get the latest news about all the amazing advances in game play. Now only months away from being able to get back to the game, I was absolutely panicked when the site disappeared. Hopefully when you tell us what help is required I can contribute in some way.

  7. Installing SimCity 4 on Ubuntu

    Handyman replied to adamoteentitans's topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues

    Some mods are just placed in the appropriate folder, same as windoze. For others, that need to be installed, I would suggest looking at the tools provided by Wine (Add/Remove). Remember that Wine will link it's 'My Documents' folder to your 'home/user/Documents' folder. The Wine folders can easily be isolated if you use Winetricks to break the links. Hope this helps.
  8. @mbgriffith1 It appears from your posts that you either do not have Java installed or it needs to be updated. Sorry did not see the previous posts. Scroll up a few posts for info.
  9. @mbgriffith1 It appears from your posts that you either do not have Java installed or it needs to be updated. Sorry for the double post.

  10. Show us What you're Working On

    Handyman replied to Haljackey's topic in SC4 Showcase

  11. Installing SimCity 4 on Ubuntu

    Handyman replied to adamoteentitans's topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues

    @Milliethegreat If I follow your post correctly, you plan to use the Gog platform on multiple machines. I have installed Gog SC4 on multiple system partitions, but I just downloaded the SC4 exe file and install it locally, into a Wine prefix, without using the Gog platform.

  12. I'm so old that ...

    Handyman replied to A Nonny Moose's topic in Forum Games

    I'm so old that I remember 'customer service'!!

  13. Installing SimCity 4 on Ubuntu

    Handyman replied to adamoteentitans's topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues

    @Jamesthe1st I am not familiar with the steam platform but on wine it was always about having the right system resources installed. I will caution that my guide is getting quite old and should be considered a start point only. I have hope that real life will allow me to get active with the game again, but meanwhile I will be watching and learning from you and others, helping if I can.

  14. Installing SimCity 4 on Ubuntu

    Handyman replied to adamoteentitans's topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues

    @Milliethegreat I used microsoft from dos 1 to winxp and then switched to Ubuntu and never looked back. Ubuntu is derived from Debian so under the hood they are almost identical. I would say that the learning curve is very similar. Once you get the file structure down and are comfortable with the installation procedure your on your way. After that it's all about the interface. I use the Gnome desktop. I have tried others but keep coming back, because It feels very tidy to me and I have invested a lot of time learning how to tweak it. We all put a lot of time into learning the windoze paradigm so you can't expect to switch overnight. However it is still just an interface that allows you to access and run programs, they all have menus and choices that we are all familiar with, so you know more than you think.

  15. Installing SimCity 4 on Ubuntu

    Handyman replied to adamoteentitans's topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues

    @Milliethegreat I have zero experience with the Multiplayer mod so I cannot help in that regard. I do believe your best choice is to use an Linux OS, although I have recently switched from Ubuntu to Debian because Ubuntu just started to feel like it was getting in my way. too windozey. There has to be a good reason why a large portion of the worlds servers run on Linux. Keep at it, you'll get there.
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