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Unfortunately, it didn't make a difference. I think it has more to do with the way the Census Repository app represents the neutral tax rate itself.

i just redownloaded it just to be sure. That info does seem to address my problem.

Okay, new question: I'm using the Census Repository Facility mod (Version 3.1) to track the demand and such for my city, and something seems off about the claimed neutral tax rate. For example, in a city of 2.25 million, the Facility claims my neutral tax rate for all the sectors is 8%, but demand is terrible for virtually all sectors even at a 4.5% rate--I brought my tax rate to 2% and then things are normal. Is there an update to it I don't know about for CAM 2.1.0 (At least according to the SC4Devotion forums it seems not to have been updated since 2010)?

Hmm. I think I just desaturated the image, so that might be the problem. I'll try again.

The grayscale image.

Hey, this looks neat, but once I get to the rendering step, doing the "Shift-ctrl-alt-r" step and selecting my .bmp map does nothing. Are there some extra steps I'm missing?

@CorinaMarie @rsc204 @Cyclone Boom @Toby66 Thank you all for your advice and warm welcomes. Interestingly enough, soon after I complained about the 60,000 pop slowdown, the system started to speed up again (though there are still delays here and there). I have another custom-content related question: There are a number of lots that I have downloaded, most notably SimGoober's, that 1) don't allow a query when grown, and 2) seem to have a parking-lot texture that is not included in the dependency list. Do you know where I can fix this and find the texture?

Hello Simtropolis SC4 Fans. I've been playing SC4 since 2009 or so, and have installed and reinstalled it multiple times as my life situation has changed. It is only this year, however, that I have discovered the Simtropolis and SC4 Devotion forums, and I have been downloading and enjoying so many of the great new buildings and mods this community has provided. I do have a couple of questions that keep bugging me now: 1. A few buildings that I have downloaded allow me to change the name in-game, but once I exit and reenter the city, the name reverts back to the original. Often times if it's a ploppable building, the name change also appears in the Landmarks menu or wherever it came from, and also reverts when I exit and reenter the city. Is there a way I can make the name changes more permanent like other buildings in the game? (This may have something to do with the .dat files--how do I open those, by the way?) 2. I am currently using the most recent version of NAM and the Extended Invisichem CAM. Once I build a city up to 60000 residents, the game starts to get really slow, such that it may take several months for an undeveloped lot to build its first buildings, and, of course, the date doesn't change as fast. I've tried tinkering and cutting down the display settings but it hasn't made that much of a difference. Do I just need a more powerful computer (I have a Dell Inspiron 13 5000 Series with an Intel Core i5, with 157 GB free on Drive C), or is there some trick to working with NAM and CAM that I have missed? Thank you all in advance for any help you can give.