Ralph Curtis

Anyone still playing this game? I got this game in 2015 or so... played it a little then shelved it... Taking a break from World of Tanks, I opened the game again just as the Virus scare hit and since work has stopped and social interaction has stopped, I started playing again. I found a boat load of mods... I never knew existed... so I loaded up and managed to get the game to work, Project Akar is a bust on my machine, I am not using it. I tried for 2 days to get it to work but no go. I used all kinds of mod configurations, but it wont work for me fully loaded... aside from that, almost everything else works fine... anyone still playing?

Question, if I wanted to mod, what software would I need in order to edit the SimCity files? I do have photoShop and I have been a 3D artist since 1999 so this end is covered, need to know software files used to make the mods work in SimCity. I am sure there is a learning curve and I am willing to do it, at least for as long a this virus quarantine for the ENTIRE planet is in effect. Any help would be a huge thanks... R.C.

cool have fun...:D

I never played SC4 so I have no comparison, as for SC2013, If you haven't played it before check it out. The add-on feature of being able to build an Academy city with all the futuristic buildings is great, also being able to build the Omega City is a nice touch, sort of like good and evil, ...lol... Jedi and Sith cities. @chfzdn I don't really know what you mean about not being able to fill the region with cities., I haven't played it that much or gotten that far yet, but from what I have seen it seems you can create large cities in all the plots. And with the 3K mod, you can extend the borders and link the cities together. As for the Mods, I just found that there were mods .... I have been trying to install them for the last few days or so. Not all work on my machine and not all are compatible seeing how all the mods are half a decade old with no support, it's kind of trial and error. ... As of yesterday I have a fat mod set up.... I have 2 sets, Local (Vanilla), and the Orion version. I am officially playing the game on a small map, but if I need to go outside the borders for extensions, I will load Orion build what I need then load back in local. I found that Orion puts all the resources: Coal, water, ore, offset and no real way to mine successfully, so running Orion full time is unrealistic. anyway just my thoughts.

Is 4 a better game ? I like the play of the features of cities of tomorrow, is that in version 4? isn't version 4 older than sc2013?

You need to start a game, just start one you don't have to build anything just start a game, save it.... close SimCity completely, then re launch the game and continue playing.