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Looks great! I think a script for downloading dependencies would make it so much more accessible, so please share your progress. I was thinking of doing the same but couldn't wrap my head around a user-friendly way to do this on all platforms (Windows/MacOS/Linux).

Nice! A lot of static hosts (e.g. Netlify) also give you a "domain" that isn't too bad (e.g. growifier.netlify.app). If you want to reduce costs even further, it's what I do for some side-projects.

Personally I've never minded the original Maxis capacities, as the way I play the game, I use the Maxis civics for small/medium sized cities and just use custom content for larger cities. I'm not sure if 3x'ing everything will still make it balanced for smaller cities without feeling like cheater lots, but considering the Maxis civics by default are pretty weak, it might be fine. I'm planning on starting a new CAM region soon so I could test how it works in a real game. (I'm also planning on trying out CAMPR as well.) If you want to go through the trouble of making these, it would be greatly appreciated.

I believe this is only true for the original IRM pack. I've CAM-ified some of the IRM expansion lots and they all use the model for the building. The only thing you need to watch out for is that some lots contain additional buildings as props, so make sure to calculate those too.

Thanks! I didn't want to add any big, game-changing mods like the SPAM, IRM, or CAM, as many of these conflict with each other and can cause some headaches down the line if they aren't well-understood. I was thinking about adding more, but I think @Indiana Joe's thread covers the rest (including SPAM) for more advanced players. These are great recommendations as well. Can I safely replace the link to @toroca's Opera House Fix with this one?

Go for it! I was thinking about doing it but hadn't done much yet. Even if @T Wrecks never finished the original expansion, I think it's worth going over the lots he did finish. I think it would be fine to go over all of the lots, even the stage 1's, as the capacities generated by PIM-X are very different to the capacities T Wrecks set. They could maybe be organized by creator, like a pack for @tag_one models, @SimGoober models, a misc pack for the rest, and a W2W pack. Optionally you could also include a version "A" and a version "B", as the creator of the IRM CAM version included two versions, one with I-M growing in high density and one where it only grows in medium density. Still waiting for T Wrecks to come back though.

Welcome to SimCity 4! SimCity 4 by itself is already a pretty great game, but as you probably know, you can take the game so much further by adding mods, buildings, and more to totally re-imagine the game. Maybe you've seen some YouTube videos of the game with crazy mods and you'd like to do the same. There have been other threads with the same goal, but one of the big problems is that SimCity 4 plugins are extremely overwhelming! There's always hundreds or thousands of recommendations. Which ones are the best? If you're a new player, I would recommend not installing a million plugins right off the bat. It takes a long time, there's tons of dependencies to install, and let's be real--you want to play the game, not spend all day downloading files! So in this guide, I'm going to recommend a few must-have mods, some mods to make the game look better, and then a few recommendations for some high-quality buildings with not many dependencies. After that, the sky is the limit! Installation Most mods and buildings can be installed by unzipping the file you download and dragging the files to your My Documents/Simcity4/Plugins folder. Some mods (like the NAM) will have an installer that will automatically do this for you. A readme file will usually be included. Make sure to read this, as it will often contain important installation information. Must-have mods You've probably heard of the NAM, or the Network Addon Mod. It's the most popular mod by far and everyone recommends it. It's basically a fix for the transportation portion of the game, as the AI by default is very simplistic due to technical limitations when the game was first released. Besides the fixes, NAM also adds tons of great features, like smooth road curves, avenue roundabouts, new highway interchanges, and more. There's a lot of content, and it can take a while to wrap your head around it, but it's all essential content! I would also highly recommend installing SC4Fix, which fixes some major bugs and game crashes. Having been victim to all of these bugs before, I can't recommend it enough! Must-have bugfixes The Maxis team had deadlines, so there are still a few bugs left in the game. These are some mods to fix most of them. They're pretty essential, so I recommend downloading all of them! I-HT Jobs fix - There's a bug where no R$$$ sims can work at High-Tech Industry. This fixes it. HippoTank Demand Fix - This fixes missing R$$$ jobs for the Medical Clinic, Solar Power Plant, Nuclear Power Plant, same as above. Opera House Fix - The Maxis Opera House is meant to be a functional educational building with a slider, and not having it causes your education to actually go down. This fixes it. Space Port Fix - The Maxis Space Port claims to raise I-HT demand, but doesn't. This fixes it. For more information, this page has more detail on these bugfixes. Want more money? A popular mod that many want is more money. Maybe you like designing your city without worrying about money. The best way is to download the extra cheats plugin. Now open up the cheat menu in the game (Ctrl+X) and type in moolah 1000000 to set your money to 1,000,000. (Or more!) Want the game to look better? Be careful, changing terrain and tree mods in an already existing region can cause issues. It's advised to start a new region if you plan on changing these. By default, I'm not a big fan of the game's default grass and water textures. You can make them look much better by installing a terrain and water mod. Cori has compiled some great showcases of every possible terrain and water mod so you can choose your favorite. (But if you need help deciding, I recommend Sudden Valley Terrain, which also comes with beach and rock textures, and PEG Brigantine Water!) You may also want a tree mod. They replace the default Maxis god-mode tree brush with some more detailed trees and more variety. But be aware, they usually require downloading a lot of dependencies, so you may want to save it for later. Cori's Terrain Shoppe Cori's Water Shoppe Cori's Side Water Shoppe Cori's Rock Shoppe Cori's Beach Shoppe Cori's Tree Shoppe Want a darker night? By default, the in-game night looks a little unrealistic. It's a little too bright and a little too purple for many people's tastes. If you'd like to have a darker night, I'd recommend the SimFox Day and Nite Mod. Note that if you download this mod, you should select the DarkNite version (DN) when downloading buildings instead of the original Maxis Night (MN) version. Want more buildings? There's a million and one buildings to download. Instead of giving you a ton of different recommendations, I would recommend finding a good creator and downloading a lot of their content for a more uniform look to your custom content. Below is a list of a few of my favorites. (Hint: Sort by Most Viewed to find their most popular content!) When you download a building, make sure to download all the dependencies listed or you may get brown boxes instead of the actual building. If you see this, it means you don't have all dependencies installed. @mattb325 has released literal tons of great content in every category. You can find small houses, mid-rises, high-rises, industry, civics, safety, and more! You can't go wrong downloading any of these, and they usually have only a few common dependencies. Click here for a list of their downloads. @madhatter106 has lots of great small shops and mid-rise office buildings to add more variety. They're also released in packs to save time. Click here for a list of their downloads. @Jasoncw has lots of mid-rises and skyscrapers. Click here for a list of their downloads. @Diego Del Llano has some of the best giant skyscrapers. (But can only be placed from the Landmarks menu and won't grow.) Click here for a list of their downloads. Want more? These creators will already cover a lot for you, but if you want the mother of all building recommendations, check out @Indiana Joe's excellent plugin recommendation thread for even more custom content recommendations in every possible category. Enjoy! Have fun! There's tons of content you can download, but it's just a testament to the game's longevity that there's so much great content. My best recommendation would be to install the essential mods, download a few cool buildings, and start playing! You can always add more buildings as you go along. I've had times before when I got way too obsessed with building up the perfect plugin folder, but the whole point is to have fun with the game!

I'd highly recommend downloading the PIM User Guide and browsing through it. Unfortunately the LEX is down now but it should be back later... The manual should answer just about any question you have, and it's much easier than trying to find decades-old tutorials with broken images. (Trust me, I've been there.) But to answer your question, the "filling degree" is what percentage of the yellow bounding box (cube) the building takes up. So if you have a building that takes up roughly half of the yellow box, that would be a 0.5 filling degree. With some weirdly-shaped buildings it can be a little difficult to guess, but that's what your spatial reasoning skills are for. Doesn't have to be perfect, but try to wager a good estimate. Once you give the filling degree, it should automatically compute all the other stats for you. The only thing you need to keep in mind is that PIM-X was designed with CAM in mind, so for some larger buildings it might compute a stage higher than 8 (or 3 for industrial), which won't grow without the CAM. It might also give your building a crazy-high capacity in the tens of thousands which also won't grow. In these cases I go into iLive's Reader and manually set these values back to non-CAM levels (stage 8 for buildings and around 7,500 for capacity).

I've released several more CAMeLot packs. I've released two CAMeLot packs for @Diego Del Llano (2018, 2019) and one for @Reddonquixote (here). You can also help the project by suggesting creators that I should CAM-ify next! (Right now, I'm working on lots from @Darknono35, @JP Schriefer and some additional IRM lots from @T Wrecks.) I'm also building a list of CAMeLots. I want to compile a list of available CAMeLots from different creators. The goal is to help players find CAMeLots from different creators, especially on the STEX where it can be difficult to tell which files are CAMpatible and which ones aren't. Right now, I've compiled a very WIP list inside this Google Doc. Ideally, I'd like the list to become something like the original CAMeLot list from SC4Devotion, just more up-to-date. Although I'm not sure of the best way to organize it. I'd prefer to categorize the lots by the original creator, as I like to download every building from a creator if I like their work. But the original list categorizes them by lot type (e.g. R$$$, CO$$, etc.), so I'm not sure. I'd appreciate any feedback or ideas on how to organize this. Would it be better in a spreadsheet? Eventually, I'd like this to be a resource people can link to if someone is downloading CAM for the first time.

What a discovery! Who's going to be the first to make SimCity 4: Comic Sans edition?

Thanks for the advice @everyone. I think for now I'll use the BTM as a reskin (at least until the RHSR is released).