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SimCity 4 Hardcore Challenge
urbanmosaic replied to Jessica Lee's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
You did better than me with 630,000. I still think I can make it to a million if I follow exactly what the simulator wants rather than trying to force it, so I'll put that project on my list and whenever I do I'll post it here. @CorinaMarie had suggested uploading the result to Ready Made Regions but no not the mess I made. Its a case of dystopia worse than Bladerunner world. Yes, please do donate the $25 to Simtropolis, it was worth the effort to contribute something back to this community and its very kind of you to do this challenge and reward. I learned a bit more about how the raw simulator works with no mods. I don't think most people would have stuck with this game so long without the corrections of the NAM and many other mods. So thank-you very much, and thanks to Simtropolis. -
SimCity 4 Hardcore Challenge
urbanmosaic replied to Jessica Lee's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I got to 541,000 population and thought it would be easy to get to 1 million, but nope it just became impossible to get any further. Even though I filled the whole tile I could only maintain a population of 335,000. Its an awful mess with constant fires, massive dilapidation and degrading utilities. So 541,000 is the max. population for me in the Hardcore Challenge. I'm going back to mods now. -
SimCity Revisited in 2025
urbanmosaic replied to MegaRapidz's topic in SimCity (2013) Modding - Open Discussion
I've been using SC13 since it came out. I've never used mods because I mostly played online, but now that online is mostly dead, I'll have a look at the collection of mods. I can't play online now anyway cause EA falsely accused me of some unknown infraction. I talked to their security people and they must have been OD'd on coffee and donuts cause they couldn't get the picture that either their AI is whacked-out or somebody hacked their servers. I wasn't interested in getting involved in EA's psycho-political culture so I play offline. -
Got it! Thanks! I usually use a lot of props so this will be much useful. The flag I was making came out to 1114 flower props. @CorinaMarie I used your script but there was no exemplar entry to process, but I tested as you demonstrated and got the text file okay. Nice coding.
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SimCity 4 Hardcore Challenge
urbanmosaic replied to Jessica Lee's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I'm still working on my Hardcore Challenge city. Its more challenging than I thought it would be, but its coming along. I couldn't find a definite reliable source for maximum pop. achieved in a single large tile with no mods, but safe to say its probably above 1 million. This is a contest so I'm not reporting my progress... Out of interest, According to Guinness: __________________________________________________________ SimCity 4 in the Guinness Book of Records: "As of 12 January 2016, the largest SimCity 4 region ever created, in terms of total population, was made by YouTube user Peter Ritchie. His monstrous mega-region consisted of 81 large city tiles, 16,492 miles of paved road, 5,360 miles of subway lines, 324 hydrogen power plants, 486 waste-to-energy plants, 512 large water pumps, plus over 2,000 schools, 81 universities and 162 colleges. All that infrastructure enabled the region to reach a maximum, record-setting population of 107,658,254 residents." --Guinness Source: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/418977-largest-SimCity-4-city-region -
SimCity 4 Hardcore Challenge
urbanmosaic replied to Jessica Lee's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
Okay, Game On! I've already got started. I used @urbanmosaic as the mayor name so you know which entry belongs to who. Lots of time to tweak the city to get max pop. -
SimCity 4 Hardcore Challenge
urbanmosaic replied to Jessica Lee's topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
I've been using SimCity 4 since 2005 so I'll definitely take this challenge. I don't use either Steam or Discord so if I win you could maybe donate the $25 to Simtropolis. How will you verify that the winner did not cheat? Is it by the honor system? Maybe some ST Mods would be willing to be independent judges, but that's probably a liability issue. When will you determine a winner? Here is a Region Folder with the required config.bmp and region.ini named Hardcore Challenge. I'm going to get started on my entry now. Hardcore Challenge.zip -
Thanks. I'm interested to see this work, but I can't find iLive Reader 1.54 on either ST or SC4Evermore. I'm using ver. 0.87. The lot is a museum and only has 1 Building Exemplar and the Lot Configuration Exemplar. I've installed Notepad++ which can count the occurrences of a string in a file. That should be good enough to get a count of "is prop". If you can please link to Reader 1.54 wherever it is, I should be able to follow your instructions and get a txt file that I can count "is prop".
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I'm making a lot using a lot of props. The limit is 1280 per lot. The lot is a 3x5 flag made up of Maxis flowers. I need to be able to keep track of the number of props I'm adding so I don't exceed the limit. Is there any program that will give me a count of the props used?
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Grutz Industrial Park Maxis DLC Relots https://community.simtropolis.com/sc4-maxis-files/ "Grutz" has multiple meanings. It can refer to a topographic name for someone living near a pine forest, derived from the German word "Grotz" meaning "pine forest". South German: (Bavaria) The Industrial park is surrounded by Maxis pine trees to reflect the location. All relots are functional landmarks with unique menu icons. _____________________ Grutzhaus (DLC) CS$$ 1x2 The Grutzehaus, also known as Grutz House and House of Grutz, is a downloadable Landmark Building for SimCity 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe, released as free Downloadable Content. In this relot package the Grutz Haus is imagined as a vistor center and coffee shop for the Grutz Industrial Park. Provides 212 jobs. https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/Grutzehaus.zip _____________________ Temple of Grutz (DLC) IM 6x6 An ancient structure built in honor of the great Grutz. In this relot package the Temple of Grutz is imagined as an assembly and packaging plant for Grutz products. Provides 815 jobs. https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/Temple_of_Grutz.zip _____________________ Grutz Industries (DLC) IM 5x3 Grutze Industries is a downloadable Landmark Building for SimCity 4 Rush Hour/Deluxe, released as free Downloadable Content. This was one of two buildings made by Maxis that was made entirely in the BAT as part of its testing process. The other is Grutzhaus. It's likely that this building was originally intended to be a growable Dirty Industrial lot. This is the parts manufacturing plant for Grutz products. Provides 520 jobs. https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/Grutze_Industries.zip _____________________ Ian's House of Stone (DLC) CS$$ 3x3 In this relot package Ian's House of Stone is imagined as a gift shop and presentation center for Grutz products. Provides 212 jobs. https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/Stone_House.zip _____________________ Grutz Shipping IM 3x3 This lot uses one of the Vilett Textiles buildings from Maxis. Provides 340 jobs. _____________________ Source: https://www.wiki.sc4devotion.com/index.php?title=Grutz_Industries_(DLC) Other Dependencies: SimCity 4 Buildings as Props https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/bldgprop_vol1.dat Rush Hour Buildings as Props https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/bldgprop_vol2.dat For the flags appearing on the lots International Day of Peace Prop https://community.simtropolis.com/library/maxis/sc4/buildings/dayopeace.dat For the VW cars and vans appearing on the lots Modern HD Car Props (incl. MMP) https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/32178-modern-hd-car-props-incl-mmp/ _____________________ Footnotes: The Grutz Industrial Park Map was created using the 3D Camera DLL for SimCity 4 https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/36188-3d-camera-dll-for-SimCity-4/ ---------------------- The last screenshot depicts an amusing incident of 'pareidolia'. 'Colonel Sightings' may also be the reslt of SCP-3250. https://viewpointvancouver.ca/2018/07/23/coffee-bar-sightings-in-downtown-vancouver/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation EOF -
The State of SimCity Societies Modding
urbanmosaic replied to TownTinkerer's topic in City-Building Games
Please vote on GOG to have SCS rendered for Windows 10. SimCity Societies GOG Dreamlist | GOG.COM- 26 Replies
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Swedish police cars, real and Maxis scale + props
urbanmosaic commented on koumus corporation's file in Automata
I can use the props in LE without adding the KMS Auto Police Maxis scale.dat file, and that's great for creating a police station without requiring the user to switch their preferred police car automata, but the cars aren't as bright as I'd like. In the picture below the colors are vivid like the Swedish ambulance.
