Peter_One

Lol ... So I guess the crash is the fault of the ui mod by @hugues aroux 😆

It doesn't crash the game for you ? What version of windows? It's crashing as soon as the region view shows up for many of us..

ok no prob, I sent it to you via private message.

@Null 45 So just tested this. It does seem to decrease time till loading into region view. My game was set to load into an empty region with zero cities.. But when I tried to load a region with actual cities on it (Fairview), I got a CTD. The log says: So it's my guess that as soon as anything calls upon plugins needed for a city, it crashes.. EDIT: Did some further testing. I removed NAM. Now it will CTD as soon as I see clouds load in, does not get to load even the region land. (The region probably is still set to one with cities on it) The log file shows no more "Fail to load". It stops at "Installed the .SC4* plugin scan patch."

Was wondering if any update on a new CAM?

Yes... we need some kind of modern solution to get out of gmax. The lack of features and buggyness make it too torturous working in.. BAT4Blender is the solution. Otherwise we just wait for a new game.. And I don't have any interest in soul-less Skylines 2... lol

and I can't use gmax either now... This video glitch occurs everytime I right click... and a little later, the screen went black inside gmax and I got this error..:

@Tarkus @kaimai @king_tika1 Well apparently after finding a way to get older version of 3ds max, it was difficult just getting things to work at all on modern systems.. I just spent far too much time trying to get this to work with 3ds max 9 and 2009. Installing them was difficult on windows 11. Then once I did install, there apparently are issues with mental ray on each version trying to run on Windows 11. Instant crashing on open. Compatibility settings do nothing. Removing mental ray from plugins got me in on one version. But then when trying to install Bat4Max it had further issues. Could not get it to show up anywhere in 3ds max. I'm also thinking not having mental ray may impact some features. This entire process is a mess. I do not think I'll be able to use 3ds max. Only thing left to try is 3ds max 2017, but I'm having difficulty obtaining it.. I'm afraid the Bat creation scene is dead on SC4 because of these issues on modern systems and difficulty obtaining the proper software in working condition... We simply need a new SimCity or a HD remaster with updated support from EA.. or an OpenSC from the community like RCT has... I got gmax to work, but I'm afraid some things won't be possible or difficult. Is everything in gmax capable, such as night lights & reflections of building glass? Any features missing that are only available in 3ds? It's such an old dog..

@hugues aroux wow! By the way it sounds, we may be better off trying to do an OpenSC4 or waiting for SimCity 4 HD edition from EA ! We need new tools overall for continuing work without pulling hair!

gmax is just a slimmed down version. made for games and modding. download it and try it out. just follow the guides here for saving for bats . I'm sure you can find plenty of tutorials online for gmax itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvwA6t2oeI&list=PLx9czwv6uIUzPYsCy8vCLLN9u-_gjRMZw actually you could probably look at some 3ds max tutorials and apply some of it to gmax as well. Pretty similar if im not mistaken.. I've only dabbled in 3d modeling myself, but I'm sure with some time and patience you can learn enough to make something.

If you need to download gmax itself, here is the direct link: https://community.simtropolis.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=95601 And this is the workaround to register it: https://community.simtropolis.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=95602

why are you trying to use specifically gmax? use 3ds max: https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/74718-bat-getting-started-guide-faq-resources-help/?do=findComment&comment=1687910

just tried it. unfortunately jdownloader isn't allowing a full pause and resume. only a slowing to 10kb/s. Can't resume downloading after shutting down or restarting computer.

@hugues aroux I'm very interested in your UI mods. Is there a guide or process for this? Is there anything preventing an enlargement of the UI to support better viewing on high resolutions? I think targeting 1440p would be best, as this is where seeing things properly on the current ui scaling gets difficult. Interested in hearing your thoughts on this!

Wow didn't know that about Trnts here. Sorry for mentioning the T word.. Not sure what's going on with MB. Only was downloading the mentioned file and it decided to cancel the download on me at 600mb in.. and say there was a trojan.. On a fresh windows install too. Odd. Will try again with mobile data..