justinhamlin

I figured as my first post, I would join the foray here, hopefully this information will be good in this newbie thread. As you can see by my join date, i have followed the work here for quite some time. I am not new to the gameplay of SC4, however, new to the modding of it. I have figured out alot of the plugins, such as NAM and others, as well as loading region JPGs to terraform the region. Where I am stuck at is the modification of the game's default buildings. As stated in a lot of the other posts, when playing the game and builing dense zoning, the buildings very easily become replicated across your cities. I have seen mention of ploppable versus growable lots, but here is my question regarding this : What is the difference between a BAT and a LOT? Also, if I am looking for growable buildings, what type of files should I be looking for, and how do I install these for the game? I am sure these questions have been answered before, so if anyone can explain this in plain english for me, that would be most appreciated, or if it is easier, just point me in the direction of a thread or threads that might help me in my discovery. Much appreciated! and keep up the great work on the site! EDIT - my apologies for being premature in posting the above reply. After more searching through the site (yes, well over 2 hours now), I came across this thread : https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=147&threadid=76286&highlight_key=y&keyword1=loading%20regions that looks like it answers most all of the questions I had regarding BATs and LOTs, as well as maps and regions.