Help wanted

[DUBAI2015]

#1 How do you take maps off of simtropolis and put them into SC4? step by step instructions please.

#2 How do you make those ugly brown boxes, (the ones that you get if you download something) to disappear

HELP!!

[Matty]

#2 - You have to download the textures needed or something like that. Models that require textures usually mention what ones they need and where to get them.

[Matty]

#1:

Download the map.

Open SC4.

Start a new region.

Hit Cntrl + Alt + R

Choose the map file from the window

Let it render. It takes a long time.

Take that little weird map that comes with it, the purple and green. Put it in the region's folder. This will reshape the layout of the cities over the regional map. You can edit this map yourself if you'd like.

[vid]

Dont edit the config.bmp after you've renderd a region, it will delete cities. Only change it before you render the region. Check the simtropolis omnibus for more, it has a more detailed step-by-step instruction.

[Matty]

I've done it before building cities, and it worked out perfectly fine. Edit as you wish, before building of course.

Never listen to vid

[vid]

Well I edited the config.bmp after rendering a region (which is especially hard on a dual core, btw) and it deleted cities.

[DUBAI2015]

so download the config to the game or the gray picture that comes with it?

[zaphod]

so download the config to the game or the gray picture that comes with it?

you'll need both.

like what matty said, the config file goes in the region folder, while the gray image is used to render the region .

Anyways:

Actually the brown box issue is normally caused by a lot missing a building or prop. Missing base and overlay textures usually dont make brown boxes

You need to make sure you have installed all the dependencies of a lot or else you run the risk of having boxes or other glitches. If the lot didnt list dependencies, but you are still getting boxes, first check you have bldgprop1 and 2 .dat off the official simcity site(you must have your game registered, and it must be a legal version b/c keygen generated codes will not work). If you are a mac user playing the version made by aspire your serial wont be recognized by the site so you must go on simtropolis to the mac section where there is a place for mac users to download those files.

Finally if youve got all the stuff you need and its still screwing up, try a few more times. If it wasnt something made by one of the bat teams or someone with skillz, and its broken, chances are its just crap and you'll need to remodd the lot yourself to make it usable.