[Centraal] Sim City 4 Rush Hour Plugin Topic

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Pegasus Productions will be introducing an entirely new Mountain Theme for SimCity4. The new theme will include updated versions of all the old PEG mountain-related classics along with many new releases, including mountain-specific growable RES, COM and IND.

The contents of this archive are the primary dependency files for all the lots that will be released as part of this theme. Additional volumes will be added as required.

Please note that this theme pack is a replacement for the PEG Mountain Development Pack which should be deleted from your system. The contents of the old development pack are included in this new theme pack so your existing files that rely on it should not be affected.

Also note that once installed, the PEG Pine Trees throughout the game will be updated with an improved appearance. The update is automatic. There is no need to bulldoze and re-plop any lots at this time. No other changes to existing lots should be apparent at this time.

The conversion of the numerous PEG mountain-related lots & mods into a unified theme is an extensive process. Pieces of the theme will be released incrementally as they are completed. All efforts will be made to make the upgrade as easy as possible, but I won't lie to you, Folks... there's gonna be a whole lot of re-plopping' going on. Many of the upgrades and changes are extensive and include new textures, props, re-sized lots and even the removal of some existing lots. But the end result will be more lots, less menu icons, improved resource usage and a whole lot more flexibility.


** MAKE SURE TO DELETE THE ORIGINAL MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT KIT FOLDER & CONTENTS **

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This is a MTP compliant update to the PEG Random Pine Forest lots which provides a fast & flexible means of adding realistic woodlands to your cities and surrounding rural areas. The Random Pine Forests are ploppable lots, in 1x1 & 2x2 sizes, that blend together to form large, forests of custom pines trees. They are fully slope conforming and can be plopped almost anywhere. Their YIMBY effects have also been reduce substantially to avoid blowing out caps.

The new Pine Forests feature pine trees with an upgraded appearance and one new pine tree model. They feature the same pines trees used in the PEG God & Mayor mode Pine Tree Mods.

Two versions are included... one with transparent textures which allow the game's natural terrain to show through... and a textured version that uses the new MTP Forest Floor texture and blends well with other MTP lots. The two versions are included in separate files so after installation, you can remove either one if you do not intend to use that style.


UPDATING LOTS FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS

The transparent texture lots are not affected by this update. However, the textured versions will not show any ground texture changes until they are bulldozed and re-plopped. You can do this at any time... even after the files have been updated. The old version remains fully supported and functional so you can replace them at your leisure.

** The semi-transparent version of the previous version is no longer supported and should be deleted. However, it too remains functional if you prefer to continue using it.


** BE SURE TO REMOVE THE OLDER VERSION FILES WHEN UPGRADING **

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This is a MTP compliant update to the PEG Random Woods lots which provides a fast & flexible means of adding realistic woodlands to your cities and surrounding rural areas. The Random Woods are ploppable lots, in 1x1 & 2x2 sizes, that blend together to form large, wooded forests. They are fully slope conforming and can be plopped almost anywhere. Their YIMBY effects have also been reduce substantially to avoid blowing out caps.

Two versions are included... one with transparent textures which allow the game's natural terrain to show through... and a textured version that uses the new MTP Forest Floor texture and blends well with other MTP lots. The two versions are included in separate files so after installation, you can remove either one if you do not intend to use that style.


UPDATING LOTS FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS

The transparent texture lots are not affected by this update. However, the textured versions will not show any changes until they are bulldozed and re-plopped. You can do this at any time... even after the files have been updated. The old version remains fully supported and functional so you can replace them at you leisure.


** These lot were originally designed for seamless integration with the PEG Trail Parks and the PEG Stream Kit. Obviously, they can be used by themselves, singularly or in groups, anywhere in your cities where you need a little flourish of flora.


** BE SURE TO REMOVE THE OLDER VERSION FILES WHEN UPGRADING **

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This is a MTP compliant PATCH update to the PEG Seasonal Woods. It is NOT a complete update of the product and installation of the original/previous version is required. This patch will not affect the fairly large PEG_Seasonal-Tree-Pack_206b.dat file (476 KB) which contains the 18 original tree models and must not be removed.

Running this patch will install two new versions of the original files containing the lot data. The files...

PEG_Seasonal-Woods_207.dat and PEG_Seasonal-Woods-t_207.dat

...will be installed to the default installation path. The previous versions of those two files...

PEG_Seasonal-Woods_206a.dat and PEG_Seasonal-Woods-t_206a.dat

...must then be manually deleted.

This new version reduces the collective YIMBY effects of the lots in order to avoid blowing over any caps. It also replaces the previous two base and overlay textures with the new, single blended base texture used throughout the new PEG Mountain Theme. This will allow the Seasonal Woods lots to blend better with other MTP lots. Also, the reduction of the extra texture on lots used repeatedly, such as these, can have a notable reduction in game resource usage.

The textured versions of these lots will need to be re-plopped before the new texture will be visible. However, you can do this anytime you wish as the older version textures are still supported and will function and appear normally in the game. Previously plopped transparent version lots do not need to be re-plopped.


** BE SURE TO REMOVE THE OLDER VERSION FILES WHEN UPGRADING **

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As part of the MTP upgrade, the classic Pine Trails have been modified to be "tree-type indifferent". In other words, you can now use them with any trees types you choose. Based upon requests on the support site, the pine tree props have been removed and these new Mountain Trails are now more flexible than ever.

Other modifications include the use of the new blended MTP forest floor texturing along with a new & more subtle 'dirtier' dirt path. These are the same textures used in other MTP lots so they will all blend together quite well. Also, there has been an overall reduction in YIMBY effects to avoid blowing over caps... and the plop prices have been reduced accordingly. All other aspects of the lots remain the same and they still adapt to sloped terrain extremely well..

The lots already present in the game will update automatically for the most part. Only the pine tree props will remain on the lots until you re-plop them. As any trail lots currently in the game are most likely among pines forests, this should not be an issue.

This Trail Park pack contains these lots:

1. A 1x1 Straight section. (§10/§1)
* The standard straight piece.

2. A 3x1 straight section. (§15/§2)
* A 3x1 version of the standard straight piece.

3. A Corner section. (§20/§1)
* A standard 90 degree turn or corner section.

4. A Tee section. (§25/§1)
* A standard 'Tee' or 3-way intersection.

5. A 4-way section. (§30/§1)
* A standard 4-way intersection


** UPGRADING THE TRAILS **
The new Mountain Trails files will be installed in the Mountain Theme Pack Folder.
You must remove the old version files from the Pine Trails folder. If that folder
contains other lots as well, retain the folder until those lots are updated.
Otherwise, just delete the folder.

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Updated for the MTP, the Trail Head lot has been modified visually to include new trail textures and, of course, no trees. The Trail Head lot can now be used with all tree sets.

Based on typical trail heads found in many National parks, this lot can also be used as a rural roadside rest stop and picnic area. The lot is modestly slope tolerant but will look best on level terrain. The entrance to the parking area is transit enabled and should be connected using streets.

** UPGRADING THE TRAIL HEAD **
The new Mountain Trail Head files will be installed in the Mountain Theme Pack Folder.
You must remove the old version files that are contained in the Pine TrailsTrail Head folder.

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** This is a MTP update to the original lot. Like the new Mountain Trails, it can now be used with any tree set.

Created by request, the original Pine Trail Railroad Crossing was a simple, 1x1 lot that visually extends the Pine Trails over railroad tracks. In effect, it is no more than a single tile lot that is transit enabled for both freight & passenger rail.

However, with the game's default "dirt" underlying the rail road tracks everywhere in the game, there was no way to get this lot to look quite right. Thus spawned a collective effort at the support site for a means to improve the appearance of the railroad tracks.

The result of that collective effort, is the SWAMPER-PEG No Rail Dirt Mod, which was initially released on the STEX along with Swamper77's OneWay Railroad Crossings Mod ... and is also included in this archive. As is pictured above, the No Rail Dirt Mod eliminates the dirt texture under the railway tracks... which doesn't look bad on straight sections, but looked like chunky Hell on diagonal sections and turns and turnouts.

The side effect to this mod is that is also removes the underlying dirt that appears on streets adjacent to farm and landfill zones. On those tiles, between the road and the sidewalk, the true underlying terrain (usually grass) is visible instead of the dirt. Its barely noticeable and not objectionable in appearance, but a side effect none-the-less.

** UPGRADING THE RAIL CROSSING **
The new Mountain Trail Rail Crossing files will be installed in the Mountain Theme Pack Folder.
You must remove the old version files that are contained in the Pine TrailsRailroad Crossing folder.

** The SWAMPER-PEG No Rail Dirt Mod (included) is also recommended but not required.

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New... for the PEG Mountain Trails... this Recreation Pack adds seven new Mountain Trail lots to your off-road toy box. Included is almost everything you would need to create you very own, custom camp grounds. This pack is loaded with many new custom props that will breathe new life into those old dusty trails. Many props shuffle and change to create an active camp ground look while still maintaining that peaceful, easy feeling.

The seven new lots are:

1. Mountain Trail Tunnel Lot.
By request... this 1x1 lot allows you to visually extend your trails through mountains. Can also be used as a small mine.

2. Mountain Trail Corner Picnic Area.
A 1x1 variation of the standard corner section. The dirt area on this one has been widened to make room for a couple of wooden picnic tables.

3. Mountain Trail Ranger Station.
We re-used the game's Ranger Station prop on this 2x2 lot because... well, because is doesn't suck. With integrated Mountain Trails, this lot looks great as part of a larger camp ground or just about anywhere along the trail.

4. Mountain Trail Camp Site.
A 1x1 individual camp site lot that plugs in to any trail piece. Used with Tees and 4-ways, you can easily create large camp grounds of almost any design. Each lot displays random tents that are packed up each day as the campers head on down the trail. New tents appear as new campers hike in for the night. And, of course, each camp site has a toasty camp fire each night for cooking up those tasty Smores. Anymore know the second verse to 'Kumbaya'?

5. Mountain Trail Recreation Area.
A common fixture at larger campsites, this 2x3 Recreation Area features a large above-ground pool, BBQ pits and plenty of space and toys to keep the kiddies busy. With a large patio area and covered tables, this would be the main focal point and social spot of most camp grounds.

6. Mountain Trail General Store & Trading Post
Many large camp grounds have one... in one form or another. Many also serve as the official headquarters or office for the camp ground. Loaded with the usual over-priced groceries, beer, bug spray, beer, camping supplies, bait & beer... many also have a small grill area and serve food to campers who's idea of "roughing it" means 'no cable'.

7. Roadside General Store & Trading Post (w/ Jobs)
A variation of the Pine Trail store, this one is designed to plop along your road network. Transit enabled and offering jobs, it also includes Mountain Trails and works well as an entrance to a campground or as a trail head.

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Kumbaya, My Friends... Kumbaya!! The translation of this Gullah word was made famous by the popular campfire song, and means "come by here". And that is certainly the message that campgrounds want to get out to campers on the trail.

No self-respecting campground is with out the classic fire circle/amphitheater where the campers gather at night to hear tales from the rangers of local folklore and the history of the surrounding area. A raging fire, a good show by the rangers and plenty of group sing-along songs before hiking back to the campsite and bedding down for the night.

The Campfire Circle / Amphitheater lot is designed for use with the PEG Mountain Trails and fits right in with the other campground lots included in the Mountain Trail Recreation Pack. It features a dual-model amphitheater prop that is largely empty by day. But when the sun sets, the amphitheater fills up with campers, the fire is lit, and the fire glow sets the mood for the often haunting, but always fun & humorous show put on by the rangers.

* The lot also contains a custom audio track. If you listen carefully, you can hear the crickets and occasional owls hooting in the distance.

Like the other Mountain Trail campground lots, the Fire Circle has minor YIMBY effects... somewhat less than a small park. Its very affordable to maintain and quite cheap to build. "Someone's Plopping, Lord... Kumbaya...".

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This mod will give the roads a more European look by changing the yellow double-line into a single white dashed line, as it is common throughout Europe. Every road texture, such as straight and curved pieces, crossroads and intersections, bridges and tunnels etc. were changed, as well as the textures from all new Network Addon Mod additions (roundabouts, overpasses, puzzle pieces,...). It also contains a file that will change the doubled one-way road arrows to single arrows, so the one-way road roundabout from the NAM looks much nicer.

Note: This mod completely replaces the Euro Road Textures Mod by Thorvin and all previous beta versions by frimi2, so please delete them first before installing this mod! This download comes with an EXE installer, a link to the ZIP version can be found in this posting.

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The Cobb Emerald Park Building:
A high wealth residential tower housing 1708 sims. The Cobb Emerald Park is a luxury apartment building with an artistic tower at its apex, designed to provide an attractive addition to your skyline. The building is illuminated with an emerald-themed green and blue night-lighting scheme. Sims who live in the Cobb Emerald Park building have access to several outdoor and indoor parks, a swimming pool, a large recreational area in the lobby, and an elevator-accessible observation level above the Sky Park. There is also a ploppable landmark version included.

Thanks go to KD5RAX for modeling the trees, n74704 and KD for providing textures, and GOLDIVA for providing multi-colored lighting capabilities. I also received numerous helpful suggestions during its creation from contributors in the BAT open discussion forum.

Installation instructions:
1) Unzip all the included files (.SC4Desc, .SC4LOT, and .SC4Model) to your Simcity plugin folder under the "My Documents" path.
2) In SimCity4 RushHour, zone an area of 4x3 high-density residential
3) Just play!

I hope that you enjoy the Cobb Emerald Park Building! --COBB

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A modern passenger station designed for use in a downtown setting. It has two tracks off the rear, 3 tiles back from the road, so it can be used in the middle of a commercial district. It also features a working clock on the tower, which keeps track of the in game time, and your train on schedule.


Lot Details and Information

Building: Transportation

Lot size: 6 x 5 tiles
Lot Wealth : Medium Wealth
Jobs: Civic $ : 50, $$ : 30, $$$ : 10
Plop cost : § 5,875
Bulldoze cost: § 600
Monthly cost: § 10
Passenger Capacity: 20,000
Cap Relief : None
Max. Fire Stage: 3
Flammability: 37 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Transportation,Building: Rail,Building: Strikable Transit,Building: Taxi_Maker,Building: PassengerRail,BTE : SimGoober Mass Transit,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : Transit - Passener Rail
Power consumption: 37 MWh/month
Water consumption: 25 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 6 over 4 tiles
Water pollution: 3 over 4 tiles
Garbage pollution: 12 over 0 tiles

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Another modern passenger station designed for use in a downtown setting. It has two tracks off the rear, 3 tiles back from the road, so it can be used in the middle of a commercial district.

Lot Details and Information

Building: Transportation

Lot size: 4 x 5 tiles
Lot Wealth : Medium Wealth
Jobs: Civic $ : 50, $$ : 30, $$$ : 10
Plop cost : § 5,875
Bulldoze cost: § 600
Monthly cost: § 10
Passenger Capacity: 20,000
Cap Relief : None
Max. Fire Stage: 3
Flammability: 37 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Transportation,Building: Rail,Building: Strikable Transit,Building: Taxi_Maker,Building: PassengerRail,BTE : SimGoober Mass Transit,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : Transit - Passener Rail
Power consumption: 37 MWh/month
Water consumption: 25 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 6 over 4 tiles
Water pollution: 3 over 4 tiles
Garbage pollution: 12 over 0 tiles

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A modern passenger station designed for use in a downtown setting. I has two tracks off the rear, 3 tiles back from the road, so it can be used in the middle of a commercial district.

Lot Details and Information

Building: Transportation

Lot size: 5 x 5 tiles
Lot Wealth : Medium Wealth
Jobs: Civic $ : 50, $$ : 30, $$$ : 10
Plop cost : § 5,875
Bulldoze cost: § 600
Monthly cost: § 10
Passenger Capacity: 20,000
Cap Relief : None
Max. Fire Stage: 3
Flammability: 37 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Transportation,Building: Rail,Building: Strikable Transit,Building: Taxi_Maker,Building: PassengerRail,BTE : SimGoober Mass Transit,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : Transit - Passener Rail
Power consumption: 37 MWh/month
Water consumption: 25 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 6 over 4 tiles
Water pollution: 3 over 4 tiles
Garbage pollution: 12 over 0 tiles

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A larger hospital to help service your more populated cities. Brought to you by GooberGen Labs, where life is better with a little bit of genetic alteration...

Lot Details and Information

Building: Civic

Lot size: 6 x 4 tiles
Lot Wealth : Medium Wealth
Jobs: Civic $ : 50, $$ : 75, $$$ : 35
Plop cost : § 25,000
Bulldoze cost: § 3,500
Monthly cost: § 1,850
Capacity : 7500
Coverage Radius: 950
Max. Fire Stage: 4
Flammability: 36 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Civic,Building: Health,Building: Strikable Health,Building: AmbulanceMaker,Building: Hospital,Building: LargeHealth,BTE : Health,BTE : SimGoober Creation
Power consumption: 63 MWh/month
Water consumption: 175 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 2 over 3 tiles
Water pollution: 2 over 4 tiles
Garbage pollution: 21 over 0 tiles

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A set of three public pools, to help develop the neighborhoods of your cities. All three have duplicate settings, and are open in day, closed at night. These also will count toward a soon to be released reward lot, so be sure to place a few in your cities now!

Lot Details and Information

Menu : Parks

Lot size: 3 x 4, 4 x 4 & 5 x 4 tiles
Lot Wealth : Medium Wealth
Jobs: Civic $ : 12, $$ : 5
Plop cost : § 5,000
Bulldoze cost: § 600
Monthly cost: § 25
Park effect: 20 over 30 tiles
Landmark effect: 10 over 40 tiles
Mayor Rating Effect : None
Cap Relief : R-$ : 500,R-$$ : 500,R-$$$ : 500
Max. Fire Stage: 0
Flammability: 0 of 256
Occupany Groups: BTE : Parks,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : SG Swimming Pools,Building: Park
Power consumption: 0 MWh/month
Water consumption: 5 Gallons/month
Air pollution: -5 over 5 tiles
Water pollution: -5 over 5 tiles
Garbage pollution: 0 over 0 tiles

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The Sim Swim Arena is now available for your Sims, to enhance their lives. It features an olympic sized competition pool (to scale!), as well as a diving pool. It is open air, and has meets twice a game year, complete with fans in the stands!

Larger Pictures can be seen in my BAT thread

This is a reward lot, which has requirements listed below which must be met before it is available.

Lot Details and Information

Building: Reward

Lot size: 8 x 5 tiles
Requirements R$$ Sims > 30,000
Public Pools : 3 or more
Jobs: None
Plop cost : § 28,750
Bulldoze cost: § 5,000
Monthly cost: § 225
Park effect: 30 over 60 tiles
Landmark effect: None
Mayor Rating Effect : 10 over 256 tiles
Cap Relief : R-$$ : 2, 500, R-$$$ : 5,000
Max. Fire Stage: 3
Flammability: 35 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Reward,BTE : Civic,BTE : BSC Landmark,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : SG Swimming Pools
Power consumption: 60 MWh/month
Water consumption: 150 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 4 over 5 tiles
Water pollution: 4 over 5 tiles
Garbage pollution: 15 over 0 tiles

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By request of some members of SimTropolis, The engineers as GooberGen have altered the plans of the Sim Swim Arena to accomodate a Hockey Rink! The roof is now enclosed to keep the sun off the ice, and minor enhancements made to the outer decor. Once you have 35,000 R§ Sims in your city, you will have this available in your Rewards Menu.

Lot Details and Information

Building: Reward

Lot size: 8 x 5 tiles
Plop cost : § 28,650
Bulldoze cost: § 5,000
Monthly cost: § 200
Park effect: 30 over 60 tiles
Landmark effect: None
Mayor Rating Effect : 10 over 256 tiles
Cap Relief : R-$$ : 2500,R-$$$ : 5000
Max. Fire Stage: 3
Flammability: 35 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Reward,BTE : Civic,BTE : BSC Landmark,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : SimGoober Entertainment
Power consumption: 60 MWh/month
Water consumption: 150 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 4 over 5 tiles
Water pollution: 4 over 5 tiles
Garbage pollution: 15 over 0 tiles

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A couple months ago I started playing with more transit lots. I had the Bus Stop set which I like and use a lot, and wanted more choices in Subways. I made this small set of 3 variations to function as more Urban and higher capacity than the standard maxis ones. I also added a counter to it, so the query tells you how many you have in your city. The Maxis ones cannot be counted...

Lot Details and Information

Building: Transportation

Lot size: 1 x 2 tiles
Lot Wealth : Medium Wealth
Jobs: Civic $ : 2
Plop cost : § 750
Bulldoze cost: § 150
Monthly cost: § 40
Capacity: 5,000
Max. Fire Stage: 2
Flammability: 33 of 256
Occupany Groups: Building: Transportation,Building: Subway,Building: MiscTransit,Building: Strikable Transit,BTE : SimGoober Creation,BTE : SimGoober Mass Transit
Power consumption: 3 MWh/month
Water consumption: 5 Gallons/month
Air pollution: 1 over 1 tiles
Water pollution: 1 over 1 tiles
Garbage pollution: 2 over 0 tiles

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Op maandag 20 februari 2006 12:54 schreef Mutsaers__78 het volgende:
Had ik in de normale SC4 een prachtig stad gebouwd zonder noemenswaardige verkeersproblemen...liep allemaal lekker. Installeer ik deze uitbreiding, heb ik binnen notime gigantische verkeersproblemen en trekt iedereen mijn stad uit.

Lekker, zo'n uitbreiding

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Op dinsdag 23 januari 2007 18:53 schreef sammieboy het volgende:
eej gasten

ik heb een aantal van deze dingen gedownload maar hoe krijg ik die in simcity4?
bij een aantal is het gelukt (6) maar bij de rest niet hoe moet ik dat doen?

mzzl