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SC4 Overview

• General Information
• Box Art
• System Requirements

SC4 Articles

• Vista, Dual Core & SimCity 4: How to make them cooperate
• Recover your lost Sc4 Installation ID
• How To Add Custom Music to the Game
• Adding Snow Effects to Your Sim City 4 Pictures in Photoshop
• Review of Prima Official SC4 Strategy Guide
• Five Ways to SimSuccess
• Cheats for Sim City 4
• Quick Guide to Starting Out
• A Review on Rush Hour
• Demand, Desirability, and Abandonment
• How to Install STEX BATs, Lots and Maps
• Bugs and Technical Issues
• Getting SC4 Rush Hour to run on a custom resolution
• Commute Time and Pathfinding Report
• Gameplay FAQ Part One
• Gameplay FAQ Part Two
• Landmarks
• Rewards
• Gameplay Hints
• Getting rid of brown boxes in-game
• Auto Installer Directions
• Money Saving Tips
• Business Deals
• How To Make A Mosaic Using Photoshop
• Making Pleasing Downtowns and Skylines
• Running Sim City 4 on Linux
• Why does SC4 Crash?
• Night Lighting for BAT's
• Keep Sim City 4 Running Smoothly
• UDI Guide
  • UDI Guide part 1
  • UDI Guide part 2
  • UDI Guide part 3
  • UDI Guide part 4
  • UDI Guide part 5
• Thy451's Articles
  • God Mode & Terraforming"
  • Basics and Technical Issues"
  • Zones and Pollution
  • First City a Slum for All
  • Options: Transport Types"
  • Exploits or "Cheats"
  • Advanced Tutorials
  • Second City, a Hint of Hi-Tech
  • Advanced City Tactics
    • Part 1"
    • Part 2"
  • High Tech Arrives 0 - 40,000 (Subsequent Cities + High Tech)
  • Utilities"
  • Extra Stuff
  • Appendix 1 Idi0ts Walkthrough to 40,000
  • Handy Reference Chart, Fun Stuff & Building Catalogue
  • Skyscrapers Beckon - 40,000 - 100,000
  • Introduction
  • Specialized Cities - Sardines and Apples
  • Metropolis - 80,000 - Millions and Beyond!
  • Zones"
  • MySims
  • Transportation"

SC4 Game Tutorials

• Suburbs: Creating Realism in SC4
• Creating a Realistic Highway Junction
• How To Add Custom Music
• Creating Realistic Lakes and Ponds
• A Guide To Realistic Farms
• Underwater Highways Made Easy
• How To Install A Custom Background
• How to make a Roadless City
• Creating Good Ground-Level Highways
• Merging Split and Ground Highways
• Creating Multi/Split Level Highways In Game
• Overpasses with Rail Lines
• Working with On-Ramps and Off-Ramps for Sunken Highways
• Farming Tutorial
• Curving Roads
• How To Make Eye-Pleasing Realistic Beaches
• Sunken Highway Tutorial
• Working With Hills
• Creating Straight Edged Coastlines, Canals, and Ports
• Creating Realistic Out Of Town Shopping Centres
• Basic Use of Smoncrie's Hole Digger Lots
• Methods on Mass Transit
• Transportation Guide -- A Basic Overview
• How to Build a Realistic Rail Yard and How to Make it Work
• Lesson on Realism Part 1: General Tips
• A guide to naming your cities
• Making Money The Easy Way
  • Making Money The Easy Way: Part I
  • Making Money The Easy Way: Part II
  • Making Money The Easy Way: Part III
• Suburbs: Layout, Ideas & Design
• How to Make Roundabouts for Your Cities
• Sunken Highway Onramps and Offramps
• Realistic Rural Rail
• Fast Population & Profit Growth on Hard Game Play Setting
• How to Build a Hard Level City
• Making Curves With Rural Highway Mod
• How to Build a Land Bridge
• Suburbs and Small Towns

SC4 Custom Content

• BAT Essentials
  • BAT Essentials Page One
  • BAT Essentials Page Two
  • BAT Essentials Page Three
  • BAT Essentials Page Four
  • BAT Essentials Page Five
  • BAT Essentials Page Six
• Splines are a Snap
• Lot Editor: Beginner's Tutorial
• Calibrating Photoshop for gmax
• Using Photochop's Doge & Burn to Fake Ray-Tracing
• Creating Custom Lot Icons
• Raytraced Reflections in 3d Studio Max
• Making a Custom Foundation
• A Lesson on Lattice
• Creating Custom Working Light Props
• Making a Functional Landmark Lot
• Customizing Gizmo’s Day - Night Mod
• Thoughts on the BAT
• Creating A Simple House
• How To Create Arched Windows
• Simple Industrial BAT Techniques
• Nightlighting Windows in Gmax
• How to Create T21 Exemplars
• Diagonal Station Tutorial
• Station Modding: Semi-Transparency and LODs
• How to Change the SC4 Loading Screen
• How to Create and Mod Textures
• Tutorial For Creating And Customizing Queries in Sc4
• Modding: Basic and Advanced Tutorials
• How to organize your ingame menus
• How To Switch From Right To Left Hand Drive.
• Preview: B.A.T.
• Review: Lot Editor
• Why do we need the BSC-Simtropolis Indices?

SC4 Custom Maps (OmniMaps)

• Installing Maps from the STEX
  • Installing a Map Created by SC4Terraformer
  • Installing a Map Created by SC4Mapper
  • Installing a Region Downloaded from the STEX
• Config.bmp: How to Make it Yours
• Working with .SC4M Files in SC4Terraformer
• Uploading a SC4Terraformer-Created Map to the Simtropolis STEX
• The Sea Level Problem with USGS Data
• Downloading, Installing and Running SC4Terraformer
• How To Make Scale Accurate Realistic Regions from USGS Data
• American Soutwest -- Monument Valley Tutorial
  • Part One: Creating A Butte
  • Part Two: Creating A Chimney Spire
  • Part Three: Creating A High Tableland Mesa
  • Part Four: Roughing Up Level Terrain
  • Part Five: Creating A Dry Wash
• Creating Area Strip Maps and Multiple SC4 Regions
• Mapping Applications and Mapping Tools
• City Grid and City Tile Sizes
• Custom Terrains and Using USGS Data

SimCity Classics

SimCity Legacy

• SimCity Classics and Nostalgia

SimCity Societies

Societies Overview

• System Requirements
• Rod Humble Talks SimCity Societies with Simtropolis
• SimCity Societies Preview Screenshots
• SimCity Societies Preview

Societies Articles

• SimCity Societies Impressions
• More SimCity Societies Impressions

Cities XL

CXL Overview

• System Requirements

CXL Articles

• Cities XL Q&A
• Playtest and First Impressions
• Example Article

CXL Game References

• An Example Reference

CXL Game Tutorials

• An Example Tutorial

CXL Online Reference

• Online Reference Document

CXL Game Enhancing Modules (GEMs)

• GEM Article

Simtropolis

About Simtropolis

• About Simtropolis
• The General Rules
• Chat Rules
• The Official Definition of the STEX
• STEX Rules and Code of Conduct

ST Staff

• Simtropolis Admins
• Simtropolis Moderators
• Chat Operators

Simtropolis Articles

• The Simtropolis Glossary
• Maxis Chat Event - Release of the Lot Editor
• Maxis Receives 2003 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Award
• Famous Simtropolis Quotes
• The Dependency Debate
• Rating System
• The Admin Convention of 2006
• Guide to Posting on the STEX

ST How To's

• The Wonderful World of Simtropolis Signatures
• Getting Started on the STEX for Macintosh Users
• Useful Information For Newcomers
• Use the Forums
• Use the ST Exchange (STEX)
• Use the Blogs
• Use the City Journals
• How To Make A City Journal
• How To Make Your Profile Yours
• Getting the Most Out of Your SC4 Pictures
• Guide to the Simtropolis Blognet
• Editing and Adding images to your posts
• Main.SimCity 4.How to link directly to specific posts

ST City Journal Hall of Fame

• The Hall of Fame
• Anduin Valley Revisited
• The New Carpathia Confederation of Planets
• The City of Edmonton
• Digby - East Coast Region
• The Empire Of Chaumont
• Green Depra
• Nexis of Genesis
• Palm Point
• San Francisco
• Sculpting Columbia River
• Simtropia
• Wood County
• Schulmania
• 3RR
• The Brastoval Bay Region

Interviews

• Interview with ___idiotbox, June MOTM Winner
• Interview with BarbyW
• Interview with Beebs
• Interview with Blahdy, Creator of the Big-Dig Tunnels
• Interview with BlondeTwiggy, May MOTM Winner
• Interview With Blue Lightning, May 2009 MOTM Winner
• Interview with Boggy1, September 2005 MOTM Winner
• Interview with Brenda_X, MOTM winner
• Interview with Chptrk, MOTM Winner
• Interview with Cockatoo
• Interview with Codythemonky, August 2007 MOTM Winner
• Interview with Criquette
• Interview with Darmok, Creator of Anduin Valley
• Interview with DaSilva, from Monte Cristo
• Interview with Dirk, The Dirktator!
• Interview with Dusktrooper, NDEX Skyscraper Machine
• Interview with Equinox, founder and BATter of NDEX
• Interview with Haljackey
• Interview with Hamish, MOTM Winner: September 08
• Interview with Hogmeister
• Interview with ilikehotdogsalot; MOTM winner and City Journalist
• Interview with Ill Tonkso - MOTM Winner for July
• Interview with Jacqulina, The March MOTM Winner
• Interview with JasonCW
• Interview with Jeronij, ST Hearthrob!
• Interview with Joesocwork
• Interview with Lilbrownsuga5, MOTM Winner for June '06
• Interview with MayorTim
• Interview with Micah, March EOTM Winner
• Interview with Mikeaut1, Jan 2006 MOTM Winner
• Interview with MrBisonm
• Interview with Mr. Cinatit
• Interview with N.O.Body, founder of the Moose Factory
• Interview with Purpledaddy, MOTM Winner: Feb 2008
• Interview with Ripplejet
• Interview with Samantha and Rybolton
• Interview with Sim1234
• Interview With SimGoober, Trixie Winning BATer
• Interview With SkiGeek, Cybermom
• Interview with Soldyne, MOTM winner
• Interview with Swat-Medic
• Interview with Tarkus, April MOTM Winner
• Interview with ThatMonkeySim
• Interview with Voar Tok
• Interview with Wouanagaine, October 2006 MOTM
• Interview with Zelgadis, Mac Attack Specialist, and EOTM of July 2006

Simtropolis Awards

• MOTM Awards FAQ
• MOTM Awards Winners List
• The Golden Llama Awards FAQ
• 2003 Trixie Awards
• 2004 Trixie Awards
• 2005 Trixie Awards
• 2006 Trixie Awards
• 2007 Trixie Awards
• 2008 Trixie Awards