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How to Use Demand Mods Wisely

Oct 20, 2011 - 09:37 PM | Lot Creator in SC4 Tutorials
A work and investigation by myself A number of people pass though the HD (help desk) door and ask about links to demand mods and stuff related to demand mods. But what do they actually do? How do you use something like a ID boost to fix up a city? Th...
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Installing a Region Downloaded from the STEX

Mar 30, 2011 - 08:58 PM | MallowTheCloud in Mapping and Terraforming
Original Author: MallowTheCloud Rewrite: Vandy If you are interested in contributing to the OmniMaps section of the Simtropolis Omnibus, please P...
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Demand, Desirability, and Abandonment

Apr 03, 2006 - 10:33 PM | Dirktator in SC4 Reference
Understanding Demand, Desirability and Abandonment or "What the heck do they want, how do I give it to them, and why did they leave!?" In SimCity ...
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How to Make a Region-Wide Google Style Street Map

Sep 19, 2011 - 05:34 AM | packersfan in Mapping and Terraforming
How to Make a Region-Wide Street Map (Google Style) In this tutorial, I will show how I put together a region-wide street map with a Google map st...
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Creating Functional Landmarks

Jun 06, 2011 - 08:45 PM | Timmystwin in SimCity 4
Creating functional landmarks This is my basic guide that shows you how to add jobs to a landmark. It will be far from perfect, as I’m doing it f...
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Nightlighting in GMAX for objects and windows.

May 03, 2011 - 06:52 PM | Timmystwin in BAT/Lot Editor Tutorials
This is slightly more advanced than the other one, and requires iLives reader (HERE) and basic knowledge of it to do it quickly. Possible for a com...
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How to make a custom lot with the Lot Editor

Jul 11, 2011 - 01:07 AM | jack3oh3 in BAT/Lot Editor Tutorials
How to make a custom lot with the Lot Editor What you need: • SC4BAT • Plugin Manager • Lot Editor Make sure you download all 3 files on the page...
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Basic Lotting Tutorial

Jul 10, 2011 - 07:40 PM | Evillions in SimCity 4
Basic Lotting For those who want a good CJ, you might as well take up on custom content creation. For example, you're building a Middle Eastern ...
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The Sculpture Creating Tutorial - batting a simple sculpture in 15 steps

Jun 06, 2011 - 07:35 PM | peterycristi in BAT/Lot Editor Tutorials
The Sculpture Creating Tutorial Hi folks, after some requests i decided to try to write a short sculpture creating tutorial. Sculpturing often se...
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Tropico 4: Developer Q&A

Jul 19, 2011 - 09:00 PM | Dirktator in Other Games
Tropico is one of those games with enough uniqueness and personality and shares just enough kinship with SimCity that it's hard to not be won over ...
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For the Eager, Yet Overwhelmed Newcomer

May 22, 2011 - 07:49 PM | beebs in SC4 Reference
New to SimCity, Simtropolis, or been out of touch for a few years? Wondering what the heck a NAM or a BAT is? And just what the heck is up with tho...
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