#Simcity 4 mods and addons mod

#Simcity 4 mods and addons mod

In decreasing steepness, here they are:Ġ0 – Maxis Default: The Maxis Default slope mod settings do not alter any property of the slope parameters of any transportation network, apart from the height of the RealRailway tunnel portal. This set of files contains 6 additional slope mod variants, and a small modification of the Maxis default slope parameters. The values in degrees were selected such that the runs required to cover 7.5m (all networks), 15.0m (road networks) or 15.5m (rail networks) are whole numbers of cells, allowing players to get an intuitive visual estimation of the network slopes for a given segment’s length. Integer numbers of cells for key height differences: SimCity 4 slope parameters are inputted in degrees (°), rather than the height change per cell (m per cell, or ft per cell), percent (%, typical of roadways) or permille (‰, typical of railways) grades. The flatter variants (Moderate NAM, Strict / Flat, and Realistic / Very Flat) instead use this flatness and vertical curvature sequence, more closely approximating the relationship between real transportation network geometries:Īvenue (same max slope but smoother vertical curvature compared to Road and One-way)Įlevated Highway, Ground Highway and RealHighway

Road, One-way, Avenue and Tram dual networksĮlevated Highway, Ground Highway, RealHighway and El-Rail/Ground Light Rail Realistic relative steepness by base network: all the steeper variants (Very Easy/Very Steep, Easy/Steep, and Moderate Vanilla) have decreasing steepness in the following order: This ensures the game calculates the network’s slope conformance to a much greater degree than the game default settings. Smoothing progression steps: all surface networks have their smoothing progression steps increased to 4096 steps, in 1-cell increments. The other slope mods also share these other properties:Ĭonstruction animations: all construction animations have been sped-up by a factor of 6, reducing the wait time from first drawing/dragging a network, until the construction animation concludes. Certain properties are universally shared by all these slope mods, including the adjustment of the height of the RealRailway tunnel portal, increased from 7.25m to 7.50m (including the Maxis Default settings). Aside from the Maxis Default options, all the others are provided as both a single file with all the surface networks and separate files to mix and match different settings. This modpack is provided in six (6) additional flavors in decreasing steepness, such that steeper settings are termed as easier to use, along with a small modification of the Maxis default settings.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROVIDED SLOPE MODS Make sure to read the provided ReadMe file for installation instructions, and to get detailed information on the slope parameters of each variant. As these are beta versions, players are strongly encouraged to provide their feedback, to fine-tune later beta versions and eventually complete an official set of NAM tunnel and slope mods!

Extensive research was conducted for both other slope mods and the findings of previous precision terraforming pioneers, most notably BigRedFish and Ennedi, as well as geometric design characteristics of real transportation networks, to best harmonize playability and realism. This collection of slope mods was designed by Boricua, author of the Earthworks Tutorials series. This set of files provides SimCity 4 players with additional choices for the slope parameters of surface transportation networks in the game.