I have made a similar topic in Simtropolis: http://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=118457&enterthread=y
Imagine playing Simcity 4 with your friends in real time......
Imagine building your region with your friends..........
Imagine not having to scream when you lost your cities, plugins and more.......
That was a dream that seem impossible.........until now.....
Introducing.....( Drumroll )
Simcity 4 Multiplayer Mode
This idea is based on the idea I got from BlueHope The New Interactive Journal at http://bluehopecj.freeforums.org/index.php. Now, you can build cities with your friends and no more worries about losing your city, region, plugins and more. After days of testing (and watching "The World Only God Knows" and "Sora No Otoshimono" on Crunchyroll while waiting for the files to be uploded), the multiplayer is now live. We will be using Dropbox as the multiplayer network. Simply PM or email me at ... with your email address, your SC4D or Simtropolis profile name and your name and I will send an invite to join the multiplayer. The invite will be sent within a day or two. Post here if you have any questions and issues.
How it works?The Concept
The regions and plugins are located on Dropbox ( http://www.dropbox.com/ ) which allows for real-time sharing of files and folders. This means, when I save a file, the changes that I make are instantly sent to everyone sharing my file through online syncing. When I save a city file, the file is also updated on your PC so you can see my changes. The new shortcut that you created loads the region and plugins independently of your own region and plugins. This means you won't have to worry about overwriting your plugins or having a super massive cluster of unnecessary plugins in your personal regions.
Installation InstructionsTo get started, you need:
Windows XP,Vista or 7
Simcity 4 Deluxe or Rush Hour
Dropbox
512MB of RAM
2GB of hard disk space
Instructions ( For existing Dropbox users, skip to step 4 ):
1. Download Dropbox at http://www.dropbox.com/.
2. Install Dropbox. During installation, it will ask whether you have Dropbox account or not. If you have one, log in
with your Dropbox account. If you don't have a Dropbox account, create one.
3. The Dropbox will create a folder in your My Documents folder ( If you didn't change the target folder ).
4. Go to http://www.dropbox.com/ and login with your account. From there, go to the tab that says " Sharing ".
You will receive an invitation to "SimcityMulti" fileshare folder. Accept the invitation.
5. Your Dropbox folder in "My Documents" will be downloading a folder called "SimcityMulti". This will take half an
hour or to a few hours, depending on your connection.
6. Now, here comes the tricky part. Create a shortcut of Simcity 4 on your desktop by right-clicking your mouse,
select New and click Shortcut. Name your shortcut "Simcity4MP".
7. Right-click on your shortcut in your Desktop ans select "Properties". Select the "Target" field. You should see
something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe"
Place the cursor at the end of this string, right after the right-most quotation mark and then press the space
bar once. After the space, type...
-UserDir:"C:\Documents and Settings\Your Windows Account\My Documents\My Dropbox\SimcityMulti\Fileshare/"
This is how MINE is setup, yours might have slight variations in the text however the overall format will remain
the same. Click Apply and OK.
8. Start the game. If it works, It should load a large region with some land, mountains and seas.
GuidelinesGeneral
1. You begin with two large city tiles in which you can plot where ever you desire. The city tiles must be side by
side within each other. I will notify you if you qualify for city expansion. You can request a new city tile when
one of the following requirements are made:
a. One of your cities is nearly full or 3/4 full.
b. One of your cities population is 2.25 million and above.*
2. You cannot build outside of your city limits without permissions.
3. You will be %ban% if you caught:
a. Sabotaging another person city tile like causing havoc and such.
b. Misusing the fileshare center and flood it with miscellaneous useless files or use it to spread virus's or corrupt
files.
c. Delete other people cities, the region, plugins, or all the above mentioned.
4. You are not allowed to add plugins of your choosing without permission from ME first. If you want to add
plugins, simply PM or email me what plugin you want to add in and the where you got it from. This is because
Dropbox has a data quota limit up to 2.25GB.* If you invite more members to join in, the quota will increase,
thus more plugins can be added.
5. Make sure you have downloaded everything in the Fileshare folder before starting the game.
6. You are allowed to share power, water, and import / export garbage between cities. Just make sure the
appropriate link exists between your cities or ask for one to be constructed.
7. Try to make your city as realistic as possible. I don't want to see an entire region full of skyscrapers. Rural and
suburbs would be nice.
8. If possible, do not make extreme changes with the terrain of your city (like making the entire city flat or anything like
that). A little adjustment to the terrain is fine, but don't make a mountain flat!
9. Most importantly, have fun! ;D
Development
There is what is called inner city development and external development.
Inner city development is developing anything within your city limits. It's free, doesn't require any permissions, and you can build whatever you desire to build.
External development is the plotting of anything outside your city. It does require permission and proposal plans to be posted in this topic.
Plugins*
NAM version 29 (plus NWM, RHW, HSRP nd SAM)
RHW Regional Transport Map
CAM 1.0 with double regional workforce bug patch
CAM starter pack buildings
RTMT v3
Columbus Terrain Mod
PEG's Water Mod
ENN Slope Mod
Rail Texture Mod
Opera House Fix
Radius Doubler Mod
XX Turbo Mod
Euro Cars Replacement Mod
BSC Parks
Highway Restyling Textures
AC Functional Airports
Hole Digger Lots
And many, many more!!!!!!!
RegionWest Bay
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg229.imageshack.us%2Fimg229%2F2605%2Fwestbay.png&hash=c1272bdab291219adc3087224ddd5bb841fb0158)
There is also another region called "Testing Region". The region is used ONLY for testing purpose only. You cannot SAVE in this region. Any city that is saved in this region will be deleted. Use the region "West Bay" to build your city.
Members*
-JeeKTan(admin)
-travismking
-Hamish
-Nhiro
-Waterclaw
-Asriel
-AEMon
-Romek
-mrtepes
-Guerro28
-Shiikamaru
-7891122562059523
-Elana-chan
-ovchar
-Dastox
-SimCity4IE
-Givilvovich
-mitch
-emmotic
-michalpuk
-darknono35
-albin91
Have fun! ;D
*Subject to change
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ensure all your games are on the same side of the road.... this has been tried before and the region rapidly exceeds maximum dropbox size....
Well I can't tell you why that happens but one of my cities was deleted... I do not know who it was but I'm done with Simcity 4 Multiplayer. If you could please remove me from the dropbox, that would be great JeekTan.
Jayster
So does this mean that you have a city, and then you can make neighbour deals and neighbour connections with other people using the multiplayer mode?
Even if it doesn't, I think I'll have a go anyway. My email is ...
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I don't really want to be part of the multiplayer, but would absolutley love to try out the region you've created? If you let me, how could I go about getting it?
Email is ...
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Hey dude i wondered if you could send me an invite for the dropbox group, my email is in your PM.
Cya!
can you add me to my email is ...
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I'd want to join for testing and I want to learn how to setup the system, I would like to create a region but with my GF, friends, and my other computers. I'm moving to a new computer on this week so may be I will start to play a bit late
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