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SimCity 4 General Discussion and Tutorials => SimCity 4 General Discussion => Topic started by: justinrpg on May 31, 2011, 08:09:15 AM

Title: dependencies -- difference between foundation & textures?
Post by: justinrpg on May 31, 2011, 08:09:15 AM
after creating a few buildings, I looked up the lot's dependencies so I can direct people to the right dependencies... both lots I want to share have simcity_1.dat and simcity_2.dat... and they are listed under foundation... all I used was base textures... I don't know why it is saying the dependencies are foundation? so, my question is foundation the same as textures?


also, I noticed (under the model itself) that there is a texure stating not found... why would a texture be not found if i created the model in B.A.T. myself... and why would the model need textures if L.E. says textures are what is on the ground?
Title: Re: dependencies -- difference between foundation & textures?
Post by: jmyers2043 on May 31, 2011, 10:42:32 PM
@ Justin

There are different foundations when using the lot editor. A building foundation and a lot foundation. They basically change the appearance of blocky box like walls. Green Ivy for R$$$ residential or cement for industrial etc.

Some batters such as myself make custom foundations for buildings. A custom foundation would definitely be a dependency as the gamer would have to place it into MyDocs\Plugins folder.

The foundations you mention would not be a dependency requiring an additional download because they are a part of SimCity_1.dat and SimCity_2.dat, that is if I understand the question properly. Those dat files load into the game each and every time automatically.


- Jim