I played for years from disk on Win XP & 7, but those days are over. Picked up the game on Steam & am looking to set it up properly. I put in my customary launch options, CPU count 1, etc, & installed CAM 1.0, RTMT 3.5 plus the 3.6 addon. Also applied the IHT fix to the Dat 1 file & the 4 GB patch to the game. I will install NAM 46 next. That leaves about 25 custom buildings which I can probably just move over from the old (Win 7) plugins folder. Is there anything else I forgot to consider?
Quote from: eagle74 on March 07, 2023, 11:26:29 AMI played for years from disk on Win XP & 7, but those days are over. Picked up the game on Steam & am looking to set it up properly. I put in my customary launch options, CPU count 1, etc, & installed CAM 1.0, RTMT 3.5 plus the 3.6 addon. Also applied the IHT fix to the Dat 1 file & the 4 GB patch to the game. I will install NAM 46 next. That leaves about 25 custom buildings which I can probably just move over from the old (Win 7) plugins folder. Is there anything else I forgot to consider?
CAM 1.0 is obsolete. There is CAM 2.0.1 and you can retrieve it here
https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30956-colossus-addon-mod-cam/ (https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30956-colossus-addon-mod-cam/)
CAM 2.0.1 already contains IHT Fix. Another thing you need to install is the wrapper and the guide you can retrieve here
https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/760434-pc-too-powerful-to-run-sc4/?tab=comments#comment-1749453 (https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/760434-pc-too-powerful-to-run-sc4/?tab=comments#comment-1749453)
If you want other compatible CAM mods you can follow this guide
https://simtarkus.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/building-up-a-plugins-folder-of-camelots-the-quick-and-legitimate-way/comment-page-1/ (https://simtarkus.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/building-up-a-plugins-folder-of-camelots-the-quick-and-legitimate-way/comment-page-1/)
Another important fix is SC4FIX.DLL
https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30883-sc4fix-third-party-patches-for-sc4/ (https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/30883-sc4fix-third-party-patches-for-sc4/)
Thanks for the help. I have run both CAM 1.0 & 2.01 & for some reason I did not like the latest version as well. But I cannot remember why. I added the SC4 fix. IDT I need the wrapper.
Played for about 8 hours over the last couple of days with no crash, no stutter. So it looks like I'm back in business.