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SimCity 4 General Discussion and Tutorials => SimCity 4 General Discussion => Topic started by: BuildingUp on January 12, 2010, 06:34:55 PM

Title: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: BuildingUp on January 12, 2010, 06:34:55 PM
Back when I used XP I could use the SC4 Terraform tool but now on Vista it won't work, which is not unexpected since it says it won't work with Vista. However, I'm curious if there's any other tool out there that I can use or if I am just stuck doing it the old way manually. The SC4Mapper tool also doesn't work on my computer. Does this mean I can't import map files?

Any help would be appreciated.
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: carkid1998 on January 13, 2010, 01:19:19 AM
Hmm, not that I know of. Terraformer works on my vista computer. There are some extra ingame terraforming tools, here (http://www.simtropolis.com/idealBB/files/ExtraTerrainTools2.zip)
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: BuildingUp on January 13, 2010, 08:45:40 AM
Hey, thanks!  :) The problem I'm having with SC4Terraformer is that it installs perfectly fine, but then when I try to load it it never loads. The same applies to SC4Mapper.
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: ScottFTL on January 13, 2010, 09:05:48 AM
SC4 Terraformer does work with Vista.  You need to install the DirectX 9.0c April 2006 or later update, then you need to download MSCVP71.DLL and copy this file to the program's directory.  This is all stated in the readme file under the System Requirements and Useful Links section, where you can also find links to the needed updates.

SC4 Mapper is another story.  There is a way to make this work with Vista, but it involves changing the path to your Documents directory.  Since SC4 Terraformer can do everything that SC4 Mapper can and more, I never bothered trying the fix - but the information is on this site if you search for it.

I hope this helps!
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: dragonshardz on January 13, 2010, 12:11:17 PM
Aye, SC4TF works on Vista for me as well.
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: BuildingUp on January 13, 2010, 01:45:01 PM
I downloaded the latest Direct X and the other file for errors but it still won't load. The readme pops up and it looks like it's going to load but then it never does. It asks me when I click on the .exe file to browse for a place to put it and the default is /regions. But it's not there when I go to regions.
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: wouanagaine on January 13, 2010, 02:12:16 PM
find the sc4Terraformer.exe.log on your pc and paste the content here
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: BuildingUp on January 13, 2010, 02:50:42 PM
Here you go;

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 2369, in OnClose
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 2372, in ShowMain
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 624, in __init__
  File "DlgCities.pyo", line 206, in __init__
  File "DlgCities.pyo", line 310, in RebuildConfig
ZeroDivisionError: float division
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 2369, in OnClose
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 2372, in ShowMain
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 624, in __init__
  File "DlgCities.pyo", line 206, in __init__
  File "DlgCities.pyo", line 310, in RebuildConfig
ZeroDivisionError: float division
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 2369, in OnClose
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 2372, in ShowMain
  File "SC4TerraformerApp.pyo", line 624, in __init__
  File "DlgCities.pyo", line 206, in __init__
  File "DlgCities.pyo", line 310, in RebuildConfig
ZeroDivisionError: float division
Title: Re: Any other tools for terraforming?
Post by: BuildingUp on January 15, 2010, 06:18:37 PM
I feel really stupid, it works now. I just wasn't selecting a region to start it up. Sorry for the confusion.
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