Civic buildings and Other buildings

[Yorkie23]

hi

which are the recommended civic buildings to use with CAM and are there any on this website?? I assume there are??

What are the implications of using none CAM buildings, I have downloaded a lot of Ill Tonkso buildings to give a more UK feel to my city can I use them without any adverse effets with CAM.

Thanks

[JoeST]

Did you not just get an answer from RippleJet HERE

I hope you had a merry christmas as well! At least I did!

Basically, you can use any available civic buildings with the CAM.
However, if you're aiming for huge skyscraper cities, then you might want some bigger ones.

And if you want civic buildings with capacities and other properties in line with those that Maxis made, I'd recommend the following recent uploads:

Simgoober Education Lots BSC
SG Health BSC
Taunton State Hospital
Mattb325 Bathurst St Police Station
Mattb325 Eastern Hill Fire Station

Please refrain from reposting the same question, and welcome to SC4D

Joe

[Yorkie23]

Apologies, I must have read past it. Many thanks for your help.

[Yorkie23]

Thanks for the reply to my first question, but I would like to understand about the CAM and un CAM lots as in my second question.

What are the implications of using none CAM buildings, I have downloaded a lot of Ill Tonkso buildings to give a more UK feel to my city can I use them without any adverse effets with CAM.

[JoeST]

Well the CAM's main feature is to extend the number of growth stages in the game, (before the CAM there was 8 stages) this means that all old skyscrapers that used to fit in the top stage ( 8 ) now, when CAMified, fit in greater stages. The main problem with the old stage 8's was that they were badly modded, and combined with having the CAM and its large building stages, the growth of an unCAMified stage 8  will "stop" any CAMeLOTs from growing because the demand is satisfied with a smaller stage building

Thats my understanding of it anyway, Hope this helps

Joe

[xxdita]

The second question is new however (at least from Yorkie), and should be addressed.
If the Ill Tonsko lots you've downloaded are from here, then there will be no problems with CAM. But if you got them from somewhere else, then they aren't CAMelots, and are probably stage 8 buildings, in which case it can cause problems with the stage progression in your Cam cities. Generally, stage 1 through 7 lots are fine to work with whether CAMelot or not, as long as there are no other problems with the lots. But for the skyscrapers in your downtown, you really need to have BarbyW make a basic CAMelot ready for lotting for you, as she has so kindly offered to do for anyone that asks.

[Yorkie23]

Hi

Cheers again for the excellant help, one last question.  How do you determine what is a stage n (n=1-8 etc), is it best to view them through the lot editor?

cheers

[xxdita]

Ideally, it would be included in the file name, though that isn't always the case. If that piece of information isn't included in the read me file, then you can always use Ilive's Reader to check that.