"Monopoly Pieces"??

[RadicalOne]

I am going through the exemplars that control desirability, and among them I found a "use monopoly pieces" entry 0x87cd6381:

• Use Real Buildings Only
• Use Real if Available
• Use Monopoly Buildings Only

It is set to the first by default, but what does this entry even do?

[WC_EEND]

Maybe if set to 'use monopoly buildings only' the only thing that grows in your city are green houses and red hotels?

[MattyFo]

Maybe if set to 'use monopoly buildings only' the only thing that grows in your city are green houses and red hotels?

Lol WCC_EEND .  The accual definition is

"1. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service: "Monopoly frequently ... arises from government support or from collusive agreements among individuals" (Milton Friedman).
2. Law A right granted by a government giving exclusive control over a specified commercial activity to a single party.
3.
a. A company or group having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
b. A commodity or service so controlled.
4.
a. Exclusive possession or control: arrogantly claims to have a monopoly on the truth.
b. Something that is exclusively possessed or controlled: showed that scientific achievement is not a male monopoly."

the highlighted one made me think of building like "Brink Real Estate" popping up all over my downtowns

But please could someone come in here with a real answer

[Lowkee33]

@WC_EEND:  We can only hope! 

I have seen this property around, never played with it myself.  I dont think there would be anything wrong with setting it to true and seeing what happens.

[RadicalOne]

Can someone try? It is under the "Developer" category in SimCity_1.dat. I deleted the entry from my desirability mod, so I would have to re-filter the original 1.dat - a very long and slow process.

[RippleJet]

If functional in any way, this property is most likely connected with the building exemplar property "Monopoly Piece".
Within SimCity1.dat this property is set only for a few landmarks (with the value 0=False) and for the farm field building exemplars (with the value 1=True).

[RadicalOne]

Perhaps it has something to do with them "standing in" for other models...perhaps as a pre-rendering step (akin to LODs of 3D models in other games)?

Or perhaps it is connected to the farms' unique lot size plasticity?