x-tool

[dslmagic]

A simple question people, what is x-tool and how does it make the various lots / bats better?? I'm considering updating a lot of my downloads with x-tool versions, but would like to know exactly what benefit I'll get from x-tool. Thanks...

[wouanagaine]

it will makes all stats of your buildings more in the line with the game simulator

[jplumbley]

You personally may not get direct benefit from it unless you are a lot creator.  The X-Tool is a tool to render some older tools somewhat obsolete.  This tool allows for the addition of CAMeLots and makes it easy to create them.  It will re-balance the way stats on buildings are so that they will not be harmful to your gameplay and grow as MAXIS had intended for these lots to work.  Creators who use the X-Tool will be able to create better, more balanced, lots with standardized stats which will in turn benefit your gameplay.

[xxdita]

I don't think you have to actually be a lot creator in order to tweak a lot to work appropriately. For my purposes, the XTool would allow me to once again use various buildings that I have downloaded, but for whatever reason, don't function properly. There are some really great stage 8 buildings out there that look magnificent in game, but haven't been updated to be CAMelots just yet. And though it is possible to change the Growth Stage in ilive's Reader to make it a CAMelot, I'd expect this to be a little easier with XTool, as it should also adjust power & water requirements, as well as garbage output of the building appropriately. At least from what I'm understanding so far.
I would also expect that the XTool would allow some of us that aren't quite ready to create lots just yet to at least try out hand at it, or at least I'm hoping I can figure it out enough to give it a go.