Tutorial Archives
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[tab:Gameplay]Gameplay Tutorials
- SimCity 4 Devotion – 13 things a city MUST have to be “perfect”
- SimCity Central – SimCity 4 Newbie Tutorial
- SimCity Central – Building Reference List
- SimCity Central – A Few Gameplay Tips
- SimCity Central – Cap Relief List
- Simtropolis – For the Eager, Yet Overwhelmed Newbie
- Simtropolis – Extra Stuff for SimCity 4
- Simtropolis – Appendix 1 Idiots Walkthrough to 40,000
- Simtropolis – Specialized Cities – Sardines and Apples
- Simtropolis – Guide to naming your City
- Simtropolis – Fast Population & Profit Growth on Hard Game Play Setting
- Simtropolis – Five Ways to SimSuccess
- Simtropolis – Gameplay Hints
- Simtropolis – Demand, Desirability and Abandonment
- Simtropolis – How to Build a Hard Level City
- Simtropolis – Making Money The Easy Way
- Simtropolis – Mega income from Toll Booths
- Simtropolis – Ways to increase environmental ratings and convert to high tech industries
- Simtropolis – Making Pleasing Downtowns and Skylines
- Simtropolis – Money Saving Tips
- Simtropolis – Quick Guide to Starting Out
- Simtropolis – Creating Realistic Out Of Town Shopping Centres
- Simtropolis – A Guide To Realistic Farms
- Simtropolis – Farming Tutorial
- Simtropolis – Lesson on Realism Part 1: General Tips
- Simtropolis – Suburbs, Layout and Design
- Simtropolis – Suburbs: Creating Realism in SC4
- Simtropolis – Handy Reference Chart
- Simtropolis – Metropolis – 80,000 – Millions and Beyond!
- Simtropolis – Cheats for SimCity 4
- Simpage – Balancing your Budget
- Simpage – Why aren’t there Jobs for your Sims?
- Simpage – The Trick with Transportation
- YouTube – All about Parks
- YouTube – Skyscraper Tutorial
- YouTube – Importing/Exporting Tips
- YouTube – Tips for SC4
- YouTube – City Layout
- YouTube – Big City Tutorial Part 2
- YouTube – Big City Tutorial Part 1
Regions/Landscaping
- SC4Ever – Creating new regions in SimCity 4
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Creating a Waterfall
- SimCity 4 Devotion – How to build a nice Slope
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Terraforming Your World
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Creating Area Strip Maps and Multiple SC4 Regions *
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Precise terraforming: Mayor Mode tools
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Harbor: Make it easy
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Building a Harbor: Fine Tuning
- SimCity Central – Regional Customization Part 1: City Plot Layout
- SimCity Central – Regional Customization Part 2: Grayscale Heightmapping
- Simtropolis – American Soutwest – Monument Valley, Part One: Creating A Butte
- Simtropolis – American Southwest – Monument Valley, Part Two: Creating A Chimney Spire
- Simtropolis – American Southwest – Monument Valley, Part Three: Creating A High Tableland Mesa
- Simtropolis – American Southwest – Monument Valley, Part Four: Roughing Up Level Terrain
- Simtropolis – American Southwest – Monument Valley – Part Five: Creating A Dry Wash
- Simtropolis – Creating Straight Edged Coastlines, Canals, and Ports
- Simtropolis – Creating Realistic Lakes and Ponds
- Simtropolis – How To Make Eye-Pleasing Realistic Beaches
- Simtropolis – Working With Hills
- Simtropolis – Snow Effect Tutorial
- Simtropolis – Making a BIGGER difference: TREES!
- Simtropolis – Downloading, Installing and Running SC4Terraformer
- Simtropolis – Using SC4Terraformer without SimCity 4
- Simtropolis – Config.bmp: How to Make it Yours
- Simtropolis – Custom Terrains and Using USGS Data
- Simtropolis – How To Make Scale Accurate Realistic Regions from USGS Data
- Simtropolis – The Sea Level Problem with USGS Data
- Simtropolis – Uploading a SC4Terraformer-Created Map to the Simtropolis STEX
- Simtropolis – Working with .SC4M Files in SC4Terraformer
- Simtropolis – How to Make a Region-Wide Google Style Street Map
- YouTube – Custom Region Tutorial
- YouTube – How to build Realistic Beach Boardwalks
Zoning
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Getting business overloaded with Customers
- SimCity Central – Detailing your Lots; Hints and Tips
- SimCity Central – Building Stages
- SimCity Central – Building Pollution Chart
- SimCity Central – Power Comparison Chart
- YouTube – Placing Civics
- YouTube – Zoning, Utilities and Early Development
Roads/Rails/Transportation
- SimCity Central – How to Make Underwater Tunnels
- SimCity Central – Special Tricks Using Transportation
- Simtropolis – How to Make a Roadless City
- Simtropolis – U-Drive-It Guide
- Simtropolis – Basic Use of Smoncrie’s Hole Digger Lots
- Simtropolis – Methods on Mass Transit
- Simtropolis – Transportation Guide — A Basic Overview
- Simtropolis – Creating a Realistic Highway Junction
- Simtropolis – Curving Roads
- Simtropolis – How to Build a Realistic Rail Yard and How to Make it Work
- Simtropolis – Realistic Rural Rail
- Simtropolis – How to use train stations effectively
- Simtropolis – Creating Good Ground-Level Highways
- Simtropolis – Creating Multi/Split Level Highways In Game
- Simtropolis – How to Make Roundabouts for Your Cities
- Simtropolis – Making Curves With Rural Highway Mod
- Simtropolis – Merging Split and Ground Highways
- Simtropolis – Overpasses with Rail Lines
- Simtropolis – Sunken Highway Onramps and Offramps
- Simtropolis – Sunken Highway Tutorial
- Simtropolis – Underwater Highways Made Easy
- Simtropolis – Working with On-Ramps and Off-Ramps for Sunken Highways
- Simtropolis – How to build a Land Bridge
- YouTube – How to build an Underground Rail
- YouTube – RHW: Different types of junctions and their RL applications (Part 2)
- YouTube – RHW: Different types of junctions and their RL applications (Part 1)
- YouTube – Sunken Highway Tunnel Tutorial
- YouTube – How to use the Rural Highway Mod (RHW)
- YouTube – How to build bridges over the RHW
- YouTube – How build a diamond junction with the RHW
- YouTube – How build a parclo junction with the RHW
- YouTube – How build a roundabout junction with the RHW
- YouTube – How to build a trumpet interchange with the RHW
- YouTube – How to build a compact T interchange with the RHW
- YouTube – How to build a full sized T interchange with the RHW
- YouTube – RHW Guide
- YouTube – High Speed Rail (HSR) Tutorial
- YouTube – One Way normal Highways (Ground NOT RHW)
- YouTube – How build a 3 Level Roundabout with the Rural Highway Mod (RHW)
- YouTube – RHW-4 & 6s Neighbor Connections
- YouTube – STR (Single Track Rail) and SAM (Street Addon Mod) Tutorial
- YouTube – Cloverleaf Alternative
- YouTube – Underground Highway
- YouTube – How to build Bus-Reserved Roads & One-Way Streets
- YouTube – How to use SAM Street Mods
- YouTube – How to draw a Road to 3 sided Avenue Intersection
- YouTube – A look at Split Avenue Crossroading
- YouTube – Left Over Avenue Tutorial
BAT Tutorials
- SimCity 4 Devotion – How to get rid of the glitches between pieces
- SimCity Central – BAT Tutorial: Part 1
- SimCity Central – BAT Tutorial: Part 2
- Simtropolis – Night Lighting for BAT’s
- Simtropolis – Preview: B.A.T.
- Simtropolis – Thoughts on the BAT
- Simtropolis – A Lesson on Lattice
- Simtropolis – Calibrating Photoshop for Gmax
- Simtropolis – Creating A Simple House
- Simtropolis – How To Create Arched Windows
- Simtropolis – Nightlighting Windows in Gmax
- Simtropolis – Nightlighting in GMAX for objects and windows
- Simtropolis – Gmax Fundamentals Videos
- Simtropolis – Raytraced Reflections in 3d Studio Max
- Simtropolis – The Sculpture Creating Tutorial – batting a simple sculpture in 15 steps
- Simtropolis – Simple Industrial BAT Techniques
- Simtropolis – Using Photoshop’s Dodge & Burn to Fake Ray-Tracing
- Simtropolis – Splines are a Snap
- Simtropolis – BAT Essentials Page One
- Simtropolis – BAT Essentials Page Two
- Simtropolis – BAT Essentials Page Three
- Simtropolis – BAT Essentials Page Four
LOT Editor Tutorials
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Transit enabled lots, the easy way
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Creating a GLR-in-Avenue Station
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Making underbridge content through lot resizing
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Making growable lots larger than 6×6: Megalots
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Advice on Props and Dependencies
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Clearing a Lot in the Lot Editor
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Making Lots that float on Water
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Beginners: Making a Lot From Model to Game
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Guide to good lot making practices for Sharing
- Simtropolis – Getting rid of brown boxes in-game
- Simtropolis – Review: Lot Editor
- Simtropolis – Lot Editor: Beginner’s Tutorial
- Simtropolis – How to Make a Custom Lot
- Simtropolis – Making a Custom Foundation
- Simtropolis – Making a Functional Landmark Lot
Modding
- Simtropolis – Creating Custom Working Light Props
- Simtropolis – Creating Custom Lot Icons
- Simtropolis – How to create Puzzle Pieces Part 1
- Simtropolis – Increase the numbers of Fireplanes on a landing strip
- Simtropolis – How to Change the SC4 Loading Screen
- Simtropolis – How to Create and Mod Textures
- Simtropolis – How to Create T21 Exemplars
- Simtropolis – How to Organize Your In-Game Menus
- Simtropolis – Bullet Train FAQ
- Simtropolis – How To Switch From Right To Left Hand Drive
- Simtropolis – Modding: Basic and Advanced Tutorials
- Simtropolis – Tutorial For Creating And Customizing Queries in SC4
- Simtropolis – Why do we need the BSC-Simtropolis Indices?
- Simtropolis – How to use Demands mod wisely
Downloading/Installing
- SimCity Central – Installing Custom Content
- Simtropolis – Installing a Map Created by SC4Terraformer
- Simtropolis – Installing a Map Created by SC4Mapper
- Simtropolis – Installing a Region Downloaded from the STEX
- Simtropolis – How to Install STEX BATs, Lots and Maps
- YouTube – How to install Mods for SC4 Deluxe
- YouTube – Installing SC4 Deluxe on Windows 7
- YouTube – Installing SC4 Deluxe on Windows XP
- YouTube – How to download Plugins
- YouTube – How to download buildings for MAC on Sim City 4
- YouTube – How to Download Nukes in Sim City 4
Misc.
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Guide to the creation of Custom Content
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Textures: Dealing with layers and transparencies
- SimCity 4 Devotion – How to enchance an image in Photoshop
- SimCity 4 Devotion – How to make Mosaics
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Creating “Square” Region Images
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Mapping your cities with Photoshop
- Simtropolis – How to make a Mosiac
Tech Tips
- SimCity Central – Keyboard Shortcuts
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Keyboard Shortcuts
- SimCity 4 Devotion – Conflicting Plugins Troubleshooting
- Simtropolis – Basics and Technical Issues
- Simtropolis – Convert YouTube Music to SC4 In-game Music
- Simtropolis – How to add Custom Music to the game
- Simtropolis – Getting SimCity 4 to run on a Custom Resolution
- Simtropolis – Crash Solutions to SimCity 4
- Simtropolis – How to make SimCity 4 run on Vista & Dual Cores
- Simtropolis – Recovering your lost SC4 Installation ID
- Simtropolis – Keeping SC4 running smoothly
- Simtropolis – Bugs & Technical Issues
- Simtropolis – Auto Installer Directions
- YouTube – Custom Resolution Tutorial