

SC4M file will be imported into SC4Mapper and display on-screen in a 2D overview with city borders.ġ7) In the "Region Name" dialog box, enter the name of the region you've downloaded and click the OK button.ġ8) Once the save is completed, click on the Quit button.ġ9) In the "SC4Mapper" dialog box, click on the Yes button to quit the application.Ģ1) The new region is displayed and colored as it was seen in SC4Mapper.Ģ2) Open a city but DO NOT reconcile the edges. SC4M file and either double-click on it or click on the Open button.ġ5) The. Please consult the Config.bmp: HowTo Make It Yours article for instructions on creating a config.bmp file.ġ1) From the Toolbar, click on the Create Region button.ġ2) From the "Do you want to create a region from?" prompt, click on the SC4M button.ġ3) From the "Choose a SC4M file" dialog box, navigate to the folder in Step 1), above.ġ4) Highlight the. If the map being dowloaded does not have a config.bmp file included, one must be created before installing the map. Navigate to your \My Documents\SimCity4\Regions folder and create a folder named the same as the downloaded map.ĩ) Copy the downloaded map’s config.bmp file into the newly named region folder. Note the name of the map.ģ) Click on the Download link of the map.ĥ) Navigate to the folder location identified in Step 1), above then click the "Save" button.Ħ) In the folder location identified in Step 1), above open the zipped archive.ħ) If the zipped archive contains folders, extract the files using the “Use folder names” option. If a zipped archive is not the file type to download, ensure you download whatever files are available for the map and place them in the folder you designated for the map files (as shown in the below instructions).ġ) On your computer, determine a folder location to which the map file will be downloaded.Ģ) Find a SC4Mapper created map to be downloaded by searching the STEX. SC4M file (which is the file used by SC4Mapper). Occasionally, a SC4Mapper -created map may only contain a.

These instructions assume that the map files are contained in a zipped archive. The typical file type for SC4Mapper-created maps is a zip archive (. NOTE: File Format for SC4Mapper-Created Maps

The following information details the necessary steps to install a map in SC4 that was created by SC4Mapper. Installing a map created by SC4Mapper is quite different than creating a grayscale map image and installing it in SimCity 4.
