Why are my mods not working?

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

I have my file in the correct spot and I know the cheats work because it get the command box when I press control+Alt+X. But Moolah and the others don't work. Only weaknesspays and riskymoney work.

[Crispnado]

have you placed it without a file it will only work if you place the dll file alone

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by dannypeelaerts:

have you placed it without a file it will only work if you place the dll file alone

OK. what about diffrent mods? Biildings, parks, mods,cars, etc?

[Crispnado]

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

Originally posted by dannypeelaerts:

have you placed it without a file it will only work if you place the dll file alone

OK. what about diffrent mods? Biildings, parks, mods,cars, etc?

those also go into you plugins folder alone

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by dannypeelaerts:

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

OK. what about diffrent mods? Biildings, parks, mods,cars, etc?

those also go into you plugins folder alone

what do you mean alone?

[Dienstleister31]

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

Originally posted by dannypeelaerts:

those also go into you plugins folder alone

what do you mean alone?

Probably without being in a separate folder?

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by Dienstleister31:

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

what do you mean alone?

Probably without being in a separate folder?

What does that mean

[Dienstleister31]

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

Originally posted by Dienstleister31:

Probably without being in a separate folder?

What does that mean

I don't know, man, my mods in the plugin folder work while being in subfolders.
Like such Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\burgerking and Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\Columbus Terrain Mod

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by Dienstleister31:

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

What does that mean

I don't know, man, my mods in the plugin folder work while being in subfolders.
Like such Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\burgerking and Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\Columbus Terrain Mod

well I don't play the game anymore so thanks, but this isn't a game for me. I'm not good with macro-management. I can do small towns, but once you hit big city level, I just can't do it. I've been playing this since 2013. I simply can't do it. From 2013 to today, I NEVER ONCE built a successful city. I have finally given up with these big city type games. I now prefer the tycoon, small scale style city builders. I'm not saying that this game is bad, it's a great game for it's time. It just wasn't a game meant for me.

[Dienstleister31]

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

Originally posted by Dienstleister31:

I don't know, man, my mods in the plugin folder work while being in subfolders.
Like such Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\burgerking and Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins\Columbus Terrain Mod

well I don't play the game anymore so thanks, but this isn't a game for me. I'm not good with macro-management. I can do small towns, but once you hit big city level, I just can't do it. I've been playing this since 2013. I simply can't do it. From 2013 to today, I NEVER ONCE built a successful city. I have finally given up with these big city type games. I now prefer the tycoon, small scale style city builders. I'm not saying that this game is bad, it's a great game for it's time. It just wasn't a game meant for me.

I mean that's interesting to read but what exactly does that have to do with your initial problem?
I thought your mods didn't work? Did you place the unzipped files in the plugins folder in your documents folder?

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by Dienstleister31:

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

well I don't play the game anymore so thanks, but this isn't a game for me. I'm not good with macro-management. I can do small towns, but once you hit big city level, I just can't do it. I've been playing this since 2013. I simply can't do it. From 2013 to today, I NEVER ONCE built a successful city. I have finally given up with these big city type games. I now prefer the tycoon, small scale style city builders. I'm not saying that this game is bad, it's a great game for it's time. It just wasn't a game meant for me.

I mean that's interesting to read but what exactly does that have to do with your initial problem?
I thought your mods didn't work? Did you place the unzipped files in the plugins folder in your documents folder?

Nevermind. I'm switching my genres. Forget about this post. It means nothing now. I've moved on to other games games because this one gave me PTSD. I'm not good with macro-management as stated

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Just in case you are interested. This is what I'm looking at to play next https://store.steampowered.com/app/732050/Voxel_Tycoon/

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by Leader of the Zakonistians:

Originally posted by Dienstleister31:

I mean that's interesting to read but what exactly does that have to do with your initial problem?
I thought your mods didn't work? Did you place the unzipped files in the plugins folder in your documents folder?

Nevermind. I'm switching my genres. Forget about this post. It means nothing now. I've moved on to other games games because this one gave me PTSD. I'm not good with macro-management as stated

no I put my mods in the plugin folder

[F3NR1R]

God you're the worst. You complain about a problem yet when people try and help you by asking specifics, you fault the game and ignore their questions. No one cares about your love of your new game, esp when it has nothing to do with the original topic.

[MGB]

For anyone else that comes along with the same problem, because there is obviously no helping the OP, here is the solution...

DLL files are special and do not work like all other SC4 mods. Ideally they need to load before any other mods during startup, or they may not do so correctly, The way to ensure this is to not place DLL files into the regular Plugins folder in Documents, rather the alternative one in the installation folder. For Steam users, the default would be:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\SimCity 4\Plugins

Note that it is highly recommended not to use the Install folder for other mods, only for the DLLs and under no circumstances should you edit or otherwise mess with the second Regions folder in this location, bad things can happen. Note there only exist 4 or 5 dll files anyhow, so this is very much a unique situation. Yes technically you can load them from elsewhere, but in the root of the folder above is the only place where they load consistently, otherwise it's hit or miss if the extra tools will be there or not.

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by F3NR1R:

God you're the worst. You complain about a problem yet when people try and help you by asking specifics, you fault the game and ignore their questions. No one cares about your love of your new game, esp when it has nothing to do with the original topic.

rude