Update it please, why I bought this product if i can not use it?

@MrMiyagi - I don't know if you still can't update this theme or not, but I have a similar issue with the items I've uploaded to the Workshop. I fixed it by deleting the item from my computer, and then subscribing to it in the Workshop. Once I do that I can update the item in the Workshop. I don't know why it works for me, it just does. Maybe that's what you need to do as well...

@PYRO yeah all it takes is just a little effort to enter the right buildings into a new theme you make yourself... but NOOOO... :D
I would take this down because it's annoying, but that's not fair to those who still want to have it available and know what to do with it. So... I persevere

MrMiyagi, I am rolling on the floor right now. Unfortunately, the majority of subscribers can't, don't, or won't, invest the proper time to learn how to operate modified games; especially true in this game. They should really stick to vanilla.

LOL This is the first time I've heard what the actual problem was. If they couldn't figure that out on their own they probably don't need to using themes at all.

I heard about an "error" with it when I was trying to get things to work after the Airports update. Seems that was just plain lazy on my part for not looking into it more at the time.

Yup it'll work if you know what's up and that the error messages mean (nothing, it still works). It's just too much effort repeating the same explanation over and over that it's not an actual error but I can't do anything to take away the items in yellow. They just don't listen or read the many comments explaining it, so... better to turn those types off from using it in the first place.

It's working for me too. I grabbed it again just to see if I could find out which commercial buildings were with it and it just works.

To be honest, I know the title says Do Not Use, but I find I can still use this theme and it seems to work fine for me. Many thanks.

Yes you can definitely make your own new theme from scratch, and include anything you want. That's basically the only thing we can do at this point anyway

So is there no way to make a new theme and add these to that theme? They don't pop up in the selection but I can still plop them.

Awesome, thanks so much!

Sorry to hear that. If you ever come up with something else, I have GitHub, google drive etc.

@snowflitzer hey thanks for offering! I don't think we can do anything about it, though, since the option to share a file is not even there any more. Essentially, there is no way to upload an update to this file on my end. The workshop connection is gone.

Hey MrMiyagi, I am happy to look into your code if you like.

For the buildings that are not loading in, you need to put together an asset set (for example, like this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2491738090) . Once a user has downloaded the asset set, the theme should work correctly and the buildings will be available city wide in non-themed districts and for other themes. The theme will not work without the necessary assets.

@DJRedNightMC hi, that's detailed in the comments below yours. It's not possible to fix it, I've tried :( You can still make a new one, though, in the current version of Building Themes by District mod. These just can't be shared nor updated any more.

@MrMiyagi Its saying that buildings are "Not Loaded" when I add this theme. Any way to fix it?

Conclusion: I've done all I can to get this to work on my end, but it just doesn't seem possible - I don't know code modding at all. Plop the Growables is a lot more work than this handy mod, but it's all that works for me right now. :/

@awfleury even I can't get this theme to work properly or update it. My most recent response to Sparktite is what I reported back after I went in-game and tried to add the top level houses. The Building Themes mod has not been updated since 2017, and here is what Boformer says recently:

I'm currently a bit too busy to provide real support for this mod, so I missed the last 4 pages of comments.

There was a rough plan to rewrite this mod using modern methods, which should improve the compatibility and reliability, but don't expect it in the near future!

The mod still seems to work for most people, so I hope that's good enough for now.

Delta Queen, Deil and a lot of other buildings will not load in at all.
So how do you make them load in ?

How do you make the buildings that do not load in load in.

@MrMiyagi lol yeah thats what im planning on doing was kinda hoping i could transition through district styles and themes. Figure ill just download assets and plop or make some themes and plop. Thanks again for your help man, super appreciate it <3

I feel your pain, and there are issues now that I don't have an explanation for. Like I can't update this theme and load it up to the workshop. Weird!

Do you know what I do now? I use Plop the Growables and place each building by hand (you can see all of them on a picture menu). Mind you, placing each building by hand takes a huge amount of time compared, but it makes for really nice looking neighborhoods.

That's the only other solution I have for you. Now I have to go plop a whole bunch of houses

Thanks MrMiyagi! Ive watched all the videos i can find and a guide or two on steam on how to use the mod but i still just find the whole interface way to cumbersome. Was hoping making custom themes could be way more streamlined/easier.

Im trying to get it so i can have a vanilla theme or style or just aesthetic for zoning that isnt in a district but the only suggestions ive found are to either set a building theme for the whole map, or to disable the assets manually so that they dont spawn normally but can spawn in with a building theme set(this method doesnt seem to like its gonna work tho)

Still trying to find a list of all the vanilla buildings/asset names though so that i can more easily find them to include them in new themes. When i filter for default which idk if that even is vanilla buildings, theres just a massive wall of buildings to sift through.

Here is the official Building Themes tutorial video, and it will all make sense once you watch this. Vanilla buildings can be selected individually. For example, I never allow those level 5 vanilla houses that look like giant books but I do allow most vanilla DLC buildings. Have fun! https://youtu.be/wxS9gGzU2nU

Hi Sparktite, I think I know what's going on. Actually it is really easy to make themes with Building Themes mod, the link is on this page under required items. It is different from the "Styles" function that comes with the game - the one you can find on the content manager. The Building Themes mod does the same thing as the default "Styles" function *conceptually*, however Building Themes allows you to control ALL buildings, vanilla and custom, and to make lots of different themes to use in the same city save.

You will reach the Building Themes Mod menu by clicking on "Policies" while you are in-game, then the Themes tab. Once you have that open, it's really easy to figure out and you'll be amazed at the power you'll have to do exactly what you're hoping to do!

@MrMiyagi how do i make a custom theme with just vanilla assets? I cant seem to find the names of these buildings anywhere so i cant figure out how to make a theme for just vanilla buildings. Im also trying to disable assets from themes so that i can have them not spawn in general non themed areas. Do you have a collection of the assets in this theme so i can plop them easily and find them more easily for making custom themes?

thank you

You can definitely do that with the mod linked to the top right of this page. Building Themes by District mod is more powerful than the default "themes" system that is included in the game.
An example: if you really hate this one particular house, you can make your own theme of vanilla buildings but you'll never see that one house you hate. You can do this with any vanilla buildings with that mod :D

can you make a district style for vanilla,not having DLC campus?

Ah okay, thanks. No, this mod is to control what residential and commercial buildings grow in a district. The building pack is called University City.

the three types of universities in the game. Will this mod be able to add the buildings from the other types, put them all together in one big campus?

Sorry, I can't understand what you're asking. Try less abbreviations. unis? sed?

ok so there are types of unis that wont go into the one i have. Would this mod make it so i can put sed buildings down in my uni?

lol wow, that's a lot going wrong at the same time, NordLord. That's way above my skillset, so I think the best thing to do might be to use Plop the Growables (which means you hand place everything, but buildings don't disappear). A little better than RICO imo.

I had the same problem that Shadeling had awhile ago. I tried so many things. Deleting building themes. Remaking the themes. Getting rid of this mod entirely. Rebuilding the roads. Re zoning the roads. Making sure the roads had vehicle access. Zoning in other areas of my city (that built fine). I had one patch of my city that just refused to zone assets from the Building Themes mod. I still have no idea what caused it, but I removed any districts from the area and then plopped a skyscraper and the game I guess remembered it could zone there.

Huzzah?

That is just. weird. I would create a totally new building theme locally. It makes this item irrelevant for you, but it seems to be the only way to go for some of you.

I have the Content Creator Pack, made sure it was actived but it's still not showing up in game. Strangely enough the buildings do show up in the asset editor.

I do have the pack. But will make sure its enabled when I next run the game.

I can see Serenity's game list because we're friends. She doesn't own the University City Content Creator Pack. That explains this whole thing. I can't see your inventories, royalogic and rhmgerards, but it looks now to me that you guys don't have the Content Creator Pack to begin with. This is not included with Campus DLC.

Okay, I was finally just able to replicate what you're showing me. If I deactivate the DLC, which is the same as not owning the DLC, only then do I get the same thing we're looking at in your screenshots. So I have to ask a stupid question because there are only two possibilities left. Did you all buy the DLC, and if yes, check to make sure it's activated on your Steam client, DLC section. This workshop item here does not give you the DLC buildings.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1765623763
I'm sorry I had shown you through the city panel. But when you look at it through the district panel, it has the same issue. I actual hadn't noticed that there was an option for city wide themes.

missed one important detail in comment:
click the name OF THE DISTRICT to open up the policies panel of the DISTRICT, not the city. Click "Enable Theme Management for this District"
lol, I wish Steam comments could be edited

Hi all, sorry for the late reply. I was in Finland, just got back. Thank you for the look over your shoulders, I found the answer. on the bottom right of the themes tab of policies is "Enable Theme Management for this City". Click that. Do not use University City for the entire city, so close that policies panel.
Then make districts for University City only, and click the name to open up the policies panel of the DISTRICT, not the city. Click "Enable Theme Management for this District". They will no longer be greyed out.
Please check out descriptions and helpful tutorial videos for mods that are complex. That will save us all, modders and players, a ton of time trying to handle stuff like this. Thanks.

so. money did come in today, all the kids got their share, house and electricity payed, the kitchenwar treasure is filled for the month........aaaanddd..alec got the 20 euro bucks left for king lenos magic and the dlc, thx for the theme and the district buildings again !

@MrMiyagiCS You can look over my shoulder:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1759636731
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1759636747
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1759636772
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1759636783

I'm having the same issue as Serenity, the buildings don't show up, with the theme manager saying the buildings are not loaded.

Serenity I need to look over your shoulder at your computer screen to see what this is lol. Since that's not possible, can you post a screenshot of what your building themes panel looks like, so I can see what those greyed out buildings are.

Okay shadeling I learned something new. Apparently vanilla buildings will not work in shared building themes like this one. I was going crazy because the update to this did not have any of the vanilla industrial that I added lol. Suffice it to say that you should make only one district (neighborhood) with University City with low residential and low commercial only.
So, I think the best thing is to build yourself a University City district like the video shows how to do. A few extra clicks, but that's much faster than us trying to figure out what mod is the problem.

@KingLeno I appreciate your tips! However, I didn't have an area zoned with a theme at the time I was troubleshooting. I would zone commercial and industry everywhere, just to see if they would spawn like residential and they wouldn't, until I disabled Building Themes. It very well could be a mod conflict but there hasn't been any other issues, so far, besides commercial not growing, with Building Themes enabled.