
Steam’s dropped the price to as low as US$3.99 during periodic “flash sales”. It’s not terribly cost prohibitive–while the present MSRP is US$19.99, at least one retailer will have it on sale. If you have the original SimCity 4, not Deluxe and lacking the expansion pack, you won’t be able to use 99.9% of the content out there. Most of the custom content development tools–both first and third-party–came about after the Deluxe Edition and Rush Hour Expansion were released. GOG, Steam, Amazon, GamersGate, etc.–but NOT the retail version from the Origin Store).
A retail copy of SimCity 4 Deluxe (or SimCity 4 with Rush Hour Expansion), either boxed or from a digital distributor (e.g. I myself picked up the game back in 2004, shortly after the Deluxe version was released, and once I finally happened across the sheer breadth of content about 2 years later, I’ve stuck with it since–now that’s replay value!įirst off, here’s what you’re going to need to fully take advantage of this guide: As I’ve mentioned on here before, I’ve been considering posting up a guide to getting started with custom content for SimCity 4 Deluxe, and now, that time has come.Ĭustom content has been one of the main reasons why SimCity 4 has remained popular, over 10 years after its release, and there’s still an active content community out there, developing new stuff for the game.