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This is a custom road shader for modders, that enables self-illumination maps.
You'll need to download it as a prerequisite, to use custom content created with this shader.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Download the patch file and place it in your pak folder. " XLN_Altiris_Shader_Default_Road_v1.0.patch"

This version will overwrite the original game road shader, this will enable some objects that already have self-illumination maps to use them. the tunnels will have lights as well as the tops of the skilift poles, there also may be other road objects in the game making use of self-illumination.

DO NOT install this mod in Cities XXL, it is not compatible. an updated DX11 version is now included in the XXL CM, use that instead.
This Pack Contains some new custom shaders, and will be used as a Prerequisite.
None of these new shaders overwrite the originals, and will only effect content created with these shaders.

Installation:
Copy the .Patch file into your games Paks\Mods folder, if required to do so by another mod.
Remove "XLN_Altiris_Shader_Pack_v1.0.patch" first before installing v2.0

Special thanks to Monty for allowing me to include his enhanced building shader and illuminated vehicle shader in this pack, to keep prerequisites down.

source: http://www.generation-city.com/citiesxl/pakunpak/#
uploaded here since the original source is not available anymore (=not my work)

Extract rar archive and open Cities XL PakUnpak v1.3.0.exe
Choose a folder to compress it to a .patch or ur .patch to uncompress it.
languages: english and french.

This is the original XL map editor.

Included are files needed to build up a map.
Maps made with this editor will also work in XXL

For tutorials, see the cities xl map making videos,
Tutorial - How to create cities xl maps

Okeanos's Unpacker and Repacker

I have seen a few requests for these so here they are.

CitiesXL Unpacker (cxlUnpack)

CitiesXL Packager (cxlPackager)

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen,

this tutorial will be a rather long and image-heavy,
not as short as you may have expected!

So, enjoy the images, but please recognize that not everything yet is fully finished, so there may be updates regarding the tutorial!

Below the following pictures you will find 5 categories!

1) My Account:

2) Your Profile:

3) Forums:

4) Resources:

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For those rare times when you chose to Obliterate a city tile, this mod makes a simple change to Exemplar 6534284a-7a4a8458-ca5a576f (Tuning: ObliterateCity) by changing the 0x6a5a6702 Obliterate: SmokeScreenFormationTime property from 10 seconds to 0.1 seconds. It'll still do the other animation sequence, but the overall time will be 9.9 seconds faster.

Just drop this .dat file somewhere in your Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins.

In the land of Corillion, the council passed a new law which requires the Simizens to maintain all of the vanilla Maxis parks. Its purpose is:

Participation
Agreement
Resolution
Keeps
Play
Area
Yards
Sanitary

So rather than each park being a cost for the city, the upkeep expense is reduced to a negative amount corresponding to the number of cells any given park occupies. So, a Small Park Green has a cost of negative one, a Skateboard Park is minus two, a Large Flower Garden is minus nine, and so on. By reducing the cost to a negative number the overall expenses go down and the city becomes that much more affordable to operate.

(The 3rd picture is showing one of each Maxis park plopped and corresponds to a City Beautification budget of -121.)

Installation:

Copy the ParkPays.dat file into your plugins folder.

Note:

This mod applies to any of the Maxis parks which are plopped after the mod is installed.

If you intend to bulldoze previously plopped parks, be sure to do that before installing this mod.

(Personally, I just leave the old ones in place with their old cost associated to them. With this mod installed clicking an old lot would show the new, negative amount, but the game remembers the old cost in the expenses. Bulldozing an old lot with this mod installed will cause the expenses to subtract the negative number thus increasing it.)

This is one of the extra files @catty-cb has maintained on her site and now has kindly passed over to us here at Simtropolis for hosting. In the zip file is a 48 page PDF of the SimCity 4 Deluxe Manual. (Manual itself is 93 pages cause there are two per picture.)

If you have not used mods for Cities XL before, then this guide is for you.
PS: its the same for XXL http://****/resources/how-to-install-mods.3/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png

Mods are very useful for enhancing the game experience, adding content, cheating and / or fixing something the developers have not put enough thought into.

Installing mods is very easy:
1. Make sure you are not running the game

2. Locate the Cities XL installation directory

When manually installing Cities XL, you are given the option to choose an installation folder. The default location is:
C:\Program Files\Focus Home Interactive\Cities XL (2011 / 2012)\

2.1. If you have changed the installation directory you will need to locate it manually.
a) If you have a Cities XL shortcut on your desktop, you can use it to locate the game's installation directory.


- Right click on the shortcut
- Click on Properties
- Click on the Shortcut tab
- Click on Open File Location / Find Location
b) Alternatively, you can use the search function of the start menu


2.2. For Cities XL purchased through Steam:
a) Locate the Steam installation folder (you can use the steps above). Default location:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\
b) Open:
Steam\steamapps\common\Cities XL (2011 / 2012)\

3. Once inside the Cities XL installation directory, open the Paks folder


4. Create a new folder for installing mods. You can name it Mods or anything you like

5. Download the mods you would like to use and put them in the new folder you created

Note: if a mod is archived (the file name ending in "zip" / "rar" / "7z"), you need to unzip it using appropriate software (like WinRar)

You can now start the game and enjoy the mods you've installed http://****.net/sites/all/modules/smileys/packs/Roving/smile.png
To uninstall any mod, simply remove its files from the Paks folder and any subfolders created. Note that you may not be able to load your city when you have placed a certain mod you did remove.

supplement by Mr.X²:
6. Please make sure to get all required dependencys before you use mods:
Please note that some of these have a different installation procedure; instructions are given on their resource entry
XL: Dependency Mods | **** - Cities XXL
XXL: Dependency Mods | **** - Cities XXL and also General - Fix for old mods shader crash errors (XXL)

Domino's Pizza, Inc., branded as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960. The corporation is headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and incorporated in Delaware. In February 2018, the chain became the largest pizza seller worldwide in terms of sales.

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Winners Merchants International L.P is a chain of off-price Canadian department stores owned by TJX Companies.

It offers brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, fine jewellery, beauty products, and housewares. Products are at a 20-60% discount rate and the stores generally do not carry the same merchandise for an entire season. The firm does not sell online. Its market niche is similar to the American store TJ Maxx, and it is a partnered retailer to department stores HomeSense and Marshalls.

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THIS IS NOT MY WORK!

pitty is the original author of this mod. I got the file from the old XLN site. Enjoy!

The mod replaces the decorational German road signs that come along with the "Realistic Highway Mod 2 (RHM2)" with US style signs. The mod includes 14 highway signs of all types an sizes.

Info:
Brand New Asset For Cities: Skylines, Starting working on this few hours ago. This mod has been tested few years ago and should be working in the latest version of cities: skylines..!

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NOTE: This is for cities XXL only.


Howdy all. By now you've probably gotten your grubby little hands on Cities XXL. For those who want to upload your mods to the Steam Workshop here is how you do it.

Step 1: Open the UGCManager located in your Cities XXL folder.
D:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Cities XL 2015

Mine is on a different HDD. I made a shortcut to the desktop for ease.

Step 2:

In the box that says Files, click on Add and find your patch file.
To the right of that you will see the files destination. I've added Funky to the end so that all my mods go in it's own folder so you can find them later if you want to delete them.

Step 3:

In the Preview Picture box click on Browse down the bottom and select the picture you want for your icon in Steam.

Step 4:

In the box labelled Description type in what the mod is, LODs or anything else you deem appropriate. I'd also suggest letting people know that in order for the mod to work they need to subscribe to the XXL Community Mod, which is the new version of the UIM.

Step 4:

In the Tags box just type in whatever you want your mod to be associated
with.

Step 5:

Change the visibility to Public so everyone can subscribe to it. You can also change it to Private first to make sure it uploads correctly on Steam before anyone else sees it. You can change this later on.

Step 6:

In the Title box up the top, type the name of your mod.

Step 7:

Click the big Submit button down the bottom and wait for your mod to be uploaded. Then go check it on Steam to see if everything went according to plan.


Here's a picture of the UGC with everything entered.



You will also see that your new mod will be listed in the Items box. You can select one of your mods if you want to change anything or update the mod.

Hello and welcome on board!

Make sure you are not running the game!

1) choose your game:
2.1: XL (2012 and Platinum)
2.2: XXL


2.1: Cities XL (2012 and Platinum):
Disk or Steam?

2.1.1: Disk:
2.1.1.1: If you used the standard path for the installation, then go to C:\Program Files\Focus Home Interactive\Cities XL 2012 (Platinum).

2.1.1.2.1: If you did not use the standard path, but if you have a shortcut for the game on the desktop, then:

• Right click on the game icon.
• Right click on "Properties".
• Right click on "Shortcut".
• Click on "Open File Location / Find Location".

2.1.1.2.2: Alternatively, you can use the search function of the start menu.

2.1.2: Steam:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Cities XL 2012 (Platinum).

3: Go to the Paks folder (I downloaded the game by Steam):


4: Create a folder called "mods":


5: IMPORTANT: Install the dependencies:


Start with the User Interface Mod:
Dependency - XL User Interface Mod

• Download the ZIP-file onto your Desktop (for example).
• Open the file and run the wizard.
• When asked where to install the file, choose:

a) Disk: C:\Program Files\Focus Home Interactive\Cities XL 2012 (or Platinum instead of 2012)
b) Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Cities XL 2012 (or Platinum instead of 2012)
It is important not to choose your mods folder for User Interface Mod, but this is one of a few exceptions!
- Wait for the installation to finish.

Proceed with the Shader Pack (for players):
Dependency - Shader Pack

• Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.
• In case you forgot:

a) Disk: C:\Program Files\Focus Home Interactive\Cities XL 2012\Paks\mods (similar for Platinum)
b) Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Cities XL 2012\Paks\mods (similar for Platinum)

Proceed with the XL Nation Furniture Dependency Pack:
Dependency - XL Nation Furniture Dependency Pack
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.

Next is the Road Shader:
Dependency - Road Shader with Self-Illumination
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.

Next is the Tree Bug Fix:
Dependency - Z_Pharmist_TreeBug_Fix_v1.00
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.

Now, we have the Tags.cfg for XL:
Dependency - Tags.cfg for XL
- Do NOT install put it into mods Folder, but follow the instructions!


Now we have some optional dependencies:

A mod that is sometimes needed is the Vehicle Pack:
NEXL - Vehicle pack
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.

Now, you can use the mods here http://****/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png Just always make sure to READ the instructions, then you are safe!
Start with the German Pack for example:
Residential - German Residential Pack (small CB version added)



2.2: Cities XXL:
Disk or Steam?

2.2.1: Disk:
2.2.1.1: If you used the standard path for the installation, then go to C:\Program Files\Focus Home Interactive\Cities XXL 2012.

2.2.1.2.1: If you did not use the standard path, but if you have a shortcut for the game on the desktop, then:

• Right click on the game icon.
• Right click on "Properties".
• Right click on "Shortcut".
• Click on "Open File Location / Find Location".

2.2.1.2.2: Alternatively, you can use the search function of the start menu.

2.2.2: Steam:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Cities XXL .

3: Go to the Paks folder (I downloaded the game by Steam):


4: Create a folder called "mods":


5: IMPORTANT: Install the dependencies:


Start with the Community Mod:
Dependency - Cities XXL Community Patch

• Click on "Save As" and choose your mods folder as location.
• In case you forgot:

a) Disk: C:\Program Files\Focus Home Interactive\Cities XXL\Paks\mods
b) Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Cities XXL\Paks\mods

Proceed with the XL Nation Furniture Dependency Pack:
Dependency - XL Nation Furniture Dependency Pack
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.
This mod is actually required for XXL and XL http://****/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png

Now, we have the Tags.cfg for XXL:
Dependency - Tags.cfg for XXL
- Do NOT install put it into mods Folder, but follow the instructions!


Now we have some optional dependencies:

Next is the Fix for XL mods that use old shaders:
General - Fix for old mods shader crash errors (XXL)
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.
This mod will enable you to use most (not all) XL mods in XXL, too.

A mod that is sometimes needed is the Vehicle Pack:
NEXL - Vehicle pack
- Choose "Save As" and your mods folder as the location.

Now, you can use the mods here http://****/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png Just always make sure to READ the instructions, then you are safe!
Start with the Florence Pack for example:
Residential - Package village of Florence - XXL -XL

Feature:

• Steam Integration using the game launcher
• 2 Programs as well
• Support with steam workshop
• Free Updates and Free Upgrades

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Real Canadian Superstore is a Canadian hypermarket chain currently operating in 5 Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan) and the Yukon Territories. It is a subsidiary of Brampton, Ontario-based Loblaw Companies. The stores primarily focus on groceries, but also sell housewares, clothing and electronics, including items from Loblaw's private labels, Presidents Choice and Joe Fresh. Stores also typically include pharmacies and walk-in clinics.
This version is loosely based on the chain's Richmond, British Columbia location. The building sits on a 9x9 lot that can be found in your Landmarks menu. In addition to Real Canadian Superstore, which primarily occupies the building's second floor, this version also includes the following small businesses on the first floor "plaza":

• The Bubble Tea Shop
• Blenz Coffee
• Kingwuu
• H.K. BBQ Master
• Rogers Communications retail ****
• ICBC Claims Centre; and
• Swiss Chalet.

This is a Beta release that has been tested for bugs but does not currently feature nightlighting. Nightlighting should be available in future updates (hopefully).
Dependencies:

SHK Parking Pack 1.2
SuperSHK Mega Parking Textures 1.0.1
BSC MEGA Props - SG Vol 01 (v1.0)
BSC MEGA Props - CP Vol 02 (v1.0)