

Save it!ĭone you've got the image file, now lets get the config.bmp file, this files establishes the position and size of your cities in your region, its important if you decide to use the authors one or make your own config (follow step #)

Open the new folder you made and save the image inside of that folder, doesn't matter the name of the image. In the same window make a new folder inside your Documents/SimCity 4/Regions/ and put the region name on it If you downloaded a greyscale image from the web, usually at sites like Simtropolis ST-Exhange, usually you have to click on right mouse click and save image as. Notes from the author: Im using a spanish windows XP operative system, please follow this tutorial carefully and instructions. SimCity 4 (preference Rush Hour or Deluxe, not sure how this works at normal SimCity 4) Windows (preference XP, thats what im using for this tutorial, if you are a macintosh user i dont know differences for both operative systems) If you want to create a greyscale (8-bit map) please visit this intermediate tutorial Map Tutorial: Adobe Fireworks (Hand made-terraforming 8-bit) You'll learn how to create a region from a greyscale in this tutorial Most of maps that you found around the web is by a greyscale image, a greyscale its a white and black map that defines different heights at the rendering.

Map Tutorial: How to import a greyscale image (8-bit map) to Sim City 4
