In the SimCity 4 modding world, there are a variety of ways modders classify themselves. 3D modelers (or BATter in SC4 lingo, named after the Building Architect Tool) create 3D models for the game, while lotters use models published by other community members and assemble them in new or interesting ways. Lotters create "lots", the foundational building block of the game. A lot can contain 2D textures to define what the ground of the lot looks like (whether there is grass, dirt, asphalt, sidewalks, a parking lot), and 3D assets like buildings and props. Props can be literally anything: cars, plants, fences, light poles or anything else that makes the lot look "alive" in game. While many community modders took a hybrid role in both modeling and creating the lots, I stuck purely to creating lots.
Below is an example of a set of lots that I created and uploaded to a public file exchange for members of the community to download and use in their cities. I combined the grass, dirt, and cobblestone ground textures, and houses, trees, cars, fences, and other items all modeled by different community members and assembled everything together on a lot. These are examples of low density residential lots that the game simulation will grow while playing.
The B62 Remastered project was a comprehensive lotting effort to collect, update, and re-release all of the content originally created by Bobbo662, aka B62. B62 was a prolific BATter in the early days of SimCity 4 modding around 2004 and 2005. After releasing a ton of content on community exchanges for players to download, a serious modding error was discovered in all of Bobbo662's files causing them them to not appear in the game at all. He removed everything from the exchanges with the intention of fixing the errors and re-uploading, but never got around to doing so.
When contacting Bobbo662 personally to use the removed files for personal my personal collection, he was incredibly kind to send over all of the content he still had sitting on a hard drive. This started the B62 Remastered collection. However, Bobbo662 was only still in possession of about half of the content he created, so with assistance of community members tariely, DavidDHetzel, brad88, and pclark06 who each pitched in by sending over unique pieces of B62 content they had, B62's full collection was pieced together.
Much of the process in creating and sharing the B62 Remastered collection was logged in my lotting thread at Simtropolis, dating back to 2014. Samples and drafts of my earliest work was unfortunately lost when the SimPeg forum shut down in 2015. All uploaded content is summarized in the table below.
After concluding the B62 Remastered collection, I started a series of smaller projects to reimagine content uploaded by other creators. These are called Creator Packs, and each highlights a number of uploads by different authors.
Some of my content was created for and featured in community contests, netting two 1st place finishes, three 2nd place finishes, one 3rd place finish, and one 5th place finish.
This content was created to fit alongside the Industrial Revolution Mod (IRM) by T Wrecks. The IRM completely revolutionizes how industry is grown in game.
A set of relots of content originally uploaded by user on001222. These were my first public uploads - this is how it all started.
Relots of content originally uploaded by various users on Simtropolis.
