22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive
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Summary
SimCity 4, a 2003 city-building game, still has an active player base and a dedicated modding community, even though it is more than 40 years old and predates modern modding tools.
One 2017 article in Ars Technica poses the question of why players and modders are still drawn to the game and concludes that the deep and complex nature of its simulations, and the resultingProduktdecisiveness and creativity among players, are part of the answer.
The article describes the efforts of modders, who have created impressive add-ons and completely new features, such as multi-level highway interchanges and complex rail networks, as well as a collaborative modding community that continues to evolve and expand the game, using new technologies to create new possibilities and implementations.
According to the article, the modding community for SimCity 4 is afriendly and welcoming place’, characterised by mutual respect and devoid of the ‘political bullshit’ often found in other online communities.