Go into the SimCityData folder - this is where most of the assets are located.

Open up SCP and navigate to the install folder of Sim City from the open file dialog. package file viewer, the reason being is because it has built in model viewer and various other functions that I personally find easier to use than s3pi (unless I am missing something obvious). I am unsure of the current capabilities of this but have succesfully loaded some custom javascript into the game UI etc and would like others to help explore the possibilities.Ī text editor (Preferably Sublime Text 2) - Notepad will work but will be a pain in the fucking arse. I will show you how to create a very very simple population mod to show the real values - I do not currently know if this will adjust the AI at all (I doubt it).

This is a very basic guide to get people who have experience in modding started. I assume they are waiting a bit until after launch to officially release tools. I assume Maxis had actually accounted for the fact people wanted to mod the game and made it seemingly easy to do from the get go. Okay so I have done a bit of snooping around and have found a number of tools which make this a very simple task.

How to install simcity mods