SimCity 4: Rush Hour v638 Simplified Chinese Patch file

EP1 Update 1 - Release Notes

Update: 1.1.638.0
Date: Friday, November 14, 2003
Update Size: 16Mb

Performance Improvements

• Adjusted foam spray effect for firefighters fighting toxic spills.
• Addressed issues related to U-Drive it mode while volcano disaster is active.
• Fix for random issues that may arise when dragging a diagonal power line across zones in specific manner that creates a connected orphan pole in a segment.
• Renderer updates to avoid memory corruption when model instance has an invalid position.
• Updates to paths to improve clipper that was transforming stop points into single-point paths.
• Video card improvements for the following:
Intel i830/845/865: Fixed graphics rules to allow hardware and to disable color cursor.
• Addressed issues related to burning tree stump.
• Fix for airplane sometimes taxiing above the airfield.
• Implemented safety code for query.
• Fix for relatively obscure problems that occur when moving vans are created on a tile with a complex paths.
• Implemented a general-purpose fix for any remaining yet-to-be-discovered cases of a bad orientation vector.
• Fix for issue where networks loaded from a saved city would not properly re-initialize their connection bitmap.
• Updated Localized strings.
• Updates for My Sim messaging. The issues would arise when moving a My Sim out of a city at just the right time.
• Fix for reported location of sky diving mission.
• Fix for query incorrectly reporting trip length after abandonment.
• Fix for incorrectly reported commute time during inter-city travel.
• Path fixes for various networks and intersections.
• Texture fixes for several one-way/avenue intersections.
• Fix for several network intersection resolves.
• Improved usage of parking lots and transit stations.
• Improved synching of foundation vs. building height.
• Improved variety of industry building development.
• Fix for intercity commute where bus traffic was periodically being treated as car traffic.
• Fix for being able to drop highway ramps over buildings.
• Adjusted toll booth capacities for 2-tile wide toll booths.
• Fix for prevention of pedestrians from using neighbor connections.
• Fix for elevated train volume not being reported in the traffic volume graph.
• Fix for commercial traffic and road noise map calculations to accommodate multi-tile morning and evening commutes.
• Added left turn lanes to avenue/highway overpass onramps.
• Fix for priorities of props and textures in lot templates used in city detail.
• Fix for variety of path bugs related to roads, rails, highways, avenues and elevated rail.