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+ | ==Acronyms with SC4 Encyclopaedia Articles== | ||
+ | <ncl style=compact>Category:SC4_Glossary</ncl> | ||
+ | ==Glossary== | ||
− | + | ===Other=== | |
+ | *[[3RR]]: Three Rivers Region. | ||
− | + | ===A=== | |
+ | *[[ANT]]: Additional Network Tool. | ||
+ | *[[Network Widening Mod|ARD]]: Asymmetrical Road | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:ATL]]: Avenue Turning Lane Mod. | ||
+ | *[[Team:ATR]]: Around the Roses (Former BAT Team). | ||
+ | *[[Automata]]: Any type of vehicle or animal that moves by itself in SimCity 4. Usually grouped into four categories--aircraft, animals, land vehicles, and watercraft. | ||
− | + | ===B=== | |
+ | *[[People:B62]]: Bobbo662 (BATter). | ||
+ | *[[BAT]]: Building Architect Tool, program used to create 3D structures for SimCity 4; any structure created with Building Architect Tool program. | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:BBD]]: Boston Big Dig. | ||
+ | *[[Team:BLaM]]: BATters, Lotters, and Modders Team. | ||
+ | *[[BLS]]: Barby Lot Studio | ||
+ | *[[BMD]]: BarbyW, MickeBear, D66 | ||
+ | *[[Brown Box]]es: Structure shown in-game when all dependencies for a BAT are not present in Plugins folder. | ||
+ | *[[BRT]]: Barby Ripptide | ||
+ | *[[BSC]]: BAT Squad Certification. | ||
+ | *[[Team:BSP]]: Barry Sanders Project (BAT Team). | ||
+ | *[[BTE]]: BSC Tracking Enabled. | ||
− | == | + | ===C=== |
+ | *[[People:CAL]]: Callagrafx. | ||
+ | *[[CAM]]: Colossus Add-on Mod. ([[Team:CAM]] - [[Plugin:CAM]]) | ||
+ | *[[People:CARCH]]: Cerulean Architecture and Design (Former BATter). | ||
+ | *[[People:CasperVg|CAS]]: CasperVg's Lots | ||
+ | *[[People:c.p.|People:c.d.]]: Cycledogg | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:CDK]]: Coastal Development Kit | ||
+ | *[[CML]]: Custom Member Label. | ||
+ | *[[People:CNUT]]: Citynut | ||
+ | *[[People:c.p]]: Cyclepuppy | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:CSK]]: Channel Stream Kit | ||
+ | *[[People:CSX]]: Colyn Serfontein Expanded. | ||
+ | *[[CTD]]: Crash to Desktop. | ||
+ | *[[Custom Content]]: Anything added to SimCity 4 that modifies the game (excludes official Maxis releases). | ||
− | + | ===D=== | |
+ | *[[D/L]]: Download. | ||
+ | *[[People:D66]]: Dolphin66. | ||
+ | *[[People:DA]]: DragonAnime, NDEX batter | ||
+ | *[[People:DAE]]: Deadwoods. | ||
+ | *[[Dependency]]: Any object that a lot needs to work correctly. | ||
+ | *[[People:DT]]: DuskTrooper. | ||
− | + | ===E=== | |
+ | *[[Transit_Network#Elevated_Rail|ELR]]: Elevated Light Rail; also El-Rail. | ||
+ | *[[Exemplar]]: A file that defines the properties of the game engine or a specific in-game element. | ||
− | + | ===F=== | |
+ | *[[FAP]]: the Fractional Angle Project, a [[NAM]] addon [[People:dedgren|David (dedgren)]]. Consists (currently) of the [[FAR]] for Roads and [[FARR]] for Railway. | ||
− | + | ===G=== | |
+ | *[[People:GA]]: Grampa Al. | ||
+ | *[[People:GAZ]]: Gary Reggae (BATter). | ||
+ | *[[People:GC]]: Gascooker | ||
+ | *[[GLR]]: Ground Light Rail. | ||
+ | *[[GMax]]: A free version of 3DS Max, a program used for modelling and creating 3D objects for SimCity 4. | ||
+ | *[[Growable]]: A lot that grows when zoned in-game. | ||
+ | *GUI: Graphical User Interface | ||
− | + | ===H=== | |
+ | *[[Team:HKABT]]: Hong Kong / Asia BAT Team. | ||
− | + | ===I=== | |
+ | *[[IDK]]: Item Description Key. | ||
+ | *[[IID]]: Instance ID. | ||
+ | *[[Team:ITC]]: Team founded by [[People:Yoshi|Yoshi (Ian)]], [[People:Travis|Travis]] and [[People:CasperVg|CasperVg]] | ||
+ | *[[ILive Reader]]: Tool created by ILive for editing SimCity 4 files. | ||
+ | *[[Team:ISAT]]: InSims Architecture Team (former BAT team). | ||
+ | *[[People:ITS]]: Ill Tonkso. | ||
− | + | ===J=== | |
+ | *[[People:JENX]]: Xannepan. | ||
+ | *[[People:JRJ]]: Jeronij. | ||
− | + | ===L=== | |
+ | *[[Team:LBT]]: Latin American BAT Team. | ||
+ | *[[LE Prop]]: A tool used by ILive, used for changing key properties of custom lots. | ||
+ | *[[LEX]]: Lot Exchange; custom content exchange at [[SC4Devotion]]. | ||
+ | *[[LHD]]: Left-hand drive. | ||
+ | *[[LM]]: Landmark. | ||
+ | *[[Lot Editor]]: Official Maxis release that allows for th customization of lots in SimCity 4. | ||
+ | *[[Lot]]: The entire structure of something in SimCity 4, including the building, props, and ground tiles. | ||
+ | *[[LTEXT]]: LText file (for in-game text). | ||
− | == | + | ===M=== |
− | [[ | + | *[[MD]]: Mayor Diary. (another name for City Journal) |
− | [[ | + | *[[MIS]]: Modular Interchange System. |
+ | *[[People:MJB]]: Couchpotato (prop BATter). | ||
+ | *[[MML]]: Menu Management Lot. | ||
+ | *[[Mod]]: A file that somehow changes that game, including textures, ordinances, and tools. | ||
+ | *[[Mod|Modder]]: One who creates a Mod. | ||
+ | *[[Mod|Modding]]: The act of creating a Mod. | ||
− | + | ===N=== | |
+ | *[[NAM]]: Network Add-On Mod. ([[Plugin:NAM]]) | ||
+ | *[[People:NCD]] North Country Dude | ||
+ | *[[NDEX]]: N74704, DuskTrooper, Equinox (BAT Team). ([[Team:NDEX]]) | ||
+ | *[[NHP]]: New Horizon Productions. ([[Team:NHP]]) | ||
+ | *[[Zot#No_Job_Zot|NJZ]]: No Job Zot. | ||
+ | *[[NWM]]: Network Widening Mod. ([[Plugin:NWM]]) | ||
− | + | ===O=== | |
+ | *Off-Topic: Any post, conversation, etc., in the forums that does not pertain to the subject matter where it has been posted. Generally frowned upon. | ||
+ | *[[OG]]: Occupant Group. | ||
+ | *[[OWR]]: One Way Road. | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:OWW]]: Old Wooden Waterfront | ||
− | == | + | ===P=== |
− | + | *[[Pathfinding]]: The process by which automata find the shortest route to their destination. | |
− | + | *[[Pathing]]: The creation of paths for automata on transit-enabled lots. | |
− | + | *[[Team:PDA]]: Poole, Diamond & Associates (Former BAT Team). | |
− | + | *[[People:PEG]]: Pegasus. | |
− | + | *[[PIM-X]]: Extended Plugin Manager (part of X-Tool). | |
− | + | *[[PIM]]: Plugin Manager. | |
+ | *[[PLEX]]: Pegasus Lot Exchange. | ||
+ | *[[Ploppable]]: Any lot that can be placed directly in the game without having to zone for it. | ||
+ | *PM: Private Message. | ||
+ | *[[Prop#Prop_Pack|Prop Pack]]: A file containing models and prop descriptors that can be used to make lots. | ||
+ | *[[Prop]]: Anything used to aesthetically improve a lot, excluding the building itself and ground tiles. | ||
− | == | + | ===R=== |
− | + | *[[RAM]]: Rail Add-On Mod. [[Plugin:RAM]] | |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RCI Ploppable]]: Ploppable building that provides jobs. |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RCI]]: Residential, Commercial, Industrial. |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RH]]: Rush Hour. |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RHW]]: Rural Highway Mod. ([[Plugin:RHW]]) |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RKT]]: Resource Key Type. |
− | *[[ | + | *RLS: Real Life Syndrome; or BATs created by [[People:SG|SimGoober]]. |
− | *[[ | + | *[[Team:RNP]]: Rabbit903 Nealos101 Productions, former bat team kept alive by tag_one. |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RP]]: Tag One Productions. |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RTL]]: Road Turning Lane Mod. ([[Plugin:RTL]]) |
− | *[[Turning Lane | + | *[[RTMT]]: Road Top Mass Transit. ([[Plugin:RTMT]]) |
− | *[[ | + | *[[RUL]]: A file that sets various rules and algorithms on the placement of transit networks. |
− | *[[ | ||
− | + | ===S=== | |
+ | *[[SAM]]: Street Add-On Mod. ([[Plugin:SAM]]) | ||
+ | *SC: SimCity, SimCities (home of the BLaM found [http://simcities.net/| Here]). | ||
+ | *[[SC3X]]: SimCities Exchange. | ||
+ | *[[SC4]]: SimCity 4. | ||
+ | *[[SC4D]]: SimCity 4 Devotion, a SC4 community found [http://sc4devotion.com/| Here]. | ||
+ | *[[SC4RH]]: SimCity 4 Rush Hour. | ||
+ | *[[SC4TF]]: SC4Terraformer. | ||
+ | *[[SC4Tool]]: A tool for purposes related to custom content in SimCity 4. | ||
+ | *[[SCC]]: SimCity Central | ||
+ | *[[SCK]]: SimCityKurier. | ||
+ | *[[SCP]]: SimCity Plaza. | ||
+ | *[[SCS]]: SimCity Societies. SC4's sequel, generaly frowned uppon by the SC4 community for its simplicity among other reasons. | ||
+ | *[[SF]]: Slope-friendly. | ||
+ | *[[SFBT]]: SimForum BAT Team. ([[Team:SBFT]]) | ||
+ | *[[Member:SG]]: SimGoober. | ||
+ | *[[SLR]]: Single Lane Road. (now [[SC4_Glossary#A|ARD]]) | ||
+ | *[[Team:SMP]]: Simtropia Productions Team. | ||
+ | *[[SNM]]: SimNation Military. | ||
+ | *[[Member:SR]]: SimRabbit123, NDEX batter. | ||
+ | *[[ST]]: Simtropolis, arguably the biggest Simcity fansite, found [http://www.simtropolis.com/| here]. | ||
+ | *[[STEX]]: Simtropolis Exchange. | ||
+ | *[[SUM]]: Start-Up Manager. | ||
+ | *[[SZ]]: SimsZone. | ||
− | + | ===T=== | |
− | [[ | + | *[[TE]]: Transit-enabled. |
− | + | *[[Terraform]]: The process of modifying the terrain in SimCity 4. | |
+ | *[[Team:TG]]: Team Grater. | ||
+ | *[[TLA]]: Turning Lane Avenues, three letter acronym. ([[Plugin:TLA]] | ||
+ | *TM: Typing monkeys, referring those who ask questions that they can find the answer in the readme. | ||
+ | *[[TPP]]: The Planning Pages. A SC4 community found [http://www.theplanningpages.com/| Here] | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:TPW]]: Transparent Ploppable Water by JRJ. | ||
+ | *[[TSC]]: ToutSimCity. | ||
+ | *[[Member:TTC]]: TheTeaCat. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===U - Z=== | ||
+ | *[[UDI]]: U-Drive-It. | ||
+ | *[[UI]]: User Interface | ||
+ | *[[UVNK]]: User Visible Name Key. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[People:VDK]]: vester (vester_DK). | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[W2W]]: Wall-to-wall. | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:WFK]]: Waterfront kit. | ||
+ | *[[Plugins:WIMPS]]: not sure of definition* | ||
+ | *[[Plugin:WTC]]: World Trade Center Plugin. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[X-Tool]]: A tool currently under development by [[Wouanagaine]]. |
Revision as of 04:49, 30 July 2008
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This page includes all important SC4 acronyms and terms definitions. In most cases the acronym links to a relevant article.
Contents
Acronyms with SC4 Encyclopaedia Articles
<ncl style=compact>Category:SC4_Glossary</ncl>
Glossary
Other
- 3RR: Three Rivers Region.
A
- ANT: Additional Network Tool.
- ARD: Asymmetrical Road
- Plugin:ATL: Avenue Turning Lane Mod.
- Team:ATR: Around the Roses (Former BAT Team).
- Automata: Any type of vehicle or animal that moves by itself in SimCity 4. Usually grouped into four categories--aircraft, animals, land vehicles, and watercraft.
B
- People:B62: Bobbo662 (BATter).
- BAT: Building Architect Tool, program used to create 3D structures for SimCity 4; any structure created with Building Architect Tool program.
- Plugin:BBD: Boston Big Dig.
- Team:BLaM: BATters, Lotters, and Modders Team.
- BLS: Barby Lot Studio
- BMD: BarbyW, MickeBear, D66
- Brown Boxes: Structure shown in-game when all dependencies for a BAT are not present in Plugins folder.
- BRT: Barby Ripptide
- BSC: BAT Squad Certification.
- Team:BSP: Barry Sanders Project (BAT Team).
- BTE: BSC Tracking Enabled.
C
- People:CAL: Callagrafx.
- CAM: Colossus Add-on Mod. (Team:CAM - Plugin:CAM)
- People:CARCH: Cerulean Architecture and Design (Former BATter).
- CAS: CasperVg's Lots
- People:c.d.: Cycledogg
- Plugin:CDK: Coastal Development Kit
- CML: Custom Member Label.
- People:CNUT: Citynut
- People:c.p: Cyclepuppy
- Plugin:CSK: Channel Stream Kit
- People:CSX: Colyn Serfontein Expanded.
- CTD: Crash to Desktop.
- Custom Content: Anything added to SimCity 4 that modifies the game (excludes official Maxis releases).
D
- D/L: Download.
- People:D66: Dolphin66.
- People:DA: DragonAnime, NDEX batter
- People:DAE: Deadwoods.
- Dependency: Any object that a lot needs to work correctly.
- People:DT: DuskTrooper.
E
- ELR: Elevated Light Rail; also El-Rail.
- Exemplar: A file that defines the properties of the game engine or a specific in-game element.
F
- FAP: the Fractional Angle Project, a NAM addon David (dedgren). Consists (currently) of the FAR for Roads and FARR for Railway.
G
- People:GA: Grampa Al.
- People:GAZ: Gary Reggae (BATter).
- People:GC: Gascooker
- GLR: Ground Light Rail.
- GMax: A free version of 3DS Max, a program used for modelling and creating 3D objects for SimCity 4.
- Growable: A lot that grows when zoned in-game.
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
H
- Team:HKABT: Hong Kong / Asia BAT Team.
I
- IDK: Item Description Key.
- IID: Instance ID.
- Team:ITC: Team founded by Yoshi (Ian), Travis and CasperVg
- ILive Reader: Tool created by ILive for editing SimCity 4 files.
- Team:ISAT: InSims Architecture Team (former BAT team).
- People:ITS: Ill Tonkso.
J
- People:JENX: Xannepan.
- People:JRJ: Jeronij.
L
- Team:LBT: Latin American BAT Team.
- LE Prop: A tool used by ILive, used for changing key properties of custom lots.
- LEX: Lot Exchange; custom content exchange at SC4Devotion.
- LHD: Left-hand drive.
- LM: Landmark.
- Lot Editor: Official Maxis release that allows for th customization of lots in SimCity 4.
- Lot: The entire structure of something in SimCity 4, including the building, props, and ground tiles.
- LTEXT: LText file (for in-game text).
M
- MD: Mayor Diary. (another name for City Journal)
- MIS: Modular Interchange System.
- People:MJB: Couchpotato (prop BATter).
- MML: Menu Management Lot.
- Mod: A file that somehow changes that game, including textures, ordinances, and tools.
- Modder: One who creates a Mod.
- Modding: The act of creating a Mod.
N
- NAM: Network Add-On Mod. (Plugin:NAM)
- People:NCD North Country Dude
- NDEX: N74704, DuskTrooper, Equinox (BAT Team). (Team:NDEX)
- NHP: New Horizon Productions. (Team:NHP)
- NJZ: No Job Zot.
- NWM: Network Widening Mod. (Plugin:NWM)
O
- Off-Topic: Any post, conversation, etc., in the forums that does not pertain to the subject matter where it has been posted. Generally frowned upon.
- OG: Occupant Group.
- OWR: One Way Road.
- Plugin:OWW: Old Wooden Waterfront
P
- Pathfinding: The process by which automata find the shortest route to their destination.
- Pathing: The creation of paths for automata on transit-enabled lots.
- Team:PDA: Poole, Diamond & Associates (Former BAT Team).
- People:PEG: Pegasus.
- PIM-X: Extended Plugin Manager (part of X-Tool).
- PIM: Plugin Manager.
- PLEX: Pegasus Lot Exchange.
- Ploppable: Any lot that can be placed directly in the game without having to zone for it.
- PM: Private Message.
- Prop Pack: A file containing models and prop descriptors that can be used to make lots.
- Prop: Anything used to aesthetically improve a lot, excluding the building itself and ground tiles.
R
- RAM: Rail Add-On Mod. Plugin:RAM
- RCI Ploppable: Ploppable building that provides jobs.
- RCI: Residential, Commercial, Industrial.
- RH: Rush Hour.
- RHW: Rural Highway Mod. (Plugin:RHW)
- RKT: Resource Key Type.
- RLS: Real Life Syndrome; or BATs created by SimGoober.
- Team:RNP: Rabbit903 Nealos101 Productions, former bat team kept alive by tag_one.
- RP: Tag One Productions.
- RTL: Road Turning Lane Mod. (Plugin:RTL)
- RTMT: Road Top Mass Transit. (Plugin:RTMT)
- RUL: A file that sets various rules and algorithms on the placement of transit networks.
S
- SAM: Street Add-On Mod. (Plugin:SAM)
- SC: SimCity, SimCities (home of the BLaM found Here).
- SC3X: SimCities Exchange.
- SC4: SimCity 4.
- SC4D: SimCity 4 Devotion, a SC4 community found Here.
- SC4RH: SimCity 4 Rush Hour.
- SC4TF: SC4Terraformer.
- SC4Tool: A tool for purposes related to custom content in SimCity 4.
- SCC: SimCity Central
- SCK: SimCityKurier.
- SCP: SimCity Plaza.
- SCS: SimCity Societies. SC4's sequel, generaly frowned uppon by the SC4 community for its simplicity among other reasons.
- SF: Slope-friendly.
- SFBT: SimForum BAT Team. (Team:SBFT)
- Member:SG: SimGoober.
- SLR: Single Lane Road. (now ARD)
- Team:SMP: Simtropia Productions Team.
- SNM: SimNation Military.
- Member:SR: SimRabbit123, NDEX batter.
- ST: Simtropolis, arguably the biggest Simcity fansite, found here.
- STEX: Simtropolis Exchange.
- SUM: Start-Up Manager.
- SZ: SimsZone.
T
- TE: Transit-enabled.
- Terraform: The process of modifying the terrain in SimCity 4.
- Team:TG: Team Grater.
- TLA: Turning Lane Avenues, three letter acronym. (Plugin:TLA
- TM: Typing monkeys, referring those who ask questions that they can find the answer in the readme.
- TPP: The Planning Pages. A SC4 community found Here
- Plugin:TPW: Transparent Ploppable Water by JRJ.
- TSC: ToutSimCity.
- Member:TTC: TheTeaCat.
U - Z
- People:VDK: vester (vester_DK).
- W2W: Wall-to-wall.
- Plugin:WFK: Waterfront kit.
- Plugins:WIMPS: not sure of definition*
- Plugin:WTC: World Trade Center Plugin.
- X-Tool: A tool currently under development by Wouanagaine.