A simple and configurable DLL mod for Simcity 4 that prints out ingame message events to a console.
This mod is intended to be used as a tool for experimentation and research, this is in no way meant to be used in normal every day gameplay. Tracking frequently occuring messages WILL slow down your game or cause other issues. In addition to that, having a seperate console window attached to the game will cause unexpected behaviour and have unintended consequences. Use at your own risk.
Grab the latest version from the releases page, extract the contents of the zip file to your Simcity 4 plugins folder and run the game!
You can change what message ids are displayed by modifying the contents of message_viewer_config.ini. The basic structure of the config file is as follows:
kSC4MessageBodyFontStyleID = 0x4A809915
kSC4MessagePreLoad = 0x26C63340
kSC4MessageLoad = 0x26C63341
kSC4MessagePostLoad = 0x26C63342
Each line contains a display name for the message id (this is actually displayed in the console when the event occurs) and the message id of the event that is registered with the game. Included in the default config file are a list of of preconfigured message id's from nsgomez. If no config file is found, a default one will be created at startup time.
You can also specify logging events to a console and/or a log file in the setup section of the config:
[setup]
ConsoleLog = true
FileLog = false
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