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This page includes all important SC4 acronyms and terms definitions. In most cases the acronym links to a relevant article.

Acronyms with SC4 Encyclopaedia Articles

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Glossary

Other

• 3RR: Three Rivers Region.
• 6U: 6underground

A

• AFDES: Alliance of Fuel Developing and Exporting States
• ANT: Additional Network Tool.
• ARD: Asymmetrical Road
• ATL: Avenue Turning Lane Mod.
• ATR: Around the Roses (Former BAT Team).
• Automata: Any type of vehicle or pedestrian/animal that moves by itself in SimCity 4. Usually grouped into four categories--aircraft, pedestrians/animals, land vehicles, and watercraft.
• AVE: Avenue.

B

• B62: Bobbo662 (BATter).
• BAT: Building Architect Tool, program used to create 3D structures for SimCity 4; any structure created with Building Architect Tool program.
• BBD: Boston Big Dig.
• BLaM: BATters, Lotters, and Modders Team, defunct.
• 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.
• BSP: Barry Sanders Project (Former BAT Team).
• BTE: BSC Tracking Enabled.
• BTM: Bullet Train Mod.

C

• CAL BSC BATer and LEX moderator.
• CAM: Colossus Add-on Mod, a mod affecting the RCI simulation and adding new growth stages to the game. (Plugin:CAM)
• CARCH: Cerulean Architecture and Design.
• CAS: CasperVg's Lots
• CDK: Coastal Development Kit
• CML: Custom Member Label.
• CNUT BSC BATer
• COFR: Confederacy of Free Regions, A SC4 Union
• c.p: Cyclepuppy a propmaker and terrain modder. (also known as Cycledogg or c.p.)
• CSG: CSGdesign and his site, CSGforums.
• CSK: Channel Stream Kit
• 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.
• D66: Dolphin66.
• DA: DragonAnime, NDEX batter
• DAE: Deadwoods.
• Dependency: Any object that a lot needs to work correctly.
• DIP: Distilled Intersection Path.
• DT: DuskTrooper.
• DTP: Deathtopumpkins.

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

• FA: Fractional Angle, a type of NAM piece David (dedgren). Consists (currently) of the FAR for Roads, FAA for Avenues, FARR for Railroads, and FARHW for RealHighways.
• FAA: Fractional Angle Avenue.
• FAR: Fractional Angle Road. Part of the FA.
• FARR: Fractional Angle Railroad
• FARHW: Fractional Angle RealHighway.

G

• GA: GrampaAl, a founder of BSC
• GAZ: Gary Raggae (BATter).
• GC: Gascooker (BSC Batter)
• GHSR: Ground High Speed Rail
• GLR: Ground Light Rail.
• GMax: A free version of 3DS Max, a program used for modelling and creating 3D objects for SimCity 4.
• GRV: Grand River Valley
• GRV II: Grand River Valley II
• Growable: A lot that grows when zoned in-game.
• GTR: The Greater Terran Region, a CJ/MD by Haljackey
• GUI: Graphical User Interface

H

• HD: "High Definition", a term used to refer to textures or props that have a higher than standard resolution.
• HDR: Half Diagonal Road. Part of the Fractional Angle Project.
• HKABT: Hong Kong / Asia BAT Team.
• HSRP:High Speed Rail Project (Also known as HSR)

I

• IDK: Item Description Key.
• IID: Instance ID.
• ITC: Team founded by Yoshi (Ian), Travis and CasperVg. Later stood for International Team of Creators (former team).
• ILive Reader: Tool created by ILive for editing SimCity 4 files.
• ISAT: InSims Architecture Team (former BAT team).
• ITS: Ill Tonkso.

J

• JENX: Xannepan.
• JRJ: Jeronij.

L

• 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

• MAVE: Medianless Avenue. See Road, Network Widening Mod.
• MD: Mayor Diary. (another name for City Journal)
• MIS: Modular Interchange System.
• 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, NAM/members)
• NCD North Country Dude
• NDEX: N74704, DuskTrooper, Equinox (BAT Team). (Plugin:NDEX Essesntials)
• NHP: New Horizon Productions.
• NJZ: No Job Zot.
• NUTS: Nobody Under Thirty Squad. A team of "middle-aged" batters.
• NWM: Network Widening Mod. (Plugin:NWMWALL)

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.an
• Override Network: A draggable transit item, which uses a starter piece and RUL overrides to act upon a default game network, causing it to take on new properties and/or behaviors.
• OWR: One Way Road.
• OWW: Old Wooden Waterfront

P

• PAM: Persistent Automata Mod, an automata controller file package developed by Jeiman2008
• Pathfinding: The process by which automata find the shortest route to their destination.
• Pathing: The creation of paths for automata on transit-enabled lots.
• PDA: Poole, Diamond & Associates (Former BAT Team).
• 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.
• PP: Prop Pox, a bug that causes props to go missing.

R

• RABET: Roundabout Addon Tile, proposed NAM item.
• RAM: Rail Add-On Mod. (Plugin:RAM)
• RCI Ploppable: Ploppable building that provides jobs.
• RCI: Residential, Commercial, Industrial.
• RD: Road
• RH: Rush Hour.
• RHW: RealHighway Mod (formerly Rural Highway Mod). (Plugin:RHW)
• RKT: Resource Key Type.
• RLS: Real Life Syndrome; or BATs created by SG.
• RNP: Rabbit903 Nealos101 Productions, former bat team kept alive by tag_one.
• RP: Tag One Productions.
• RPL: River Park Kit
• 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 (defunct 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.
• SCAG: SimCity Airport Group
• SCC: SimCity Central
• SCK: SimCityKurier.
• SCP: SimCity Plaza.
• SCRT: SimCity Remodeling Team
• SCS: SimCity Societies. SC4's sequel, generally frowned up on by the SC4 community for its simplicity among other reasons.
• SDM: Super demand mod.
• SF: Slope-friendly.
• SFBT: SimForum BAT Team.
• SG: SimGoober.
• SIP: Signalized Intersection Piece
• SLR: Single Lane Road. (now ARD)
• SMP: Simtropia Productions Team.
• SNM: SimNation Military.
• SPAM: SimPeg Agricultural Mod.
• SPM: Signage Piece Mod.
• SR: NDEX batter.
• ST: Simtropolis, arguably the biggest SimCity fansite, found here.
• STEX: Simtropolis Exchange.
• STR: Single Track Rail, part of the RAM. (Plugin:STR)
• SUM: Start-Up Manager.
• SZ: SimsZone.

T

• TE: Transit-enabled. Usually refers to Lot-based items.
• Terraform: The process of modifying the terrain in SimCity 4.
• TG: Team Grater, defunct.
• 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
• TPW: Transparent Ploppable Water by JRJ.
• TSC: ToutSimCity, a French community. Also the name of the resident BAT/Lot team at that site.
• TTC: TheTeaCat. Likes tea (but not Earl Grey) and has an MD called Tales at TeaTime.
• TuLEP: Turn Lane Extension Piece, a NAM item.

U - Z

• UDI: U-Drive-It.
• UI: User Interface
• UVNK: User Visible Name Key.
• UDPX: Now SCRT, defunct

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• VDK: vester (vester_DK).
• VLR: Very Long Radius, large radius curves developed by david.

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• W2W: Wall-to-wall.
• WFK: Waterfront kit.
• WIMPS: Wharves for Industrial and Military Port
• WTC: World Trade Center.

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• X-Tool: A tool developed by Wouanagaine.