This SC4 Devotion LEX Legacy Pack features the buildings and lots of the so called Osturland set by the legendary BSC BATer Yoder7652 (YDR), which had been available on the Lot Exchange (LEX) at SC4 Devotion. It includes the contents of 12 previously separate downloads.
After battling a number of technical issues, software incompatibility ultimately shuttered the LEX (at least in its familiar form from 2007 onward) in June 2023, and this package is designed to collect these dependencies in an easy-to-use form, allowing users to install them all in one go, or carefully select exactly which packs they wish to install.

Please note that this pack may receive updates in the near future. Do not redistribute without asking first, mostly as doing so would complicate efforts to properly maintain, update, and provide technical support for the pack.

ChangeLog:

• General clean-up and fixing some minor issues
• Submenu Support

Installation:

This package utilizes a Java-based installer (similar to the one used with the Network Addon Mod), and can also be opened and installed manually using 7-Zip or Keka.

To install it, you'll either need the Java Runtime Environment to run the installer--Adoptium's open-source edition is recommended--or a zip tool capable of opening the installer to allow manual installation. For Windows/Linux, use 7-zip, and for macOS, use Keka.

Once into the installer, after agreeing to the terms for the package, click to the Files tab to select which files you wish to install (making no changes here will install everything). To expand options, click the small "+" next to the name of the section.

Then, click to the Location tab to set up an installation location (this should be the root of your My Documents/SimCity 4/Plugins folder). After this, click over to the Install tab, and click "Start installation" to begin the installation procedure. When installation is complete, the tab pop up a message indicating it, after which you are safe to close the installer.

To avoid conflicts, please, it is highly recommended to use any of the third party cleanitol tools and remove any previous versions from your plugins.
In the ~Documents folder in the main ZIP in the Prop-Texture Catalogue Index and Cleanitol/ you will find the Cleanitol_SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC YDR Osturland Collection.txt and by using either the newer nos.17's SC4 Cleanitol or the older BSC Cleanitol tool you can search and remove the old and outdated versions of these files. Again to avoid possible conflicts and glitches it is highly recommended to run either of these tools.

Dependencies:

The following files are required in order for the contents of this package to appear correctly (i.e., no "brown boxes" or missing textures) (the below listed dependencies are covering a full install; for dependencies for individual collections see the list of contents section for the names, then you will find the updated old readme files for each contents in the ~Documents/BSC_Readmes/Yoder7652/ folder within the ZIP):

• SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC Common Dependencies Pack v9b (and above)
  The below listed dependencies are all can be found in the hereby linked dependency pack compilation.
  • • BSC Essentials v2024b
    • BSC MEGA Props SG Vol01 v4
    • BSC MEGA Props CP Vol01
    • BSC MEGA Props SWI21 Vol01 v4
    • BSC MEGA Props SWI21 Vol02 v2
    • BSC MEGA Props D66 Vol01 v3
    • BSC MEGA Props D66 Vol02 v2
    • CSX MEGA Props Vol04 v3

• • • BSC Textures Vol01
    • BSC Textures Vol02
    • BSC Textures Vol03 v5
    • BSC TexturePack CycleDogg V1

In order for the contents of this package to display correctly by taking advantage of the new DLL Mods requires the complete installation of the following dependencies (the below listed dependencies are covering a full install):

• Submenus DLL - You need it to get the package submenu working.

  Compatible only with the digital version (1.1.641) of SimCity 4 (Microsoft Windows and Linux only).

Credits:

The following BSC members contributed models, textures, and modding support to this collection:

• Yoder7652

This package was assembled by Tyberius06.

Special Thanks

Webmaster & administration staff at SC4Evermore and SC4 Devotion.

And possibly others who may not have been mentioned. If your name has been forgotten or you're not on the list, then drop us a line, as it has been difficult to keep track of anyone/everyone that may of helped somewhere along the lines.

And to the community itself, we would also like to thank you for your support, making mods such as this possible too. We're still at it after 20 years thanks to you!

And last but not least, a thanks for the Maxis individuals too, for the [paid] work that they did. ;-)

Contents:

This package contains the following previously-separate downloads. 

1. Osturland Adminisration Building
2. Osturland Armoury
3. Osturland Arsenal
4. Osturland Chancelory
5. Osturland Executive Offices v1
6. Osturland Executive Offices v2
7. Osturland Grand Citadel Palace
8. Osturland Great Hall v1
9. Osturland Great Hall v2
10. Osturland Modern Palace v1
11. Osturland Modern Palace v2
12. Osturland National Archives