This SC4 Devotion LEX Legacy Pack features the industrial lots by the legendary BSC BATer Gascooker (GC), which had been available on the Lot Exchange (LEX) at SC4 Devotion. It includes the contents of 11 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:

Little history of the evolution of the contents of this pack; the lots and models were originally released on Simtropolis STEX back in 2005-2006, then later re-distributed on the SC4Devotion LEX in the same form. However in the meantime the BSC Team launched the LEX Exclusive DVD (around the second half of 2008) and in the wake of the new SC4PIM-X tool and the Colossus Addon Mod, they'd updated the lots for the DVD release and also compiled the models into a new BSC MEGA Props Gascooker Vol02 dependency pack. However they'd updated the already existing lots (keeping the original IDs) and made all of them to be dedicated CAMeLot lots (in support of the new mod). These CAM versions of these lots were only available on the LEX Exclusive DVD, while the LEX (public exchange) had still the original unedited pre-PIMx version of these uploads.

Since the original lots are quite old modding wise for the restoration in this legacy pack the following things were done:

• the previously updated and CAMified versions of the lots (available exclusively on the discontinoued SC4Devotion LEX Exclusive DVD) have been re-IID'd and due to changes in value algorithms of the PIM-X itself (back in 2009/2010), they have been recalculated again.**
• the original lots from the SC4Devotion LEX are carrying the original lot IIDs and they all have been PIM-X'd.
• since the models were already compiled into the BSC MEGA Props Gascooker Vol02 pack, the single models have been removed from these uploads (already during the Project ZIP efforts back in 2021/2022)

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.

Bear in mind this Lot Collection contains lots which will only grow/work if CAM (Colossus Addon Mod) is installed.
In this installer the CAM folder (which contains the CAM lots) is NOT selected by default, if you play with the Colossus Addon Mod and wish to use these CAMelots you need to select the folder manually when you run the installer.

Then, click to the Location tab to set up an installation location (this should be the root of your My DocumentsSimCity 4Plugins 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 subfolder you will find the Cleanitol_SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC GasCooker Industrial Compilation V1.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 ~DocumentsBSC_Readmesgascooker folder within the ZIP):

• SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC Common Dependencies Pack v9c (and above)
  The below listed dependencies are all can be found in the hereby linked dependency pack compilation.
  • BSC Essentials v2025a
  • BSC MEGA Props GasCooker Vol01 v3
  • BSC MEGA Props GasCooker Vol02 v3
  • BSC MEGA Props SG Vol01 v4
  • BSC MEGA Props JES Vol01 v2

• • BSC Textures Vol01

• Colossus Addon Mod

Credits:

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

• Gascooker (GC)

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. In the following list the contents with "(CAM)" means these contain CAMeLot growable lots, but they may also contain regular growable and ploppable versions too.

• Breadline Bakery (CAM)
• Crankys Shaft Factory (CAM)
• Flour Power Baker (CAM)
• Friesian Foods Meat Packing Plant (CAM)
• Gasometer (CAM)
• Great Universal Organ Factory (CAM)
• Jet Flush Sanitaryware Plant (CAM)
• Kelvin De Klein Fridgarium (CAM)
• Noxious Nylon Plant (CAM)
• Pantsdowne Peroxide Plant (CAM)
• Porkies Pie Factory (CAM)