This SC4 Devotion LEX Legacy Pack features the civic services lot sets (education, health, fire and police) by the legendary BSC BATer SimGoober (SG), which had been available on the Lot Exchange (LEX) at SC4 Devotion. It includes the contents of 14 previously separate downloads (including exclusive contents from the SC4Devotion LEX DVD and CD), however the former SG Civic Education Lots (as SG Education), BSC SG Civic Healthcare Lots (as SG Health) BSC SG Civic Security and Fire Lots (as SG Security on the LEX DVD) collections in this pack are covering around 20 previously separate uploads from multiple exchanges like STEX, the former SimcityKurier/SimcityPlaza and the former PLEX.

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.

Bear in mind, SimGoober released and kept some contents on the Simtropolis Exchange (STEX), but then later some of those files were rehosted on the SC4Devotion LEX site in an updated form. This current LEGACY compilation supersedes both the original STEX releases and the used-to-be re-hosted contents from LEX.

ChangeLog:

• general clean-up
• As part of the Project ZIP and LEX Restoration efforts, there has been some changes to the original uploads.
• most of lots have been updated by SC4PIM-X. 
• the custom BTE OGs have been adjusted and updated.
• the custom queries have been adjusted where it needed
• all the readmes have been updated.
• added submenu support
• a few previously unavailable contents have been added like: BSC SG CWP Gettysburg Seminary, BSC SG CWP Schmucker House Museum (the residential version has already been added to the SimGoober Residential Collection) from the former PLEX and the BSC SG Dixon Insane Asylum which was a LEX DVD exclusive

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 of the files from your plugins.
In the ~Documents folder in the main ZIP in the Prop-Texture Catalogue Index and Cleanitol/ folder you will find the Cleanitol_SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC SimGoober Civic Servicies 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 ~Documents/BSC_Readmes/SimGoober/ folder within the ZIP):

• SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC Common Dependencies Pack v9e (and above)
  The below listed dependencies are all can be found in the hereby linked dependency pack compilation.
• BSC Essentials v2026a
• BSC SG Civic Education Models v3
• BSC SG Civic Services Models v2
• BSC SG Civic Rewards Models v2
• BSC SG Models Residentials Vol03 v4
• BSC SG Commercial Models Entertainment v3
• BSC MEGA Props SG Vol01 v4
• BSC MEGA Props CP Vol01
• BSC MEGA Props D66 Vol01 v3
• BSC MEGA Props SWI21 Vol01 v4
• BSC MEGA Props DAE Vol01 v4
• BSC MEGA Props JES Vol01 v2
• BSC MEGA Props MISC Vol01 v2
• BSC Prop Pack - Geoffhaw Flag Pack Compilation***
• CSX MEGA Props Vol03 v3
  
  
• BSC Textures Vol01
• BSC Textures Vol02
• BSC TexturePack Cycledogg V01b
  
  
• JENX-Porkie Expanded Porkie Props
• ***PEG One Flag Many Nations Mod
  ***You can install either the PEG ONE Flag Many Nations Mod or the Geoffhaw Flag Pack.

Credits:

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

• SimGoober (SG)

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 (where you see links in those cases the original uploads are still available, but the contents of this package are superior compared to those old versions).

Education Lots