Not to mention the workflow of all the existing users who've learned to use it.

Unfortunately, it is the other way around. I don't think there is a way to stop the menus from interfering in a single command, and the alt key causes the menu to grab focus once you let go, not something that you would want in the middle of a command (bloody annoying basically)

Make sure city demographics colors are off:

City menu -> Layers -> All BLDNGs with shading

If that doesn't help, can you post the .fcw file so we can take a look at it?

You can also just hide these by opening up the layers dialog and hide all layers called BLDNG (SOMETHING) and leave them hidden (unless you want demographics coloring).

There is a font called "Shanghai" that is installed with the 2016 annual. See the font question here: https://atlas.monsen.cc/Contribute

The reason these maps don't look right in CC3+ is that they use a font for symbols, and fonts back then was a completely different format than today's true type fonts.

They look fine in CC-DOS once you configure it to use the right font (It doesn't store the font reference in the map the way CC3+ does), but I assume it is the SYMBOL2.FNT which looks right.

Due to the use of the font, I am not sure if they can be made into CC3+ maps. There is a function for exploding text in CC-DOS but I don't really know how to use it, it seems to be expecting some input which I don't know what is.

I should be able to export them if I can just remember the image export command.

You can easily convert a lot of text at once by using :CC2MCHANGE: to change the text properties.

Just hide the layer that contains text labels you don't want to change, and then just simply select everything in the map at once.

Most of the features of Yahoo Groups, including all the downloadable resources on the group page such as files, images and message archive, was removed about a year ago. There isn't any way anymore to extract anything from there and put it anywhere.

The shutdown anoucement on the site now is just for their final service, the email part, which will also go away.

After running CC3+ once, it should set .fcw files to open in it automatically.

But that box from Windows is normal whenever a program changes the file type, windows just wants to let you know it has happened. After running CC3+ once. it should be the default option at the top of the dialog (listed as fcw32.exe), you should be able to just click Ok. And if that somehow don't work, look for other versions of fcw32.exe in the same dialog. You should eb able to tell from the icon which is the correct one. Once you have tested and know which one is correct, make sure it is selected, and the checkbox for allways use that program is checked, and you're good.

Considering that this is a side view, I would probably try out filling the area with hatching. It just doesn't work the same to just have edge-hatching as it does on overhead maps.

Ah. Coding is great fun. I remember I started back when I was about 8, had just gotten my first computer, a Commodore 64. Those were the days. Plugging away in BASIC.

Once you've grown up from this web stuff, you should learn C++, then you can follow my XP tutorials and learn how to program addons for CC3+.