No-Fade Columns

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Please note that this mod is for the full columns – not the half / quarter / three-quarter ones (that you get when you intersect a column with a wall; those are different objects)! If you want to make a similar mod for the latter, please post in the Create forum, not in the comments.

Note that even though it is possible to place a column on top of a sim in Build mode, the actual in-game routing works fine -- sims will not walk through columns or anything (I tested specifically for that since I thought maybe that was the reason they made them fade in the first place).
This is done by setting the "FadeType" and "CustomFadeDistance" in the MODL to 0. Funnily it seems to be sufficient to do this for one MODL each (the first one listed); let me know if any columns still fade for you (I don't have the greatest graphics card under the sun so can't test whether one would maybe have to override all of them to make this work for fancier settings).
This overrides the following resources:
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0xD65E57CEE12B1ECF -- Design Calabria Hexagonal Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x3A98E4181BF21295 -- Greco-Roman Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x717DCD4612D03559 -- Tintoretto Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x4678551069BB9D43 -- Capistrano Round Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x140980897C326FAB -- Mega Column (Deluxe)
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x96A22C71A7D5F019 -- Mega Column (Budget DeLite)
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x6933686DAA49A7DD -- Mega Column (Basic)
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0xF86B0E19B2D4A3B1 -- Buenaventura Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0xB66FC487A094DBC5 -- Soledad Square Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x32AAED70036D9B5E -- Grosvenor Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0x777CBB53FE0837BA -- Annesley Square Column
MODL 0x01661233-0x00000000-0xB2266FF7148E3C72 -- FitzHerbert Column
Compatibility:
2014-12-16: Probably doesn't need updating since all that's changed is a version number and two flags that have been changed in every object I've seen so far, so I guess that is also something like a version number. But let me know if anything suddenly behaves funny.
s4pe 0.2c/d with wrappers by Inge and Snaitf.
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