Network Addon Mod (NAM) - Cross-Platform 49 (rev1)

On 26/08/2021 at 5:56 AM, Doni98 said:

Now it says  the SimCity 4.exe not found as expected or something like that.

The batch file relies on being able to read something called the Registry in Windows, when you install SC4, an entry there allows other applications to read this and know where the files for the game are. So if you are getting this error, then one of two things is likely to be happening, either no such registry entries exist or the system isn't allowing the BAT file access to that data.

If you didn't actually run the SC4 installation program, for example if you copied an install from a previous machine, whilst it may seem to work, this is one problem you will run into. In which case, you should run the installer, just tell it to install in the same location as it is now, it will overwrite the install data, but any Plugins (mods) or Regions (saves) inside Documents\SimCity 4\ won't be altered. In other words, your save data and any mods you have don't get changed by this.

NAM 42

13 hours ago, :::::ConsTanTine::::: said:

NAM 42

Hi, I wasn't able to reproduce this issue.  Please ensure that you delete the 'Network Addon Mod' and 'z_NAM' folders and any other NAM files from previous releases before installing the NAM.  Due to changes to the installer, the previous version is no longer removed automatically and must be done manually.  Further, the file architecture of the NAM has undergone many changes and the presence of old files tends to cause issues like this.

Just one comment on the install... could you make the font a bit bigger?  I had to strain to read it.  But I'm glad for the updates!

18 hours ago, Flann said:

Hi, I wasn't able to reproduce this issue. Please ensure that you delete the 'Network Addon Mod' and 'z_NAM' folders and any other NAM files from previous releases before installing the NAM. Due to changes to the installer, the previous version is no longer removed automatically and must be done manually. Further, the file architecture of the NAM has undergone many changes and the presence of old files tends to cause issues like this.

Everything worked out , thank you very much . Fixed the folder ( z_NAM )

Thank you to the NAM team!!   however I am not able to drag the RHW through the starter pieces and get them to override. any thoughts?

7 hours ago, ldbuttles22 said:

Thank you to the NAM team!!   however I am not able to drag the RHW through the starter pieces and get them to override. any thoughts?

If you installed one of the "LowRAM/NoRHW" option on the NAM Controller, there's no RUL2 override code for the RHW included in that, which would produce exactly what you're encountering.  You'd need to install the "Full" version, which requires the 4GB Patch be installed on the game (the .bat file which we recommend Windows users use for the installation process should do this automatically).

On 10/26/2021 at 2:24 AM, Tarkus said:

If you installed one of the "LowRAM/NoRHW" option on the NAM Controller, there's no RUL2 override code for the RHW included in that, which would produce exactly what you're encountering.  You'd need to install the "Full" version, which requires the 4GB Patch be installed on the game (the .bat file which we recommend Windows users use for the installation process should do this automatically).

Hello Tarkus: I did install the lowRAM/NoRHW.  I was having a crash to desktop while loading city tiles.  Now I started over, I removed the old NAM folder, I tried again to use the 4GB Patch for the game and I received the message that said successfully patched. I ran the NAM installer and I'm still having a crash to desktop when loading city files.  Any Idea what I'm not getting, or doing properly? 

Also note NAM 36 was the last version I had previously to trying to install NAM 42.

There's a problem in file NetworkAddonMod_BaseContent.dat at 1 Core folder. It makes the streets have no car and pedestrian at all. How can i fix it? 

On 10/27/2021 at 12:06 PM, ldbuttles22 said:

Hello Tarkus: I did install the lowRAM/NoRHW.  I was having a crash to desktop while loading city tiles.  Now I started over, I removed the old NAM folder, I tried again to use the 4GB Patch for the game and I received the message that said successfully patched. I ran the NAM installer and I'm still having a crash to desktop when loading city files.  Any Idea what I'm not getting, or doing properly? 

Also note NAM 36 was the last version I had previously to trying to install NAM 42.

If it's doing a crash-to-desktop (CTD) on load, that's a classic memory access issue--there's three possible culprits:

1. The 4GB Patch, in spite of the messages you got in the process, wasn't installed properly.  There's a number of reasons this can happen, such as if you happen to have switched versions of the game since your last NAM installation (i.e. going from disc to digital, or between different digital editions), and there's still registry entries pointing to the old installation (the .bat file uses the Windows Registry to determine the location of SimCity 4.exe to apply the 4GB Patch to it).
2. Your system has less than 4GB RAM.  (We've heard conflicting things from users with exactly 4GB RAM, though in theory, it shouldn't work because of how the 4GB Patch works.  More than 4GB is absolutely in the clear, however).
3. You're on a 32-bit version of Windows.  The 4GB Patch can only provide its intended benefits on 64-bit Windows, as 32-bit Windows can only address 4GB RAM total (even if you have more installed), and Windows reserves 2GB RAM for itself.  As a result, 32-bit apps are generally coded to have access to 2GB maximum (whatever 32-bit Windows wasn't using).  Even with the 4GB Patch installed, Windows' 2GB requirement is going to limit SC4 (or any other program) to only be able to access the remaining 2GB RAM that Windows isn't using.  And 2GB isn't enough.

If you're still getting the CTDs after using the .bat file's auto-patching routine, you may want to attempt manually applying the 4GB Patch, by running 4gb_patch.exe (included in the download), finding the SimCity 4.exe you're using, and then clicking "Open" to begin the patching process.

Coincidentally, NAM 36's installer had a 4GB Patch routine built in (despite technically not requiring it, due to it not having nearly the level of stability code that NAM 37 and later have, especially on the RHW side), though it was opt-in with a prompt, and with as broken as NAM 36's installer was, it's quite possible that it surreptitiously skipped the routine at least some of the time.  (It has a documented tendency to completely skip installing the NAM Controller and the INRULs file on occasion, the two of which basically contain all the code that allows the NAM's network additions to function.)

21 hours ago, thaihoa said:

There's a problem in file NetworkAddonMod_BaseContent.dat at 1 Core folder. It makes the streets have no car and pedestrian at all. How can i fix it? 

There had been an issue with a modified version of the base Street network paths that had been included to add PedMall connectors to them.  Why this issue arose, we're not entirely sure, but I did replace the version that was in NetworkAddonMod_BaseContent.dat with one that didn't have this issue (and still had connections to the PedMalls), and have not been able to replicate this issue with my current NAM 42 installation.

Make sure you are indeed operating with a current NAM 42 version of that file, and also, that you're not running a "24-Hour" Automata Plugin, which may make the automata (cars and pedestrians) much less prevalent for certain periods of game time.

-Tarkus

Trying to install this on a Windows 10 with a Deluxe edition 2.0 something. I keep getting the "The 4gb_patch.exe file was not found in this folder" even after allegedly successfully installing the patch. Can someone point to a solution ? Thanks.

On 10/29/2021 at 5:23 AM, Tarkus said:

If it's doing a crash-to-desktop (CTD) on load, that's a classic memory access issue--there's three possible culprits:

1. The 4GB Patch, in spite of the messages you got in the process, wasn't installed properly.  There's a number of reasons this can happen, such as if you happen to have switched versions of the game since your last NAM installation (i.e. going from disc to digital, or between different digital editions), and there's still registry entries pointing to the old installation (the .bat file uses the Windows Registry to determine the location of SimCity 4.exe to apply the 4GB Patch to it).
2. Your system has less than 4GB RAM.  (We've heard conflicting things from users with exactly 4GB RAM, though in theory, it shouldn't work because of how the 4GB Patch works.  More than 4GB is absolutely in the clear, however).
3. You're on a 32-bit version of Windows.  The 4GB Patch can only provide its intended benefits on 64-bit Windows, as 32-bit Windows can only address 4GB RAM total (even if you have more installed), and Windows reserves 2GB RAM for itself.  As a result, 32-bit apps are generally coded to have access to 2GB maximum (whatever 32-bit Windows wasn't using).  Even with the 4GB Patch installed, Windows' 2GB requirement is going to limit SC4 (or any other program) to only be able to access the remaining 2GB RAM that Windows isn't using.  And 2GB isn't enough.

If you're still getting the CTDs after using the .bat file's auto-patching routine, you may want to attempt manually applying the 4GB Patch, by running 4gb_patch.exe (included in the download), finding the SimCity 4.exe you're using, and then clicking "Open" to begin the patching process.

Coincidentally, NAM 36's installer had a 4GB Patch routine built in (despite technically not requiring it, due to it not having nearly the level of stability code that NAM 37 and later have, especially on the RHW side), though it was opt-in with a prompt, and with as broken as NAM 36's installer was, it's quite possible that it surreptitiously skipped the routine at least some of the time.  (It has a documented tendency to completely skip installing the NAM Controller and the INRULs file on occasion, the two of which basically contain all the code that allows the NAM's network additions to function.)

There had been an issue with a modified version of the base Street network paths that had been included to add PedMall connectors to them.  Why this issue arose, we're not entirely sure, but I did replace the version that was in NetworkAddonMod_BaseContent.dat with one that didn't have this issue (and still had connections to the PedMalls), and have not been able to replicate this issue with my current NAM 42 installation.

Make sure you are indeed operating with a current NAM 42 version of that file, and also, that you're not running a "24-Hour" Automata Plugin, which may make the automata (cars and pedestrians) much less prevalent for certain periods of game time.

-Tarkus

Thank You Tarkus!!! I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it, then it patched correctly, now it works.  Again thank you to the NAM team.  The NAM truly adds another level to an already great game. Thank You!

On 11/1/2021 at 4:01 PM, Rage said:

Trying to install this on a Windows 10 with a Deluxe edition 2.0 something. I keep getting the "The 4gb_patch.exe file was not found in this folder" even after allegedly successfully installing the patch. Can someone point to a solution ? Thanks.

If you're trying to run the .bat file in a folder that doesn't have both the 4gb_patch.exe file and the .jar file in it as well, it can cause these sorts of issues.  Best approach is to unzip the entire download into its own folder, as moving stuff around or trying to run it without unzipping it can cause these sorts of access issues.

The way you can tell if the 4GB Patch is installed is if you happen to have a full-blast NAM install (with the Full NAM Controller option, instead of the LowRAM/NoRHW option) and you try to load up a city tile.  If the 4GB Patch is properly installed, it should load.  If not, it'll CTD.

-Tarkus

On 11/4/2021 at 3:05 AM, Tarkus said:

If you're trying to run the .bat file in a folder that doesn't have both the 4gb_patch.exe file and the .jar file in it as well, it can cause these sorts of issues.  Best approach is to unzip the entire download into its own folder, as moving stuff around or trying to run it without unzipping it can cause these sorts of access issues.

The way you can tell if the 4GB Patch is installed is if you happen to have a full-blast NAM install (with the Full NAM Controller option, instead of the LowRAM/NoRHW option) and you try to load up a city tile.  If the 4GB Patch is properly installed, it should load.  If not, it'll CTD.

-Tarkus

Ok, I unzipped everything and did run the files from the unzipped folder. Patch says installed ok and then I hit the bat file, Says "patch successfully installed, ready for NAM install, hit a key to continue (or something like that)"  I hit enter and nothing happens.

On 11/5/2021 at 3:11 PM, Rage said:

Ok, I unzipped everything and did run the files from the unzipped folder. Patch says installed ok and then I hit the bat file, Says "patch successfully installed, ready for NAM install, hit a key to continue (or something like that)"  I hit enter and nothing happens.

If that's the case, just try running NetworkAddonMod_Setup_Version42.jar directly.  We've occasionally had some cases recently where the NetworkAddonMod_Setup_Version42.bat hasn't launched the .jar file as intended after doing the 4GB Patch routine, though we've yet to determine why it's happening.

-Tarkus

Thank you for the Linux installation

On 11/7/2021 at 2:16 AM, Tarkus said:

If that's the case, just try running NetworkAddonMod_Setup_Version42.jar directly.  We've occasionally had some cases recently where the NetworkAddonMod_Setup_Version42.bat hasn't launched the .jar file as intended after doing the 4GB Patch routine, though we've yet to determine why it's happening.

-Tarkus

And how exactly do I run the jar file ? I'm confused.

Haven't played SimCity in months, and reading the description and seeing the In Memory Of text really hits me, that was my birth month, and I didn't know that one of the lead programmers passed away all of the sudden, that's really sad.

Thanks for update! Merry Christmas! 🎅☃️🎄

I am having issues installing v. 43. When I run it the executable window opens and says it wont run. I ran as admin then it said the 4gig.exe is not in the folder. I extracted to its own folder and I see a 4g install application file is in fact there. Suggestions?

 

 

DISREGARD. I finally was able to use a workaround.

NAM 43, how do I get the cul-de-sacs I see in other people using the NAM? I did install the cul-de-sac options with the installer, but I see these ugly barriers. I use the Euro RHD textures.

6 minutes ago, JoulSauron said:

NAM 43, how do I get the cul-de-sacs I see in other people using the NAM? I did install the cul-de-sac options with the installer, but I see these ugly barriers. I use the Euro RHD textures.

The cul-de-sacs option is checked on by default in the installer.  Maybe double check your install that you didn't uncheck it.  Otherwise, it is possible you are using a texture mod which is overriding the NAM.

30 minutes ago, Flann said:

The cul-de-sacs option is checked on by default in the installer.  Maybe double check your install that you didn't uncheck it.  Otherwise, it is possible you are using a texture mod which is overriding the NAM.

I have NAM43/8 Texture and Drive Side Support/EU_RightSide/z8_eurotexture_culdesac.dat

I think I never got to see this texture, so it's not of this NAM version.

4 hours ago, JoulSauron said:

I have NAM43/8 Texture and Drive Side Support/EU_RightSide/z8_eurotexture_culdesac.dat

I think I never got to see this texture, so it's not of this NAM version.

Ok if you've confirmed you have the culdesac dat, and you still have the issue then something would be overriding the NAM texture so check for old NAM files or other texture mods which may be loading after.

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Is it possible to set custom road capacities with the TSCT? I don't like any of the presets. I want to create my own difficulty through capacities, and the majority of the settings are just not close enough to what I want to get, even with cap multipliers. I really want to set specific values.

If not, can it be done through editing files TSCT uses (compiled or not)? I have limited experience with hex-editors from modding Unreal games (UAssetGUI tool) and would need to be recommended a tool for this game.

My issue with the prefab capacities is they are (seemingly) balanced around including Buses in the simulation, but it serves no purpose for me, as all it does is makes buses functionally pointless, which my theory was confirmed by conferring with a friend over the statement in the NAM/TSCT guide. Playing without it makes the game completely unbalanced with anything but the Maxis Classic TSCT Prefab, which is the closest I can get to the settings I want, but still far too low.

Also part of the issue is I don't like the curve the prefab capacities offer, as I don't believe that Avenues have enough capacity, One-Ways shouldn't be the same as Roads, and Highways should be far higher. 

Please respond ASAP, and thanks.