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Network Addon Mod Lite (NAM Lite) - Cross Platform  4 (rev1)

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Network Addon Mod Lite (NAM Lite) is a transportation mod for SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition (or SimCity 4 with the Rush Hour Expansion Pack), now offered as a standalone download.

A more compact version of the flagship Network Addon Mod (NAM), NAM Lite features just the most essential of NAM features, including the NAM's renowned Traffic Simulator Plugins, refining SimCity 4's pathfinding engine to work as it was originally intended, along with Automata Controller options, updated textures (including a Euro/International texture option), Roundabouts, Diagonal Streets, additional interchanges for the game's base Highway system (the "Maxis Highways"), and (optional) Hole Diggers/Ground Raisers, allowing for precise terrain alteration.

Compatibility and Installation

Before attempting to run the NAM installer, ensure that you have extracted the contents of the .zip download into a folder. Attempting to run the installer while it is still in the .zip will cause the installation to fail.

The minimum requirements for running the Network Addon Mod are as follows:

  • A compatible retail copy of SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition OR SimCity 4 with the Rush Hour Expansion Pack
    • Windows/Linux (via WINE): Any digital retail edition EXCEPT the EA App/Origin Retail Edition (see here for details regarding the EA App/Origin edition), or any disc copy updated to at least Version 1.1.638.
    • macOS: Any recent digital edition of the Aspyr port for macOS (installation on the App Store version is more difficult, and the NAM Team is limited in our capacity to provide installation help to App Store users).
    • The now-rare non-Deluxe/non-Rush Hour copies of SimCity 4 are not supported. Attempting to run NAM Lite on a non-Deluxe/non-Rush Hour copy of SimCity 4 will cause the game to immediately crash to desktop (CTD).
  • A system with the following specs:
    • Any system which can run SimCity 4, with 40MB available disk space.
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE), in order to run the installer. (The Java Development Kit, or JDK, will also work, but contains extra files not needed unless you're a Java developer.)
  • Additional Requirement on Mac (optional for Windows/Linux): JDatPacker by memo.
    • JDatPacker is a tool for consolidating folders of SimCity 4 plugins. This can speed up the game's performance, and on macOS, this helps alleviate issues with the Aspyr port's known "number of files limit", wherein exceeding a certain number of files/folders within the game's Plugins directory can cause the game to crash.

To install Network Addon Mod Lite:

  1. Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) (if already installed, skip to Step 2).
  2. Remove any existing NAM installations, if present (simply deleting the "a_Network Addon Mod Lite" and/or "Network Addon Mod" folder from the Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins directory is the easiest way).
  3. Run the NAM Lite Installer.
    • On Windows:
      • Run NetworkAddonMod_Lite_Setup_Version4.jar, or, if that fails, run NetworkAddonMod_Lite_Setup_Version3.bat.
    • On macOS:
      • Run NetworkAddonMod_Lite_Setup_Version4.jar.
      • If on the App Store version, the installer cannot directly install into the Plugins location the App Store version utilizes, which is inside the .app file (~/Library/Containers/com.aspyr.simcity4.appstore/Data/Documents/SimCity 4). Install to an alternate location first, then copy the resultant "Plugins" folder into that location. Note that the NAM Team is currently very limited in our ability to provide installation assistance to App Store users.
    • On Linux:
      • Run NetworkAddonMod_Lite_Setup_Version4.jar, or, if that fails, run NetworkAddonMod_Lite_Setup_Version3.sh.
  4. Follow the installer's instructions, clicking on each tab on the top bar in order.
    1. Agree to the mod's terms on the initial "welcome" tab to proceed with the installation.
    2. select the options you would like to install under the "files" tab.
    3. Select the install location under the "location" tab. Unless you have set up an alternate location for your Plugins folder, or happen to be on the Mac App Store version of the game, this should
    4. Finally, move to the "install" tab. Click the "Start installation" button to begin the installation process. When the installation is complete, the progress screen will display a message, "All selected components installed!".
    5. Close the installer, using the "X" button or, on macOS, the red circular button, in the upper right corner of the window. You're all done installing the mod.
  5. Additional step for Mac users (optional on Windows/Linux): run JDatPacker to consolidate the mod's files.
    • If on the App Store version, run JDatPacker over the resultant Plugins directory, then move the "a_Network Addon Mod Lite.dat" file into the container.
    • On the Steam version (or if optionally using JDatPacker on Windows), run JDatPacker on the Documents\SimCity 4\Plugins directory (this will also consolidate your other plugins as well). Make sure you remove the original directories that were consolidated, and, if upgrading or reinstalling your NAM package at any point, ensure you delete the "a_Network Addon Mod Lite.dat" from your Plugins before running the new installation. It is recommended that you use a new subfolder (i.e. "Plugins\Compressed Files") instead of installing to the root of the Plugins directory, as this can help prevent mod conflicts.
  6. Load the game and enjoy the NAM!

For further details on NAM Lite and its features, visit our new website at https://www.sc4nam.com.

Celebrating 20 years of SimCity 4 (January 14th, 2003-January 14th, 2023!)

 


What's New 4 (rev1)   View Changelog


Released

New Features for NAM Lite 4

  • The issue with the Custom Interchanges button not allowing one to access more than just a single interchange type has been addressed (thanks to /u/Fart_Bard on /r/simcity4 for the report).
  • NAM Lite's file architecture has been better harmonized with that of the full edition of the NAM.
  • rev1 update: Fixes lingering issue (since NAM Lite 3) with the Avenue Roundabouts button and adds the Roundabout path fixes that were also incorporated into NAM 49 (rev1).
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Loving the NAM Lite, but is anybody having issues with the highway connections? I cannot get elevated and ground level highways to connect. I have to go out of the game, cut and move the NAM Lite folder out of the SC4 Plugins folders, go back in the game and connect my highways, and then reverse it to get NAM Lite back. 

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I always wished a lite version of NAM. Often I spent hours selecting some components because my hardware was very old.
The full NAM version is fabulous, but my focus is not large ways. 😅
Congrats e thanks, NAM team. 🙏

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Awesome work! Normally I play on my PC but I installed the NAM lite on my Macbook to play just for fun with the Vanilla version (and the NAM lite because it's definitely essential). Glad that the focus is on the improved traffic stuff like the Sims don't complain anymore when commute more than like 10 tiles, the realistic Automata, etc. 

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Saludos, descargue el NAM lite...pero no elimine el principal que tengo pues cuando lo hice para instalar el lite no tenia nada de lo tenia con el NAM completo. Asi que tengo los dos instalados. Me pueden de ir que hay de novedoso en esto del lite?????. Porque por si solo no es nada.


Greetings, I downloaded NAM lite...but I didn't delete the main one I have because when I did it to install lite I didn't have anything of what I had with the full NAM. So I have both installed. Can you tell me what's new about lite? Because on its own it's nothing.

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@SimCity tony hola!

Si te fijas en el instalador del NAM Lite, esta es la lista de componentes que están presentes en esta variedad:

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El NAM Lite principalmente incluye correcciones a defectos que están presentes en el juego original, tal como el simulador de tráfico y múltiples conexiones a nivel entre calles, carreteras y avenidas, además de algunas herramientas adicionales básicas, como las herramientas de excavación de terreno, los cruces a desnivel flexibles y las piezas flexibles para calles diagonales.

En el NAM Lite no se incluyen componentes más complejos como Real Railway, Real Highway y Network Widening Mod, porque dependen de la inclusión de grandes cantidades de código para hacerlos funcionar, lo que ha resultado, para muchas personas con computadores más antiguos o lentos, en que sea imposible hacer funcionar el juego con el NAM.

En tu caso, si puedes hacer funcionar el NAM y te interesa ocupar sus componentes más complejos, lo más recomendable es que desinstales el NAM Lite. En todo caso, y a modo de experimento, podrías probar desinstalar ambos NAM, usar el juego y luego probar solo el NAM Lite: seguramente te sorprenderás al ver que muchas cosas que parecerían ser nativas de SimCity, como las rotondas y las intersecciones diagonales x ortogonales, en realidad son contenido añadido por el NAM.

Sea como sea, y para evitar problemas de funcionamiento, siempre deberías tener instalada solo una versión y variedad del NAM. Si tienes más dudas, puedes dejarlas como un comentario en el siguiente hilo de soporte. No hay problema si lo escribes en español, @Lucario Boricua y yo somos hablantes nativos!

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Gracias, me encanta el juego. Primero lo tuve original en cd pero tuve que ponerle un parche para que corriera en la laptop e iba algo lento cuando le bajaba cosas y el NAM, etc. Pasado el tiempo cambie de laptop pero esta no tiene unidad de cd, asi que lo compre por Steam que ya viene parchado y con toda mi ciudad e cosas hechas se pasaron directo.

En cuanto a tu mensaje, gracias por responder. Efectivamente ya lo probé quitando el NAM COMPLETO que yo tengo y dejando solo el NAM lite Y no tenia nada *:idea:... tenia autopistas cortadas por la mitad y falta de carreteras. Asi que volvi a colocar mi NAM completo y regreso todo. Ahora estan los dos pero voy a quitar el NAM lite como dices ya que no hace nada ni agrega nada a mi NAM completo.

Queria comentarles que intente instalar un NAM completo mas actualizado que el que tengo, se llama NAM 48 y no nada no logre intalarlo *:idea: , no se instala completo y me colapso el juego..no cargaba ciudades. Pense que habia perdido todo. Tuve que eliminar el NAM 48 del plugin y buscar cada archivo para irlo eliminando manualmente para restaurar el juego. Menos mal que no desinstale el anterior que tenia y solo lo copie en otro lado.

A veces veo cosas super interesante para instalar, edificios, puertos, aeropuertos, cosas, pero cuando las pongo no se ven o me piden dependencias. Cuando trato de bajarlas me es imposible. no se como hacerlo. Habrá algún archivo de dependencias generales fácil de instalar que uno pueda descargar para que se vea mejor los detalles, arbustos calles y cosas de los edificios???  

 

saludos!

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