Trams? Why wern't they included in rushour?

[Bordz 0]

Why wern't trams included in rush hour it just doesnt make sense. Look at melbourne they have trams and so do some other cities, how could maxis leave them out?

[japamala 0]

and that's where Simtropolis comes in with the NAM.

Find it under Modds and Downloads.

[crazyyaya 4]

downloading nam is like getting a new version of the game

[Rymac91 15]

I bet the people at Maxis considered it while developing the expansion pack...but then ethier 2 things could have happend.

1. They had to leave it out due to making a deadline

2. They thought about it but then thought "Why would they want trams if they get monorails and elevated rails? I bet people would rather use normal rails for that." and so they left it out

But if the 2nd is true, boy were they wrong! not to worry though...NAM(Network Addon Mod) has GLR which adds a tram function to the game. It's a very useful system. Though it takes a while to place since you have to plop it all, but in the end, it looks great and works like a charm.

[japamala 0]

Originally posted by: Rymac91 Though it takes a while to place since you have to plop it all, but in the end, it looks great and works like a charm. quote>

Thankfuly, the next version of the NAM supports draggable trams. Isn't that nice?

[villagemayor 0]

Is that for real?? Trams are essential in many of my cities but its a pain to build them one by one.

[siso43 13]

This is not so bad, a knew, that some people think for what i need a tram in my city, when i have other transporter, how monorail or a Subway in my city. I would not say that i don't like Trams I would say that is so some don't would a Tram in her City.

[Roger_Rabbit92 0]

how do u put the mods in the lug in folder i have been trying everything

i downloaded it to andunzipped into the plug folder (which one through c drive or in mydocuments)

[HADC10 1]

My Documents/SC4/Plugins is the way to go

[ssfsx17 0]

Even more nice would be on-road trams and trolleys. That would give cities a much more "natural" feel, i.e. cities that started out as old 19th-century towns and later got so much traffic that they had to attach wires & rails to the existing roads.

[frogface 352]

I iremember Maxis saying there were plans to put in trams but there was not enough time to include them, dirt roads too

[SkyDiver 0]

So where are the trams? I got NAM but so far I couldnt find them??

[villagemayor 0]

Its called GLR (Ground Level Rail or something like that). I think its mandatory when installing NAM. When you go into the transportation button, under public transit, the icon looks like a rail track but its actually a tram track. It should be in there. When installing, save the game often because its been known to crash the game (it happens to me if I am not careful).

[socomseal45 0]

It usually crashes when your mouse moves over a diagonal GLR piece or a station. Most times it happens when you have antoher GLR piece.

[Nardo69 51]

I do believe frogface: I can imagine that EA planned to do trams - there are so many possibilities in SC4 EA never used because they turned to their money cow Sims and forgot Simcity ...

You can avoid most of the GLR related crashs if you first build the tracks and then the Stations. I do it that way, and everytime I have to change the GLR setup around a stations I tear down the station before I build the first GLR tracks.

Bernhard

[Cleaner475 150]

YAY! Now The NAM team has draggable GLR - No more stupid one block by block!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Originally posted by: Bordz

Why wern't trams included in rush hour it just doesnt make sense. Look at melbourne they have trams and so do some other cities, how could maxis leave them out?quote>

Yay for Melbourne! The tram system works here, as well as San Fransisco & various European cities, so why wouldn't it work for virtual people?

 

[Shlarin 0]

Living in the US, I've not encountered many cities where trams are utilized (San Francisco and Sacramento) are exceptions. What advantage do they have over busses since they'd have to flow along with traffic? Maybe the Dev's were thinking the same and thought they'd be redundant.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

Pros:

* Can adapt the number of carriages during peak hour

* Higher Capacity than buses

* 1 track takes up less space than a bus lane

* Can share track with trains, like in Karlsruhe, Germany & the old St. Kilda Rail in Melbourne

* Tram tracks show the route

* Higher Patronage

Cons:

* Tram tracks in roads can be blocked by cars turning across the tracks (not in Melbourne, we've got hook turns)

* You can flip a bike riding over the tracks!

* Idiot drivers crash into them

* Higher initial cost

In Melbourne, the Light Rail/Tram system works. And they're cool. They should be put in more cities.

[Randomtaskk 1]

We're getting trams (back) here in Edinburgh.

I like the idea, but it's a waste of money and the project is waaaaaay over schedule already (all they've done so far is divert the pipes/cables etc and it's already something like 6 months behind) due to conflicts between contractors/council etc.