NAM General Discussion Thread

[kassarc16 4]

Date:10/28/2004 2:34:29 AM
Author:The Great Chozo

Hmm, do you want a little assistance in making some stairs, or maybe a glass elevator, or maybe a glass covered stairway that snakes its way down on a single tile??

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How about both of those if possible!!!

[Pkmnrulz240 11]

Wow!!! Great job here Tropod! I've fallen in love with the dual network puzzle pieces.

Keep up the good work man. Without you, this game would be as boring as UT2004.

[+Guest]

WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THAT INTERCHANGE

[Dargor 17]

Date:10/29/2004 4:02:46 PM
Author:d.nikita

WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD THAT INTERCHANGE

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There's no need to spam this thread. No need to type in capitals either. That is considered to be screaming here. And what interchange do you mean?

[+Guest]

the first one u see at the begining of the thread

[thatmonkeysim 8]

i dont think its availble yet youll just have to wait just like the rest of us

[jglei701 8]

I have a couple of general questions about the NAM. The first involves the road over road overpasses. I've seen these in a bunch of screenshots, and they look pretty good... but has anyone looked into the possibility of creating onramps, similar to the original highway onramps for SC4? I can understand wanting to have an overpass, but could we possibly have the overpass AND the onramps? (I'm sorry if this has been discussed before... but going through 69 pages of discussion just for one small question didn't seem very desirable to me!)

It seems to me like an onramp like that would save a lot of space (not having to create an interchange using a bunch of 1-way streets...

And like I said, this may already have been looked at, but I don't think that it's included in the NAM (correct me if I'm wrong... I presently don't use it, I've downloaded it a couple of times and decided I was happy with the way things worked!)

Thanks,
jglei701

[Dr. Neitchskrimfrauwnmoya 7]

Date: 10/29/2004 5:41:30 PM
Author: jglei701
I have a couple of general questions about the NAM. The first involves the road over road overpasses. I've seen these in a bunch of screenshots, and they look pretty good... but has anyone looked into the possibility of creating onramps, similar to the original highway onramps for SC4? I can understand wanting to have an overpass, but could we possibly have the overpass AND the onramps? (I'm sorry if this has been discussed before... but going through 69 pages of discussion just for one small question didn't seem very desirable to me!)

It seems to me like an onramp like that would save a lot of space (not having to create an interchange using a bunch of 1-way streets...

And like I said, this may already have been looked at, but I don't think that it's included in the NAM (correct me if I'm wrong... I presently don't use it, I've downloaded it a couple of times and decided I was happy with the way things worked!)

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This is this what you are talking about, right? So, yea, it's already been discussed and it could be possible to do but nobody actually took the time to do it because there are so much other projects going on. And I agree with you that this ouverpass could but very usefull, the same thing with an avenue would be great to. If you want a summary of what was talked in the thread, check out the first post of the NAM resquest thread .

[+Guest]

can i download that interchange????

[Tropod 144]

Date:10/30/2004 4:16:22 AM
Author:d.nikita

can i download that interchange????

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CLICK HERE

 

Read the above description page;

Download the networkaddon mod file;

Unzip the downloaded file;

Open the 1.Readme file;

Read the Installation Instructions;

Read the Contents file;

Read the Q&A file;

Read the History file;

Read the Technical Notes file;

Read whatever else other documentation there is;

Play the game with the networkaddon mod files installed;

 

If what you

[dudyconstructor 40]

i got an idea that might look cool!

i was looking at some freeway/highway photos and i thought why doesn't SC4 have freeways with 4 lanes. that'd  be a good idea wouldn't it?

[Yajimari21 0]

the diagonals with 3 lanes are completly full...

[+Guest]

if any of you are experiancing these problems while on the highway in sc4

everytime you pass truck the car blows up

when you come close to the truck u get pushed back

you are welcome to reply

i have come up with an idea 4 lane freeways 2 on each side of the wall that way no cars will blow up


be like this

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interchanges and other stufr like that be the same
as for transition fon 6 lane be just like the avenues

[+Guest]

i have also thought of something else why hasent anyone come out with double decker dighway

[wild_horse_in_the_sky 2]

d.nikita,
Welcome to simtropolis but you need to stop spamming this thread.

Wild

[iMacWin95 0]

d.nikita, I would also like to welcome you to Simtropolis, but your signature seems to be a bit too long.

 

In response to your double-decker highway question, yes people have been trying, but it's not easy. It's like trying to create an entirely new type of transit from scratch.

 

P.S. There's something called the edit button. Please, use it.

[Yajimari21 0]

and also ur highway thing doesnt have much to do with this forum, if u want to request, go to the NAM Request section. Cut back on the double posts.

[6459978. 106]

I don't know if this is very useful, but I happened to be using GMax for a school project (a bridge design) and the final result looked pretty good in game so I thought I'd post a pic here:

 

 

 

It's supposed to be a pedestrian/bike path

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mexicanboy13r 12]

Wow that is really nice!

[Tropod 144]

Having played SC3K, one of a few things that has really been bugging me    ever since SC4 was released......I thought I'd finally go about changing it, & boy has it been a long time coming:

 

 

EDIT: See further below for (more) details.

[eddiem 2]

Great timing Tropod. I was just searching to find out if that was possible. Works great.
Eddie

[iMacWin95 0]

GREAT TROPOD!!!

 

Just a wonder, there seems to be a remote problem in UDI where if you're in the inside of a highway in a curve, sometimes, and it doesn't appear to happen frequently, you get bumped into the next lane.

 

I've personally encountered that only once, but it always happened in the same place, every single time. .

 

Is it possible to fix that?

 

And btw, when's the next stable release of the NAM coming out? (Roughly)

[Pkmnrulz240 11]

Date: 10/31/2004 4:44:26 PM
Author: iMacWin95

GREAT TROPOD!!!

Just a wonder, there seems to be a remote problem in UDI where if you're in the inside of a highway in a curve, sometimes, and it doesn't appear to happen frequently, you get bumped into the next lane.

I've personally encountered that only once, but it always happened in the same place, every single time. .

Is it possible to fix that?

And btw, when's the next stable release of the NAM coming out? (Roughly)

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Wait... so, if you've only encountered it once, how do you know that it happens every single time?

[lakeyboy 12]

Date:10/31/2004 7:58:57 AM
Author:Tropod

Having played SC3K, one of a few things that has really been bugging me    ever since SC4 was released......I thought I'd finally go about changing it, & boy has it been a long time coming.

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That is great but one thing I want to bring up. Does it fix this following streach of highway? This is the one that has really been bugging me.

If it doesn't can it be fixed?

[Tropod 144]

@iMacWin95@   there's currently some Path issues, as already mentioned in the readme. As for the next 'stable' release.... well, the latest version is  here . as for it being stable though, not sure what you mean there. It has been, & will be in Beta for quite some time really.

 

@Pkmnrulz240; aye, indeed.

 

@lakeyboy; that'd be a seperate (though slightly related) issue, & would require being looked into. So no, it won't fix that. Current aims are to just improve the highways. This is something I have noticed though, not only with onewayroad/highway, but also other network configurations as well in conjunction with highways (both ground highway & elevated highway). I'll have a look into it though, & see if it can/can't be fixed (no guarantees though). It is definately somewhat annoying sometimes to have to see that in a city.

 

 

[a11eria 3]

thank you soooooooooo very much tropod i have no idea how many times i have tried to get the highway to do ths s shuffle. Now i have even more work to do good thing i got my rma'd board back. I seem to remeber having problems with the Ave tool as well is my memeory correct.

[Tropod 144]

 

NetworkAddonMod_HighwayFix_Alpha.zip

Because of some required changes, this file is currently no longer compatible with any other mod (files) at all. It will however be included in the NAM in due course at a later date. PLEASE see/read the README for further details.

The above file allows the ability to make S-Curve Highways, within a 1x# tile section, such as the picture above, thus giving more freedom, usability & flexibilty with the highway tools. This is applicable to both ground highway & elevated highway.

 

There are currently some minor items that need to be addressed still, of which are listed in the Readme. So make sure you read the README before posting any problems with it thanks. If you come across an issue that is not listed in the README, then by all means post the issue here thanks.

 

 

@lakeyboy (&/or anyone else that's interested); If you would like to post some pictures showing any/all glitches (such as the one you posted above with the Highway), then please by all means do (be sure to include the Orientation please), as this will give me some idea of just how many of these set-ups/configurations need looking into.

[CryinG.FreeM4n 19]

Request :

A22) Sim_Idiot
a new ground highway <=> elevated highway piece. When connecting the two highways together ingame you get an unrealistic slope for a highway, it would be nice to have a nice gradual slope across several tiles.

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Here a preview of a realistic ground/elevated highway piece I'm working on (currently testing)



Others screenshots in the following thread, NAM : Development

[Xurros 10]

Finally! I wish the NAM overpasses were like that, because the NAM overpasses ramps are also very unrealistic... That's the reason why I never use them... I know it's the best way to save space, but I prefer to lose some tiles and have something realistic..

[pansarkatt 2]

That looks great CryinG. Will it be in the NAM when ready?