NAM General Discussion Thread

[dlo 0]

When building this interchange my Sims get a no job zot as they cannot return to their home (same with U-Drive-It, the car disappears):

[Snoopy235 0]

How do you build sunken highways?

[MishaTennis 1]

Hi,

I have a question about the automata. I really want a city where you can always see ALOT of cars, sometimes even traffic. How do I change something in the NAM to make it more realistic that way?

[Hamish 1,369]

Originally posted by: Snoopy235 How do you build sunken highways?quote>

Read this.

Originally posted by: dlo

[dlo 0]

Originally posted by: hamish

Or you could turn on the "draw paths" cheat on by downloading this (found in that thread somewhere) and see if the cars can actually make the turn.quote>

Using that cheat, the interchange looks like this:

[GreekMan 246]

hi I download NAM april and Nam essentials.

I tried to dag the GLR but I can't change the curser from red to green. This is happing for all of thinks in NAM

[SHADD0W09 2]

i know this is not nam but thiss ight might be usfull for any eye dars on stations fro glr or road system that are in nan or addons http://www.nc3d.com/ it has a mix of buldins and transport

[IGGYMAN 101 1]

I like haljackey to make customize. Let be analyze what possible the traffic here....

[Haljackey 17,303]

Originally posted by: IGGYMAN 101 I like haljackey to make customize. Let be analyze what possible the traffic here....quote>

Hmm?  What do you mean Iggyman?

[jabber8809 0]

Hi, I currently have the Nam installed but wanted to update it. I previously installed the traffic plugin radical custom special, it seems not to be working now so I wanted to update it and try to get this fixed.

So I was attempting to update my Nam and saw that the traffic plugin radical custom special file was not there. 

Is there some reason for this? 

Does this file not work? 

I see on the installation instructions that it is listed there but when I go to install this with the installer it is just not listed. 

I am interested in increasing capacities for all transporations.

Thanks in advance! 

[b22rian 153]

hello jabber..

Us the new traffic plug ins that come with the latest update of the name .. Traffic sim A or B..

which have great improved path finding over any previous traffic plug ins.. they come in 3 difficulties easy, medium or hard.. So im sure you will find the network capacities your looking for..

I would like to suggest traffic plug in B for you written by MOtt..

read all about them here..:

https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=124&threadid=96866&enterthread=y

and let us know what you think later..

Thanks, Brian

[jabber8809 0]

Hi there b22rian. I did install the latest Nam and it has solved the low capacity issues I was having. It seems to be working great so far.

Thanks!

[b22rian 153]

hi jabber..

Glad to hear you are enjoying the new traffic sims so far..

I think in time you will find out what the rest of us , whom have installed them

already know.. And that is that they are superior to any of the older pathfinding engines

in many ways.. !!

Brian

[dac8767 0]

I had a few questions. I just reinstalled sim city on my new computer and I was surprised to find that the game was still very slow, despite my upgraded system. So . . . do turning lanes slow down the game? If so, are the turning lanes functional or are they just for looks? Also, what pathfinding plugin do you suggest to pick during installation for the best performance possible without slowing down the game? Finally, I have already worked on a city with the new NAM w/ turning lanes and the perfect pathfinding x5 plugins. If I reinstall the NAM with different plugins, will it screw up my city? If I want to change something, do I have to start my city over? Thanks

[taedwards 0]

The following CDK files show up in the game as a brown box. I tried downloading the dependency file repeatedly. Everything I know, which is not much, and still I get the brown box. Do you know why? What suggestions would you have. Please relay to your staff that I think the modeling you do on Simtropolis is superior to all others. Also is it possible to have passenger ferries to small, secluded islands without roads? The following files is namely the brown boxes so far.

PEG-CDKM Marina

PEG-OWW2-SV Seaport Village

How do you make the passenger ferries work. I have repeatedly tried but they fail all of the time. For instance, Ellis Island and the Statute of Liberty islands has no roads, how do I get these ferries to work? My email is taedwards2000@hotmail.com

[Tarkus 6,932]

dac8767, if you installed the turn lanes the last time you installed the NAM, I'd recommend installing the again.  Otherwise, the textures and paths will be missing and you'll have a bunch of blank roads all over your cities.  If you install a different simulator, it'll cause your city to function differently, but it won't cause it to crash.  I'd actually recommend installing either the new NAM "A" or "B" Simulators with Medium difficulty in your case (not the Park & Ride versions).

dedwards2000, the PEG-CDK is not at all related to the NAM.  I'd recommend checking the SimPeg PEGPROD Tech Support board, which can be found here.

-Tarkus

[zangle06 0]

Hi Just wondering how do u modd transport networks

because i wana give it a try is there a specif program u use(and how do u get it)

and could any1 show me the basics like guides and things

ps.sorry bout bad english

[Andreas Roth 607]

Most of the modding work for the NAM is done with ilive's Reader, available in the "Modds & Downloads" section here at Simtropolis. For textures, FiSHMan and SC4Tool is also very useful, and there are various pathing tools available. A word of caution, though: Transit modding is one of the most complicated and elusive form of modding, so if just started to dive into the world of modding, it's probably better to begin with something smaller. There are loads of tutorials and information posted across the various SC4 sites (namely Simtropolis and SC4Devotion), so you should start reading, looking at existing files, and try to understand what you see. You will need loads amount of time and patience, since this is not for the faint-hearted. Once you got a basic grasp, you should be able to understand what we are doing here, and if you get yourself involved with the matter, I'm sure people will answer specific questions.

[_alphaBeta_ 6]

NAM Simulator Z says that buses now count towards congestion & volume. Previously, buses had a large impact since they were "free" ways of moving sims around. Their travel time was affected by congestion, but they didn't add anymore themselves. Taking into account that the bus system usually paid for itself and then some, it was a powerful tool.

I figure this functionality was removed for a reason, but I'm left thinking that buses are kind of useless now. The only positive I see is providing a slightly faster commute-time (per vanilla SC4). I guess it would also be safe to assume that moving the same amount of sims via bus vs. car results in less congestion, but I haven't seen those numbers anywhere.

Perhaps the longer walking distance introduced by Simulator Z makes up for this. When applying Simulator Z to my existing cities, bus use (according to the traffic graph) takes a nose-dive with everything else increasing.

Is it still worth using buses?

[bl0dy 0]

Were can i download the NAM?

[LE0 5]

The new NAM January 09 is at the modds and downloads section at the top.

[Haljackey 17,303]

Originally posted by: LE0 The new NAM January 09 is on sc4devotion.

quote>

You can now download it here as well.  Did you see the news on the main page?

Just head over to the mods and downloads section, the PC and Mac versions of the Jan 09 NAM will be the first ones to show up.

Have fun!

-Haljackey

[awake_78 0]

Is there anyone to know where i could find a station for tram in road network or how can I make one my self????

Thanx in advance

[bluemoose 223]

@-awake_78:

I would like to know the same thing.

it seens kinda useless if there are no stations.

[warrior 169]

There will be some released by The SFBT in the near future.

Jonathan

[ja/att 61]

 Getting familiar with the extensive # of pieces in the new RHW I found I was missing some puzzle pieces. Specifically for the RHW 8 Orth diagonal outer transition 1. There are 8 puzzle pieces for transition 2 so I am assuming that there are suppose to be 8 for transition 1. When I "END" key through the selections I only get four and every second click the pieces don't change. I attached a pic to show what pieces I do get. Circled in the pic in red is the north bound lanes of the RHW 8. I am attempting to attach a diagonal from the lower right as the arrow indicates where I want the traffic to come from. But as u can see there are no pieces that marry up......

[ch0c0 13]

most of the RHW8 functionality was disabled prior to release because of RUL issues.....

so thats a known limitation. there is a workaround for diagonal RHW8 by j-dub (i think?)....

[R30hedron 28]

Could anyone explain, or direct me to an explaination on, how the draggable GLR works?

[warrior 169]

It is in the readme, and works the same way as RHW, HSRP and SAM.

Jonathan

[blaza6925 16]

After I downloaded the new NAM, none of the bridges I added to the game are working (Tsing Ma bridge and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge) I have used the NAM essentials updater and the bridges still don't show up in the game, I need help!