GLR-to-Subway transition issues

[littlefriend420 0]

So, I'm having an issue with the GLR-to-Subway transition. I'm getting a brown box (well, actually I use the multi-color smudge mod) despite having the required dependencies. Anyone have any ideas about this?

[local_authority01 3]

Are you using the NDEX one or the GLR to Hillside?

For NDEX, you need the NDEX Global Essentials file and the NDEX Rail-to-Subway Transition Lot. Links can be found at the GLR-to-Subway transition download page on the stex.

The GLR to Hillside Subway transitition might need additional Hillside to Subway network downloads.

[littlefriend420 0]

I figured it out. Despite having just downloaded it within the past two weeks I somehow managed to grab an outdated version of the Global Essentials file. I got the proper one and everything is working fine now.

[gecko001 2]

Hey, I also have the brown box. I found two versions of NDEX Global Essentials.dat : one is 604kb and filedate 6/13/05, the newer (version 2) is 1440kb dated 12/14/07. (The lot file I have is "NDEX - GLR-to-Subway Transition (3x1)_ce34b22a.SC4Lot"). Neither Essentials file works for me -- I get the brown box no matter which Essentials file I have in the folder. 

Is there a yet-newer Essentials file? I have searched but found no other versions. I have looked for other dependencies (some texture file, or prop pack, for instance) but have found no other dependencies listed. 

I put the two files in the plugins folder (in a folder named "NDEX and Associates"). So, I really can't say why I'm still getting the brown box. 

Am I doing anything different than you?

TIA,

gecko001

Originally posted by: littlefriend420

I figured it out. Despite having just downloaded it within the past two weeks I somehow managed to grab an outdated version of the Global Essentials file. I got the proper one and everything is working fine now.quote>

[CaptCity 4,915]

Originally posted by: gecko001

Hey, I also have the brown box. I found two versions of NDEX Global Essentials... Neither Essentials file works for me -- I get the brown box no matter which Essentials file I have in the folder.quote>

Did you also download and install the NDEX Rail-to-Subway Transition? It is needed to provide the model for the GLR-to-Subway lot. Without it, the boxes will show up.

[gecko001 2]

 Hey, thanks for the info. I downloaded and installed the ndex rail to sub transition you provided the link to. I don't know how you knew it was needed -- for that matter, I don't see how I could have known it was needed. You must therefore be a genius. :-)

Oddly, the ndex rail to sub transition installation removed the rail to sub formerly found in the underground rail pieces (which were installed by NAM, I believe). Another oddity: though I now have two ndex lots (rail to sub and glr to sub), both lots look like rail going down, i.e. the glr version doesn't look like glr. I tested it, though, and it functions as glr. 

Thanks again, CaptCity. I really appreciate your reply!

..gecko001

[cheeseman 3]

yea same thing here, i think its a re-pathed version of the rail one that didnt get retextured

[jim 546 43]

@Gecko001: The file actually lists the Rail-Subway Transition lot as a dependency.

[gecko001 2]

Jim546, after reading your note I went back to look, because I could swear I looked for dependencies. You are right: it is listed right there on the glr to sub page. My eyes actually 'skipped' the "Rail" portion of the name: I read it as "GLR".  It's like when you're reading a math problem and see 2+2=5, but your eyes skip over it and see 2+2=4. Thanks for pointing that out. I try to be careful and thorough, but don't always succeed. I'll take this lesson to heart.

Best regards, gecko001 

[CaptCity 4,915]

Originally posted by: gecko001

Oddly, the ndex rail to sub transition installation removed the rail to sub formerly found in the underground rail pieces (which were installed by NAM, I believe).quote>

Actually, the piece that comes in NAM is not a rail-to-sub transition piece but an underground rail piece, so I don't know if we're thinking of the same thing. Having the NDEX transition lots installed shouldn't have eliminated the NAM underground rail piece.

Another oddity: though I now have two ndex lots (rail to sub and glr to sub), both lots look like rail going down, i.e. the glr version doesn't look like glr. I tested it, though, and it functions as glr.quote>

Yes, both lots are very similar in appearance, but have been pathed for the different transit rail networks.

[gecko001 2]

" Actually, the piece that comes in NAM is not a rail-to-sub transition piece but an underground rail piece..." 

Yes, CaptCity, that is what I meant to say: the underground rail piece had disappeared. But here today, it is back again. I must stop downloading/installing/testing so late at night: my brain's obviously half-baked. Sorry to have sounded a false alarm on that. 

I am so new (only two weeks) into the user-modified SimCity that I am up to all hours, in complete amazement at all the changes that these clever people have produced. I have been dumbfounded: I had played vanilla SC Deluxe since it came out (actually I have played SimCity since the first version came out -- black and white, somewhere around 1992). I had no idea (til two weeks ago) that all these fine people had so extended and enhanced the game. I'll try to shut down earlier and get a bit more sleep, so as to not sound any more false alarms.

Thanks again, gecko001

[gecko001 2]

" Actually, the piece that comes in NAM is not a rail-to-sub transition piece but an underground rail piece..." 

Yes, CaptCity, that is what I meant to say: the underground rail piece had disappeared. But here today, it is back again. I must stop downloading/installing/testing so late at night: my brain's obviously half-baked. Sorry to have sounded a false alarm on that. 

I am so new (only two weeks) into the user-modified SimCity that I am up to all hours, in complete amazement at all the changes that these clever people have produced. I have been dumbfounded: I had played vanilla SC Deluxe since it came out (actually I have played SimCity since the first version came out -- black and white, somewhere around 1992). I had no idea (til two weeks ago) that all these fine people had so extended and enhanced the game. I'll try to shut down earlier and get a bit more sleep, so as to not sound any more false alarms.

Thanks again, gecko001