Tram problems

[frederikenelund 0]

Hey

I simply cannot get my trams to work.

I have downloaded the latest NAM from august 2010 nr. 29 and built a tram line with the puzzle pieces - i have also tried with the dragable pieces but I don't have to drag them so I do it the other way. I have no stations on line. 

Well no trams appears on the track why?

Since the NAM doesn't contain any stations I have dowloaded SFBT GLR trams mod and it's dependencies. Then I have build i line more with station. Then the trams do appear in the stations but they don't drive any where. After a few seconds they disappear. I have followed the instructions from the readme in the "GLR tram mod".

What am I doing wrong? I would love to have trams in my city but i will soon give up.

Hope someone can help.

I have the Deluxe version

[TekindusT 3,809]

Have you remembered dragging an EL-rail stretch over the station in order to activate it? Most of the users with this kind of problems have forgotten...

[frederikenelund 0]

Originally posted by: TekindusT

Have you remembered dragging an EL-rail stretch over the station in order to activate it? Most of the users with this kind of problems have forgotten...quote>

Thank you for your reply

I have - the readme told me to do so

[TekindusT 3,809]

Remember that trams (automata) appear only when there's a good amount of commuters using the line (at least 150-200) and automata usually appear and dissapear without an apparent reason.

If the line is fine or you have no commuting at all, then the only thing that comes to my mind is that you may have installed the NAM in the wrong drive side. If traffic in your game is Right Hand Drive (RHD) and you have accidentally configured the NAM during the installation to work in Left Hand Drive (LHD) you have this kind of problems, or viceversa. Make sure your game is RHD or LHD and install the NAM according to this situation.

If this fails, I can't give more solutions, as I'm not a modder. The SFBT guys will be able to answer to you much better than me...

[frederikenelund 0]

I have installed the correct RHD.

I'll try to make some more sims use the trains, that might help. 

But i really don't think it has any thing to do with not enough using the trams as I cannot use the U Drive It either. When it has finnished counting down ready to go, the normal game just continues.

 But thanks

[CaptCity 4,695]

You mentioned you have Deluxe. Have you also applied the EP1 game patch. It is recommended for using NAM.

[gecko001 2]

It might seem obvious, but another question would be: What about streets? Do you have any that touch the glr stations, so the sims can actually access the station, via walking or driving?

[The Bluejay 40]

I've noticed that many stations for GLR, while working as stations, aren't transit enabled and thus won't work in U-Drive-It. I think I recall the stations you mentioned - Different colour lines? - and I'm reasonably sure I had the same problem. In the end, I only used on or two of those stations at terminuses and used other, transit enabled stations on the mainlines.

[paulmc 391]

The tram cars need to go from a station to another, and they must transport commuters as well, so be sure it has passengers to commute, and if it is conected with other transport types (mainly if it has a road/street beside) for the comuters do exchange of transport, and dont forget the conection with energy in all stations.