NAM : Automata disappearing

[DahMayorDefacto 1]

Right, i have this strange problem... i use NAM, windows version (i have windows so that's not the problem)

I have right-hand drive version of game and have installed the right-hand version...

However, all the commuting cars (that are generated when people drive to work) just pops up and fades out over and over again! The same thing applies to pedestrians and trucks... however automata such as taxi's and schoolbuses, aswell as trains work properly

Anyone else having this problem?

[nycsc4 5,250]

Right, i have this strange problem... i use NAM, windows version (i have windows so that's not the problem)

I have right-hand drive version of game and have installed the right-hand version...

However, all the commuting cars (that are generated when people drive to work) just pops up and fades out over and over again! The same thing applies to pedestrians and trucks... however automata such as taxi's and schoolbuses, aswell as trains work properly

Anyone else having this problem?

I actually don't think that it's a problem. Automata in Sim City 4 has always appeared, vanished and reappeared for me. I thought it was normal. I don't know much about the technical side of things, but I always assumed the game's engine couldn't handle every car having it's own separate trip in which it would remain visible. There is a lot of other stuff going on in the background, especially if the simulation is running.

I could be completely wrong, hopefully someone who knows the technical side of things will chime in with a real answer. But as far as I know its normal for this to happen.

[Tarkus 6,931]

I actually don't think that it's a problem. Automata in Sim City 4 has always appeared, vanished and reappeared for me. I thought it was normal. I don't know much about the technical side of things, but I always assumed the game's engine couldn't handle every car having it's own separate trip in which it would remain visible.

That's a completely correct explanation, I'd say. It was especially the case when the game was first released and needed to be able to run on low-end Pentium IIIs, which were still quite prevalent then. The automata visuals are actually one of the more "taxing" things in the game.

-Alex (Tarkus)