Persistent Automata and Commute Time

[corydreinhardt 37]

So I am by far not an expert. But here is my dilemma: I want to create a city where the commutes are noticeable (i.e. you can see people going to work) and it gets congested during the rush hour times. I was able to accomplish this by downloading the persistent automata mod. For those of you who are not familiar with this mod, you are able to have the cars stay on the map longer without disappearing. In addition, it allows the commute times to be synchronized in a sort of rush hour way. HOWEVER, now plenty of my sims are abandoning their houses due to commute times. Needless to say, my city is only 4,000 people so if they can't find their way from one end of the city to the other because their commute time is too long, that is ridiculous. So my question is: Is it possible to get the persitent automata mod without affecting the commute time??

[mido1960 19]

I am not an expert either but as far as I understand the autamata are just eye candy and have no influence on the simulation. Very likely there is another reason why your commute times are longer than before.

Are you using the NAM? This mod can prevent you from a lot of headache and problems of this kind.

[Kifflom112 355]

Yeah, get NAM, it transform all of my long and medium commutes to short, but build businesses near by. I got this mod and put it on high, no long commutes or even medium, so it must be something else. I'm no expert either.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

This is such a huge program that no one is a real expert, but if you are getting abandonment with a pop of 4G's, then you need transit. Buses at least.

The NAM will improve everything, but it has a couple of days of learning curve that should be spent in your sandbox.