Introducing the NAM Hotfix Package

[NAM Team 864]

Introducing NAM Hotfix Package

Current Version: 301 (for NAM Version 30), released 13 April 2012

Download Link

In order to streamline the process of releasing bugfixes and other minor updates between releases, the NAM Team is now introducing the NAM Hotfix Package. The NAM Hotfix Package combines fixes for issues reported with the most recent version of the NAM and its periphery plugins (e.g. RHW, NWM, etc.), and compiles them cumulatively into one single, unified package. Through this package, we can now include Controller/RUL-related fixes that we formerly had considerable difficulty distributing between releases. The Hotfix Package effectively replaces the confusingly named "NAM Essentials" package.

The first NAM Hotfix Package release for NAM Version 30, Hotfix Package 301, is now available, and can be picked up here. Both a Windows installer and all the files necessary for a manual install (e.g. for MacOS users) are contained within the package. It may beinstalled directly over top of your existing NAM installation. It contains the following fixes/features:

• Updates NAM Controller to Version r139 (April 13, 2012).
  
• Arrows on preview model for OneWayRoad Viaduct Orthogonal-Diagonal Transition have been corrected.
  
• Road-ending-in-Tram-ON-Road T-Intersection piece now plops the correct direction.
  
• ERHW-over-RHW diagonal pieces that previously did not properly plop now function properly.
  
• Preview models for RealHighway RHW-6S-to-4 Type B and C Cosmetic Transitions are now properly aligned.
  
• Preview model for RHW-6S Type E1 Entrance Ramp (Exit Ramp in LHD) is now properly aligned.
  
• RHW Narrow Exit Lane Overplop for RHW-4 Type A1 Wide Ramp has been disabled. (It will not function correctly.)
  
• All previously issued path fixes for RealHighway (RHW) Version 5.0 (RHW-3 Dual Type A1 Ramp).
  
• Updates to Road, OneWayRoad and Avenue Viaduct-over-GHSR models are included.
  
• LHD path fixes, including for the Avenue Roundabouts, revamped Diagonal Maxis Highway over Diagonal Avenue interchanges, and numerous URail, Tram-in-Road, and Tram-on-Street pieces.
  
• All previously issued path and texture fixes for Network Widening Mod (NWM) Version 2.0.
  

Dependencies

Network Addon Mod Version 30 (Windows | MacOS)

(Optional) Most recent versions of HSRP, NWM, RHW and SAM (needed for HSRP, NWM, RHW and SAM fixes, respectively).

Installation and Other Frequently Asked Questions

This NAM Hotfix Package is intended to be installed directly over your existing NAM installation.The Hotfix is not a Core release. It only contains the files necessary to fix all that is noted in the above feature list.

Do not uninstall your existing NAM version when installing a Hotfix Package. More specific instructions on installation may be found on the description page for the download, and in the Readme.

The NAM Core itself will generally not be updated in the wake of Hotfix Package releases (the current NAM Version 30 upload does not include the Hotfix already applied. The purpose of the Hotfix Package is to allow us to be able to issue fixes without having to update the Core and distribute them in a more unified manner than easily-lost forum attachments spread all over the place.

-The NAM Team

  Edited April 14, 2012 by NAM Team  

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Wow what a great new idea!Nice work on the updates!

[Durfsurn 539]

So this can be updated as kind of a NAM Ver 30.1? Nice idea.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

You can call this hotfix technically NAM v30.1. There were enough RUL-related bugs we could fix to make it worth to do such an hotfix, since the RUL-files can't be easily patched without having multiple versions of the NAM Controller floating around. We decided to also include some other fixes we released over the past few months and bundled them together. Since it may take a while until NAM v31, it's good to have a hotfix around for now

Best,

Maarten

[Follarch 326]

I'm not entirely sure I understand this. Is the Hotfix package a completely up-to-date NAM with all the core files? Or an addition to the NAM we already have in our plugins?

[Durfsurn 539]

From what I understand it is an addition.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Following the links given, I just did an install. The first thing I did was follow the instructions and uninstalled the NAM, then installed the new version. Now, is the hot fix included or was that the wrong link?

If the new method is a full reinstall of the NAM, the documentation needs better explanation for us farmers out here.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

The hotfix includes a patch, not a complete new NAM. It should be installed after you installed the NAM v30, since the NAM v30 is listed as a dependency.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The hotfix includes a patch, not a complete new NAM. It should be installed after you installed the NAM v30, since the NAM v30 is listed as a dependency.

Yes, after carefully rereading your announcement, I don't find a link to the package, however. Maybe a little fix to the announcement??

Never mind. I found it. I should think something like this should have a more obvious link than the word "here". This is becoming a habit with everyone, and I think we should be much more clear in these things.

  Edited April 14, 2012 by A Nonny Moose  

[MandelSoft 2,769]

Really? I just find this direct link: https://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/18239-nam-hotfix-package/

[Cockatoo 2,256]

I've featured the upload so everybody will see it/ know to download it. We can do this every time there's a NAM release/ hotfix if you guys want. Just send me a PM.

[Follarch 326]

Okay okay, Hotfix is a patch. I believe I have V30 of it. So I just install the hotfix and I'm good.

[Tarkus 6,931]

I've featured the upload so everybody will see it/ know to download it. We can do this every time there's a NAM release/ hotfix if you guys want. Just send me a PM.

Thanks, Cockatoo! I appreciate it.

Okay okay, Hotfix is a patch. I believe I have V30 of it. So I just install the hotfix and I'm good.

Exactly.

The opening post here has also been clarified and with a more prominent download link as well.

  Edited April 15, 2012 by Tarkus  

[mapboy 106]

I had a bit of an issue with it. I clicked the setting for left hand drive, but I noticed a right hand drive version was installing... So I ended up having to uninstall it and to my dismay found that I had uninstalled the whole Nam

When I looked into why the right hand files were even installed, it turns out that when I clicked left hand, the right hand option was still enabled, so I was installing both versions... Usually the Nam only allows one type to be installed.

Oh well, guess I have a nam to redownload...

[AIX 270]

I just wanted to poke my head in here and say thanks. I could not imagine playing this game without the benefits of all your efforts.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Thanks for fixing the announcement. Those of us with limited vision really appreciate it.

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

Topic unpinned and lock due to obsolescence.