Sims won't use RHW for commute

[agentgibbs5150 0]

I started a basic city, a residential zone and an industrial zone separated by a few dozen tiles, connected by a RHW-6C, but the sims won't use the RHW to commute to the industrial zone. I built an avenue between the two zones, and the sims will use that to commute, but only on foot. They won't drive on it. When I dispatch police/fire to the industrial zone from the residential, they use the RHW, so I know the on/off-ramps work, and I can use them just fine in U-drive-it mode. Anyone know what's wrong?

P.S. I apologize if someone already posted this problem on the forum, but I couldn't find the post if they did.

  Edited October 4, 2012 by agentgibbs5150  

[Wiimeiser 452]

You're probably using the wrong traffic simulator. If the route goes between tiles you need special pieces for the connections to function.

[agentgibbs5150 0]

The route stays within one tile of the region. The residential and industrial sections are in the same individual city within the larger region.

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

Load the Extra Cheats .dll directly beneath your Plugins folder header (no subfolder) and start the game. Open the cheat box and enter DrawPaths then press enter. A set of outline arrows will show the pathfinder's take on your layout. This may take a few minutes.

The converse of this is HidePaths.

[CaptCity 4,942]

Did you happen to run the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool (an optional item with the NAM) and choose the Park-&-Ride option? This will have the effect you're describing. You can check the NetworkAddonMod_Traffic_Plugin_* file in the NAM folder. If it has a 'ZP' in the name, that would indicate a Park & Ride file. The normal file would only have a 'Z'.

Or possibly you have the wrong left/right drive files for NAM or RHW?

[agentgibbs5150 0]

I didn't select park and ride, nor do I have the wrong L/R drive files. Using the extra cheats plugin to use drawpaths worked, though. Is that something I missed in the RHW readme?

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

I didn't select park and ride, nor do I have the wrong L/R drive files. Using the extra cheats plugin to use drawpaths worked, though. Is that something I missed in the RHW readme?

Did you use the Neighbour Connection Pieces?

[agentgibbs5150 0]

No, I didn't think I needed to since the network didn't extend to the edge of the map yet. It is working now, however. Thanks to everyone for the help.

I was able to use the Neighbor Connection Pieces w/o trouble when I did extend it to the edge, after it started working again.

[CaptCity 4,942]

Did the traffic start after using the connection pieces? Perhaps your original layout didn't provide a complete round trip and using the connection pieces allowed traffic to use it as a u-turn. You might check the Route Query tool to see if that is the case. Just a thought...

[agentgibbs5150 0]

No, it was working before I extended it to the edge, and therefore used the Connection Pieces.