NAM and Growth Issues

[Porter 68]

Well, it's rare when I pop in here, but here it goes.

 

Each and every one of my cities are plateau-ing at approximately 50,000-55,000...

 

I've checked every single mod (which is no fun feat with as large of a plugins folder as I have collected in the years). It seems to be the new NAM download that is causing this. No NAM, sudden and full population growth. With NAM, R$ and CO$$$ growth plummets to 0, with R$$ and R$$$ and all other C skyrocketing with no growth whatsoever. 

 

Any thoughts?

[Tarkus 6,932]

The NAM contains no modifications to the RCI simulation, so if there's any NAM-related impact, it'd likely be some sort of secondary impact.  I'd say a good place to start would be to look at the transit network usage and the patterns there both with/without the NAM.  Knowing which version of the NAM Traffic Simulator you're using would also help (the file can typically be found in the Plugins\Network Addon Mod folder, and has a name beginning with "NetworkAddonMod_Traffic_Plugin_Z_").  Additionally, sometimes, it can take several in-game months for the traffic simulation to re-orient itself after a major change in the settings or to your network layout--it's possible that re-orientation process is having a temporary effect on the other aspects of the game's simulation, as they do rely on one another to at least some extent.

 

I've been using the new NAM myself--in conjunction with the CAM, actually--and have had little difficulty growing my cities, with one recently shooting up from about 60,000 to nearly 100,000.  Are there any other plugins that you've recently installed?

 

-Tarkus

[APSMS 1,892]

I agree, it's unlikely that the NAM is causing this. It could be an old traffic simulator (where did you download the NAM, and what is the version number?) that is causing the problems (due to unresolved bugs and such).

 

I occasionally have trouble growing buildings, but that is more likely due to the CAM and a few other things in my plugins than the NAM. In fact, when I first installed the NAM on a vanilla game was the first time I was able to achieve a city population over 50 000.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I use a small plugins suite, less than 1 GB and have no problems with NAM or any other.  Maybe it is just time to prune your Plugins tree.  Have you run Rivit's SC4DataNode?

[Porter 68]

Most recent version of NAM (31.2... directly from SC4D). I have removed almost all plugins to test this (a 4 hour ordeal) and the only folder causing an issue is the NAM one. Even tried just adding NAM back in by itself, issue arises. I have let it run for 50 years in game with no changes. Using medium simulation level for traffic simulator with no congestion. 

 

No other plugins that seem to be effecting this, since I have removed all recent plugins first (up to 6 months prior). As for running Rivit's DateNode... it's not compatible with my .NET framework at this point, so no go on there. Finally able to get .Net 2.0 working. testing now.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

We await your results with SC4DataNode.