Commute Time Issues

[DaRaddishman 0]

So, I am having issues with commute times in my cities. I have people who only have to move a total of 3-5 spaces quiting work and moving away because of commute time. The commute time in the query window is listed as 'long'. For walking across the street! Literally!

Then right next door, someone who has to commute to a different regional neighbour, switching from foot, to bus, to monorail is listed as a -short- commute time.

The only difference I can find between these neighbours is wealth level. The one with the commute time complaints is middle wealth, the one with the longer physical commute is lowest wealth.

Now, the wierdness is that this problem just suddenly happened out of nowhere. For weeks my cities were running along fine, and then blam, all of a sudden everything falls apart. Also, for some reason if I go over 20,000 people in any city, my entire transportation infrastructure collapses. I'm not a novice at Sim City, I've been playing it for years. I've read all the tutorials, I've figured out systems that -should- work fine. Forcing traffic routes, high mass transit usage. But once my city gets over 20,000 everyone suddenly starts complaining about long commute times. When I look at the query tools and data fields, everything is greens and stuff.

[USA Patriot 49]

I have thesame issues, but you have to learn to ignore some of those mistakes in the game. One problem is, if the roads are still streets change them to road. Otherwise, there is nothing more you can do.

[tungston 19]

Daraddishman:  Is it possible you added something along that time line that might be causing the issue?  That is the only thing I could think of that would cause a sudden change in the game.

[Zelgadis 638]

Do you have NAM?

That helps a lot.

ISF

[blazin_boi_n_va 0]

WhatNAM and where do you get it?

[tungston 19]

Date: 11/14/2005 12:03:53 AM Author: blazin_boi_n_va WhatNAM and where do you get it?

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It is on the Home page.  Updated Network Addon Mod Oct 2005

[Zelgadis 638]

Sorry for the speed-post last time. I was in a bit of a rush.

Yes, as tungston said, NAM is on the homepage. Scroll down until you see it.

NAM is short for Network Add-on Modd. Essentially, what it does is improve your commuting problems through various means as well as many other useful things. Just be sure to read the readme file very, very carefully and follow the instructions to the letter.

There are a lot of instructions and the task may seem daunting, but don't give up on it. It was my first download and just trying to make sense of the directions nearly made me loopy, but I succeeded. You will too.

In case you're wondering, you have to choose which NAM modd you want. I always choose the radical ones. They seem to work best for me. It's a good one if your computer can handle it.

ISF