Transit station tutorials

[exodus 10]

Is there a good tutorial on making a lot into a transit station? In particular I'm trying to make a subway station but anything that would point me in the right direction would be great. I've got ilive's reader out and messed around with a few values but nothing seems to happen in game. Thanks for any help.

[rsc204 21,866]

I wouldn't convert a lot into a Subway station, far better to start by making a subway lot. If you have the original model file for the building/prop you are using for this lot, then you can create a Subway Station using the Maxis PIM and then the lot would be correctly configured for you. In any case I'd recommend installing SC4-PIM, all you need to do is find the prop/building you wish to use, create a subway lot and then edit the lot and you are done, no messing around and it can open and save files within dats too.

 

Once you're finished don't forget to set the capacity and Transit Switch Entry Cost using the reader if you want it to work properly with the latest NAM versions.  Info here.

[z1 566]

Rather than SC4-PIM, it's better to use PIM-X, as that will make your station fully NAM-compatible.  You can find the latest version of PIM-X here.

[rsc204 21,866]

Well if you see my link, you'll see it's to what you've called "PIM-X", however it is also called SC4-PIM, i guess that's the problem with things having more than one name  . Whatever you want to call it, it should add the correct TSEC but usually you still need to manually adjust the stations capacity afterwards as these are still very small compared to the latest information provided by Z and others more recently.