Track for running Trams

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

can someone please tell me where i find a download for tram track as i would like to have tram system in my city i am building to help cut down on some of the traffic.  All i seem to find  in here is tram stations and tram cars but no track to run the tram on  Your help would be greatly appreciated.

[cardiomonkey 32]

Do you have the NAM installed? If you do, there should be track pieces in the same folder as your tram stations, further up.

There are single track pieces and also pieces for use in roads and avenues. 

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

NAM requires a minimum update level for the game (1,1,638,0).  If you loaded from CD you will need the correct EP1 update from here.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

Thanks a million for your help.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

I downloaded the update that the last message suggested but am not sure which NAM I am suppose to use now cause there are a few things for NAM on here yes i admit I am a little slow here and i am sorry for that but i just want to be sure I get it right.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

Well I think i got it figured out if not I'll be posting again but thanks again for the help and HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

well obviously I didn't use the right NAM cause after i got it i went into the game and saw nothing new so no tram tracks or nothing this is getting me annoyed all i wanted was to offer my residence an alternative to driving a car or taking the train, bus plane or monorail.  So much for that can someone set me up with the link to the correct NAM download please and thank you.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

The NAM version that is currently the only one supported is NAM 32.  It is hosted off site because of its size.

 

Note that when you first unpack this file, you will get yet another archive which, when unpacked, will give you the NAM installer.  This is anything but an ordinary package.  Read the instructions well, and think about using the installer incrementally.

[Fatherted 129]

Nonny is correct-it's important you follow the NAM's instructions of installation.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

i got it working but only found tram stations now track to go from station to station so i guess my peeps have to keep shelling out money for gas or use one of the already pre existing modes of transportation unless someone knows how to fix this given i did what i was suppose to do and it worked for the most part. i'm soon gonna give up on trying to have a transit system like Toronto or any of the major cities that use a tram service.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

i got it working but only found tram stations now track to go from station to station so i guess my peeps have to keep shelling out money for gas or use one of the already pre existing modes of transportation unless someone knows how to fix this given i did what i was suppose to do and it worked for the most part. i'm soon gonna give up on trying to have a transit system like Toronto or any of the major cities that use a tram service.

 

Tram tracks should appear in the Mass Transit menu, right next to subways.  There are only a couple of buttons; one each for tram-in-road, tram-in-street, tram-in-avenue, light rail puzzle pieces, and draggable light rail.  Use the TAB key to cycle through the pieces and HOME and END to rotate things.

 

NAM features take some practice to get working properly so I suggest you play around with the pieces in a blank region until you get it figured out.  Check the NAM guides that come with the download for more info.

[cogeo 960]

Maybe their names are confusing you.

 

They are called GLR (for Ground Light Rail), in both puzzle-piece (lay track tiles one by one) or draggable form (first lay a "starter' puzzle-piece and then drag the network starting from it). GLR may connect to elevated rail as well. There are also GLR-in-Avenue (or Tram-in-Avenue" ?), Tram-in-Road, Tram-on-Road, Tram-on-Street and Tram-on-PedMall puzzle-pieces, all connecting with the others. All is included into the NAM.

 

RTMT contains stations for GLR-in-Avenue and Tram-in/on-Road networks (GLR-only, or combined with bus and/or subway).

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

New problem now not related to this i downloaded something and now i have empty streets even though i'm told i have traffic problems i can't see my vehicles unless they are Emergency, buses, or taxi cabs i removed a traffic simulater i downloaded cause i didn't like it but not sure what else to do to get my streets buzzing with traffic.  i hate city going full steam ahead but looking like a ghost town with no cars any help?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

If you removed part of the NAM, rerun the installer.  You can only have one traffic simulator and all the others are thoroughly out of date.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!  I am giving up trying to get Tram system cause all i have is tram stations there are no puzzle piece GLR  things showing in my game so i am giving up and just plastering the whole city in monorail system.  why does everything for this have to be so difficult for me to understand?

[cogeo 960]

- Have you actually installed NAM?

- Did you check all options in the Misc Transit menu?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

If you look closely at the animation in my signature it is a segment of GLR.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

i installed NAM they way i was told to but I still have no track to go with the tram stations i have so i found a mod to make my rail lines electric so i'll just go with that unless that didn't download right either and i wish there were more Canadian Buildings on here cause i have always wanted to see someone make the Eaton Centre in Toronto and since the parliment buildings are here why not the Gov. Gen. house or Prime Ministers residence.  We have more international content in here then we do Canadian and i have never learned to do the design thing so i couldn't make a building if my life depended on it. but i do love the stuff that folks are designing for on here

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

There is only one supported version of the NAM.  V32 at present.  If you have anything else, you should change.  To get the tracks chose the option for GLR.

 

You could also read the documentation in C:\Documents\SimCity 4\NAM Auxiliary Files\Documentation.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

Just an update to my GLR problem i checked my files and i got all the tings that came with NAM just not the GRL stuff other then stations that was it and i know i used NAM download you told me too use and i am not gonna waste my time un installing it and re installing if the chances i still don't get everything is there i wish GLR was  separate file since i got everything else that came with the program but not what i really wanted.

[rsc204 21,804]

You need to take it steady running the NAM installer, all the content is there, so do a custom install and go through each part one by one and you can't go wrong. If you come across something you don't fully understand, then ask.

[THEBILLIONAIREOF1972 4]

thanks folks everything is working fine and what a cut down in street traffic now that i have Trams up and running most of my street traffic is from taxi cabs or news, police, fire and delivery vehicles. would like to find someone from Toronto who could do a couple of Functional commercial buildings based on the Royal York Hotel and The Westin Harbour Castle.  I would also like to see a more realistic looking campground cause the one i have just looks to plain no check in office no canteen no pool no playground all ya get is the flicker of campfires at night that is it and it should be functioning which means we need our vehicles designers to make motor homes, camper vans, Air Stream trailers etc.  i am not a designer but don't mind sharing ideas if anyone even cares what goes from my head to the keyboard here.