NAM 37 Now Available
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Just to cover a few recurring support questions that keep popping up:
Where's the installer? Why is there no .exe?
The NAM 37 installer is no longer an .exe file--we've switched to a Java-based installer, so it is a .jar file. The actual installer itself is named NetworkAddonMod_Setup_Version37.jar.
Why is my game crashing to desktop with NAM 37 in the Plugins folder?
On Windows, NAM 37 requires that the game be patched with a "4GB patch" to be Large Address Aware (LAA), meaning that it can access 4GB RAM instead of a mere 2GB. Without being patched, the game will crash. The installation package includes the NTCore 4GB Patch--the patch file is named 4gb_patch.exe. Open this file, point it to the SimCity 4.exe file in the game's installation directory, and click "Open". You should then get a window with an "Executable successfully patched!" message. Click the "OK" button. Your game is now successfully patched to be Large Address Aware, and you can run NAM 37 without issue.
For reference, these are the default locations of the SimCity 4.exe file in the available and compatible versions of the game:
GOG: C:\GOG Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps
Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\Common\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps
Disc: C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps
(Origin: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition\Apps--note that copies purchased from the Origin Store are not supported, due to being unpatched and unpatchable. Ask for a refund. If your copy was obtained by redeeming a CD Key with Origin support, it is patched. Check the version number on the executable if you remain unsure. 1.1.641 = fully patched, 1.1.610 = unpatched, unpatchable, and incompatible.)
On macOS, the game is now 64-bit, so it has access to 128GB RAM (theoretically more, though this is the limit in macOS 10.9 and later), and is ready to use NAM 37 out of the box.
While all NAM versions over the past 6+ years have incorporated a routine to apply the 4GB patch, do not assume you automatically have already applied it and are ready to use NAM 37 out of the gate. If you've changed from disc to digital in the time since NAM 36 was released, or have swapped to a different digital edition, the edition you are now using will need patching.
Where can I get the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) without hassle?
Oracle's official link to the latest is https://www.java.com/en/download/ and should not require creating an account with them. Alternatively, AdoptOpenJDK also offers an open-source JRE 8, which definitely does not require creating an account with Oracle.
Why did you change installers? What was wrong with the old one?
The installer system used with NAM 36 (and prior) became extremely unreliable. We regularly encountered tech support cases from NAM 36 users who ended up with installations that inexplicably skipped key files that were necessary for the mod to work--including the NAM Controller itself (which powers every transit network addon in the mod). Quite simply, it didn't work.
And with our first internal build of NAM 37 (Alpha Build 01 from March 31, 2019), the brokenness reached a new extreme--those key files were consistently skipped. The script used to generate the installer had also become extraordinarily complex since NAM 31, taking advantage of many features of our old system that were not even documented by the developer. The original designer of this advanced script had retired from modding, and the ability to diagnose and fix the script simply did not exist within the team.
Furthermore, our ability to provide a working, easily installable NAM to our Mac userbase was becoming increasingly impossible. The only way we could provide an adequate installation experience for Mac users was to use a Wineskin layer over the Windows installer, but Apple's frequent massive changes in recent versions of macOS continually broke Wineskin, making NAM installation on a Mac a task only for advanced users. Going to this new installer meant we could go to a single, unified package that would work on all platforms equally, finally removing the longstanding barriers.
While the new system isn't capable of certain features our old installer had, it is designed to be vastly simpler on a release engineering standpoint, as it does not require scripting, meaning that the assembly of new versions will be much quicker and with a lot less pain.
-Tarkus
Frequently asked NAM 37 installation questions (FAQ)
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Just a heads up for anyone wondering about the NAM 37 installation process...
In addition to the excellent video tutorial @rsc204 posted here on the previous page, I noticed @rob_mtl replied with one of his own as part of his SC4 Tutorial series.
As follows:
How to upgrade to/install the Network Addon Mod 37
How to upgrade to/install the Network Addon Mod 37
Links to a couple of NAM 37 installation video tutorials.
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