Parking and driveway textures/props missing bug?

[timoftomorrow 59]

Hey everyone,  Not sure if this topic has been discussed as I couldn't find anything about it in a search and going through some of the topics posted here.

I use an older boot from disc version of SC4 with rush hour.  Not sure if this would make a difference.  Anyway, I installed the NAM a couple of years ago.  Not sure which version, but I think it was the latest at the time. The NAM works good and I haven't had any problems to speak of with the NAM itself.   My problem is after installing NAM, I noticed that it may have caused a bug with the default maxis buildings.  All of the civic buildings, airports, commercial, and industrial with parking lots are either just empty parking lots or blank textures.  No cars park there.  On the residential side, the driveways and cars disappear completely and are replaced with lawn textures.  So, for instance, if an R$$$ mansion grows, it's basically just a mansion in the middle of a large green lawn.  No driveway or cars.  Trees still show up and the buildings work as intended, but the parking and driveways do not show.  Additionally, some park lots are empty or missing components.  The small and medium park is just an empty grass lot with a lamp post.  The medium and large flower park are just blank plaza and ground textures.  The fountain in the medium plaza is present but no longer sprays.    It should be noted that any NAM components with parking lots work fine.  And any buildings I've downloaded from the exchange do not have the same issues.  Only the maxis default buildings and some park lots.  It only started doing this after installing NAM.

The game works fine, but these bugs detract from the realistic feel.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[rsc204 21,806]

Well it certainly doesn't sound like a NAM problem.

You should first check in the in-game graphics options settings, if City Detail and other settings are set to low. This effectively turns off a lot of detail, but most modders make things very differently to Maxis, so that might explain why it's only affecting Maxis vanilla content.

Otherwise it's possible that something went wrong or is wrong with the game's installation, which prevents certain content appearing. Again, a lot of the custom content using 3rd party props and textures, so it may appear as if those are actually fine, while the Maxis stuff isn't.

[timoftomorrow 59]

rsc204, you were absolutely correct.  I adjusted the graphics setting and voila! back to normal.  I'm embarassed it was such a simple fix.  Thanks for the info!

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