Seeing bad traffic 5 minutes in. TSCT issue?

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Greetings,

I'm getting back to the game after many years away from it, so please forgive if this is a duh moment.

I'm getting the angry traffic advisor prompt relatively early in the game. This is something I would've expected in vanilla, but with NAM, I'm assuming this shouldn't be happening so soon? This is my city. after watching hours of Rob's guide to SC4, and reading some posts, I'm supposed to set the TSCT to ultra. but apparently this tool is now discontinued, and replaced with Simulator Z 3.0? I can't find too much info on Simulator Z.

So am I just playing this game badly, or am I missing something with NAM/TSCT?

Many thanks in advance.

[z1 566]

You're not doing anything wrong.  With Simulator Z, traffic always slows down at heavily used intersections, simulating stop lights (at least to some extent) or stop signs.  This is implemented by using the intersection effect, which has always existed in SC4, but not at levels that made any difference.  Unfortunately, when it is used at meaningful levels, congestion results at the affected intersections.  You can see this in the way congestion shows up around the intersections.

Using the Ultra version of Simulator Z will definitely reduce this effect drastically, if not completely, due to the simulator's higher capacity.  Although the TSCT has been discontinued, you can still select the usual simulator capacities in the installer.

As for the traffic advisor, he doesn't know about the intersection effect, so you'll just have to ignore him.

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@z1 Admittedly I'm thrown by how perfect your response was. Thank you for taking the time to address everything that I was confused about, while also addressing my follow up questions lol. You are awesome! I hope you have a great day!