nam Network Addon Mod: Version 33 released for SC4

Wow, what a neat surprise!

A NAM release is always a special event for the community. Each and every time, this revolutionary mod drives and pushes the game's limits. Thanks to all involved who make this possible. Your commitment continues to breathe new life into SimCity 4, and hopefully for many more years to come!

-CB

To celebrate the release, Simtropolis will be hosting a special NAM themed image challenge...

Stay tuned!

Im glad this project goes on, congrats to all of the team and the community for taking on a game like Simcity! I hope this go on as well as it have been, and thanks for that specially to the NAM Team!

Wow, its amazing how the NAM is still living and breathing, keeping Simcity 4 young and bright. A special big thank you to the great NAM team, as the community can never repay your debt. Your work can never be appreciated enough, for everything you have brought Simcity 4. Live long and prosper NAM ^ __^ and thank you once again NAM team!

Great Christmas gift in advance

Wow, a new NAM! The changes sound great, and although I know the focus is recently on RHW (which I haven't even tried yet) and RRW (about which I'm very excited), I am also very enthusiastic about the less spectacular news such as the connection points for PedMalls that make additional transit stations obsolete and allow for better flexibility!

Just like in real life, the first invention is the initial breakthrough and makes the headlines, but it often takes many steps of improvement and refinement until something becomes really perfect. PedMalls have taken a big step forward with this refinement IMO.

Kudos to the entire team - thanks for your ongoing dedication, and for keeping such a mammoth project together! You can all be proud of yourselves.

Thank you NAM team!!! You've played a big role in making this game what it is today. I can't wait to try out the new features! Happy building everyone!

Is there any info on when the Mac version will be avialable?

Thanks for your support, everyone!  And T Wrecks, glad to hear you're enjoying the PedMall functionality--I think this will be the start of quite a bit more development on that feature, which hasn't really gotten much since the PedMalls were first introduced over 10 years ago.

Cane, to answer your question, unfortunately, the Mac version is delayed indefinitely.  It's largely Apple's fault for what they did with El Capitan.  The Security Integrity Protection or "rootless" feature blocks WIneskin wrappers (like the existing NAM 32.1 Mac Installer) from even running.  We're also missing our lone Mac developer, who hasn't been active for a few months now.

Just installed NAM 33. Been playing around with the FlexFlys and also took the opportunity to install the RRW. Loving it so far! One question, is there a printed guide for all of the drag-able RHW ramps, much like there is for the FlexTrack? Keep up the great work!

woodb3kmaster made a diagram of all the draggable RHW ramp patterns.

Thank you so much!! This helps hugely.  

Sounds great! Thanks for this great mod, I've recently been getting used to The RHW, as I didn't really use it much before. I can really apreciate the effort and work that goes into this, it's amazing. Pity about those SA/Irish textures tho, I really loved them

Edit: about those textures, I used the Irish ones in the past, if I update will my motorways that I built before change to the euro ones or will they stay as they are?

  Edited November 29, 2015 by IRE505  

I have been using the Pre Release for some time now and I'm looking forward to an even more stable RRW network. ROCK on NAM Team!!

Why are MandelSoft's textures discontinued? I really lked the Irish/South African one

Why are MandelSoft's textures discontinued? I really lked the Irish/South African one

MandelSoft's RHW textures were discontinued (at least for the time being) because he retired from SC4 modding, and there were a ton of new RHW features that were not covered by those sets.  His sets had completely different geometry from the defaults (based on the earlier RHW 4.0 specs) and require a different process to create.  The development team is much smaller than it has been in years past, with the core developers having enough on their plate without having to take on a lot of texturing work, using unfamiliar methods.  MandelSoft tried to find someone to take over his work, and made the source files available, but no one else stepped up. 

If that ever does happen, then we'd consider bringing them back, but we're going to continue supporting the new procedurally-generated Euro textures introduced in NAM 33 to ensure there's at least something for non-US users around.  I've looked into adding an Irish/South African procedural set like the new Euro textures, but it's a lot more difficult to do so with how the yellow lines are situated.  It's likely going to entail a fair bit of manual work, whereas going from US textures to Euro textures was a straightforward enough process that I was able to script most of it in Photoshop.

  Edited December 3, 2015 by Tarkus  

Any word about how far along the FlexTrack for the RRW plugin is. Might it be ready sometime before the next full release or will it be part of 34?

Any word about how far along the FlexTrack for the RRW plugin is. Might it be ready sometime before the next full release or will it be part of 34?

It's already in 33.  With some of the other crazy things we were having to deal with to get from the pre-release to the official release, eggman121 had enough time to finish it.

It's already in 33.  With some of the other crazy things we were having to deal with to get from the pre-release to the official release, eggman121 had enough time to finish it.

That's weird it doesn't seem to be showing up for me after installing 33. What sub folder is it in and where would it be in the installer using the custom setup option?

If you're looking for a menu item, there isn't one, as it's all draggable.  There's no option for it in the installer--it's automatically installed as part of the RealRailway option.

  Edited December 4, 2015 by Tarkus  

If you're looking for a menu item, there isn't one, as it's all draggable.  There's no option for it in the installer--it's automatically installed as part of the RealRailway option.

Sorry I should have been more specific, I meant the features demonstrated by Eggman seen in here; http://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/13543-show-us-your-railroads/?page=30
I haven't been able to make use of them and I'm not seeing puzzle pieces like those in 33.