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Hello all, I'm very new to NAM and RHW... And I have to say, I'm a little overwhelmed. I see a lot of people making huge interchanges an expressways and I just can't figure it out. Also, there are some MIS ramp curves and parts to interchanges that look weird and not right. How do I fix those? See Below:
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Applied 4gb patch and JRE, but NAM still crashing my game
Mayor Isaac posted a topic in NAM & Transit Networks
I have downloaded everything you should need to install NAM 49, Such as the 4gb patch and JRE, But SimCity STILL crashes every time I load into my city with NAM Installed. Can someone with more braincells than I have please help? -
I don't understand why the installation isn't working
GeneralYoko posted a topic in NAM & Transit Networks
I have installed the 4gb patch and I have installed java. However I have no option to run the installer, when I click it, it comes up with the 'get apps that can read this file' prompt. I can't understand why it's not working. -
Hi so i recently bought the steam version of SimCity 4, i tried running it windowed using dgvoodoo and sc4graphical settings but im running into a issue where will start fine, but il get a black screen and can only see the game when i drag the window :/ Any one has solution? or ecountered this issue ?
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Hello! I've been recently adding custom content to my game, and two train stations have a strange effect I can't understand. The first is Marrast 1x6 Rail Station (capacity 4000) and the other is the small of the SemiTransparent Train Stations set by cogeo (10,000 capacity). When I build the small capacity (4000) usage is high (10,000+) When I build the large capacity (10,000) usage is low (1000-2000) This effect even happens when eliminating all variables by starting from an identical save point, and building each station in the EXACT same spot. I can't figure out why this happens :S And I'd love to know because there's no space for other train stations that don't go right on top of the rails : )
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I'm organizing my dependencies in line with the fantastic SC4D LEX Legacy - BSC Common Dependencies Pack, and I had these two older files sitting in there that I couldn't figure out the origin/exact function of. I feel like they've been superseded (like BSC MEGA Props - JRJ Vol01 v2 having a bunch of ships too), but I don't know for sure. EDIT: helpful users have identified these files, but I may use this thread for future questions about other files. I feel like that's better than making a new thread every time I need to ID a file.
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Hi, everyone! It's my first post here in Simtropolis. How do I change my profile banner? During profile creation, I accidentally uploaded my profile picture as the banner.
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Dear friends, if I want to grow a building into a plop or LM building, what tools should I use to do that? How to use it? Thank you
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Is it possible to delete or change props/automata in a mod?
Popme posted a topic in SC4 Modding - Open Discussion
Hey, so I recently installed IRM, and while most of the author's building designs are fantastic, they tend to strive for realism by adding company logos and markings on some of their truck containers (Evergreen, etc). While that's completely a matter of taste, it kind of bothers me because I'm a big fan of vanilla design, and SimCity 4 rarely (as far as I know) includes real-world logos on their props or automata. I also have the same problem with Peg's CDK3 contents. So, here’s my question. Is it possible to make adjustments (either by removing the related props or replacing them with others) to the mod so it becomes more vanilla friendly? If so, how would I do that and with what tools? -
NAM Lite 4 Custom Interchanges Button Only Letting Me Use 1 Interchange
Hooded Assassin posted a topic in NAM & Transit Networks
I recently downloaded NAM lite and was excited to have cool interchanges in my cities. But when I press tab to cycle through the interchanges, nothing happens. It only lets me use this Elevated Diagonal Cloverleaf that I seldom use. Am I doing something wrong? Is there an update or plugin that could solve this problem? If you know how to fix it, please tell me. -
Hello, so i have reached a breakthrough in my journey with SC4 and plugins. Turns out that if you install the game into the program files of the C: drive versus the default path which is documents. Since that change, the game doesn't crash. However, it appears that my city's sea level has sunk! What could be the problem?
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hello - i hope Wolf and company see this message because this is quite the experience. After following your advice a short while back via Reddit which was supposed to be a solution to an issue at the time (How do i bypass these crashing issues with the GOG galaxy version of SC4). I followed said advice of yours (i.e. download the full game and use that outside of GOG galaxy). That ran perfectly fine. Before playing the game, I also followed your advice of resetting it and deleting all the old files. Okay, fine. No issue running the offline download of the full game. I proceed further, before starting my first new city, to use the sc4pac mod manager to get all of the current plugins, packages, NAM and CAM as of the date of this post. I followed the instructions for NAM (including patching the 4gb patch to the SimCity 4 application file in the folders (maxis, GOG galaxy). I should be good to go, right? Wrong! i am now faced with new, interesting issues. the first is the prompt that i added to my most recent reddit post, another is that every game running instance is windowed titled 'Sc4fix v7'. Even when running the sc4pac mod manager to uninstall the sc4fix plugins i think are the issue, it still runs in a window and it crashes each time.
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SimCity 4 Crash Help (After installing recommended mods)
TOP CAT posted a topic in SC4 Modding - Open Discussion
I downloaded and installed all the recommended mods, and set them up, found here: The game started to crash all the time, I found a youtube video detailing a step-by-step for installing: While I had missed setting up the Voodoo GPU selection step, I did reticfy this, however the game still crashes all the time. It's a shame because I can tell the game runs SO MUCH smoother, but it pretty much seems as soon as I interact, it crashes. Unless I can find a fix, my only options is to maintain a clean install and deal with the choppy/stuttering game play. Sad as I was really hoping to relive this game but it's turned into a bit of a nightmare with more time trying to fix the game, than actually play it. I have some reports if anyone could please help? SimCity Exception Minidump 2025.06.22 10.20.05.mdmpSimCity Exception Report 2025.06.22 10.17.29.txtSimCity Exception Report 2025.06.22 10.20.05.txt -
So at the risk of looking completely stupid here, I need help please. I'm trying to install NAM lite and to do that I need java apparently, I downloaded a folder from adoptium called OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot_21.0.7_6 and there didn't appear to be any installer in it other than a java.exe which I clicked and it opened a command prompt which closed immediately. I freaked out and did a full windows defender scan which came back clean. I am safe right, that exe didn't do anything did it? I don't know what to do, why cant there be an everymans way of installing it. sorry if this is annoying to some of you but I just want to install NAM lite. I'm not the greatest with complicated install steps. Most mods I've downloaded for games come with simple installers. OMG! my bad everyone, I just went to the proper java site and now I can install the mod. in my defence the requirements page recommended an entirely different site. I guess that's for developers. I just hope that exe I clicked didn't do anything. I feel like such an idiot.
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Has anyone saved these YouTube videos from the 2000s?
SC42001 posted a topic in SimCity 4 General Discussion
In 2009, I was obsessed with a series of SimCity 4 videos that went by the name "Wealthy City." The videos were slideshows of the uploader's city, which they named Minneapolis (it didn't bear any resemblance to Minneapolis, Minnesota.) The songs I remember being used in these videos include: Maroon 5 - "Wake Up Call" All-American Rejects - "Move Along" All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret" Alicia Keys - "No One" (a population zero video) Timaland feat. Keri Hilson - "The Way I Are" (a video where the city is shown being destroyed) Nelly Furtado - "Maneater" (a black and white video) If anyone remembers what other songs were used, if any (I believe Natasha Bedingfield - "Love Like This" may have been another,) please tell me... even if you don't have any of the videos. These were my favourite because of the music used and city showcased. These videos haven't been on YouTube for a while, and I need them, as I'm archiving SimCity 4 videos from the 2000s. You can find unarchived links to three of the videos here, on archive.org. The uploader's username was JJOSamsung. Other videos I need: All the ones with Linkin Park songs over them are gone too. The songs I remember are "Bleed It Out" "Faint" and "In Pieces" If you have any of these, please send them to me or post them. -
[Solved] Moving Opera House Fixes file without deleting civic lots caused phantom slider
joyofjoy posted a topic in SC4 - Custom Content
Edit: The problem was caused because I (inadvertently) moved 'Opera House Fixes - Override Vanilla (Beta v1).dat' out of my plugins folder without first deleting all instances of the Opera House. I fixed the problem by moving the file back, then deleting the opera houses in the city. Thanks for your help. Help! I've just updated to CAM 2.5 on GOG version 1.1.641.0 on Windows 11. I originally had CAM 2.1.1 (Extended Controller), which I uninstalled through add remove programs, and ran BSC Cleanitol with Colossus Addon Mod - Cleanitol.txt to clean files. Any old CAM files were backed up, and the scan now shows no old files present. Everything *seems* to be working fine in my existing region, except the education budget in each city is set to MAX. When I change the slider to a custom setting and press accept, the budget reverts back to max again after around 10 seconds. I've restarted the game a few times and tried each city, and the problem persists. Is my region screwed? Obviously I would really love to not loose it, but at this rate it will be bankrupt in due course. Any help would be greatly appreciated! -
Not sure if this is possible. I like the jenx taxiway automa but there are limited taxiway pieces. These use one-way roads under a 3d model that is textured. Without losing the regular one-way roads in the game. Could i add an additional one-way road that uses the RMIP taxiway puzzle pieces as a one-way road? If this is possible how would i do this?
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Hello so I have played Sim Tower on and off for over 10 years and while I tried to follow guides I still wasn't the best at it. Recently I decided to play Yoot Tower and have currently reached level 2. For now, I have decided to focus on building hotels starting with the smallest rooms. I thought I did everything right but for some reason, some of the rooms are showing red at certain times of the day, I was experimenting with putting offices on the ends of the floor with the hotel in the middle and some in between and thought that might be the cause but as you can see the rooms next to the offices are still blue so I'm not sure if that's the reason. Also I have a maid station on every floor that has rooms. So any ideas on why some of the rooms might be showing red during certain times of the day?
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I have downloaded several regions and installed them to the Documents\Simcity4\Regions folder as stated in the instructions yet when I view them in game they show as the basic, flat "New Region". This is on a fresh install from Steam on Windows 10. I have had success with these exact maps on an old Windows XP Disc version. I don't understand why they aren't working on this version. This is happening with every region I have added and I'm only using Complete Regions found on this site.
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So uhhh... The real reason why I destroy my cities is because of traffic and fires (and power... and crime... and zoning). Firetrucks can't get to burning buildings on time due to traffic, and higher quality buildings are making other buildings run out of power. Criminals get away with stuff and buildings go abandoned because of course, traffic. And buildings go out of business and become abandoned. Is there any tips I can use to help manage that?
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Hi everyone, New here. I have downloaded catalyst’s SAM7 Bikepaths Mod, but it doesn’t seems to work. I have the latest NAM installed ant I removed the files for « EU ». I have a iMac M1 with sequoia installed. The game is from the Apple AppStore and is the version 1.2.2. I followed the installation has written, but since my mother’s tongue is French, may be i missed something. I really would like to use this file. So if anyone can help, I would appreciate it.
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From the album Um, little help please?
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I'm new in this community and I can't write any description because there are no blanks for those when I upload something.
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So, recently ive started playing sc4 and ive been enjoying it a lot but im having some issues with getting a big city. I dont know how to get rich people living in my town and also i cant get high tech industries to get on my industry zones either and on top of that my town is super polluted and i dont know how to get rid of all of it... help?
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