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NAM Legacy - Moonlight's Shinkansen Mod This MOD changes the appearance of the monorail network into a Japanese style Shinkansen with elevated concrete pillars. Previous versions exist, known as the Bullet Train Mod (BTM), however as of this release the name has been changed to Shinkansen Mod, to differentiate it from the older and very out of date releases. Installation The Shinkansen mod comes in a self-contained .exe Installer application, simply double click (run) the installer to begin. After agreeing to the terms and conditions, you will be presented with a number of options, see Optional Selections below for more information about these. It is highly recommended that you do not change the default install path for this mod, unless you really know what you are doing. It must load after the NAM folder Network Addon Mod in Plugins, otherwise some models may retain the original Monorail style. Be aware that T21s (props), are applied to networks as they are built, this means that Catenaries, Fences, Pillars and other items will not appear on existing sections of the Monorail network. However, the base models will automatically change when this mod is present. If you have pre-existing Monorail networks, to refresh the T21s, it is necessary to do 2 things: Click or Drag all affected Draggable sections of the Monorail. Demolish and Rebuild all puzzle pieces, including WRCs, L4 (High Elevated) Monorail and Bridges. Note: This installer was built using NSIS and is basically a compressed file format, much like a .zip file, which can be easily opened with 7z to view and extract the files within. Users of Linux, MacOS or those not wishing to use an installer program, are free to manually extract the files and setup the mod. However, for the simplest possible experience for the majority of users, it is recommended to use the included installer. All files are named such that they can reside in the same folder without load order issues. Additionally, it should be noted that the installer's only function is to install the files for the mod and this readme file, it does not otherwise alter anything on your system. Uninstallation If you want to remove this mod, you can just delete the entire ML Shinkansen Mod folder where it was installed, by default this would be: Documents/SimCity 4/Plugins/zLoadAfterNAM Note: The same rules apply to any T21s if you use, but subsequently remove this mod, it may be necessary to refresh the Monorail network to reflect the change. Optional Selections During installation, you are able to select a number of optional components, what these do is explained in more detail here. Shinkansen N700 Automata Select this option if you want to replace the current Monorail Train (known as Automata), with a Shinkansen themed one. Ground Fence If you select Ground Fence, then you will see fencing surrounding the Shinkansen network, as is typical in Japan. Ground Texture Select if you would like to see the ground textures under the Shinkansen network. Concrete Style Select between the following two styles for the overall look of the Shinkansen network: Cool Hue and Warm Hue Crosslinks These options allow you to use the Shinkansen mod in conjunction with other mods, whilst retaining the look of both. NAM Maxis Highway Override If you selected the MHO when installing NAM, you should select this option. Do not select this option if you are using the original Maxis Highway (MHY). Moonlight's El Rail Mod Only install this if you also use Moonlight's Japanese El-Rail mod. NAM RHW C Double Barrier (Legacy NAM Style) The option exists for RHW C networks to show the older NAM style with double central concrete barriers, users of this Legacy NAM style can select this so Shinkansen crossings will match your setup. If you are unsure which, if any of these crosslinks to select, then most likely you do not need any of them. Since none of these selections would be installed by default. Optional Catenary Mod The Shinkansen mod always supported Catenaries, but requires both the Exemplar files and Models in order to see them on the Shinkansen network. When selecting to install this option, only the Exemplars are installed, in order to see them and avoid brown boxes, make sure you have downloaded and installed Plundere's Catenary Essentials which contains the actual catenary models. Note: that if combined with Rivit's RUM for RRW, particularly the file H__Faded Catenary.dat, that the appearance of the catenaries will be altered as shown here. Without this additional, but highly recommended addition, the catenary models will appear brighter. Bridge and Tunnel Support The Shinkansen mod now includes support for all six Monorail bridges included in the NAM: Level Bridge Level 30m Bridge (for Elevated Monorail) Y-Pier Bridge AIT Bridge Cable Stayed Bridge Putyrajuya Suspension Bridge (shown below) Likewise the original Monorail tunnels are supported by the included re-skinned tunnel portal. To help you distinguish Shinkansen Mod compatible bridges from other types, such as HSR bridges, all those supported by this mod have the label Shinkansen upon them on the bridge selection window. Known Issues There are a number of issues that as of this release remain either unfixed or unfixable. Overhanging Networks Certain networks in game rely on overhanging pieces, in other words do not fit on their own tile's footprint. Examples of this include the NWM ARD-3 and RHW-6S networks. This creates problems for Shinkansen crossing pieces, the models needed for which must be inside the tiles of the actual junction. In some cases crossings for these networks will be missing wall supports, pillars or ground fencing, in order to avoid blocking the roadway. In some cases however, this is simply unavoidable. L3 RHW over L2 Monorail Uniquely, L3 RHW networks that cross over the Shinkansen, are not high enough such that any Catenaries will appear through the roadway. This looks terrible and so for all such crossings, Catenaries were removed when they would cause this issue to appear. As a result they are missing, but we all know they are anchored to the bottom of the roadway, even if you can't see them. General T21 Problems T21s will sometimes not appear in certain situations and at present it is not clear why. For example fencing on some of the WRCs may only appear in certain rotations. Some legacy Puzzle pieces just never show the T21s as intended, again there is no obvious reason why. As a rule, support for both Shinkansen skinned models and the T21 mod's various props is >99% complete however. Credits Moonlight The original creator of the Shinkansen Mod, who's works are contained in this package. MGB Updated the RHW crossings to Project 51 standards, in addition to adding compatibility up to version 49 of the NAM. NAM Legacy Support Policy NAM Legacy files are released so that the community retains access to what are otherwise legacy mods. This means that they are not necessarily being actively maintained, unlike the core NAM project itself. In practical terms that means that regular updates can not be relied upon, although it may happen from time to time. However for the most part this mod is released as-is and there is a possibility of bugs or incompatibilities with current NAM releases.-
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