Thanks to you I started playing Sc4 again after more than 15 years. I couldn't get a hang of the game back then, always fell short on money... Now my region prospers! Hopefully more people will find their way back to this great game - you deserve much more views for these awesome videos!
I almost gave up when I first tried to understand and use NAM, until I found your video. It's so nice to have some well balanced, explained and up to date tutorials, neither too basic nor overwhelming. The whole series is excellent and really helps me. I'm so glad I didn't begin playing SC4 a few months earlier because I probably would have stopped too soon without you, thanks !
This is incredible. Within a few minutes, you basically covered a lot of stuff in an efficient manner, and that was wonderful. Definitely looking forward to any future videos like this. And, I noticed, when you zoomed in to do the underpass, apparently, the NAM team has already thought of the vents for the underground routes, so, it seems you won't really be needing anything for them when you do long stretches. They're very small, but, they're still there. It's tiny little squares on the edges of the tile, usually lined up with the ends of the network that's underneath the tile. Either the advantage of the roundabout is lost, or you dukes of hazard your way across. XD
Thanks for this! I played SC4 for years but abandoned it in 2013 when I started university. Just redownloaded NAM and wow, so many changes for the past 10 years! This should help me refresh things I used to know and learn about the new additions.
I’ve just returned to SC4 after 5 years on a new PC, so after the trauma (I’m not very tech savvy) of installing NAM39 I was baffled by the new mods. Thank you so much for this descriptive (idiots😉) guide. 👍 Add one more subscriber!
I was always shy of adding mods to simcity 4, though I mod all games. This simplified explanation is great! Thanks for blowing away questions, i might be modding my game now
thank you!!! The NAM makes my head spin, too many options for my little brain. You have really made sense of it! This video is bookmarked and I will be watching it again and again.
Holy shit dude... that's epic. I re*start to play simcity4 and for the first time in years i give a try to mods and this one it's fuking epic. I still have to figure out all the pieces and the streets are still vanilla, but the simple fact that sims didnt take dumb routes and buildings dont go empty all the time make the game super enjoyable. gg.
hey man i just wanted to say thank you for the video here all the way in 2024 (i picked up this game on base when i was kid for like 6 bucks and have always thought it would be cool with mods) Would love to see and updated version since there is a newer version of NAM and it has the canal plug in access. LOVE THE CONTENT -FOOl
Mod was a mindfuck coming back after 10 years from the game. Couldn't find that network setup file thing in version 37, I assume it doesn't automatically now or something.
Hey Rob, thanks for the video!! Lol...you almost reminded me of a Civil Engineer when you made the crack about metres and basic high school. ;) I'm a Canadian and I found the roundabout part useful as my home town of Kitchener Ontario is going roundabout crazy. I downloaded SC4 Deluxe Ed from GoG and am running it separate from the GoG Galaxy. I might give NAM a try. My only concern is how much extra "oomph" it will take on my Acer Aspire E15 laptop. It's got 4Gig RAM and an i5-421OU @1.70 Ghz which has been able to play most games from the early 2000's with no problems. All this babbling, I must say I'm enjoying your SC4 videos from a year ago and I'm learning a few things I never picked up on back when I played the game new. I always split my time between simulators and Civilization. ;) Anyways I hope you have a great day today! I look forward to checking out more of your videos. :)
I know this is kinda late answer, but... I have laptop with pretty similiar specs (4gb RAM, 1.1GHz CPU) and SC4 with NAM (and some other mods) runs decently (around 30 fps).
You like higher capacity roads. Ironically, I like the Maxis settings. I now use a custom NAM, where some of the folders have been removed. For my appreciation of vanilla Maxis. I gotta have the RHW, and keep their traffic simulator. But their stations are oversized to me. I like the vanilla roads, so that i have to desperately start an RHW even quicker. I like the added traffic stress caused by Maxis roads!
HEY NOW. To be fair, you are not supposed to stop at a roundabout. lmao. It's just that they aren't as common in the states so many never encounter one and they look scary when you have never used one. There was one by my old house and my stepdad was a truck driver so he taught me how to use it. But it was terrifying when I first saw it. Hahaha. They end up just being dangerous over here because people don't know how to use them. I don't even remember learning it in drivers training. Though I took that at 15 and I am now 36 so that doesn't mean much.
Hi Rob, great video man! Very informative. I don't know, if you're still doing vids about this game or not. If you are, I would like to consider making a vid about ilives reader. This reads the simcity4dat.1 file and you can hack many exemplars and properties. This is compelling to me, and I wanted to see how far you could hack the game. Well, you still can't make large, large tiles (larger than the blue large tiles). You can't make new zones. You can't make a new travel type (you're only stuck with the originals, like peds all the way to monorail). But you can do a lot more other stuff, with it. I mean my java viewer didn't open the Traffic simulator, I don't need to worry about that anymore, if you know how to 'hack' ilives reader. YOu just don't need to worry about it. Why can't you make larger tiles? I think this code is in the SimCity4.exe hard code. I hex viewed the document, just to read what it said. It was interesting. I think Maxis doesn't want the NAM team/modders to hack the exe, but they're OK with us hacking the dat.1 file only. Hopefully, NAM team can buy the rights or something. Hopefully
20:30 I don't know about other things, but even those roundabouts are buggy as hell. Sometimes they just won't place, sometimes you can add a 4th road to street+street roundabout, sometimes not, half of the time deleting roundabout and roads around it costs $100. Using those mods is just so much pain. You spend more time searching for peaces (not being able to see them all outright), then also time fighting against their buggyness, than playing the game.
@@Nitroglowr It depends on a game and community. Civilization 5's Vox Populi mod community makes extremely polished releases. There are people SC4 making crazy big and beautiful cities with those mods, but I guess they just learned to omit problematic elemets of those mods.
I'll try and cover that at some point in the future for sure! I know that NAM 39 is supposed to have a new, more flexible tunneling feature, so I might hold off on topics related to that depending on the estimated release schedule for the new version.
@@RobsRedHotSpot Roads can pass under elevated HSR, but i just cant seem to work out how to go over or under GHSR. I’ve been trying to build a sunken GHSR but without a road going over it would split my city in two 🙈
I can't find this NetworkAddonMod_Setup folder anywhere. I have NAM installed, but his folder is not on my computer, I don't understand the problem here.
Hi Rob, I enjoy watching your tutorials. Thank you for your time and dedication! I have a couple of issues in 2 new cities I created after adjusting the JAR file settings to be identical to yours. My high density commercial zones no longer build tall high capacity buildings and skyscrapers. Another issue that I’ve never encountered in my dozen other cities in the same region (prior to adjusting the settings in the JAR file) is the “no jobs” symbol in my residential zones- all of which are near industrial or commercial zones. Does anyone have insight on what’s going on or whether adjusting the setting in the JAR file contributed to this? These issues didn’t occur for me prior to making these changes. Thanks for any help!
Hi! When you say JAR file are you referring to the NAM traffic simulator config tool? if so, increasing *network capacity* will make networks perform more realistically (less traffic jams in tiny cities). *Transit usage* settings will have fairly strong effects on what networks people use. So the "medium high" mass transit setting I use means that you will get job zots/abandonment if there aren't enough bus stops, for example. Pick your transit setting based on what kinds of networks you want to build. Another point: neighbour connections are really important for large cities. People seem to prefer to work in neighbouring tiles in many instances. Hope this helps!
IIRC you can select that option in the installer menu! The "no-arrows" option has a nice polished look but it's harder to work with. You _should_ be able to rerun the installer and choose the arrows, although I'm not sure what that will do to existing cities...
@@RobsRedHotSpot It just changes which texture the mod invokes for the arrows, so they will change automatically upon loading. I myself prefer to use the reduced arrows with a single central arrow, they only appear along the intersections.
Thank you for this. I learned a lot and good tutorials of the NAM are very hard to find. Looking forward to your future videos. If I may just ask if you could try to speak a little slower next time. You explain well, but a bit fast, so sometimes it is a bit hard to follow.
I will certainly try to speak slower for future NAM videos. This one was a bit of a whirlwind in terms of packing in content. Glad you enjoyed it though!
I've almost watched the entire series now. The episodes are superb, but I'm looking for info on agriculture. There's a mod called SPAM, but I''m unsure if its recommended in 2021 after so many updates on the NAM.
Love your videos. Can’t wait to use what you’ve taught me. Unfortunately, when I installed the NAM and 4GB plugin from Simtropolis it broke my SC4 Deluxe install from Steam (Windows 10, i5, SSD, etc.). I tried uninstalling and reinstalling from Steam several times, even in different location, but it won’t launch. Are there some hidden files I need to delete?
I have noticed that the Maodern Arched Rail Station has direction arrows. Does this mean the trains only go in that direction or does it matter with the double rails tracks? I know this games is alot of test and learn but some more indepth info about these new train station, viaduct, and tracks would be very helpful from anyone reading this message who has already been through the trial and error stages.
I tried to make it where freight trucks could 'commute' to the neighbor (the same way sims do). But man, I couldn't figure it out. I wanted to make a coal mine or something, and send it to the neighbor without disappearing. The only way I can is by making the passenger train a coal train, and have a few sims ride it so that it could show up in the neighbor. See I can do that, I can make a passenger train look like a freight train. But I can't make the trucks, not disappear, if they leave tile. They have to disappear. This code must be in the .exe?
Great video! I've just a question. I was going to download the NAM45 version but I've read that is not compatible with SimCity deluxe downloaded with Origin platform. Is it true? In this case I think I must buy SimCity (again) but this time from Steam...
I tried to install nam 39 and it didn't work, besides after I ran the 4GB patch on my Simcity4.exe, my windows signal that a virus was in the Simcity installation location. Could you make a video taught how to install Nam 39 safely?
Can anyone give advice on RHW neighbor connections? I can't seem to find a guide, and following the steps I found on simtropolis is not working. I'm trying to use the ERHW-6S neighbor connector on level 2 RHW-6S
I was able to change my traffic flow, from UK to US version; but how do I change the traffic-lane direction from UK version to US version? My avenues' turning lanes still looks like the traffic goes on the left-hand side.
It's normal that Sims prefer faster routes (rather than the shortest routes) after installing the NAM. Streets have a low capacity and speed. Hope that helps.
What happened to the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool (TSCT)? [Note: If you don’t know what the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool (TSCT) is, or if you don’t use it, you can skip this section.] With the introduction of the new traffic simulator, the TSCT is simply no longer needed to tune the simulator. There are two reasons for this: First, the past year of working with the simulator continually emphasized that many properties affect the simulation as a whole, and not just the function that is documented for them. This means that many properties in the TSCT that were thought to be safe to modify actually are not, and modifying them will almost always degrade the performance of the simulator. Second, with the significant improvement in simulator pathfinding, some properties of the simulator have become self-tuning, and this makes the settings for them in the TSCT unnecessary. Source : www.sc4nam.com/docs/feature-guides/the-nam-traffic-simulator/#what-happened-to-the-traffic-simulator-configuration-tool-tsct
This is the exact reason why I don't like Sim City 4 because it's virtually unplayable without this mod, which I feel is a very disappointing aspect to the game and even when I did install it, it seemed like it didn't work. However after viewing this I may give it one last try but I don't have my hopes up.
This mod is incredible, but it really makes me appreciate front-end programmers. back-end people have no idea how people's brain work, wtf were they thinking with these nomenclatures, UI/UX and those goddam awful "tooltips" that are all but useless.
My country uses the archaic Imperial system and has some inefficient traffic behaviors. Yours offers suicide as a medical treatment for mental health patients.
@@RobsRedHotSpot yep... those are, but those now make graphical/sound settings to show up instead... those worked for a while when i recently installed the NAM
Hey, could you do a vid about the railway stuff in NAM? Because im confused with RRW and HRW. How I can build HRW railway? Couldn't figure it out and how relates RRW, HRW, GSHR and RHSR. Would be great: sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=18724.msg535486#msg535486
12:08 "People with a high school education" 🤣🤣.. There are two types of countries in the world, countries that use metric and countries that have been to the moon
@@wisefelipe I was trolling lol... It's worthless to argue about metric vs imperial and it's always people like the vid creator who don't even use imperial who have the most complaints. I work manufacturing and when conversion is necessary the units are in both or in metric. Honestly imperial is fine for non scientific situations like checking the weather in F (a system scaled to the human body and not for science experiments) or measuring in feet or inches because you have a reference. Just struck me as an unnecessary reach is all, cheers.
Pod cast this for review on what you did here,for mesa CO university college in Montrose Colorado USA. Mod bank of America department of Treasury mod me a human accnt through bank of America in San Francisco California then bank of America could afford to pay money that is owed for Bank transfers to wellsfargo please and I at least asked.
12:10 "unless you live in United States, haven't graduated high school and use medieval feet and inches" Allright Rob's Red Hot Spot. What hick country do you live in? In case you didn't learn in school USA mastered the nuclear bomb, travel to the moon, space shuttle travel, interplanetary space probes and telescopes, high technical military equipment and weapons, medical research, defense and welfare spending to other countries and oil and food supplies for much of the world. Not too bad for a bunch of high school dropouts.
@@munsters2 Probably Canada lol. I don't understand the underhanded jab either... Imperial is perfectly fine in non scientific environments... In the lab or manufacturing in the USA there are plenty of places that use metric. or ease of conversion.
@@amorag59 Imperial's fine even in a scientific environment. Metric is no less arbitrary. The only difference is that metric made a physical prototype to use as its basis - which, due to how physics works, actually changes size and weight, negating the core premise of that system. All that matters is consistency.
@@RobsRedHotSpotIt's true. All the sciences use metric system and those of us who cook and bake and care about accuracy also use it for that. I had to use it working in the medical field. I was told because it is both more specifically accurate and it's universal should we have to discuss care with a provider from another country. I also feel all those accomplishments pale in comparison to the havoc we have set upon the world and all the bullying we've done the last couple hundred years. I trash Americans as much as any foreigner does and I think it was just your delivery because it kind of offended me too. lol. I am literally in Facebook groups and subReddits for people dissing Americans. I was in Ontario last year (I live in Michigan so it's not far) and they wanted me to tap my debit card at a fast food place which nobody around here was doing yet. I can't remember what she asked me but I said, "I don't know! I'm American!" because I panicked and assumed it was something foreign though Canada does not seem the least bit foreign to me given where I've lived my entire life. They were all laughing and so was I because I felt confident that "I'm American" explained any stupidity I was displaying at the moment. As far as the "medieval measurements" thing, I get that too. I often call us England's intellectually disabled little brother because we drop things way after they did (slavery) or refuse to drop things they've already dropped (the term "football" to describe what American football is, feet and inches, etc) because of...spite, I guess? I suspect spite is why we spell color and favor and such how we do as well. I also have no idea how these people didn't figure out you're Canadian because I identified the "aboots" in the first video I watched. lmao. That accent is not far off Michigan's accent either. BUT TL; DR: I think it was just your delivery. No laugh or anything. Just a gloss over and move on. That made it come off more mean than a joke I would have normally appreciated because I GET IT. I promise I finished high school and went to college (where I learned the metric system!) and we're not all indignant morons. I've been trying to figure out a way to migrate to Canada for about 20 years. They don't want me. :(
Haha I hope everyone knows I'm just kidding ;). _It goes without saying that no changes can be made to the measurement system in the USA if it poses an unacceptable risk to football._ In all seriousness tho I use both systems in everyday life (for different things) and there are aspects I like about both. Also I visit the US regularly (well... before COVID), and have always had a great time and met great people there.
Those puzzle pieces have always confused me so much so i never really tried playing with them. So this was really helpful!
Those single tile roundabouts they actually have all over Seattle WA in residential neighbourhoods. I loved it!
I distinctly remember feeling the same way so that was the goal of the video. Glad to hear it helped!
Thanks to you I started playing Sc4 again after more than 15 years. I couldn't get a hang of the game back then, always fell short on money... Now my region prospers! Hopefully more people will find their way back to this great game - you deserve much more views for these awesome videos!
Glad I could help!
Same here!
I almost gave up when I first tried to understand and use NAM, until I found your video. It's so nice to have some well balanced, explained and up to date tutorials, neither too basic nor overwhelming. The whole series is excellent and really helps me. I'm so glad I didn't begin playing SC4 a few months earlier because I probably would have stopped too soon without you, thanks !
Great to hear!
This is incredible. Within a few minutes, you basically covered a lot of stuff in an efficient manner, and that was wonderful. Definitely looking forward to any future videos like this.
And, I noticed, when you zoomed in to do the underpass, apparently, the NAM team has already thought of the vents for the underground routes, so, it seems you won't really be needing anything for them when you do long stretches. They're very small, but, they're still there. It's tiny little squares on the edges of the tile, usually lined up with the ends of the network that's underneath the tile.
Either the advantage of the roundabout is lost, or you dukes of hazard your way across. XD
Those tiny squares are also useful to remind you where your underground bits are ;)
12:09 Shots fired! XD
I can't believe such an amazing soundtrack was used for this game. I used to enjoy it alot when i was a kid and i'd become a musician later
That’s really cool to hear
Didn't know people still play this. I used to be on the NAM team, like 10 years ago 😁
Just started again
@@jackwaylock6985 lost my discs long ago...still $20? That's just crazy. Guess I'll have to check sc4d and see who's still around.
One of the best organised tutorial videos I've ever seen. Thanks so much.
You're very welcome!
Thanks for this! I played SC4 for years but abandoned it in 2013 when I started university. Just redownloaded NAM and wow, so many changes for the past 10 years! This should help me refresh things I used to know and learn about the new additions.
Been fiddling around with the NAM for a bit, and this has been so helpful! Thanks a lot.
I’ve just returned to SC4 after 5 years on a new PC, so after the trauma (I’m not very tech savvy) of installing NAM39 I was baffled by the new mods. Thank you so much for this descriptive (idiots😉) guide. 👍 Add one more subscriber!
I was always shy of adding mods to simcity 4, though I mod all games. This simplified explanation is great! Thanks for blowing away questions, i might be modding my game now
Congratulations on getting 1,000 subscribers!!!
Thanks for the regular support man!
Hell yeah. Great idea-awesome SC4 content. Keep it coming my guy!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for a very useful insight into NAM. This make tings so much easier than random experimenting!
thank you!!! The NAM makes my head spin, too many options for my little brain. You have really made sense of it! This video is bookmarked and I will be watching it again and again.
Glad it was helpful!
Correction to your comment at time 7:30 - you don't need home and end to rotate. For laptops you can use function + left or right to rotate pieces
True. I just find using the function key to be a pain in the ass.
Best tutorial ever!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
For money cheat, you could use BSC Bank. It has cheat consule that give you maximum $50,000,000
That's a solid suggestion!
Thx so much foor the tutoria! I was always confused with the NAM this video helped me alot❤
Glad it helped!
Holy shit dude... that's epic. I re*start to play simcity4 and for the first time in years i give a try to mods and this one it's fuking epic. I still have to figure out all the pieces and the streets are still vanilla, but the simple fact that sims didnt take dumb routes and buildings dont go empty all the time make the game super enjoyable. gg.
hey man i just wanted to say thank you for the video here all the way in 2024 (i picked up this game on base when i was kid for like 6 bucks and have always thought it would be cool with mods) Would love to see and updated version since there is a newer version of NAM and it has the canal plug in access. LOVE THE CONTENT
-FOOl
I'm getting back into this game, you are the sim city expert lol
This needs more views
Wow thank you... really really helpful.. been playing sc4 like more than a decade, just found out how to make the slope road thingy..
It took me literally years to catch onto that slope road thingy so I'm glad someone else found it useful!
Extremely useful guides. Watched all of them from scratch.
Glad to hear!
This really helps! Thank you Rob.
Now you pick me up!$$$Bank of America $$$ San Francisco Sim city 4 With working modules. Well thanks for letting me show the world my arts.
Appreciated you Electronic Arts For our module every four year's changing
Excelent video! You help me A LOT!
Mod was a mindfuck coming back after 10 years from the game. Couldn't find that network setup file thing in version 37, I assume it doesn't automatically now or something.
Thank you very much.
Great tutorial.definitely like it.
Glad to hear it!
Hey Rob, thanks for the video!! Lol...you almost reminded me of a Civil Engineer when you made the crack about metres and basic high school. ;) I'm a Canadian and I found the roundabout part useful as my home town of Kitchener Ontario is going roundabout crazy. I downloaded SC4 Deluxe Ed from GoG and am running it separate from the GoG Galaxy. I might give NAM a try. My only concern is how much extra "oomph" it will take on my Acer Aspire E15 laptop. It's got 4Gig RAM and an i5-421OU @1.70 Ghz which has been able to play most games from the early 2000's with no problems. All this babbling, I must say I'm enjoying your SC4 videos from a year ago and I'm learning a few things I never picked up on back when I played the game new. I always split my time between simulators and Civilization. ;) Anyways I hope you have a great day today! I look forward to checking out more of your videos. :)
I know this is kinda late answer, but...
I have laptop with pretty similiar specs (4gb RAM, 1.1GHz CPU) and SC4 with NAM (and some other mods) runs decently (around 30 fps).
You like higher capacity roads. Ironically, I like the Maxis settings. I now use a custom NAM, where some of the folders have been removed. For my appreciation of vanilla Maxis. I gotta have the RHW, and keep their traffic simulator. But their stations are oversized to me. I like the vanilla roads, so that i have to desperately start an RHW even quicker. I like the added traffic stress caused by Maxis roads!
The way you are passive agressive about America makes me laugh hard lol, good video man thanks for the help
Thank you so much for this tutorial
HEY NOW. To be fair, you are not supposed to stop at a roundabout. lmao. It's just that they aren't as common in the states so many never encounter one and they look scary when you have never used one. There was one by my old house and my stepdad was a truck driver so he taught me how to use it. But it was terrifying when I first saw it. Hahaha. They end up just being dangerous over here because people don't know how to use them. I don't even remember learning it in drivers training. Though I took that at 15 and I am now 36 so that doesn't mean much.
very helpful! thank you freind
Hi Rob, great video man! Very informative. I don't know, if you're still doing vids about this game or not. If you are, I would like to consider making a vid about ilives reader. This reads the simcity4dat.1 file and you can hack many exemplars and properties. This is compelling to me, and I wanted to see how far you could hack the game. Well, you still can't make large, large tiles (larger than the blue large tiles). You can't make new zones. You can't make a new travel type (you're only stuck with the originals, like peds all the way to monorail). But you can do a lot more other stuff, with it. I mean my java viewer didn't open the Traffic simulator, I don't need to worry about that anymore, if you know how to 'hack' ilives reader. YOu just don't need to worry about it.
Why can't you make larger tiles? I think this code is in the SimCity4.exe hard code. I hex viewed the document, just to read what it said. It was interesting. I think Maxis doesn't want the NAM team/modders to hack the exe, but they're OK with us hacking the dat.1 file only. Hopefully, NAM team can buy the rights or something. Hopefully
Good to see SC4 players. Seen that there were less than 500 users active on Steam... lol
You need more views. Should be as big as Biffa one day.
Who's Biffa? :P
@@RobsRedHotSpot biffa plays indie games
20:30 I don't know about other things, but even those roundabouts are buggy as hell. Sometimes they just won't place, sometimes you can add a 4th road to street+street roundabout, sometimes not, half of the time deleting roundabout and roads around it costs $100. Using those mods is just so much pain. You spend more time searching for peaces (not being able to see them all outright), then also time fighting against their buggyness, than playing the game.
@@Nitroglowr It depends on a game and community. Civilization 5's Vox Populi mod community makes extremely polished releases.
There are people SC4 making crazy big and beautiful cities with those mods, but I guess they just learned to omit problematic elemets of those mods.
29:42 I see red but no line on the video. Are they going to make it move obvious?
Learned so much in this. Could you cover HSR and how to bridge/tunnel a road over/under it. I cant seem to figure it out.
I'll try and cover that at some point in the future for sure! I know that NAM 39 is supposed to have a new, more flexible tunneling feature, so I might hold off on topics related to that depending on the estimated release schedule for the new version.
@@RobsRedHotSpot Roads can pass under elevated HSR, but i just cant seem to work out how to go over or under GHSR. I’ve been trying to build a sunken GHSR but without a road going over it would split my city in two 🙈
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I can't find this NetworkAddonMod_Setup folder anywhere. I have NAM installed, but his folder is not on my computer, I don't understand the problem here.
Hi Rob, I enjoy watching your tutorials. Thank you for your time and dedication!
I have a couple of issues in 2 new cities I created after adjusting the JAR file settings to be identical to yours. My high density commercial zones no longer build tall high capacity buildings and skyscrapers. Another issue that I’ve never encountered in my dozen other cities in the same region (prior to adjusting the settings in the JAR file) is the “no jobs” symbol in my residential zones- all of which are near industrial or commercial zones. Does anyone have insight on what’s going on or whether adjusting the setting in the JAR file contributed to this? These issues didn’t occur for me prior to making these changes.
Thanks for any help!
Hi! When you say JAR file are you referring to the NAM traffic simulator config tool? if so, increasing *network capacity* will make networks perform more realistically (less traffic jams in tiny cities). *Transit usage* settings will have fairly strong effects on what networks people use. So the "medium high" mass transit setting I use means that you will get job zots/abandonment if there aren't enough bus stops, for example. Pick your transit setting based on what kinds of networks you want to build. Another point: neighbour connections are really important for large cities. People seem to prefer to work in neighbouring tiles in many instances. Hope this helps!
Your one-way streets still have the arrows on them telling which direction they go. Mine don't since I installed NAM-38.
IIRC you can select that option in the installer menu! The "no-arrows" option has a nice polished look but it's harder to work with. You _should_ be able to rerun the installer and choose the arrows, although I'm not sure what that will do to existing cities...
@@RobsRedHotSpot thanks
@@RobsRedHotSpot It just changes which texture the mod invokes for the arrows, so they will change automatically upon loading. I myself prefer to use the reduced arrows with a single central arrow, they only appear along the intersections.
Couldn't make mine work, downloaded it from steam, I used the 4gb patch, changed the gpu number, bug fixes, etc and nothing...
HELP, i have the mod installed, however i canot figure out how to access it to change the setting as u suggested in your third video
My starter pieces have excavator tiles which I cannot remove. Whats up with that nonintuitive stuff.
Thank you for this. I learned a lot and good tutorials of the NAM are very hard to find. Looking forward to your future videos.
If I may just ask if you could try to speak a little slower next time. You explain well, but a bit fast, so sometimes it is a bit hard to follow.
I will certainly try to speak slower for future NAM videos. This one was a bit of a whirlwind in terms of packing in content. Glad you enjoyed it though!
After watching all this episodes, daymm, Maybe you could run for real government position and solve most of the traffic problems and stuff XD
I've almost watched the entire series now. The episodes are superb, but I'm looking for info on agriculture. There's a mod called SPAM, but I''m unsure if its recommended in 2021 after so many updates on the NAM.
Great tutorial, can't to get myself all setup with NAM as well. Can you drive U-Drive It on NAM roads and rails though?
Love your videos. Can’t wait to use what you’ve taught me. Unfortunately, when I installed the NAM and 4GB plugin from Simtropolis it broke my SC4 Deluxe install from Steam (Windows 10, i5, SSD, etc.). I tried uninstalling and reinstalling from Steam several times, even in different location, but it won’t launch. Are there some hidden files I need to delete?
Did you check your launch settings? That could help. Also make sure you have SC4Fix. Check out my 8 essential mods video for more details!
Hey Rob. Any chance you could do an update to this video, now NAM47 is out and we now have updated features, menus etc?
This should be on consoles would ve a huge seller
Very useful 👍😀
How does one get the labels on the pieces on the items that you can build. It gets hard to see all the road options and having to hover over each one.
May i know what mod are you using right now? Your mods seems epic, i want to copy all of your mods use :))
I have noticed that the Maodern Arched Rail Station has direction arrows. Does this mean the trains only go in that direction or does it matter with the double rails tracks? I know this games is alot of test and learn but some more indepth info about these new train station, viaduct, and tracks would be very helpful from anyone reading this message who has already been through the trial and error stages.
I can't seem to be able to find the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool in NAM version 47, can anyone please help? Would be much appreciated.
Hi! i Followed all the steps and installed everything, but now my game wont open! Can please somebody help me?
I tried to make it where freight trucks could 'commute' to the neighbor (the same way sims do). But man, I couldn't figure it out. I wanted to make a coal mine or something, and send it to the neighbor without disappearing. The only way I can is by making the passenger train a coal train, and have a few sims ride it so that it could show up in the neighbor. See I can do that, I can make a passenger train look like a freight train. But I can't make the trucks, not disappear, if they leave tile. They have to disappear. This code must be in the .exe?
what happen if yellow line its not in the middle ?
Great video! I've just a question. I was going to download the NAM45 version but I've read that is not compatible with SimCity deluxe downloaded with Origin platform. Is it true? In this case I think I must buy SimCity (again) but this time from Steam...
We need more info ... like a lot more hahaha noice
12:15 looooooooooolllll
you are a master
I tried to install nam 39 and it didn't work, besides after I ran the 4GB patch on my Simcity4.exe, my windows signal that a virus was in the Simcity installation location. Could you make a video taught how to install Nam 39 safely?
What is the mod that lets you do precise terraforming
For some reason there is no road and the cursor is just red
38:00 why did your voice change
This mod turned SC4 into inpector gadget
Been out of compufers for a time what woulx i need to play rhis thats todays tech
Does this work for Sim City 4 for Mac?
On steam it says that simcity run on windows xp. In my pc I use windows 8, it works anyway?
I've never tried on Windows 8 but I'm sure it's fine. It certainly works on Windows 10!
Can anyone give advice on RHW neighbor connections? I can't seem to find a guide, and following the steps I found on simtropolis is not working. I'm trying to use the ERHW-6S neighbor connector on level 2 RHW-6S
Disregard! Rob helped me on his Twitch stream
thx!! thx
39:02 고가도로 만드는법
42:57 고속도로 일반도로 연결
that shade on imperial vs metric 😅
I was able to change my traffic flow, from UK to US version; but how do I change the traffic-lane direction from UK version to US version? My avenues' turning lanes still looks like the traffic goes on the left-hand side.
I believe it's in the NAM installer menu.
@@RobsRedHotSpot It works; thanks alot!
12:08 - 12:18 best 10sec of the vid XD and so true :D
My game doesnt show any civilian cars on streets after installing nam. (they show up on other roads) Anyone knows any fixes?
It's normal that Sims prefer faster routes (rather than the shortest routes) after installing the NAM. Streets have a low capacity and speed. Hope that helps.
How do I build an interchange with elevated real highways with five lane's.
Start with an RHS-10S starter piece!
How can i rotate all the buildings and items
The home and end keys!
I have the NAM but there's no TSCT
What happened to the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool (TSCT)?
[Note: If you don’t know what the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool (TSCT) is, or if you don’t use it, you can skip this section.]
With the introduction of the new traffic simulator, the TSCT is simply no longer needed to tune the simulator. There are two reasons for this: First, the past year of working with the simulator continually emphasized that many properties affect the simulation as a whole, and not just the function that is documented for them. This means that many properties in the TSCT that were thought to be safe to modify actually are not, and modifying them will almost always degrade the performance of the simulator. Second, with the significant improvement in simulator pathfinding, some properties of the simulator have become self-tuning, and this makes the settings for them in the TSCT unnecessary.
Source : www.sc4nam.com/docs/feature-guides/the-nam-traffic-simulator/#what-happened-to-the-traffic-simulator-configuration-tool-tsct
LOTS OF ROUNDABOOTS IN THIS GAME lmao
Mod add plus me too,please?
This is the exact reason why I don't like Sim City 4 because it's virtually unplayable without this mod, which I feel is a very disappointing aspect to the game and even when I did install it, it seemed like it didn't work.
However after viewing this I may give it one last try but I don't have my hopes up.
This mod is incredible, but it really makes me appreciate front-end programmers. back-end people have no idea how people's brain work, wtf were they thinking with these nomenclatures, UI/UX and those goddam awful "tooltips" that are all but useless.
My country uses the archaic Imperial system and has some inefficient traffic behaviors. Yours offers suicide as a medical treatment for mental health patients.
Bruh moment... F9-10 hotkeys for rotation make music and graphic settings to show up instead of making the tiles to rotate :/
Home and End are the rotate hotkeys
@@RobsRedHotSpot yep... those are, but those now make graphical/sound settings to show up instead... those worked for a while when i recently installed the NAM
Welp, if there is a way to fix it, please let me know
i really really suggest cheating money and just going hog wild with all the options.
Hey, could you do a vid about the railway stuff in NAM? Because im confused with RRW and HRW. How I can build HRW railway? Couldn't figure it out and how relates RRW, HRW, GSHR and RHSR. Would be great: sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=18724.msg535486#msg535486
12:08 "People with a high school education" 🤣🤣.. There are two types of countries in the world, countries that use metric and countries that have been to the moon
Hoping you are not trolling... but just in case, NASA uses metric
@@wisefelipe I was trolling lol... It's worthless to argue about metric vs imperial and it's always people like the vid creator who don't even use imperial who have the most complaints. I work manufacturing and when conversion is necessary the units are in both or in metric.
Honestly imperial is fine for non scientific situations like checking the weather in F (a system scaled to the human body and not for science experiments) or measuring in feet or inches because you have a reference. Just struck me as an unnecessary reach is all, cheers.
Pod cast this for review on what you did here,for mesa CO university college in Montrose Colorado USA. Mod bank of America department of Treasury mod me a human accnt through bank of America in San Francisco California then bank of America could afford to pay money that is owed for Bank transfers to wellsfargo please and I at least asked.
12:10 "unless you live in United States, haven't graduated high school and use medieval feet and inches"
Allright Rob's Red Hot Spot. What hick country do you live in?
In case you didn't learn in school USA mastered the nuclear bomb, travel to the moon, space shuttle travel, interplanetary space probes and telescopes, high technical military equipment and weapons, medical research, defense and welfare spending to other countries and oil and food supplies for much of the world.
Not too bad for a bunch of high school dropouts.
Now now I was just poking fun. No need to get defensive. I also know that even Americans use metric when they're travelling to outer space :P
@@RobsRedHotSpot Okay.
@@munsters2 Probably Canada lol. I don't understand the underhanded jab either... Imperial is perfectly fine in non scientific environments... In the lab or manufacturing in the USA there are plenty of places that use metric. or ease of conversion.
@@amorag59 Imperial's fine even in a scientific environment. Metric is no less arbitrary. The only difference is that metric made a physical prototype to use as its basis - which, due to how physics works, actually changes size and weight, negating the core premise of that system.
All that matters is consistency.
@@RobsRedHotSpotIt's true. All the sciences use metric system and those of us who cook and bake and care about accuracy also use it for that. I had to use it working in the medical field. I was told because it is both more specifically accurate and it's universal should we have to discuss care with a provider from another country. I also feel all those accomplishments pale in comparison to the havoc we have set upon the world and all the bullying we've done the last couple hundred years.
I trash Americans as much as any foreigner does and I think it was just your delivery because it kind of offended me too. lol. I am literally in Facebook groups and subReddits for people dissing Americans. I was in Ontario last year (I live in Michigan so it's not far) and they wanted me to tap my debit card at a fast food place which nobody around here was doing yet. I can't remember what she asked me but I said, "I don't know! I'm American!" because I panicked and assumed it was something foreign though Canada does not seem the least bit foreign to me given where I've lived my entire life. They were all laughing and so was I because I felt confident that "I'm American" explained any stupidity I was displaying at the moment.
As far as the "medieval measurements" thing, I get that too. I often call us England's intellectually disabled little brother because we drop things way after they did (slavery) or refuse to drop things they've already dropped (the term "football" to describe what American football is, feet and inches, etc) because of...spite, I guess? I suspect spite is why we spell color and favor and such how we do as well.
I also have no idea how these people didn't figure out you're Canadian because I identified the "aboots" in the first video I watched. lmao. That accent is not far off Michigan's accent either.
BUT TL; DR: I think it was just your delivery. No laugh or anything. Just a gloss over and move on. That made it come off more mean than a joke I would have normally appreciated because I GET IT. I promise I finished high school and went to college (where I learned the metric system!) and we're not all indignant morons. I've been trying to figure out a way to migrate to Canada for about 20 years. They don't want me. :(
Taking a crack at america smh, american football uses yards so that's certainly one reason why we wouldn't change to using the metric system lol
Haha I hope everyone knows I'm just kidding ;). _It goes without saying that no changes can be made to the measurement system in the USA if it poses an unacceptable risk to football._ In all seriousness tho I use both systems in everyday life (for different things) and there are aspects I like about both. Also I visit the US regularly (well... before COVID), and have always had a great time and met great people there.
Happy to hear that man; and I’m not much of a football fan anyway just a fair weather Bears fan lol