Should I get the NAM?

Gurning_Chimp · October 07, 2011, 07:12:40 AM

I only really want to have the trams and elevated railroad in my cities, I'm not too fussed about making it look 'realistic'. I also have a laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed and a fair amount of memory.

What's your advice?

Lowkee33 · October 07, 2011, 07:30:27 AM

SimCity without NAM would be like toast without butter. It goes beyond making you game look more realistic, actually improving greatly on the behavior of traffic.

MandelSoft · October 07, 2011, 07:32:52 AM

And besides that, it adds a lot of features, like overpasses, roundabouts and extra intersections and interchanges.

Gurning_Chimp · October 07, 2011, 07:37:27 AM

OK, is it easy to install, and how much memory does it take?

MandelSoft · October 07, 2011, 07:48:57 AM

The NAM is not hard to install, but you should pay attention when doing so. Some problems are caused by installing the NAM wrongfully (like installing the Left Hand Drive version of the NAM on a Right Hand Drive game). It's HIGHLY recommended to read the ReadMe first. Especially the DBE (Diagonal Bridge Enabler) causes problems when you didn't read the ReadMe and don't understand why all your water is gone and why you can't build roads on slopes...

The NAM download is about 25MB and fully installed it's 70MB without associated plugins (extra bridges, RHW, NWM, SAM, etc.). So far, I haven't noticed anything with the peformance with and without the NAM installed.

Best,
Maarten

Gurning_Chimp · October 07, 2011, 07:53:54 AM

Right, so I should go for the Left Hand Drive version (I have the UK Edition).

Also, my Sim City 4 game does crash sometimes, does the NAM cause more crashes. (Sorry to ask so many questions, but I've had this game for a year and people keep suggesting NAM, but I'm not really someone who likes to mod games)

Dexter · October 07, 2011, 08:35:36 AM

If installed correctly, the only thing to really watch out for is to make sure you don't hover a Puzzle Piece over a Transit Enabled lot (eg. Smooth rail curve over a station lot) as this is a known game bug that will cause the game to crash. An easy way around this is place things like stations and toll booths after you have completed the surrounding network.

Happy NAMing

,
-Matt

Gurning_Chimp · October 07, 2011, 08:49:44 AM

Sweet, I'll give it a go when I get back in (just need to get some phone credit).

Thanks for your help guys!

Gurning_Chimp · October 07, 2011, 10:23:36 AM

OK guys just an update, I got the NAM and after playing about with it in one of my Financial Districts, I like it. It certainly makes my city look better and I have started a new region so I could best use NAM