NAM April 2008 Version is here!

[The NAM Team]

No, this is not an April fools that arrived a bit late, but the Network Addon Mod is celebrating its 4th birthday today! The NAM Team has been working hard over the last few weeks, and we were able to compile a new version of the largest and most popular mods for SimCity 4. It includes some exciting new stuff, as well as updates of popular items, lots of visual improvements and countless bugfixes (for a complete list, see below).

As usual, please read the included readme file first, otherwise, things might go wrong. It is highly advised to uninstall your current NAM version, since lots of things have changed. For this, you can either use the uninstall feature, or the included BSC Cleanitol file.

Here's a list of changes:

• Double-height Elevated Rail and Monorail puzzle pieces have been added.
• GLR bridge has been added.
• New GLR-in-Avenue puzzle pieces have been added, including Avenue Roundabout with GLR crossing.
• New Rail Viaduct puzzle pieces have been added.
• Diagonal Highway on-slope puzzle pieces have been added, existing on-slope puzzle pieces have been revamped to eliminate shadow bug.
• All overpasses have been modified to eliminate the color shift of the network that crosses under another (both Maxis and custom overpasses).
• Elevated Rail to GLR transition has been improved visually.
• Double-decker puzzle pieces have been improved visually.
• Elevated Rail and Monorail over Elevated Highway overpasses have been improved visually.
• Various other overpasses and puzzle pieces have been improved visually.
• Diagonal Highway shift by one tile is now possible.
• Oneway-Road arrow removal plugin has been updated.
• Custom Menu plugins have been added to reorder icons in Rail and Misc Transportation menu.
• A new set of Traffic Simulator (Traffic Plugin) files have been added, outdated Traffic Plugin files have been removed.
• A variety of RUL, texture and pathing errors have been fixed.
• NAM Controller contains RULs for updated RHW (Rural Highway mod), updated SAM (Street Addon Mod) and new HSR (High Speed Rail) plugins (released separately).

Get the new NAM here:

Windows Version: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=851

Mac Version: http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=852

[thundercrack83]

OUTSTANDING!

Thanks so much for your hard work, guys! I don't need to tell you how much you've revolutionized the game!

Dustin

EDIT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NAM!

[RippleJet]

Happy Birthday NAM and thanks for the birthday present!

[vester]

Congratulation, both on the day and on the release. 


Thank you all for your hard work.

[jplumbley]

Let the celebration begin!!       

YAY for NAM's 4th Birthday!!      

[Heblem]

Thanks!  can't wait to try out the new improvements

Happy bb NAM!

[dedgren]

Yee ha!

It's New NAM Night- they don't happen near often enough.

Congrats to the team!


David

[shenti]

Happy Birthday NAM

[Tarkus]

Indeed, let the celebration begin.  Happy 4th birthday, NAM--glad to be a part of it! 



-Alex (Tarkus)

[Diggis]

Let the NAMing begin!

11 users and 2 guests browsing this topic! Happy birthday NAM!

[BarbyW]

Happy Birthday NAMThank you for the present. 

[SC4BOY]

Great work from the NAM team as always.. one suggestion though.. The download file should be renamed to represent the proper version of the contents instead of the"generic" name.. it should have the version in the name.. such as NAM 4-2008 Setup.zip or something along that line.. the exact name is not important, but the concept of having the version CLEARLY OBVIOUS without opening the .zip file at all.. I recognize that there are other ways to tell, so please don't bother replying with a list of them..   The key is a person should know the version by looking at the filename.. a protocol followed on most software packages of any responsible release.. This is being picky I know, but it is just good practice. All other aspects of the package are done so professionally that is makes this little thing stand out.. Again.. GREAT WORK 

[camaro_69_327]

Happy Birthday NAM!!!!


Just a thought but aren't WE suppose to get YOU presents not the other way Around???

LOL just kidding, We are not worthy but we will use this with great respect!!

Thank You !

Dan

[memo]

Yeah, finally!! Thanks to all involved.


The cake looks delicious, btw.


Edit: Something's missing in the list...

[Haljackey]

Wow, you guys are quick! Looks awesome!

I am looking forward to using the double-height Elevated Rail and Monorail puzzle pieces as well as the new files.

Give yourselves a pat on the back!   The NAM is the only reason why I still play SC4.   

Best,
-Haljackey

[smoncrie]

Yes, Happy birthday NAM!!!

By the way the intro did not mention it, but there are also 6 new double-decker puzzle pieces.

[Pat]

Sweeeeeetness thank you NAM team and Happy Birthday to you all!!!!

[jacqulina]

thankyou for all the hard work and HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

[el_cozu]

boo ya!!! NAM team!!

lets make FIESTA!!!!! 

[Ennedi]

Happy Birthday NAM!

And thank you for your work, it's a great thing to continue such project so long and to still have new fantastic ideas! 
Many professional engineers' teams could learn from you how to organize such work