SAM - Street Addon Mod

[z]

No, you don't.  SAM has been organised in such a way that adding new texture sets is very very easy, copy pasta job. 

Really?  You mean I can use my pasta-making machine to make new SAM textures?  That's great! 

[Tarkus]

I can just see it now . . .

SAM Set 6 - Farfalle



-Alex

[travismking]

  I do have a question though, is it possible, in a fairly easy way, to make one of the SAM textures default instead of having to plop a starter piece on every little street? Of course this means getting rid of standard maxis street texture.

[Tarkus]

I do have a question though, is it possible, in a fairly easy way, to make one of the SAM textures default instead of having to plop a starter piece on every little street? Of course this means getting rid of standard maxis street texture.

The unfortunate thing with the Maxis streets is that the IIDs don't follow a particularly uniform scheme like in the SAM.  The TGI Editor in the Reader would help to a great extent, but having done re-IIDing myself, it can still be rather tedious work.

-Alex

[travismking]

meh thats too much work, ill just use starter pieces :p Thanks tarkus

[Aldini10]

No, you don't.  SAM has been organised in such a way that adding new texture sets is very very easy, copy pasta job. 

you can always make them yourself, you know...

Well... Maybe I will, but how?

[Diggis]

Look on the LEX under diggis.  There is a guide and some kerb lines there for you.

[Tarkus]

Well . . . what's this?



-Alex

[jdenm8]

I believe that's NWM/SAM interconnectivity. Admittedly, it is only one texture which I never use, but at least it is being worked on. 

[Aldini10]

Well . . . what's this?



-Alex

Now that just made my day! I am considering getting Diggis' awesome tool but I need 3ds Max for that.
Very nice development shot, I haven't seen an in game pic of SAM in a while. Alex, you are a lifesaver!

[Diggis]

I believe that's NWM/SAM interconnectivity. Admittedly, it is only one texture which I never use, but at least it is being worked on. 

The texture is the smallest and easiest part of the process. Hence why I was doing it.  Get one texture set working and they all work.

[Tarkus]

Filling in a few other things . . .





Working with Set 2 until the RULs are in place . . . then it's copy-paste time.

-Alex

[noahclem]

Looks awesome Alex, thanks!

[travismking]

thats pretty amazing tbh 

[jdenm8]

Brilliant work! The deconversion under elevated networks and over some ground networks really bugged me.

[Shadow Assassin]

And this is a great opportunity to fix any bugs that may still be present in the SAM, as well.

Once we get Set 2 done and perfect, it can be c&p'd to the other networks, which is good.

[Aldini10]

Thanks Tarkus. The Nam Team has saved us once again! I much appreciate your work here. When it is released you bet I will download it asap. Yes, Shadow, this is a great time to do just that!

[jdenm8]

Good point SA. I linked to most of the posted SAM patches... somewhere. It'd be a good time to get them integrated and working to full effect.

[samerton]

Wow.. looking great! Good job!

[Tarkus]

Thanks for the kind words, guys!     Got all the Monorail crossings done last night . . . GLR will probably be up next, along with Elevated RHWs.  I'm also looking at a few options on the long-discussed "SAM stopping" issue.

And thanks for the list of SAM fixes, jdenm8!  I've just picked them all up and will merge them in.

-Alex