#Nam simcity 4 mod
#Nam simcity 4 code

The NAMifesto basically addressed some of the long-standing elephants in the room (which had arguably been there since Tropod retired as team lead back in late 2005), and laid out a plan for how we could keep NAM 37 from happening again, which weвЂ™ve successfully implemented since then. On April 18th, less than a week before we finally issued a public release candidate for NAM 37 (prior to the official release in July 2020), I made a lengthy and rather frank post in our private development boards at SC4 Devotion, entitled вЂњGuidance on NAM Development and Build Cycles вЂ“ NAM 38 and BeyondвЂќ, or as it could be jokingly called, вЂњthe NAMifestoвЂќ. The development hell of NAM 37 could not happen again. But in order to keep surviving, it was clear we needed to do something different. The whole cycle was one, long struggle for survival for the NAMвЂ“and somehow, we did survive. And given the fact that both eggman121 and myself worked in вЂњessentialвЂќ industries, the pandemic did not really slow RL down for us. This situation resulted in a yearlong period of trying to completely re-engineer the modвЂ™s file architecture, in order to reduce the internal complexity, and allow for it to be compatible with a different installer system. Screenshot of NAM 37 Alpha Build 01 Installer вЂ“ the infamous вЂњNuclear ArtifactвЂќ

#Nam simcity 4 code

It was routinely completely skipping the compilation of the NAM Controller, and also the failsafe of installing a full, pre-compiled oneвЂ“and given that the NAM Controller contains all the RUL code required for the NAMвЂ™s network additions to be built in-game, this was a fatal issue. Once we finally did get things on track again, assembling the first complete internal build for the cycle, the aptly named NAM 37 Alpha Build 01 (NAM 37 A01 for short, also since referred to as вЂњthe nuclear artifactвЂќ), our installer systemвЂ“which had already become a bit shaky with NAM 36вЂ“completely blew apart at the seams, the product of trying to corral the increasingly dense array of crosslinks between optional components, and the complexities of its interactions with the NAM Controller Compiler utility. And our very small development team, even with some slight expansion (including the key additions of our Bridge Department Lead, Kitsune, and SC4 Renaissance man Tyberius06), was often waylaid with heavy cases of Real Life (RL). However, many of those projects we started encountered significant roadblocks (including the вЂњTidal FlowвЂќ issues that stymied the RealExpressway, the originally-intended flagship project for the cycle), causing them to get shelved and forcing us back to the drawing board constantly. Development on content intended for NAM 37 had already started before NAM 36 was released in September 2017. Long story short, that whole development cycle was cursed. Those of you who have followed the NAM project over the past 5 years know at least some of the story of the infamous NAM 37, some of which IвЂ™ve shared here at SimTarkus.

And I thought I would share my experiences as to what has changed in the past 2 years in order to make this sudden snowballing of activity with the NAM possible. Indeed, itвЂ™s a surprise to me, too, and as someone who has been involved for 15 years as of this past February, a very pleasant one.

#Nam simcity 4 mod

The fact that a computer game mod that has been continually developed since 2004вЂ“for a game released on 2003вЂ“has had this much going on nearly two decades later would likely be a surprise to many. WeвЂ™ve also dramatically increased the size of the development team, which went from being a skeleton crew, with a mere three active developers, to one with over 30 members contributing in various capacities, approaching a size it hasnвЂ™t been since nearly a decade ago. Indeed, after NAM 37 took nearly 3 years, finally making it to an official public release in July 2020, in a little bit more than half that time, weвЂ™ve released 7 more versions, including the new NAM 44 release. Those of you who have followed the developments of the Network Addon Mod (NAM) in recent times have likely noticed that the pace at which new versions have been released has increased dramatically in the past 18 months.