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Network Addon Mod (NAM) / Re: NAM: Development
« Last post by Tarkus on Today at 02:06:36 AM »The term "override network" is also not quite being used correctly here . . . generally, it refers to one of the NAM's "new networks", which uses RUL overrides (RUL2 code) and starter pieces in order to change one of the game's base networks into something else on the fly, while still allowing that base network to co-exist.
MHO really ought to be called "Maxis Highway Replacement" or "Re-Skin" rather than "Maxis Highway Override", because it is replacing the base network (you can't build stock Maxis Highways with it installed). The same is true for the RRW.
As Tibi mentioned, the fact that we're effectively having to "purge" the NAM of Maxis Rail is a huge part of this. And since we're ditching all the other re-skins save for MHO, because of the crosslink complications, and the fact that MHO has its own RULs, we're having to get it to stand on its own two feet, without using legacy content as a crutch.
If we can actually get these bloody things to behave . . . then it's going to make things a TON easier for NAM 38 and beyond. But it's meant NAM 37 is a huge, huge pain in the butt on our end.
-Alex
MHO really ought to be called "Maxis Highway Replacement" or "Re-Skin" rather than "Maxis Highway Override", because it is replacing the base network (you can't build stock Maxis Highways with it installed). The same is true for the RRW.
As Tibi mentioned, the fact that we're effectively having to "purge" the NAM of Maxis Rail is a huge part of this. And since we're ditching all the other re-skins save for MHO, because of the crosslink complications, and the fact that MHO has its own RULs, we're having to get it to stand on its own two feet, without using legacy content as a crutch.
If we can actually get these bloody things to behave . . . then it's going to make things a TON easier for NAM 38 and beyond. But it's meant NAM 37 is a huge, huge pain in the butt on our end.
-Alex
