【NAM31教程】NAM 推荐配置

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NAM 推荐配置
为能用上 NAM 的全套功能，使得在您的计算机上玩 模拟城市 4 时有个舒服的运行速度，下面是配置建议：
1个 64 位的CPU，至少 4 GB 的内存，和 64 位版本的 Windows Vista 或更高版本。
好些的图形卡倾向于会让游戏加快一点点，但超过中档的显卡对游戏的速度影响实际都非常小。
一个快速的 CPU 会特别有用——特别是如果你正在玩大型的城市；尽管这游戏已经超过十岁，但它仍能榨干你所能给出的全部 CPU 能量，随着城市尺寸的增加，交通仿真器带来的 CPU 使用率将呈指数型的增长。
假如你想要游戏获得 CPU 最大的能力，你得记住，模拟城市 4 是单线程运行的，所以对本游戏来说最佳的CPU通常将会是英特尔 酷睿 i5 的最新版本（除非你想花更多的钱）；很不幸，酷睿 i7 的超线程在此没有用武之地。
作为一个 32 位程序，模拟城市 4 能用的虚拟内存最多为 4 GB（在 64 位的 Windows 下）。
这意味着，安装有超过 4 GB 的物理内存的话，你可能会获得一点性能提升，这尤其是因为更高版本的 Window s用了一种非常有效的方式来使用额外的内存做缓存工作。
无论如何，除非你正在运行其他内存密集型的程序，否则你不大可能看到超过 8 GB 的内存会带来任何性能明显增强的迹象。
几乎任何现代的硬盘驱动器都能满足这个游戏的磁盘需求。
确保你有足够的空间给游戏和你的那些所有的插件——建议保留至少 10 GB的硬盘空间。
使用 SSD 来代替硬盘，并在 SSD 上存储你的整个模拟城市 4 的层次结构（包括您的插件），可以显著削减加载时间。
谈到加载时间——减少加载时间，尤其是节约从区域视图 或 NAM 的地铁建筑视图 返回正常视图时所需时间的最佳方法是使用 DatPacker。
全部有关 DatPacker 的下载、安装和使用的信息可以在 SC4 Devotion （网站）之专用版块找到。
如果你使用 NAM，强烈建议安装 Java 7 或更高版本。
有两个地方 NAM 用到了 Java 。
首先，它用来运行一个编译器——用来构建专为您量身定制之自定义交通流量仿真器的安装程序。Java 使得交通控制器变得尽可能的小，于是游戏得到了优化（在游戏加载时间和某些其它方面）。没有 Java，安装程序将使用完全标准的控制器，在上述方面就会慢一些，您所能安装的 NAM 选项也会较少，这将带来巨大的差别。
第二个用到 Java 的地方是：Java 用于运行交通仿真配置工具（ TSCT ） 。该 TSCT 为你的交通仿真器提供了各种各样的自定义选项。没有 Java，TSCT 不能运行。不过仍会有少许的交通容量仿真选项是可用的。

原文如下：
Recommended Configuration
In order to be able to use the full feature set of the NAM and still run SimCity 4 at an comfortable speed on your computer, the following configuration is recommended:
  a 64-bit CPU with at least 4 GB of memory, and the 64-bit version of Windows Vista or later.
  Better graphics cards will tend to speed up the game a bit, but anything beyond a mid-range graphics card will have very little effect on the game’s speed.
  A faster CPU is useful especially if you’re playing large cities; despite being more than ten years old, this game can use all the CPU power you can give it, due to the exponential growth in CPU usage of the traffic simulator as your cities increase in size.
  If you are going for maximum CPU power for the game, it is good to remember that the game runs single-threaded, so the best CPU for this game would typically be the latest version of the Intel Core i5 (unless you want to spend a lot more money); the additional hyperthreading of the Core i7 is unfortunately of no use to SimCity 4.
  As SimCity 4 is a 32-bit program, it can use a maximum of 4 GB of virtual memory on a 64-bit version of Windows.  This means that you may gain a bit of a performance boost by having more than 4 GB of physical memory installed on your machine, especially since later versions of Windows use extra memory for caching in a very efficient way.  However, unless you are running other memory-intensive programs, you are unlikely to see any significant gains in performance by adding memory in excess of 8 GB.
  Virtually any modern hard drive will meet the disk requirements for this game.  To be sure you have enough room for the game and all your plugins, it is recommended to reserve at least 10 GB for hard drive space.
  Using an SSD instead of a hard drive and storing your whole SimCity 4 hierarchy (including your plugins) on the SSD can cut load times significantly.
  And speaking of load times, the best way to reduce both load times and the time required to return from the Zones or NAM Subway Building View is to use the DatPacker.  Full information on downloading, installing, and using the DatPacker can be found on its dedicated board (1) at SC4 Devotion.
  Version 7 or later of Java is strongly recommended if you use the NAM.
  Java is used in two places in the NAM.
  First, it is used to run a compiler that builds a custom network controller that is specifically tailored for your installation.  This allows the controller to be as small as possible, optimizing game loading times and some aspects of the game’s running time.  Without Java, the installer will use the full standard controller, which will be somewhat slower in these aspects; the fewer NAM options you install, the greater the difference will be.
  The second use for Java is to run the Traffic Simulator Configuration Tool (TSCT).  The TSCT allows a wide variety of customization options for your traffic simulator.  Without Java, the TSCT cannot be run, but there are still a few choices of traffic simulator capacity available.

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