Improved Traffic Volume View 2

Very good, a Cleanitol file included.... Shows that u r quite experienced in the Simtropolis Exchange and u know ur things. Keep up the good work! :) Mass

Very good work! Thanks a lot. 11/10!

Bravo !!!!!

brilliant work , thanks for this it will defintely be well used :)

Wasn't having a solid reference number (for ex: 1200) the point of the traffic volume map? The percentage just makes it so much more similar to the traffic congestion...and deletes the purpose maxis had for the volume view. Well implemented, but if you ask me not the greatest idea. 6/10

excellent piece of work, really helps to micro manage all those pesky sims on their merry way to and from work.

Excellent work!

Finally, better Traffic Volume data.

Excellent

An impressive coloring effect that helps with determining where roadways should be improoved. Much higher standard than maxis' settings/views. Downfall is that it affects MY growth simulation to an extent that I chose to trash it. But overall an awesome addition.

I like that this has more color granularity, but, like koltedkead said, this kind-of defeats the purpose of the volume view. Rather than the values being based on percentages of transit capacity, there should be one static number that all network volumes are compared to.

For example, if you have a highway that carries 2500 people and a road that carries 1000 people, the highway should have a deeper color even though both transit networks have the same percent of transit capacity (in this case 100%). No rating for now, but if a version based on absolute numbers debuts, it'll definitely be a 10/10. (sorry for the double-post, but together the posts were too long)

sffc: All travel types that use multiple networks have their capacity normalized to that of a single network, which is mentioned in the subtext below the color legend. This means, for example, that for cars, your street, road, and highway colors will all be based on road capacity, so they will be directly comparable, which is what you want. Your rails, though, do use a different scale, although once again, they all use the same one.

good work helps alot more than the standed one thanks

does anyone know if this works with the latest nam?

I'd like to try to clarify some things in a more general way. In every subview, represented by the buttons on the left, each color always represents approximately the same number of Sims, whether it's on a street, road, highway, or whatever. Many buttons use the same scale, but some use different scales more appropriate for their travel types. (continued...)

The reason for this decision is simple: The scale that shows subway and rail traffic accurately would show virtually no pedestrian activity, and a scale that showed pedestrian activity usefully would not be able to show much of the range of uncongested subway and rail activity. The Maxis 1200 number falls into the second category; most travel types hit the top of the scale long before they reach 100% capacity, greatly limiting the usefulness of this view.

spokesyboi: Yes, it does. It works with all version of the NAM, as long as you're using Traffic Simulator A or B.

perfect!!!

Okay, I get it now. I was mislead by the "percentage refers to road capacity" message; I thought it referred to the underlying network type (because of the multiple meanings of the work "road"). But now that I understand, this is definitely a 10/10! This helps very much with actually distributing road capacities correctly. P.S. I use NAM Simulator C (2x); will that cause any problems? Do you have to use A or B?

Absolutely awesome, thank you

Absolutely awesome, thank you

sffc: There is no Simulator C, but I assume you mean one of the 2x capacity simulators. The NAM team claims that all simulators previous to A and B are obsolete, which is why I built versions only for those. But as the Standard, 2x, and 5x capacities are still around, I think I'll build versions for those, and post here when they're ready. I have to make a different version for every simulator that uses different network capacities because all the numbers are different for each one.

I think Simulator C actually means you havent chosen any of the traffic controllers (2X, 5x, A or B) offered by the nam but kept standard maxis one. Would be good to have this Improved Traffic Volume view working with it too.

@z1: In the April 2008 NAM, they renamed the old simulators C, D, and E, respectively standard, better, and perfect pathfinding. Each of those has three versions: normal, 2x capacity, and 5x capacity. I use simulator C with 2x capacity. This simulator has capacities that are similar to those of the A or B "Hard" simulator, with the exception of streets and one-way roads.