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Short Description:
This is a set of car, freight car, and bus traffic blockers for default maxis, SAM, GLR, and RHW routes. They will block one kind of traffic while allowing the other kinds of traffic and pedestrians to pass. This may be useful for creating bus lines, simply reducing traffic, preventing cars from taking a shortcut through settlements, keeping freight cars away from residential zones and so on. Traffic blockers for roads, one-way roads, avenues, side roads, and railway are already existing on the STEX, but not for SAM and RHW routes, so I thought they might be useful.
I've tried to keep them as inconspicuous as possible (so not to disrupt the look of your city); therefore the screenshots won't be spectacular. The screenshot below shows a small city where buses and pedestrians are taking the SAM 2 Herringbone Street to get to work, while cars are forced to take a detour.
There are traffic blockers for the subsequently mentioned traffic routes:
- Maxis routes: road, street, avenue, one-way road
- SAM streets: 2-11
- RHW routes: RHW-2, RHW-4, RHW-6, RHW-8, RHW-10, MIS
- GLR: Tram-on-Road (only with concrete pavement in the center), Tram-on-Avenue, Tram-on-Street
For further information, please refer to the readme in the download.
Note: If you have downloaded this between April 15th, 2020, and June 16th, 2020, please remove the file TBS_Textures.dat, since it has become obsolete with the release of the 11241036 Textures. Please download this dependency package instead.
Dependencies:
SFBT Essentials
https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/22-dependencies/13-sfbt-essentials
MGB Texture Pack
https://www.sc4evermore.com/index.php/downloads/download/22-dependencies/90-mgb204-texture-pack
Network Addon Mod Version 37.0 or newer
http://community.simtropolis.com/files/file/26793-network-addon-mod-for-windows-installer-offsite
11241036 Textures
SC4Fix: Third-party patches for SC4
Not really required, but it resolves that nasty crash-to-desktop bug occurring whenever you hover with a puzzle piece over a transit-enabled lot.
Currently available languages: English, German
Installation:
Download the archive and extract all files to a folder where you will find them. Move or copy this folder into your Plugins sub-folder of your edition of SimCity 4 (for instance: C:/Programs/Maxis/SimCity 4/Plugins).
To uninstall, please bulldoze all instances of this plugin in your cities, then remove all of its files from your Plugins subfolder.
Note, if you have versions prior to version 3 installed: Please remove it before installing the new plugin. You don’t need to bulldoze your already existing traffic stops, and nothing will change in-game. However, to tidy up this plugin, I’ve reorganized the files and packed them into one big file. You’ll have them twice if you simply copy this plugin into your plugin folder.
Extra note: For people using my Cobblestone Street Override mod, I’ve added the extra file z_TBS SAM 8 Override.dat, which will alter the base texture to a cobblestone texture. Remove this file if you don’t want this (see screenshots).
Compatibility:
Since this plugin requires installation of the Network Addon Mod, it is only compatible with SimCity 4: Rush Hour, or SimCity Deluxe.
Credits:
- The Network Addon Mod Team for the textures of the routes
- odrzutowiec for the idea of introducing the GLR traffic blockers
Support:
Please feel free to post issues, bug reports, and suggestions in this thread:
To be done:
- Also, I'd appreciate if someone could explain me how to make Menu Management Lots. Although traffic blockers are sometimes helpful, we probably won't use them everyday, and therefore you may probably want to save space in your game menu.
- If I'm getting enough requests, I may include other traffic blockers in later updates.
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