Widen highways

[zdog720 74]

Is it possible to widen the highways with the extra space provided on the side?https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//puzzle1.jpeg align=baseline>

See the extra space on the side?

 

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//puzzle14.jpg align=baseline>

 

Diagnals

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//fr2-new.jpg align=baseline>

Can this be widened also?

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//fr2-new22.jpg align=baseline>

 

Can this be done?

 

[jmusshorn 7]

Ooh, that sure would be cool!

 

I hope so!

~J

[insert_name_here 1]

It would take one hell of a long while to modd. Textures and paths for a start..... would it be really worth it?

[Pheonix Rising 2]

I dont know if this has been brought up before.. but this would make a good nam request for cosmetic alterations so.. maybe ask in the cosmetic name mod thread??

By itself I dont think it would take too much work.. but then again i dont know. W/o the name would require changing out the std ground/el highway tiles for that as well as canging the on/off ramps.. not sure what other files would need to be altered.

 

Id much rather see a 3 or 4 tile highway set though or a more rural looking highway.. something with an avenue look. The urban highways are nice, but not realistic when travelling in the middle of nowhere.

[jt_144_2004 0]

This is a good idea, if not possible maybe you could make the extra space lanes where cars pull off the road when they break down or have a flat so only texturing would be required.

[heartofsong83 0]

Also, for extra realism, can the inside lanes be eliminated and replaced with a grass median for rural freeways, which are often 4 lanes wide except when connecting nearby large cities?

[Karybdis 34]

for straight ahead pieces, sure.......it would require you guys to do a ton of editing work however.... you'd have to recreate every highway model in the game and make a duplicate of it as a puzzle piece.

for diagonals, if you did this, you would lose the ability to use ANY square it touched. Look at your picture and you'll see the problems with that. I suppose there could be hacked workarounds to the diagonal problem, but its not a really good feasible solution.

[toxicpiano 125]

Would be good... we also need a rural highway dammit!

[eternalrsx 0]

I've always wondered why they never made that option on all the roads.  The ability when the road/highway reaches capacity to widen it.   That would be pretty cool. 

[nofunk 1,933]

That would be really cool -- I've always wished we had more options for highways in Rush Hour. But I would also want a choice. If you changed the highways to make them 8 lanes, then all your highways would be 8 lanes. But 8 lanes is not appropriate everywhere; in fact, the standard 6 lane ones available aren't even always appropriate. I often wish we had simple 4 lane highways, especially in lower-populated areas.

You can always play around with that highway trick and make express and local lanes!

[Compromise 1]

Yes, it would have been nice to have more choice for different types of highways.

[Karybdis 34]

As I was saying, its Semi-possible in some circumstances, but its not really feasible *points*

you're talking about a complete rewrite of an entire 3d network, and even then you cant do the diagonals properly.

[cucurbitac 0]

Hi guys,

it's a great project , but for expert modders only... A lot of work is required , not just new textures , but new s3d and others ,  and compatibility with the NAM could be a problem...

 

cucurbitac