Circular Streets

[nando17 0]

I visited the city named New Coast City in Tarvos Planet,  and the streets are pretty cool, but i cant do the same circular streets, I wanna know how to make those stretes.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

It is actually very easy if you use 90 or 45 degree spokes because you can maker short roads perpendicular to them then connect them with round roads.

[kiwispanker 1]

1. just as ilikeseattle says above. make an eight-way intersection for the center of your circle(s) to start -- don't worry about the middle intersection, you can delete it later and make some monument in the middle, like the in pictures you provided.

2. then, where you want the first outer circle to start, create an small intersection. make short roads/aves run perpendicular into those roads you made in step 1. just make the roads go out, on both sides, a little bit - enough to make the crosswalks appear.

3. next, select your desired road or avenue, or even expressway, and also select the curved road feature. then connect each of those small step-2 roads to each other.

the results are pretty good looking "circles"

also, for another tip, you're going to need a way to measure the road lengths - otherwise you'll be making ovals or other weird shapes. since CXS doesn't have grids, you'll need to use another way to measure.

- you could draw a road and remember "how much" it costs, then when placing the other roads, just make the number/price the same as the first. this could possibly be tricky with unlevel terrain ~ i don't know though.

- you could measure by that auto-zoning/road-placer tool and count how many blocks it would take you.

- you could make a large outer square so each of those step-2 roads fall just within the boundaries of that large outer box.

- lastly, you could just eye-ball it.

good luck and post your results!

[Mastaflex 0]

That's a nice city and I love the look of it. But if you look closely you will notice that the bend in the roads aren't always perfect and means each bend was done manually(the second pic gives a clearer view of this), so it wasn't just clicking on a circular road icon and plopping them, he had to plan out pretty much everything sort of like the above posts mention.

[Sainty 0]

Here you go, a guide from the same dude that made that city you are talking about...

http://www.citiesxs.de/forum/index.php/topic,481.0.html