Show us Your Interchanges!

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

Please, please, please don't include pictures in a quote! It really clogs up the thread. Just the username and text is plenty to identify the post you're quoting. Anyway, that's a beastly interchange, freshballin.

[jdenm8 362]

when I try that, it comes up with an error.

It is indeed a mod he's using.

Avenue tunnels use a portal model very similar to the GMHW one, while OWR tunnels use a portal model very similar to the Road one.

It's a simple height problem, Avenue tunnels are (I think) 7m high to make the MHW network look a little less out-of-scale, while Road tunnels are 15m high, once again to make them look a little less out-of-scale.

What his Slope Mod is doing is changing the height of the Avenue portal to 15m, so it matches the height of the OWR portals according to the game (though the old 7m model is still used).

  Edited March 28, 2011 by jdenm8  

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

The A8/A4 interchange in Paridise Island

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Three interchanges on this picture:

Left to right: main interchange, truck ramp to facilitate a freight connection from the mainline highway and a minor interchange with a through-road (not on screen)

I'm thinking the truck ramp's gonna get demolished in the end... but not yet.

[Vahr 341]

NTM: Looks pretty good! I'd personally add smooth curves and type C/D ramps, but, one step at a time!

Dan: Very nicely done! Interesting way to accomodate the diagonal avenue as well, and the truck ramp should stay!

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Deep urban left hand exit interchange

And a very strange interchange... due to the nature of the highways. The C/D highway is actually a tolled highway nested within a regular highway, and I had to provide full access to both (including free to toll)

If you'll notice, it's actually 2 interleaved trumpets with 2 full Y's (for the toll access) and an expanded windmill/turbine interchange on the outside.

[timmie 988]

Blue Lightning, that second interchange looks like a driver's nightmare

Unbelievable that you're able to make such complex interchanges, I can only dream of being as good as you

  Edited March 30, 2011 by timmie  

[nicebutevil91 2]

I gotta say, that 2nd one sure isn't common to see in rural areas. We ever gonna see a road geekery on this intersection?

[twinsfan14 36]

Bump. I am amazed by the fact that some people don't use smooth curves. They look so much better with them.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

A new kind of cloverleaf I experimented with

[freshballin365 32]

- Nice interchange nathanmayor!

- Here's another interchange from my region based off of Greater Los Angeles. For those familiar with the area, it's Devonshire St. and the 405 Frwy. in Mission Hills. Just to note: the first and third images were taken facing north. The others south. Hope you all like it!

[asteconn 9]

I think that Freshballin has just schooled us all in how to apply eye candy to the RHW!

For the benefit of those at home, what mods are you using for all of that eyecandy?

[Alejandro24 575]

A very strange one:

Explanation:

[AdoxxBE 289]

Wow, Blue Lightning, first picture is very nice

[asteconn 9]

The steep gradients are very unrealistic, but that is a very clever way to make a 5 way interchange.

[freshballin365 32]

I think that Freshballin has just schooled us all in how to apply eye candy to the RHW!

For the benefit of those at home, what mods are you using for all of that eyecandy?

@asteconn. Thanks! I used the following mods: Jeronij's Modern Cement Walls by Jeronij, LRM Plopable Streetlights 01by MRTNRLN, CPT Italia Tree Mod by Cycledogg, fonzyfb73's Sign Packs, and RHW Lights and Barriers by Xyloxadoria.

  Edited April 4, 2011 by freshballin365  

[antsel 841]

I think it's pretty safe to say that Freshballin has got the RHW mastered. I've only seen two of your interchanges, but I think they are by far the best of all the ones I've seen.

[astronelson 339]

Just one interchange today. I've changed the highway off to the right a little (it was a little too close to the edge for the next city over), but the main part is still the same.

And further out (aren't small tiles with limited space fun?)

[MandelSoft 2,769]

It looks like your RHW can use a slope mod, Astronelson...

Well, here are my latest intechanges from my latest CJ update:

And here are some wacky interchanges created with the CityScape 1.8 Demo:

Best,

Maarten

  Edited April 12, 2011 by mrtnrln  

[pimmapman 9]

Maarten, where did you get the demo for cityscape? PixelActive has been taken over by some other company and I can't find the demo anymore.

[jdenm8 362]

mrtnrln, like myself, got it before PixelActive was taken over by Navteq.

[catfriedrice 3]

Well, since I'm bored: I should note, I make intersections as tight as I can. I don't like a lot of wasted space.

I-36 Exit 22A&B: I-436E Bypass(Left) / I-136E Downtown(Right)

I-36 Exit 25A&B: SR201 Rosham Ave

(Built like this: )

I-36 Exit 26A&B: Central River Pkwy

I-36 Exit 30A&B: SR1 Rask Island Hwy / SR336 International Airport

(There's no entrance from SR1 to SR336 save for the feeder ramp at the top via a side street)

[heitomat 156]

Great pictures, everyone!

This is a rather simple interchange I made yesterday. I guess it's called a half-trumpet..? It's not as complex and fancy as many of the above, yet I like the simplicity of it.

[jdenm8 362]

Not bad! I think it's more a Partial T interchange than a trumpet though.

[chocolate_city 93]

Freshballin ----- This notation does in no way mean to cast aspersions on a fellow simtropian resident creation. and I have to admit it is a well thought out and dramatic creation of a freeway to freeway interchange ... I sorry but it hardly looks anything like the 118 - 405 interchange... recreating any LA interchange is just not possible with the limited functionality of RHW. I think someone did do a very real interpretation of the 10 and 405.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

7 pictures from CityScape why Maxis Highways are bad and vastly underscaled (and yes, these interchanges are on the same scale as the Maxis Highway Interchanges):

Sharp curves!

The interchange doesn't handle traffic very well...

Look at the slopes at the overpass! And the curves of the ramps!

Steeeeeeep overpass!

The Maxis Diamond interchange looks clogged up...

And really tight and steep!

Yep, also traffic problems here...

I hope you enjoyed my presentation!

Best,

Maarten

[catfriedrice 3]

Now I gotta find me a copy of that demo.

[heitomat 156]

@Maarten: That's a great presentation. If I hadn't moved away from the Maxis highways a long time ago, your pictures would've gotten me onto better thoughts. Nice!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

@Marten: Wow. I initially shyed away from the RHW because I tried to convert existing Maxis Hwy to RHW, but found it didn't work because I had made in unrealistically small.

I set a minimum distance of 500m (32 tiles) between Highway interchanges in urban areas and 1km (64 tiles) in rural areas. Do you think this is realistic? What do you do?

[jdenm8 362]

What I normally do is one intersection per major road or estate access point.

Almost all avenues crossing my motorways have at least full diamond interchanges.

As my cities get more dense, I usually pack more interchanges in, or straight-out degrade motorways to Avenues and provide a bypass of some sort.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

@ROFLyoshi: currently I use 20 tiles (320m) as an absolute minimum between two interchanges, but mostly distances of 1, 2km are quite common.

  Edited April 18, 2011 by mrtnrln