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[rivit 3,402]

When you pull a rail line across a map you immediately create a problem of how to cross it - with a rural map probably just an at grade crossing, but in a town these are a death trap and traffic hurdle. So for some time I've been wanting to make a simple street overpass that can remove the crossing without using a FLUP or Road viaduct. There is actually a station in Newcastle, NSW that is configured this way - as a lot it would be 13x7 but I wanted to test the idea first.

Here I've wrapped my favourite Marrast station on a new 7x3 lot with an overpass. The corners of the overpass still need work - notice the holes in the fence - but the custom pathing works for cars, trucks and pedestrians. Its made of several pieces that can be arranged to make a simple overpass or something more exotic.

But for me the jury is out.

[Billk2007 307]

1 hour ago, rivit said:

When you pull a rail line across a map you immediately create a problem of how to cross it - with a rural map probably just an at grade crossing, but in a town these are a death trap and traffic hurdle. So for some time I've been wanting to make a simple street overpass that can remove the crossing without using a FLUP or Road viaduct. There is actually a station in Newcastle, NSW that is configured this way - as a lot it would be 13x7 but I wanted to test the idea first.

Here I've wrapped my favourite Marrast station on a new 7x3 lot with an overpass. The corners of the overpass still need work - notice the holes in the fence - but the custom pathing works for cars, trucks and pedestrians. Its made of several pieces that can be arranged to make a simple overpass or something more exotic.

But for me the jury is out.

We have viaducts like these in Utah and they help with traffic a lot.  This is great! 

[Terring 6,476]

Modular street viaduct? That sounds cool

[tariely 4,499]

oh YES !!! What a great idea ! Please get the jury to agree on it.

[carlosmarcelo 982]

3 hours ago, rivit said:

my favourite Marrast station on a new 7x3 lot with an overpass.

I am also a big fan of Marrast stations.  These types of overpasses are very common in my city.  For me it would be the perfect railway reality. 

[justforfun 7,926]

6 hours ago, rivit said:

When you pull a rail line across a map you immediately create a problem of how to cross it - with a rural map probably just an at grade crossing, but in a town these are a death trap and traffic hurdle. So for some time I've been wanting to make a simple street overpass that can remove the crossing without using a FLUP or Road viaduct. There is actually a station in Newcastle, NSW that is configured this way - as a lot it would be 13x7 but I wanted to test the idea first.

Here I've wrapped my favourite Marrast station on a new 7x3 lot with an overpass. The corners of the overpass still need work - notice the holes in the fence - but the custom pathing works for cars, trucks and pedestrians. Its made of several pieces that can be arranged to make a simple overpass or something more exotic.

But for me the jury is out.

Excellent idea! Those street puzzle pieces would be extremely useful, they save space and make for a nice change in overpasses. 

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

 

[rivit 3,402]

5 hours ago, Terring said:

Modular street viaduct? That sounds cool

Well yes and no. Its modular, but you can't have adjoining Transit Enabled lots work as one, so it needs to be assembled as one lot - its not like the puzzle pieces for 15m Rail in the NAM. I've made it modular for me to be able to model it in S3D. Making up the lot is a little complicated - particularly matching the pathing to the configuration. So its not quite as easy as it seems. If I release it, expect a straight overpass and a lot like this. Obviously all the parts will be there, so lotters can have a go a rolling their own.

and thanks everyone for your reactions - you might sway the jury yet.

[matias93 7,535]

2 hours ago, rivit said:

Well yes and no. Its modular, but you can't have adjoining Transit Enabled lots work as one, so it needs to be assembled as one lot - its not like the puzzle pieces for 15m Rail in the NAM. I've made it modular for me to be able to model it in S3D. Making up the lot is a little complicated - particularly matching the pathing to the configuration. So its not quite as easy as it seems. If I release it, expect a straight overpass and a lot like this. Obviously all the parts will be there, so lotters can have a go a rolling their own.

and thanks everyone for your reactions - you might sway the jury yet.

Just a question: the textures are baked in?

[rivit 3,402]

42 minutes ago, matias93 said:

Just a question: the textures are baked in?

The three textures, brick, fence, and street are all modifiable/overrideable. These are not rendered BATs but S3D models like those used in the NAM.

[Haljackey 17,398]

A small, lonely interchange

[mattb325 28,891]

Given the current germ-filled state of the planet, I think this next bat might be appropriate:

It's a cut-down version (I've removed approx 40m from the width, the real building is very long) of the World Health Organisation Headquarters in Geneva. 

[art128 4,622]

Absolutely beautiful.

[Silur 3,308]

Excellent work from Mattb325 !!!

Such hospitals can be built up in Europe, USA and China. Only it is necessary to remove all people near the building!

[mitsos 12,966]

3 hours ago, mattb325 said:

Given the current germ-filled state of the planet, I think this next bat might be appropriate:

It's a cut-down version (I've removed approx 40m from the width, the real building is very long) of the World Health Organisation Headquarters in Geneva. 

You are amazing Matt. 

[pclark06 12,072]

In the early stages of rebranding one of these banks as an Urgent Care/Covid-19 drive-thru testing center.

[thingfishs 417]

Some nice work in here - and I'm not saying this with a national bias: the two projects I like the most just happen to be fellow countrymen (mattb325's Pirie St. inspired building and Rivit's overpass) both are right up my alley. Hopefully that overpass is deemed successful...

[tails2489 350]

I've added a walled city/imperial palace/ancient seat of government type campus to the downtown of one of my major cities using @thianz's uploads. I think it looks a little bare if I just use the base floor all throughout. Any park or monument suggestions for the center of this??

[tariely 4,499]

Terring Plaza Parks, for instance -- those are 1x1s, infinitely combinable. I've also made some modular parks and pathways -- see content on my page  

[thecitiescenter 3,059]

9 hours ago, pclark06 said:

In the early stages of rebranding one of these banks as an Urgent Care/Covid-19 drive-thru testing center.

@pclark06 nice!  One suggestion and Im not sure if u were already planning to do this - but consider sending the COVID-19 test patients to the drive thru canopies.

Here in Northern California theyve been doing drive thru testing.  There are VMS (variable messaging signs) and cones directing patients to be tested.  The VMS signs read something like:

1. “COVID 19 TEST REMAIN IN VEHICLE”

2. “KEEP WINDOWS UP WHILE WAITING“

[tagehring 321]

On 3/15/2020 at 9:10 PM, Flann said:

Now those are some sexy curves.

[Lucario Boricua 7,050]

Since many of us are stuck indoors due to health precautions, might as well make the SimCity experience more outdoorsy!

 

Presenting...

֍ GEYSER CANYON ֎
NATURAL HERITAGE PRESERVE

UNVEILS NEW RECREATIONAL FACILITIES!

 

The Office of the Steward of the Land approved numerous facilities for the western side of the Canyon!

 

 

Among these, we have four trails, two campsites, two scenic-lookovers, improvements to Scenic Hwy 51 to Mew Mountain and alpine meadow habitat restoration!

 

 

For the habitat restoration, here we have a flowery meadow serving as the home of panchams and pangoros:

 

 

Visitors can get the most stunning view of the geysers from the Main Scenic Look-over:

 

 

Or they can choose to coexist with nature for a few days at the Twin Ponds Campsite!

[kschmidt 6,223]

Zürich Update 10

Züich, more and more coming like ! Slowly taking shape growing SimCity style and custom like. Outer ring most common W2W orthogonal and diagonals present !

Kreis 2, typical low profile neighbourhood on the city edge !

Zurich University getting shape !

Bahnhof Viertel !

Financial district !

Zurich financial dstrict, that´s partly what makes zurich great as a base for the worlds greatest banks and financial institurions !

Still some twist and teaks about hospitals budget, salary´s and general health not improving even if every city inch being covered. Coni Marie Aura mod I examined on all cities in this series; seem to catch with this still some important parks and green structure to complete !

Enjoy !

 

 

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

Last piece of the puzzle! 

Now I will do the last step, Make Lots and Props. 

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

 

[Dreadnought 8,231]

@Raymond7cn

THIS is gonna' be GREAT stuff !!  And soooo much all at once !!

I'm going to spend hours and hours finding places all over town for these lots !!

THANK YOU for all the hard work !

[SIM-ple Jack 17,450]

8 hours ago, Raymond7cn said:

Last piece of the puzzle! 

Now I will do the last step, Make Lots and Props. 

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

 

Can't wait for the grand opening.

[thecitiescenter 3,059]

[Raymond7cn 6,776]

13 minutes ago, thecitiescenter said:

Hi Steve, Your PINK'S is as delicate as ever, Good Job!  May I ask that is there a ladder under the roof's railings? Anyways, I like your colour very much!

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

[thecitiescenter 3,059]

9 minutes ago, Raymond7cn said:

Hi Steve, Your PINK'S is as delicate as ever, Good Job!  May I ask that is there a ladder under the roof's railings? Anyways, I like your colour very much!

Sincerely,

-- Raymond

Yep that's the roof access ladder.

[rivit 3,402]

Well I've cured my aesthetic misgivings about the previous version - the solid fence has become a railing fence and the whole now looks a lot more delicate. I've also fixed all that was broken. Keep in mind this is in my well-modded setup.

Unfortunately I appear to have struck a limitation of the transit (switch) enabling - it looks as though if in and out are from the same direction traffic is never seen to use the lot. So while the station does operate as I expected the overpass might as well be eye-candy. Can anyone else verify my suspicions?