6 Lane Freeways?

[mikeseith 457]

rockford,
do not put these in your plugin folder! These are the models for the people who may make these into the puzzle pieces.

[Rockford 0]

When will they be complete. Becaue my roads are crowded especially my freeways

[mikeseith 457]

no telling when they will be complete. I don't know how much work it is to path these things. Just check back every now and then. I'm sure we will make alot of noise if we do get these done. Then who knows...maybe more pieces...

[Dan Ryan 0]

Alright now, its time to get this thang roll one mo' again. Dang dang ga-dank-upa-dane

[mikeseith 457]

Thanks for the bump Dan,

Yep, the models and the textures are still waiting...


and here is the link for the .zip file >>>> link

[Dan Ryan 0]

I have installed and registered GMax. I can help with some of the mods.

[deimo5 52]

I think for the next Simcity, Maxis needs to allow us to build roads on a lane by lane basis.  You can have the following tools: street lane, road lane, avenue lane, ground highway lane (no siding), ground highway lane (with guardrail), ground highway lane (with noise barriers), elevated highway lane, etc.  You can start with a single lane that is one- directional; if you want two directions, drag a lane in the opposite direction.  As you build your lanes, the sidewalks move outward, medians get built, etc.  This will give you ultimate control of your streets.

This would also give you complete control over your interchanges rather than selecting from a set of pre-made interchanges.  You will have control of the placement of the ramps, how many lanes exit, where the lanes go, etc.  It would require a more sophisticated method of road building (curve roundness, lane elevation, etc.) but it would make things a helluva lot more fun in my opinion.

[Dan Ryan 0]

I'll see what i can do when i work with GMax and Building Archetech tool

[Ultima 0]

I agree. I think SC4 has micromanagement in all the wrong places - I really don't care about having to check and set funding for power, school, and health all the time. I'd much rather micromanage traffic.. traffic and zoning/landscaping are really my favorite aspects of SC4.

[deimo5 52]

Exactly.  And in the same breath, how about allowing us to select which neighborhoods (or sections of the grid) a school/hospital, etc, services instead of putting an unrealistic radius.  As needs change, we can add more grid or take away grid from our selection.  Anyway, I'm getting off topic.  Roads are one of the most important things in any city... and one of the most space consuming.  I didn't even realize how much space they take up until I was looking at a scale map and saw how the highway width could fit about 8-10 houses.  Take that width and spread it across 20 miles and think about how much room that is.  They look so thin and streamline on maps because they go such long distances that we forget how much room they should actually take up on our city maps.  Those 6 lane highways (3 on each side) currently in the game should probably be taking up 3 squares already... (notice how the highway lanes are thinner than the road lanes).  I'm thinking there's a 2 to 1 ratio between lanes and grid squares.  For the next Simcity, Maxis would probably need to use a higher resolution grid and bigger maps.  a 12 lane highway would be 6 grids wide... which is actually realistic.

Funny how I keep saying Maxis... it's EA now.

[MooMix1 2]

This looks like it will be awesome!

I need this highway as soon as it comes out!

[Dan Ryan 0]

Could we get this done in a few weeks?

[wallasey 8]

This project seems to be a good idea but what is the current demand for it? Personally, a 4 lane freeway might be more worthwhile with a filter lane coming off onto a sliproad when the freeway needs to only be 3 lane's wide.

Does anyone need a diagram?

[andreharv 1,197]

The fact of the matter is that a 6 laned highway would properly facilitate 4 tiles across and the fact that the 6 lane highway is 2 tiles per side means that it could effctively hold up to 2x the normal highway traffic.

[Dan Ryan 0]

Whats the progress on this proect?

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[_MostlyHarmless 17]

uhh anthony270, please dont be so mean to them...they make SC4 so much better, be grateful for their hard work, as well as the rest of the simtropolis community.

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[_MostlyHarmless 17]

well i tried to be nice...

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[Shinkiller 2]

Goodbye to you... Can't wait for this project to be completed and I know it's a lot of work. You guys take all the time you want and ignore pieces of cr@p like Tony...

 

[Eastwinn 6]

Please watch your language, this is what gets you banned. I suggest you edit those posts of yours because if you haven't already heard, this is a PG - 13 site.

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[Bo_almighty 0]

i wonder what's taking them so long to ban you, i've already reported most of your posts to the moderators

[Mr. Cortez 11]

You again!

Get a damn life!

What did I tell you? I'm not administrator, so I can't ban you, but I will get someone who can, because we don't want people like you here in Simtropolis.

This is a very friendly community, and we respect each other here. You are not welcome here, and we want you to leave!

To any admins, ban him, and delete any threads posted by him.

Stop being an ass.

[halo_lover 1]

Well, I laughed.

[wobopopilis 3]

That guy is an ignorant pig.

[Eastwinn 6]

Lets get back on topic now. And lets not speak of Anthony270 again.

I would love to have 6 lane highways. It would be cool if this project and the RHW project were combined! That would be sweet!

[abcd 5]

Why is this guy banned? I never read his posts but I want to know why!

[BIWDC 2,296]

i don't know why he was banned but i assume it was bad

anyhow i think it would be great to have a 4 lane highway at

least it would make things more realistic, 6 lanes is realistic

in some areas so that wouldn't be bad ether well which ever

it don't matter to me.