Antigravity roads in Simcity 4

[Terring 6,473]

There is a game somewhere in the Internet that allows you to build futuristic cities. In this game you can build elevated roads with large open space below them. We can imagine cars on the roads with pedestrians walking around the city below them.

Of course this requires 3D modeling and something tells me that this will be a pain in the butt. But in Anno 2070 we can find a better and simpler solution. Have a look at this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2A6EK9Xq9w

See? Cars flying above the pedestrians. I'm not a NAM team member, but this is how I think about it. Pedestrian drag-able roads that allows cars flying above them. Something like this...

If this is possible, we may need to make new vehicles that replace the Maxis cars, like this one.

But the question is, is it possible? Can we create streets, roads, one-ways and avenues with flying cars hovering above pedestrians, without the need of creating 3D models?

[MandelSoft 2,769]

No. This will always require modeling. If not, you get stair-stepping paths that will break the network on any given slope. Also this will require a lot of re-pathing...

[Terring 6,473]

Does it means that it's still possible to make flying cars, for as along as you provide them an invisible slope-friendly base for them in order to fly, something like the El-over-road railroad?

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

What about air traffic control?  A flying car is, by definition, an aircraft.  They don't need roads, but must obey flight rules.

[KonstantinII 1,106]

See? Cars flying above the pedestrians.

 

 

Good idea for hover cars.

 

please watch this video in 11:44

[NCGAIO 562]

Does it means that it's still possible to make flying cars....

 

Well .. to see them always flying would in fact very simple

 

Would suffice have automata models  shifted in height (Z) to see them flying above the pathways and with models at different heights would have the same effect seen in the video. 

 

You can do this using the SC4 Model Tweaker Cogeo in some of the models in the game to see the result though, and good to remember that the shift only in height  has to be on a small scale to avoid things like automatons going through the buildings.