NAM: Requests

[valhum 23]

Ok, I have a request, don't know if it has been asked before since i just read the 1st post and quickly browse this thread. If it has been requested just delete it

 

So, while playing with the overpass ramps and puzzle pieces for bridges, i noticed the incovinience of the on/off ramps taking 3 or 4 tiles from the object u wanna cross, u know, sometimes u just wanna save space. Kinda like the drawing below

 

 

 

So, what about if you guys could make a new PUZZLE PIECE for a bridge to be able to make 90 turns, u know, like the normal way they turn on roads, avenues, 1way roads, etc in the game, the usual:

 

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 A different PUZZLE piece for roads, avenues and one way roads, something that ends up looking like this:

 

 

What do u think  btw, I've seen those in real life, so is not that far fetched

 

ps. Sorry for the lame drawings, I guess being and architect is not shown there

[GoaSkin 2]

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[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

Big Interchanges, heres one from my neck of the woods.

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//m27%20j12.JPG align=baseline>

 

Edit: i can see my house in this

[your_adress_here 11]

Wow, a very nice interchange!

[Death Reaper 0]

wow! what an interchange!!!

[davidhogan 1]

That looks like at least two different interchanges. I see a Trumpet and a Y. (My names might be wrong, but it's not all one interchange in design.)

Dave

[cammo2003 20]

Centre off-ramps for freeways would be nice.

[ILL Tonkso 1,236]

actually it is one single interchange, if you look closely the topmost road does not join till right at the end linking the two interchanges

[davidhogan 1]

Date: 3/26/2005 10:39:45 PM
Author: ILL Tonkso
actually it is one single interchange, if you look closely the topmost road does not join till right at the end linking the two interchanges

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So it has threaded lanes? Still two interchanges, if the threads never connect then it's bad traffic management.

Anyway, with a trumpet and a highway-Y it'd be easy enough to make an in-game representation. If you want to make every possible interchange combination, there's too many for the NAM.

It's easier, for the sake of the NAM, to make this two interchanges even if the lanes are threaded. SC4 doesn't seem to care about threaded lanes for calculating maximum traffic in a segment anyway.

Dave

[Gryphonite 0]

Date: 3/24/2005 10:06:04 PM Author: ILL Tonkso

Big Interchanges, heres one from my neck of the woods.

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//m27%20j12.JPG align=baseline>

Edit: i can see my house in this

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Ah, that would be the M27/M275/A27 junction outside Portsmouth. I remember ending up heading up from that roundabout onto the trumpet bit desperately hoping I could get onto the eastbound M27, only to find I couldn't! Though I think that roundabout has now become an excessively large set of traiffic lights.

 

Anyway, I wondered if diagonal puzzle pieces were in the works, I have this junction in my CJ:

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//27232.JPG align=baseline>

In reality the railway goes over the road (red ring) and the slip road follows the yellow line (sort of):

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//Real272.JPG align=baseline>

red=rail, yellow=slip road, blue=minor road

Though my version is never gonna have quite the curves of the real thing at least diagonal puzzle pieces would make my version a bit tidier.

[topcliff 1]

here's something for sunken freeways:

 

 

 

 

                                     HHHHHH

                                     HHHHHH

                                     HHHHHH

                                     RHHHHR

                                     RHHHHR

                             AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

                             AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

                             AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

                             AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

                                     RHHHHR

                                     RHHHHR

                                     HHHHHH

                                     HHHHHH

 

A=avenue

 

H=ground highway

 

R=on/off ramp

 

 

this would make in-ground freeways much more realistic.

[SIMMANIA 4]

Yes..... Also It would be nice to have highway over higway like in San Fransisco.... And an pass form on highway to the other like topcliff said...

[topcliff 1]

that diagram is supposed to show an avenue going over a sunken freeway. READ THE KEY NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU MAKE ASSUMPTIONS. the freeway lanes go up and onto the avenue.

[bewilder2 2]

I'd like to throw my support for this:


I think we really need one.

[kwilley52601 0]

Here is one of the most confusing and interesting interchanges... I doubt you guys would make this, but it would be nice for my Knoxville region.  In this, there are not only your basic 4-way interchange, but there is an avenue crossing west-east.  The North highway interchange feeds into that cross avenue, and also tunnels under it to go into a diagonal avenue.  If that is not confusing enough, there are feeder roads, cross roads, and roads underneath that have absolutely nothing to do with the interchange at all.

 

You can also somewhat see a Y interchange with the Interstate (I-40) and another major highway at the NE corner and unseen at the SW corner, there is a T interchange as well.  This is how I get to work everyday...

 

Location reference: The University of Tennessee campus starts directly south of this picture (actually you can see 3 UT buildings in there).  You can also see the Sunsphere (near the water in the park in the south central part of the picture - look for the shadow) in the 1981 World's Fair Park.

 

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//Interchange_nightmare.JPG align=baseline>

 

[kwilley52601 0]

Here is a transportation map of the same area...

Image deleted ~ way to big

[screamomatic 14]

I wanna request the making of a simple off ramp. And another simple offramp.

 

 

 

 

I think these would be perfect for the game.

 

[railrod7 2]

Date: 3/30/2005 12:09:52 AM Author: bewilder2 I'd like to throw my support for this:
I think we really need one.

I second this request!!!!   This picture is great and this interchange takes up little space
railrod7

[crcurtis 0]

That looks like the ol' I81/I88 interchange in Binghamton...

Or was it the 481/81 in south syracuse? I dunno I never travel much farther than troy (not even from troy, just saratoga area).

I have a suggestion: Roundabout interchange!

Yep, I'm new...


Or maybe the NY Thruway/Northside(90)/Northway(87) interchange? That is one big mudda (and a death trap to) LOL.

[your_adress_here 11]

Date: 3/31/2005 12:16:06 PM Author: railrod7

Date: 3/30/2005 12:09:52 AM Author: bewilder2 I'd like to throw my support for this: I think we really need one.

I second this request!!!!  This picture is great and this interchange takes up little space railrod7

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I third this request! An amazing addition it would be!

[lakeyboy 12]

I'm still waiting for off ramps which lead into a one way road for Ground Highway and not just for Elevated Highway.
Diagram:
https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//offramp.bmp align=baseline>
Grey = GROUND Highway
Black = Off / On Ramp
Red = One Way Road

[Stik Fig 2]

I dont't know if this has been discussed, or done, but how bout making a plopable roundabout? Maybe with different sizes ?

[Mr. Beer 12]

Yeap, we need a avenue/hwy cloverleaf and or half cloverleaf. It would be interting to take the avenue/avenue T interchange for the highways.

I'm very surprised that a lot of people want small interchanges, I think the opposite; the ingame interchanges are to closer, like the T interchange and the exit/access ramps (and the design of them are not terrible).

 

Have a nice day!

[GoaSkin 2]

What we need too are various railway stacks. (For example a railway version of the avenue-Y-stack). By default, the connections bethween different railway lines really look stupid.

[nosx 0]

hello

i dont know if these have been done and im sorry for wasting your time if they have been but i would LOVE to see these in SC4!

 

BTW im not the best paint Drawer so please feel free to ask me questions of my Interchanges

 

(WARNING 10 IMAGES DIAL UP USERS BEWARE)

 

ALL OF THESE CAN BE ELEVATED OR GROUND (IF POSSIBLE)

 

THESE ARE HIGHWAY JUNCTIONS

 

Just a simple ONE WAY highway (3 Lanes) 

http://img190.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img190&image=single10jo.png

 

A Single ONE WAY to a normal highway

http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=singletonorm7er.png

 

A normal Highway to a Single ONEWAY Highway

http://img215.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img215&image=normtosingle2qo.png

 

THESE ARE DOUBLE DECKER ONE WAY HIGHWAYS

 

Just a simple Double Decker ONE WAY highway

http://img89.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img89&image=ddsinglestright0ah.png

 

A Double Decker One Way SPLIT ALL

http://img74.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img74&image=ddsinglesplitall4rx.png

 

A Double Decker One Way Elevated Both Ground None SPLIT

http://img129.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img129&image=ddsinglesplitelbothgrnone5cu.png

 

A Double Decker One Way Elevated None Ground Both SPLIT

http://img74.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img74&image=ddsinglesplitelnonegrboth0ro.png

 

A Double Decker One Way Elevated Left Ground Left Split

http://img102.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img102&image=ddsinglesplitelleftgrleft2ha.png

 

A Double Decker One Way Elevated Right Ground Right Split

http://img57.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img57&image=ddsinglesplitelrightgrright8id.png

 

A Double Decker One Way Elevated Left Ground Right ONLY

http://img179.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img179&image=ddsinglesplitelleftgrrightonly.png

 

A Double Decker One Way Elevated Right Groung Left ONLY

http://img200.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img200&image=ddsinglesplitelrightgrleftonly.png

 

 

If You Could Think of anymore?

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put them into SC4

 

 

 

 

 

 

[davidhogan 1]

AFAIK, one way/double deck highways aren't possible without modding the .exe (which can't be done by anyone but Maxis.)

The highway to one way ramps would be nice though.

Dave

[GoaSkin 2]

Oneway highways (puzzle pieces) may be possible without modifying the EXE but it would only be useful if many puzzle pieces are made; possibly a bigger project than the ground lightway project.

- two diagonal pieces
- four 45

[Sydney Claridge 106]

I would recommend that the NAM team revives the 12 lane freeway mod, but 10 lanes in the following configuration(in lanes, not tiles):

SLLLLHDHLLLLS
SLLLLHDHLLLLS
SLLLLHDHLLLLS
SLLLLHDHLLLLS

S=shoulder
L=Normal Lane
H=HOV/Carpool lane
D=Divider

If this freeway could be done, I recommend the following interchanges, too:

10-lane to 10-lane freeway stack interchange(8 ramps, 4 levels, no carpool lane connections);
10-lane to 10-lane freeway stack interchange with Carpool lane connections(16 ramps, 4 levels);
10-lane to 6-lane ground freeway stack interchange(8 ramps, 4 levels, no carpool lane connections);
10-lane to 6-lane elevated freeway stack interchange(8 ramps, 4 levels, no carpool lane connections);
10-lane to 6-lane freeway T-interchange(the 6-lane will T into the 10-lane);
Avenue, Road, One-Way Road, Rail, EL-Rail, Monorail, and Ground/Elevated Highway overpass Puzzle Pieces;
Avenue, Road, and One-Way Road Overpass Onramps(Version 1 without carpool connections, version 2 with center carpool lane ramps);
SPUI Overpass Onramps with Avenues;
And last but not least, all of the NAM parallel ramps for this 10-lane freeway.
Sorry for the big request, but I think this would be neat!


I am new here, too.

[GoaSkin 2]

No one of the real NAM developers is responsible anymore. At last, Redlotus has been gone since the TGC stack was finished. A few people are creating add-ons for the NAM but I don't think that old NAM requests will be realized by someone of the old crew.

[Sydney Claridge 106]

My bad, sorry. I will edit that post to read 'NAM Team'. Remember I am new.