High Speed Rail Project

[Tarkus 6,932]

@It:  It's under "Modds & Downloads" here at Simtropolis.

-Tarkus

[It 0]

Ok thanks

[Olasz 0]

Has this ever happened to you?

Any suggestion appreciated... On the second pic, the two hsr trains are actually one hsr split up automagically where the commute paths split

[DSO 0]

Just wanted to say thanks to the HSRP team for such an awsome job putting together this great add-on to SC4. Keep up the great work.

-DSO

[bwatterud 7]

@Olasz-Can't see your pics.

[Olasz 0]

Bwatterud,

you are the second to tell that. Time for me to replace the links. I will update the links asap.

Thanks for telling

[memo 1,444]

Olasz, may I post them?

I don't understand this. I regret to say that this might not be possible although some people said something else. At least, I can't explain that.

I also wonder why monorails can use the rail tracks if the monorail speed on roads is set to 200, but not if the speed on rail tracks is set to 200. That doesn't make sense...

[Olasz 0]

Thanks memo for all the help. 

I dunno what to think either. Anyway, I am already tweaking major stations to act as switch point for monorail as well. I am wondering what other "features" would be revealed by them

[Olasz 0]

Tweaking stations successfully I found that "data view" traffic is shown correctly, station usage data is correct, however querying a specific rail track does not show usage for mono. Moreover, commute path arrows tend to take shortcuts "through air" at certain turns of the rail track. Is there any information available on exemplars, cohorts or whatever that influence the behaviour of track query calculation and commute arrows?

I have found 0x6be099021-26 in simcity_1.dat, but that's not so much

[Medvednic 0]

Creator of the mod, will you publish your mod and upload it to the STEX once it will be done?

[bwatterud 7]

@Medvednic-There is a beta on the STEX now. That's probably as far as the project will ever get, because the original creators of the mod have been MIA for some time now.

@Olasz-Sweet! A HSR to Rail conversion. Now I'll be able to actually use HSR.

[grudy 0]

For some reason, the number of commuters on my HSR leaving one city does not match the number of commuters on the same track in the connecting city (1500 leaving one city, but when I change to the other city, only 150 show up). I've tried replacing city connections and stations, and running the simulation for a really long time, but nothing seems to change. What's up with this?

[LBraden 14]

its actually a Sim City bug, I have it on all connectors, dunno why, but its there

[stingstingsting 4]

Does anyone agree with me that the HSRP is so so much more of a crucial development for sc4 than the rhw project? Shouldnt it be the-next-big-thing-after-the-NAM? Its just saddening for me to see that something so unequivocally radical for SC4 is seemingly losing steam (no pun intended) to a transit mode that i feel serves almost the same purposes as the highway. I just have to voice out that this project cannot die off. its just too important to die off. I hope the creators understand that there are so many supporters looking up to them. Rly hope they surprise us

[_MostlyHarmless 17]

Agreeably I was more excited about this mod than with the new NAM. Being a transportation freak I would like to see more and more transportation options becoming available. The HSRP was a big step, while the new NAM didnt have much new to offer. I hope that they keep chugging away at this one!

[Medvednic 0]

I will download it and try it.

BTW is it good for commuting inside the cities with plenty of stops? or just make a few stops and use it so my Sims will be able to cross cities fast (like the monorail)?

[bwatterud 7]

It's best for the second use. EL rail is still better for the first one. My one gripe about it is that the grade tolerance, while realistic, is too low to be very practical in SC4. That's why Olasz's rail to HSR transition is going to be so useful.

[Medvednic 0]

So, use it to enable my Sims to cross cities fast, that means fewer stops.

btw how much faster it than the monorail?

[It 0]

Is there any news on a probable release of a more up-to-date version, or is it going to stay as Beta 1 for a long time to come?

[opiq 0]

@It, i think the beta is already in STEX..

[LBraden 14]

OPIQ, what IT is asking - IS THERE GOING TO BE ANOTHER VERSION (not shouting)

as far as I can tell IT, the BETA 1 is the only version, hopefully when RL lets the programmers of this mod go, a newer version will be released.

[opiq 0]

ah tja, you're right admiral, i didnt noticed bout that.. but truly, what ever happened with this project? this is great project you know..

[mjig_dudy 11]

what actually still needs to be done? I have had the mod installed for a while now, and as far as i see it, it works fine and all we really need are a few more stations to add some variety.

[Olasz 0]

there are nice mono stations available on the stex that can be used with the HSR

from my part I haven't completed to add all the udated paths (parts of the rail y-stack are still known to be missing)

also, i haven't obtained permission from simgoober and ill tonkso to include their stations modded in the next beta release

[bwatterud 7]

Try reaching Simgoober on PegProd, or SC4Devotion. It might be a surer bet than PMing him here.

[It 0]

Oh right OK

[Olasz 0]

some new pics

the hsr train approaching one of SimGoober's stations

u-drive it hsr passing the station (you may also want to take a look at the top right corner )

[topcliff 1]

That's pretty interesting, Olasz. But the top right corner is the best news. TopCliff

[bwatterud 7]

That's great Olasz. Even better is that people are actually using it.

About the permissions issue with releasing modded stations with the mod. Obviously people are going to want every station on the STEX modded to accept monorail traffic, which is simply not possible. You could include a tutorial for people to change the stations themselves.

And what's that in the top right..... Oh....My...God......it's..it's..GLR on street.

[LBraden 14]

my god man, you are right, when did this happen, when?