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It has been suggested before and I want to suggest it again. One reason why I don't play SC4 as much as I did before is because of the menus. Can't stand scrolling, though removing plugins isn't that fun either. Sub-menus. And the ability to add new types of transit networks.

I'd like to see some new overhanging props for tunnel entrances. Buddybud have made one for his sunken highway walls, but I would like to see more of that. The original Maxis tunnel entrances are pretty ugly, aren't they?

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Agree! Amazing work! Really looking forward to the release! Some pages ago I posted a picture with an idea to make the highway trick look better. Here's another picture. Maybe the next thing to develop? Don't know if there will come new one-way tab-highways in a future NAM, or 2-tile 6-lane one-way highways. When using the highway trick the right lane is more to the left than in the middle, and opposite, which makes it a bit odd looking. And the pillars for the highway are still present on the "deleted" side (where the rail goes on the picture). The highway trick is - like everyone knows - very limited. It only goes straight. No curves, not diagonal, no interchanges, etc. So, maybe this is something to discuss when - or if - we have tab-highways. Does anyone know if it has been proposed in the NAM-development?

Unfortunately, I have a mac and since it seems impossible to bat/use gmax/use loteditor on mac I can't do anything (which is quite frustrating!). But I hope someone else can get inspiration to start this project.

Buddybud, your creations are just fantastic! I was just experimenting with the multi highway trick and came up with an idea. I think it will be understandable when you look at the picture. This can maybe be the next project...

Originally posted by: callagrafx Is it me or have architects finally lost the plot? It looks very pretty but I bet the construction company are all wearing brown trousers...And as for the Tokyo things, where in Tokyo are they going to build these, as there is barely enough room for a lego brick.quote> I read somewhere that some of the buildings in Tokyo will be built on the water. But another thing: I don't know how they will solve the problem with earthquakes, especially for the X-Seed 4000. If it would collapse together with 1 million people...

Here's some stuff I'd like to have in the game: The Bionic Tower ___________________________________________________ The Tokyo X-Seed 4000: inside: info from: http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=24 X-Seed 4000 is a proposed skyscraper that looks oddly like Mt. Fuji. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that it could be eventually built in Tokyo, Japan. The tallest building ever fully designed, the X-Seed 4000 would house between 500,000 and 1,000,000 people. A tiny quantity of individuals, if you take into account that the technology to “fabricate” mature adult individuals from raw materials is probably only a few decades away. (A topic that probably deserves a post all its own.) The X-Seed 4000, which would be 4,000 meters high (13,123.2 feet), would in fact be taller than Mt. Fuji, which is merely 3776 meters high (12,388 ft). The proposed structure would have a base 6 km wide and contain 800 floors. Designed by Taisei Construction Corporation, this mountain-shaped living environment would be powered by solar power and blend together high living with natural surroundings. It seems odd to claim that it would be powered by the sun entirely - this would mean that the company either intends to devote entire floors to nothing but solar panels or that it has found a way to power buildings economically with minimal paneling. In any case, it seems like nuclear power would be just as good. Designed as an “intelligent building” the super-futuristically-named X-Seed 4000 would maintain light, temperature, and air pressure in response to changing external weather conditions. Because it has already been fully designed using materials available today, the structure could, in principle, be built, although it would likely cost several hundred billion dollars, if not more. Because the structure would weigh so much, it could only be built on the sea if present-day construction materials were used. The X-Seed 4000 sounds an awful lot like an arcology, that is, ecological piece of architecture that would contain its own dependent ecosystem as well as human housing. In the long run, as buildings grow to such huge sizes that they become cities unto themselves, the integration of plants and animals will be essential for the preservation of human sanity and basic aesthetics. Eventually the Earth’s surface could become entirely covered in such structures. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=103142 4000 meter tall complex... 1 000 000 people... ___________________________________________________ The pyramid building, Tokyo: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/pyramidcity/interactive/interactive.html http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=135984 http://www.binisystems.com/ca_slides/slides_60-69.html ___________________________________________________ The Spiral, Tokyo: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=103141 ___________________________________________________ The Tokyo Sky City: Movie Discovery ___________________________________________________ I'm sure some of these have been suggested before. But anyway... anyone intrested in making these? Especially the X-seed 4000... that would be the largest lot ever made, I guess. As big as a medium city or something like that. If I'd had any experience when it comes to lot/bat/3D making, I would have done it! Too bad I'm on mac, which makes it unabe for me to start anything. hey, just a parenthesis: where are all the arcologies...?