tSlater

I think one of the greatest things to add would be fields involving architectural style and time period. Not Chicago/New York/Houston/Euro, but actual architectural styles. Often when I start a new project, I scour the STEX for buildings matching a certain theme and style I want. Say I want to recreate a victorian-era city. Very few victorian buildings added to the STEX actually contain "Victorian" anywhere in the description. I have to do repeated searches on numerous different words and names in an attempt to try to find what I want, and then just browse the entire collection page-by-page until I go crazy. I've done this so far with '20s-style cities, and medieval cities. Granted, there would be the issue of applying such definitions to files that are already submitted, but being able to search by architectural style (which could also include things like 'fantastical' or 'magical' as was suggested above. The 'users who downloaded this also downloaded..' idea above would also help in this matter. Other suggestions I have (but aren't as high on my list as the above) would be better handling of the multiple types of uploads of the same core file. Not version history, but rather to cover HD, DarkNite, HD&DarkNite, and MaxisNight without having to make up to 4 different submissions. An ability to limit search criteria to buildings with HD or DarkNite would also be exceptional. To add to that, also the option of flagging a building as a corner building, wall-to-wall, overhanging diagonal, overhanging FAR-facing, overhanding diagonal corner, and a lot size field -- all searchable, to help easily find stex submissions to fill a needed spot in our cities.

Ah that's right, I forgot that's a no-car-zone there in central Ghent, isn't it? I can't wait to see more of it in SC4 =]

Oooh. My only suggestion, is that when it's lotted, to offer a ploppable version that doesn't include car props, to better fit into medieval environments.

Ouch, that's unfortunate. =[ The traffic automata test mod linked previously, I understand (or assume by screenshots) that people were able to make it work, however for me it only seems to cut out my sound and cars still spawn on the streets and roads. Anyone know how to make it work?

Is anyone still working on this project? I hope so, because it interests me greatly!

Turns out I had two copies of the NAM installed. One in the Program Files plugins folder, and one in the My Documents plugins folder. Removing one of them corrected the missing texture issue, but has also caused a new issue: My preciously made cities are now all inaccessible. They all get stuck on the loading screen. =[

I've been having this same problem and placing it in a zzz- folder does NOT do the trick. I've tried placing them in the NAM Plugins folder, their own zzz- folder, everything, and still nothing changes. I try re-plopping puzzle pieces after doing this, and still there are no sidewalk textures. I'm getting really, REALLY annoyed and frustrated waiting 10 minutes for sim city to load just to try another failing method and am getting to the point where I want to just delete these mods completely and never mess with them, and just photoshop sidewalks in to my screenshots.. it seems a lot easier than trying to wrestle with these mods.

Originally posted by: mrtnrln I'Id' Two-Tile Wide R-2, AVE-2, AVE-3 I think it'd be great to include the one-tile wide road network pieces centered into a 2-tile wide piece. This would allow for more realistic network planning and expansion without having to demolish an entire row of buildings on the side to expand.quote> Well, there was a plan for that, but it's never continued. Besides, I don't think that it's really usefull, because it takes up a lot of space.quote> I'd likely make very heavy use of it if it existed. Probably in all my cities, any place I'd expect to make an arterial road.

Originally posted by: aidcity4 Mabey their could be a double hight road puzzle pieces ConsiderMabey their could be a double hight road puzzle pieces quote> Considering the overly high overpasses an whatnot that already exist, I think a half-height road puzzle piece system would be better and help with realism a lot more. I'd also love to see a mod to replace other double-height networks to make them half-height, as well as a half-height el-over-road system. I came here for other suggestions, though. Almost-Parallel FAR intersections We have some almost-perpendicular intersections with FAR and straight roads, but lack any almost-parallel intersections, similar to the intersection of Broadway & 7th in NYC around Times Square. Wide-Angle Curve Intersections Sometimes new higher-speed roads are laid over the top of a grid system, and will curve their way to another parallel street in the grid. The grid-streets still connect to the new road, but most traffic follows the curve. Curves with a street continuing along the one side would be excellent, like a railroad straight-and-diagonal switch. An example: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.74687,-85.66172&spn=0.004144,0.009141&t=h&z=17 Switch to Parallel Railway Track It would be nice to have a smooth switch to a parallel track that continues in both directions from the track. Two-Tile Wide R-2, AVE-2, AVE-3 I think it'd be great to include the one-tile wide road network pieces centered into a 2-tile wide piece. This would allow for more realistic network planning and expansion without having to demolish an entire row of buildings on the side to expand.

1) Crashing 2) Unsuitable Grade for Construction 3) Overabundance of Specific Buildings that grow like weeds 4) Load times