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Personally I'd like to see the ANT become a super 2 type highway. It seems to fit the qualities of being a one lane (in each direction) highway to me. I'm not sure how much modding is involved though, so I don't want to push this idea too hard. I'm looking forward to the next update since there'll be all these great new intersection options. The monorail and elevated rail overpass will especially help since that can be the most annoying thing sometimes .

Great updates! This is still one of my favorite journals of all time. I can't wait to see how these cities grow. And MrVegetable, download the rain mod at www.teirusu.net , Teirusu's site.

I would also like to see what sargeantcm posted. Since the ANT Network doesn't allow development on it, it seems like that would be the perfect network for a limited access road like that. If that is possible then great!

That was an amazing long awaited massive update, and I loved it. I like the Closer Look parts the best since they often have humorous parts and you get to see what the people of Digby are really like.

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Okay, after a fight with my router (which I won ), I have gotten the internet back up on my computer. Here are some of those ancient sketches. These were designed with the older V-Jet, but I guess the newer ones will look more like TGC's pictures. Just imagine these with those vehicles.

Sorry I haven't been here lately, but my internet has been acting up all week . I agree with what TGC said on the transportation types above. As for subways, they will be maglev for the transition, but will run at higher speeds because they will be run through a vacuum. The seaport idea is a great one if we can get them to funtion without water. Simply have a land building that functions like it, but without the ships. I also still have those pictures on my other computer, so I'll have to find away to get them over here where I can post them. One idea was of launch pad type, the other was an elevated cylinder type thing where ships would fly in and take on passengers.

Now those are some good looking planes ! The first two were pretty much what I was trying to get at with my V-Jet (two different sizes). That's more or less how it would probably look. As for helicopters I suggest we replace the current ones with something along the lines that TGC posted. I'm not sure how we could accomplish this, but we could also have some sort of port for those space-travel vehicles for those wishing to go to and from earth to Mars. As for those two pictures I was talking about, I'm going to have to wait on that since my computer's internet isn't working so I'll be getting those up shortly. I think my network wire may have been eaten or something .

I know I've said this before but expect my 2 designs for spaceports tomorrow sometime. It's just a matter of getting them uploaded, but this week has been very hectic so far. The designs still have the original V-Jet although I do have to redesign that to obey the laws of physics .

Even if there isn't much need for streamlining, I'd still like to see the passenger maglevs be streamlined just for looks. I know it would be pointless to do if this were real, but blocky passenger vehicles will just look like trains back here.

Aircraft wouldn't be like anything we really know of flying today. And I'm pretty sure helicopters will be out, at least the one's we think of today since propellors wouldn't work much in the air, or at least would be restricted. Passenger maglev cars should definately be streamlined, but freight one's should be more focused toward carrying as much as they can than worrying about air friction considering the air is sort of lacking. And yes TGC, I changed my avatar, but not because of you, because I had an opportunity to take a night shot of my city at full quality /emoticons/22.gif>.

You'd also have to figure out how and why the building is floating in the first place. /emoticons/2.gif>

Trolca, your freight maglev looks good, but I'm not sure why it's so light. It almost seems as if it's transparent. The actual model looks fine, but maybe you could touch up the textures. /emoticons/16.gif> Maybe it could have some sort of antannae array or something in case it is computer controlled? TGC, I like the new avatar, but now I always get mixed up as to which one is mine and yours since they're both reddish /emoticons/22.gif>. I'm going to be gone tonight until tomorrow afternoon, so keep working and if you have anything else you'd like me to design, I'll get to it.

After we take the Martian gravity and atmosphere into account will the wings still need to be 100 times, or a little less than that? I'm not sure how far to draw them out. Should they be twice as large as they are now, or how many more times?

Glad you like it TGC. I also decided to go working on designing some of the air travel. First I designed a ship/plane. It's called a V-Jet and it's roughly shaped like a 'v' and I'm not sure how it moves but I pretty much drew up something that could be anything, so it's open to suggestion. It may look rather small, but they come in many sizes, but the smaller, the faster. This is just some different view of the V-Jet. I made a special symbol (top left). This symbol shows special pads for it to land on since it does land vertically, although it could also land horizontally also. It pretty much can land anywhere, even in the Martian plains. I also have two more shots of two Spaceports, but I don't want to go showing everything at once so in a little while, after I eat breakfast, I'll fix up the other two pictures and post them.

That's a big disappointment, but like TGC said, we can always get around it. I thought something like this might happen, so I was thinking, how about we just use the ground texture from the tube for the road texture. That way the roads would look like we want, but they just would be open. A magnetic force would keep the hoverCars from flying off the road. I think this is what you were thinking TGC. I also have a picture of my design I drew of the suspended monorail: As far as propulsion goes, I think that at the end of the last car there should be some sort of engine that gets this thing moving at high speeds. You can see that I drew something in on the back (but I made it so that it could be almost anything. We may have to streamline the front a little better also. There are small control towers on all the supports since the whole system is run electronically.

Good looking screenshots, although the road pieces got a little messed up on the slopes. I have to go for the rest of the evening, but tomorrow morning I'll certainly have the new designs up including the suspended network /emoticons/9.gif>. The zones are fine by the way.

You know, I'm really not sure, but I'm assuming they're like elevated rails. I'm pretty sure you can change the actual monorail cars, but as for the tracks, that's where I'm not sure. It will probably end up that changing the actual track is impossible, or is still a secret /emoticons/15.gif>.

I would just like to say that I'm going to draw up an idea roughly based on a suspended system like that. I'm not sure how it will work or what it will run on as of now, but I imagine it will look something like a suspended monorail. I was thinking that it would work on rocket jets (I use that word very loosely). It would control it's own speed and be anchored to some sort of track, only it would be suspended in the Martian air. It could be fairly high off the ground, but that can be worked out later. As for the freight maglev, we are using maglev for all the trains as of now I believe. I agree with Gourou about the looks of the cars.