RHW (RealHighway) - Development and Support

[j-dub]

There is a draggable diagonal RHW-6, so you can curve it, but it doesn't have long turn pieces yet.

[Thomas Diamond]

There is a draggable diagonal RHW-6, so you can curve it, but it doesn't have long turn pieces yet.

May we see some pictures of a dragable RHW-6 that can make curves?

[Tarkus]

There were actually a few posted awhile ago . . . however, at the moment, I'm planning to instead go to a Puzzle Piece-based method for the RHW-6 diagonals, at least for now.  The draggable version is a bit tricky to build.

Here's what the new puzzle piece version looks like.



-Alex (Tarkus)

[metarvo]

Even if it has to be built with puzzle pieces, the diagonal RHW-6 is... spectacular!   It's one hundred times better than Orthogonal-Only, at least.

[shaylan221]

I can;t wait till the release of the new RHW!! I hope it comes soon, becuase those who are new to SC4 or Simtropolis/LEX don't know the greatness of it and the wonderless combinations!

[darraghf]

wonderful

[TEG24601]

Looking good.

TEG

[chrisnhl]

Is this the calm before the storm?

[Patricius Maximus]

Possibly.

[un1]

Is this the calm before the storm?

We hope it is. 

Can't wait to hear more...

-un1

[Tarkus]

It may also be the calm before the calm before the storm.    RL will probably be taking a bit of a toll on me for a little while . . . last weeks of uni before Christmas Break.  Close, but a fair amount of stuff to knock out before I can even get the latest stuff to the testers.

-Alex (Tarkus)

[nerdly_dood]

Aha! Christmas it is, then! What a nice christmas present this would be...

[Tarkus]

Of course, providing time permits, it doesn't mean that I won't be working on it some before I go on break. 

-Alex

[kj3400]

Christmas? I don't think I can wait that long...

[j-dub]

@Tarkus, Well, I hate to have to resort going back from draggable to piece by piece, but how can the diagonal RHW-6 behave otherwise? NOT that I am asking to stay with something that may not work, but do we know the results of the draggable RHW-6 with pathes, versus the puzzle piece method? Just curious if having the pathes on the draggable actually worked, instead of it getting confused after some point.

[Tarkus]

j-dub, the issue wasn't with the paths, but rather a RULing issue.   Perhaps farther down the road I'll revisit it, but to at least allow stable functionality, I'm using the puzzle pieces for now.

Christmas? I don't think I can wait that long...

Who said it's coming at Christmas?   It might come before, it might come after . . . and my "Christmas Break" is actually about a month long. 

-Alex

[sim-al2]

Your Christmas break is a month long? We have about two weeks... still great! Nothing quite like summer though...

[metarvo]

Who knows what you will do with that month, though.  Think of the possibilities, Alex.

[j-dub]

Wow a full month off. And considering the real struggle it took to build the larger dragged diagonals, the puzzle pieces are a major relief.

[Tarkus]

And considering the real struggle it took to build the larger dragged diagonals, the puzzle pieces are a major relief.

I had a hard enough time building them myself, and I designed the whole thing.    I figured that since that was the case, I should try to simplify things. 

And hopefully this time, I won't break my elbow over Thanksgiving break and end up in a cast for most of my month off (as happened last year). 

I'm going to be quite relieved when Version 3.0 is done.  It's been a long road (no pun intended).  Hopefully relatively soon.

Who knows what you will do with that month, though.  Think of the possibilities, Alex.

Oh, I am.  Though I may need a bit of a breather . . . and I do need to get back to the NWM . . .

-Alex (Tarkus)