RHW (RealHighway) - Development and Support

Tarkus · January 23, 2009, 04:21:38 PM

Quote from: Fresh Prince of SC4D on January 23, 2009, 01:22:41 PM
Traffic lights for RHW?

If traffic signals were to ever be added to the RHW, the best way to do it would be to have optional addons, rather than actually including them in the mod.

The reason for this is that the RHW means so many things to so many different people, and it would be impossible to satisfy everyone. I'd imagine that if I were to actually put up a poll question or open this up for debate here, there'd be about 10 pages of new posts tomorrow with people disagreeing with each other quite vociferously, which wouldn't accomplish anything.

If anyone wants to talk traffic signals, I'd recommend doing so in the Traffic Signals in SC4 Discussion Thread. That thread is dedicated exclusively to discussing traffic signals/traffic control, including new signals and adding signals to intersections.

-Alex (Tarkus)

Edit: And chrisnhl50, to answer your question, the MIS Ramps are based on the same network as all the other RHW networks, and thus, have the same speed. There's no way to change this.

Azert · January 24, 2009, 01:32:48 AM

YES AND YES !!!!!

sim-al2 · January 24, 2009, 04:52:52 AM

Um... "Yes and Yes!" what?

MandelSoft · January 25, 2009, 03:52:42 AM

I'm busy with eurofying Tarkus' textures. So far I've retextured the draggable RHW-4, RHW-6C and the straight, diagonal and corner sections of the RHW-2.

It is a mountain of work, and I've still a lot to do, so I'd say:

Bless you all, people who are making these textures.
The question is: do I have permission to do this or produce this? If so, that would be great!

Best,
Maarten

Patricius Maximus · January 25, 2009, 04:05:06 AM

I hope you do get permission, because Euro elevated RHW looks great.

io_bg · January 25, 2009, 05:18:41 AM

Great work on the textures!

Btw why there is grass around the median of the RHW6C on the second picture? I think it looks better with asphalt.

MandelSoft · January 25, 2009, 06:58:44 AM

Well, I've seen no asphalt median in Western Europe. In fact, it's one of the the specifications of an highway.

SimsReporter · January 25, 2009, 06:59:15 AM

I don't know if this is something new or old, but in the RHW 3.0, using the RHW 6 with the median in the middle, you can take out the 2 sides and leave the median which has 1 lane per side, making a 1 lane RHW!

Picture:

(Sorry for the lack of quality, and YES it is TE'd)

Korot · January 25, 2009, 07:50:54 AM

That's what most of us call a RHW-2, which is included with the RHW 3.0 (and al previous versions), however, that one doesn't has a concrete median and has a hard shoulder.

j-dub · January 25, 2009, 07:52:34 AM

Well, its still two lanes, its just one lane divided in each direction. Unfortunately though your stuck with having to leave the extra space to make it possible. This is a similar concept to the AVE-2. In the future, the NWM project will allow this type of network to be built with buildings touching it with a sidewalk, so you don't have to worry about needing more room to make this possible.

sim-al2 · January 25, 2009, 08:08:29 AM

Umm... I gonna guess that nobody has noticed (or reveled

) the fact that ShadowAssasin has updated (partially) the Euro RHW textures?

Jonathan · January 25, 2009, 08:40:03 AM

He has?, on the LEX it says Updated: Never. And the one on the STEX is locked

Jonathan

deathtopumpkins · January 25, 2009, 08:45:12 AM

Well I wouldn't really expect him to upload them to the LEX right now, but he is definitely working on a new set, if you talk to him in ST chat or on msn. And I must say, they look spectacular

smoncrie · January 25, 2009, 09:30:00 AM

Quote from: mrtnrln on January 25, 2009, 03:52:42 AM

Mrtnrln, I have been thinking about street lights on RHW. Since it is a RURAL highway, the streetlights may not always have power. To avoid streetlights that do not light up, I thought it might be a good idea to use streetlight props that only show up when there is power. What do you think?

Tarkus · January 25, 2009, 03:52:16 PM

Quote from: mrtnrln on January 25, 2009, 03:52:42 AM
The question is: do I have permission to do this or produce this? If so, that would be great!

Most definitely.

If anyone wants to modify my textures, even in a relatively minor way to re-create the particular markings in their part of the world, they are more than welcome to--distribution is fully permitted as well, as long as credit is given.

They look excellent, too, by the way.

-Alex (Tarkus)

Patricius Maximus · January 25, 2009, 03:57:53 PM

Good. I can just imagine the texture variations that would be possible.

Floydian · January 25, 2009, 06:03:04 PM

Ok I've been looking but I can't find an answer... but how on earth do you make rhw6 go from orthagonal to diagonal? You can drag them to SOME extent, but a few pieces always go nutty. Using the puzzle pieces seems obsolete since you can only create S curves with them (No 90 degree turns) and since you can't drag out of them.

Any tutorials on making this work?

Tarkus · January 25, 2009, 06:07:44 PM

The puzzle pieces are actually the only way right now that works reliably, though as you've pointed out, they are just limited to 45-degree and S-Curves at this point.

The draggable version of the RHW-6S is not pathed, and its existence in the new release is unintentional.

-Alex (Tarkus)

j-dub · January 25, 2009, 06:11:15 PM

What I have done is use left over 1x1 OWR diagonal stubs in between the missing areas of the diagonal RHW 6 to continue the traffic flow through a 90 degree bend. It takes more time and careful maneuvering to do it, but it does work. That will have to be explained somewhere later though.

jerred_p · January 25, 2009, 08:17:47 PM

I'm having trouble getting my diagonal 6 and 8 to work. There is a piece missing for the diagonal that completes the puzzle.