RHW (RealHighway) - Development and Support

metarvo · October 14, 2008, 06:02:19 PM

Quote from: Tarkus on October 14, 2008, 05:56:39 PM
Not necessarily . . . I can't say anymore than that, though . . .

Oh, no. He's doing that thing again, that thing he just loves to do.

nerdly_dood · October 14, 2008, 06:32:42 PM

I assume I've almost always heard of the HRBT as being the "Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel" because it crosses the mouth of the, um, chesapeake bay. But since it is a rare type of bay crossing, instead of the Virginia Bridge-tunnel Police (or National Bridge-tunnel Law Enforcement Bureau or what-have-you) we have simply the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Police. (CBBT police cars look like this and their website somewhat resembles this)

Please, let's keep it on topic. Talking about the tunnel is absolutely great, particularly in the context of the RHW project, but we don't need another police vehicle diversion. ;-) -Alex

deathtopumpkins · October 14, 2008, 06:49:26 PM

Quote from: Tarkus on October 14, 2008, 05:56:39 PMPretty cool, I must say.

heh... you wouldn't be if you lived here!

Though I guess from an engineering perspective they are pretty cool...
And I usually use the Big Dig lots to make bridge-tunnels, as I've found them to be pretty similar to the HRBT entrances. But regular tunnels work too.

And nerdly_dood, there are 3 bridge tunnels here in Hampton Roads. The CBBT which crosses the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay; the HRBT which crosses Hampton Roads (the harbor), and the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel, which crosses the mouth of the James River.

Anyway, before Alex yells at me for being off-topic, I'm looking forward to another update, and am excited about the impending release.

No worries, DTP. You're fully within on-topic bounds. -Alex

j-dub · October 14, 2008, 07:03:31 PM

Maybe this tunnel can be puzzle piece incorporated into this projcect, just like how the big dig tunnels once were going to be incorporated. The capability is there, and there is some stuff I can't share in words here that have been tried, but I can say maybe this tunnel project can just go under the highway and land, like the underground heavy rail does.

xmike1991 · October 14, 2008, 07:32:13 PM

You can actually successfully make a bridge tunnel with the Big Dig pieces, though I can't make a one way road bridge that long

Perfectly functional.

Tarkus · October 14, 2008, 08:13:16 PM

Quote from: j-dub on October 14, 2008, 07:03:31 PM
Maybe this tunnel can be puzzle piece incorporated into this projcect, just like how the big dig tunnels once were going to be incorporated. The capability is there, and there is some stuff I can't share in words here that have been tried, but I can say maybe this tunnel project can just go under the highway and land, like the underground heavy rail does.

No TE Lots needed then, either . . . which means it'd be UDI-compatible, even, as there'd be no Subway conversion needed.

-Alex (Tarkus)

bakerton · October 14, 2008, 08:52:12 PM

Did I spy the release date as "Coming Soon" to Coming Very Soon, But Not To Soon". I am all hyped up about it Alex. I will be suprised when you do release RHW V.21. Keep it coming Alex. JKB

Tarkus · October 14, 2008, 11:40:53 PM

Quote from: bakerton on October 14, 2008, 08:52:12 PM
Did I spy the release date as "Coming Soon" to Coming Very Soon, But Not To Soon". I am all hyped up about it Alex. I will be suprised when you do release RHW V.21. Keep it coming Alex. JKB

Heh . . . someone caught my little edit there. Good to know people are paying attention.

Well, a little update here . . . the left-exit piece (right-exit for you LHD folks) is finally in place. The Flyovers and Draggable RHW/MIS Overpasses are a bit more stable, too. Those are my hideous El-MIS models in there--don't worry, though, Jan (Swamper) will be working his magic on them before long.

Not that anyone really needs to build a left-exit flyover to a parallel Avenue, but it's nice to know the possibility exists, I guess.

-Alex (Tarkus)

kings_niners · October 15, 2008, 01:37:45 AM

So are we going to be able to make turns with the RHW-8 and RHW-10 or will it only be able to go parallel and perpendicular??? I'm praying for the latter of the two

Streetlight 725 · October 15, 2008, 05:08:09 AM

nice update!

I see something in the picture.
I circled it.

metarvo · October 15, 2008, 05:14:47 AM

I always wondered if we would be able to have left exits. This is a great addition to the RHW, Alex.

MandelSoft · October 15, 2008, 06:09:45 AM

Nice work, Alex. An left hand exit and El-MIS Ramps! Good stuff for Collector-Distributor systems!

pagenotfound · October 15, 2008, 08:57:59 AM

O.M.G

You are AWESOME

You have broken a HUGE limit in this whole series! Left hand exits (particularly for C/D systems) have been a dream for all the games.
Now we can do it!

Pat · October 15, 2008, 10:11:28 AM

wow just simply wow!!! Alex talk about giving us a present today, that is just so sweet there and also again Happy Birthday there!!

Tarkus · October 15, 2008, 11:04:48 AM

Quote from: kings_niners on October 15, 2008, 01:37:45 AM
So are we going to be able to make turns with the RHW-8 and RHW-10 or will it only be able to go parallel and perpendicular??? I'm praying for the latter of the two

Well, the RHW-8 and 10 will probably be Orthogonal-Only in Version 21. That functionality is planned for another update in the near future, though.

I'll hopefully be back with more stuff here in a little while . . . getting some of the remaining features in place.

The poll results are really pretty amusing after 161 votes--everyone's either an optimist or a pessimist.

Do keep in mind, though . . . we like to surprise people . . .

-Alex

Ryan B. · October 15, 2008, 11:31:19 AM

HOV-to-park & ride.

That is all.

EDIT: Happy Birthday, Alex!

un1 · October 15, 2008, 12:08:25 PM

Quote from: Tarkus on October 15, 2008, 11:04:48 AM
Do keep in mind, though . . . we like to surprise people . . .

-Alex

Stop saying that!

You are getting me impatient.

Can't wait to see more... Or can't wait for the realese!

And.... Happy Birthday Tarkus!!!

-un1

Streetlight 725 · October 15, 2008, 12:09:58 PM

Happy Birthday Alex!!

Monorail Master · October 15, 2008, 01:02:35 PM

"$Deal"$Nice work. Well, Here is why there are so many bridge-tunnels in SE Virginia. The US Navy wanted them to be built. Since Norfolk, VA holds Naval Station Norfolk (East Coast's largest naval base. I know that since my dad worked on the USS Kearsarge there) and the city Virginia Beach, VA(my hometown and I think DTP moved there this year) holds 4 Naval Amphibious bases, they wanted them because of national security purposes. If the Monitor-Marrimac, The HRBT, and the CBBT was destroyed by enemies, the naval ships would still be able to move out of the Chesepeake Bay. Imagine if all of those bridge-tunnels were just regular bridges. If they got destroyed, all of the naval ships would not be able to leave the Chesepeake Bay. Now you understand why the Navy wanted VDOT to build the bridge-tunnels.

Starting to verge a bit heavily on the off-topic side now . . . -Alex

nerdly_dood · October 15, 2008, 01:21:37 PM

Oh. so there are that many bridge-tunnels around there? Maybe the Virginia State Police really should have its own bridge-tunnel division...

But this is, again, getting off topic...

...so I must express my enthusiasm over the left-hand MIS exit. That is a rare occurrence around here, but it is occasionally used, such as the I-81/I-581 interchange north of Roanoke, VA - the I-581 southbound lanes begin there with a left-hand exit from I-81 southbound, and the I-581 northbound lanes end on I-81 with a left-hand entrance ramp. The northbound lanes on 81 have a right-hand exit and entrance for the northbound and southbound lanes of 581.