RHW (RealHighway) - Development and Support

[io_bg]

I don't think it's a path problem, you can only blame Maxis for that (this problem even occurs with the Maxis highway interchanges).

[Tarkus]

More than likely, it's the crossover path between the lanes on the RHW-6C intertwining with the FLEXFly paths.  We recently found out with the ERHW-6C that the crossovers need to be pulled off or else jumping will occur on overpasses, so this has to be something similar.  Thanks for reporting it!

-Alex

[jacksunny]

I really like the ERHW, it will be very handy   , good work and thank you to everybody!!!

[godjcjk12]

Are smoother 45 degree angle curves possible for ERHW?

[j-dub]

You mean the longer curves you can overtake at a high rate of speed with a semi truck. Not completely impossible, but probably not going to happen so recent.

[Tarkus]

To further j-dub's point, the reason is that being elevated, they're model-based.  There's always a longer wait on that, particularly when there's some curvature involved.  The UV mapping and the geometry for jersey barriers becomes quite complicated then.

-Alex

[MandelSoft]

I've made a beginners tutorial for the RHW yesterday which is maybe usefull for new users of the RHW mod:

http://www.youtube.com/v/_OzGIt2Zuc8

Best,
Maarten

[simcity4ever]

Are there going to be transitions that have dotted lines between the starting/ending lane? (besides the cosmetic pieces)

Like this:

[jdenm8]

The only proper transitions that currently have dashed lines will be the WRHW-2 to RHW-3 and RHW-2 to RHW-3 ones because I made the textures for them, though this might be changed closer to release.

The remainder is and will only be covered in cosmetic pieces.


I would prefer the default to be the dashed lines, as "Instantaneous Lane Ends", as they're called here, never occur on roads with speed limits higher than 80km/h, and if it's lower, the occurrence is very rare. I can only think of three offhand, and they're a pain because they're usually immediately preceded or succeeded by parking spaces.

I may even make a mod that swaps the two sets of textures if there's enough demand for one.

[Tarkus]

Maarten, that's a fantastic tutorial you've done there!  Thanks for sharing.

Regarding the dashed line thing, I think that's actually a Canada-specific marking.  I noticed stuff like that a fair bit on both lane ends and lane starts when I first started checking out the roads up there on Google StreetView.  It seems they use full length dashes until the lane actually ends.  It sounds to me like justification for an external plugin for Canada-style transition textures.

-Alex

[Moonraker0]

I've made a beginners tutorial for the RHW yesterday which is maybe usefull for new users of the RHW mod.

Very well done.   Since I've been using the RHW for so long, I already knew most of the things covered, but I still watched it all the way through.  The new RHW bridges and V5-spec textures look great.  I look forward to any of your future YouTube tutorials.

On a less positive note, I have noticed an issue in the RHW-4 orthogonal filler pieces.  When they have development/lots next to them, they become blurry at certain zoom levels.  Here is a screenshot of this problem:

[Biriali]

On a less positive note, I have noticed an issue in the RHW-4 orthogonal filler pieces.  When they have development/lots next to them, they become blurry at certain zoom levels.

I too have noticed this problem. But in my expirience it also happens when there's no development/lots next to them. This problem, however, is quite rare, as I have only seen it a few times

[noahclem]

Great work on that tutorial Maarten! 

[jdenm8]

On a less positive note, I have noticed an issue in the RHW-4 orthogonal filler pieces.  When they have development/lots next to them, they become blurry at certain zoom levels.  Here is a screenshot of this problem:

I think I've seen that before... I'm pretty sure that it's fixed in RHW 4.2, but a patch for RHW 4.1 may be released to fix it.

[Nego]

@mrtnrln: Awesome video tutorial! It was easey to understand and follow. Is there maybe a tutorial for intermediate users in the works?

[jacksunny]

Regarding the dashed line thing, I think that's actually a Canada-specific marking. 

Yes it is.

[Wiimeiser]

I've made a beginners tutorial for the RHW yesterday which is maybe usefull for new users of the RHW mod:

I never knew about that dragging thing. Helps since I have a weird bug that prevents me from placing the entrance variation of the first piece on an existing highway for some reason.

[MandelSoft]

@mrtnrln: Awesome video tutorial! It was easey to understand and follow. Is there maybe a tutorial for intermediate users in the works?

In my next tutorials I'll build some common interchanges, first the diamond interchanges.

[ivo_su]

Congratulations from me and Maarten. I am impressed  by your video lesson. I think that there should be plenty of those  to allow  beginners  to learn faster. I personally  took many ideas from the videos in youtube in the past  and they were helpful. So you have my full support to continue  and I look forward to  your next  video.

- Ivaylo (Ivo)

[Opkl]

Will there be a lane shift piece for the RHW-6 like there is for the RHW-4?