RHW (RealHighway) - Development and Support

[A200]

That is simply orgasmic 

[Korot]

@Jmvl: Why do the paths look so weird? Some paths just cross from lane to lane, giving a weirdish look to it.

[jmvl]

@Jmvl: Why do the paths look so weird? Some paths just cross from lane to lane, giving a weirdish look to it.

Well, that's because cars are able to switch to another lane while driving over the Puzzle Piece. Because cars can't switch to another path in another tile, I had to make extra paths, just like it's done on the RHW-6C, RHW-8 and RHW-10.

[bthersh]

That's awesome.  It looks much better than the original version, and is definitely something that I would use!  Thanks for your work.

[allan_kuan1992]

Wow.

That was really fast =O

- Allan Kuan

[io_bg]

Wonderful! This should be really useful!

[Ryan B.]

Fantastic work, jmvl!  Sorry for not being able to help out this go-round! 

[darraghf]

That is amazing JMVL. It looks perfect!

[Xyloxadoria]

My "to do" list is a little bit shorter now:
- A RHW-8 to RHW-6C transition (left and right puzzle pieces)
- A RHW-6C to RHW-4 transition with a MIS entrance and a MIS exit lane (left and right puzzle pieces)

The 6-C is one puzzle piece for both sides, wouldn't that mean that the left and right sides would have to be together in one, or do you have a different way of doing it?

However you are doing it, it looks great.

[bob56]

i've noticed that it's become possible to have three networks on a tile...SO, would it be possible for

1. HIgh elevated rail over RHW-over-RHW

2. HIgh Elevated Rail over MIS-over-RHW or vice versa

3. Same as 1 and two, but with monorail

Just ideas...

[mightygoose]

i've noticed that it's become possible to have three networks on a tile...SO, would it be possible for

1. HIgh elevated rail over RHW-over-RHW

2. HIgh Elevated Rail over MIS-over-RHW or vice versa

3. Same as 1 and two, but with monorail

Just ideas...

as far as i was aware you can only have two networks on each tile... something to do with 16 possible path transitions between tiles a la hexidecimal,

[JoeST]

mightygoose: yeah, that little annoyance has been over-rul'ed () by Chrisim and Jonathan, RE: TRAM+rail intersections or FLUP's I think

Joe

[Jonathan]

The limit was the RUL file wouldn't accept three different networks, in T-RAM this was El-Rail (GLR), Road, and Rail, for Rail viaduct over T-RAM.
But we can have as many different path types as we like, for example the standard orth Tram in Road piece has El-Rail(GLR), Rail (GLR UDI), Car, and Pedestrian.

High Elevated Rail over RHW over RHW, only counts as two networks, because RHW and RHW are the same. (Though how are you thinking of having RHw under RHW under El-Rail?)

High Elevated Rail over MIS-over-RHW would also only count as 2 because MIS is still the RHW network(in RULs the RHW is called Dirtroad), all RHW 'networks' use the same network tool.


Jonathan

[bob56]

I was thinking of RHW-over-RHW piece, with high-el-rail on top
Maybe like this...SOrry for the paint pic, It's all I have as of now...



I would only need this for overpasses. I like el-RHW and RHW, and I would love to use this, without having to transfer an RHW to ave, road, ect.

Hope this clarifies! Again, these are just ideas. THey don't have to be made!!

[jmvl]

I haven't been here for a day, so I've to answer some replies.

bthersh:

That's awesome.  It looks much better than the original version, and is definitely something that I would use!  Thanks for your work.

You're welcome.
allan_kuan1992:

Wow.

That was really fast =O

- Allan Kuan

Thank you for saying that! I though I was slow, there was a month between finishing the first and the the second version.
burgsabre87:

Fantastic work, jmvl!  Sorry for not being able to help out this go-round! 

Well, you haven't to say "sorry" for that, Alex (Tarkus) has already made the textures. If you like to help with the textures of my two next Puzzle Pieces, I think it's a good idea to contact Alex. I've sent a PM to him about my new planned Puzzle Pieces. For any future questions, feel free to contact my by PM.
Xyloxadoria:

The 6-C is one puzzle piece for both sides, wouldn't that mean that the left and right sides would have to be together in one, or do you have a different way of doing it?

However you are doing it, it looks great.

Well, there is a different between a "left" and a "right" version of a Puzzle Piece.
Have a look at this schematic example for the RHW-8 to RHW-6C transition with a MIS entrance and a MIS exit lane Puzzle Piece:
Left:      Right:
XXXXX   XXXXX
XXXXX   XXXXX
XXXXX   XXXXX
XXXXX   XXXXX
  XXXX   XXXX

As you see, the left version has no occupied tile at the bottom left and the right version has no occupied tile at the bottom right of the Puzzle Piece. That's the difference. Also, thanks for you compliment.

Also, I thank everybody else who has complimented me.

About bob56 ideas, maybe some of these combinations are possible (but not all, like Warrior said). The ideas are great, but I think it is very much work to make all this new combinations.

[Jonathan]

Wow, how forgetful I can be,
I forgot to put in my last post, how amazed I am to see the puzzle so soon, your a genius for working it all out so fast.
100% perfect, a little touch up on the edges of the alphas and it will 110% perfect.

Jonathan

[woodb3kmaster]

[snip]

Xyloxadoria:Well, there is a different between a "left" and a "right" version of a Puzzle Piece.
Have a look at this schematic example for the RHW-8 to RHW-6C transition with a MIS entrance and a MIS exit lane Puzzle Piece:
Left:      Right:
XXXXX   XXXXX
XXXXX   XXXXX
XXXXX   XXXXX
XXXXX   XXXXX
  XXXX   XXXX

As you see, the left version has no occupied tile at the bottom left and the right version has no occupied tile at the bottom right of the Puzzle Piece. That's the difference. Also, thanks for you compliment.

Aren't the left and right versions of this puzzle piece just mirror images of each other? Taking this into consideration, do you have to make a whole new set of paths etc. for the other version, or can the paths for this version just be flipped? I would imagine that the two versions can be combined into one tab-entry in the puzzle piece rotation ring, is that right?

Great work, by the way. I can't wait to see your next puzzle pieces!

[Tarkus]

Well, there is a "Transpose" command in RUL 0x10000000 that automatically mirrors pieces, but for some reason, whenever you put a Puzzle Drag Starter on the end of a piece, like an MIS Ramp starter, it causes the "Transpose" function to not work properly, requiring a separate instance. 

-Alex

[Jonathan]

Alex,
To flip a piece with a Puzzle Drag Starter you need to make flipped versions of the 10000001 RULs.

Jonathan

[Tarkus]

Alex,
To flip a piece with a Puzzle Drag Starter you need to make flipped versions of the 10000001 RULs.

Jonathan

Why didn't I think of that after all these years?   Thanks for the tip, Jonathan!

-Alex