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Title: Interim solutions: Avenue/RHW intersections?
Post by: Crissa on September 11, 2007, 09:41:46 PM
Hey!  I'm asking here, since most of the active responses I've gotten are here, even though Simtropolis has the most relevent stuff on boards...

...What are some solutions, how-to, perhaps, for making intersections with RHW?  I don't want to trigger avenue stoplights because I'm in a rural setting...

So, so far I've figured out how to use four tiles long of avenue to make an off or on branch; and this could easily be used to merge down an RHW8+ to an RHW4... But for some reason I can't get it down to 2 tiles like I've seen in some examples.  I'd like to learn how to make it as small an interruption as possible.

I'm using the RHW2 addon, I rather like it; I wish there was a way to force more avenue turns into single lane road to make it look better ^-^

Does anyone have some use techniques I might learn from, please?

-Crissa

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcrissa.twu.net%2FSC4%2Fmerges_rhw2_rhw6.jpg&hash=3dc98517c4b93ba015d87eb427f966e74ecb4dec)
Title: Re: Interim solutions: Avenue/RHW intersections?
Post by: M4346 on September 12, 2007, 01:29:51 AM
I recommend using Shadow Assassin's RHW texture replacement mod instead of the normal ones. The transition between RHW, avenue and road is much smoother and much more 'realistic'. :)

You can find it here -> click! (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=969)

(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsc4devotion.com%2Fcsxlex%2Fimages%2Fbeximg%2FRHW_Texture_Replacement1.jpg&hash=154bacb94eca80bb6663bbd77c121cbf8545947c)
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsc4devotion.com%2Fcsxlex%2Fimages%2Fbeximg%2FRHW_Texture_Replacement2.jpg&hash=b0316c3c5ed1b8850a168b0e7d3da416a9ed5b02)
Title: Re: Interim solutions: Avenue/RHW intersections?
Post by: Crissa on September 12, 2007, 02:54:56 AM
Man, those look like textures I'd like to get ahold of...

...To edit ^-^

Yeah, they're nice, but I /like/ the colored lines.  Also, they help me figure out when I've futzed up the road...

-Crissa
Title: Re: Interim solutions: Avenue/RHW intersections?
Post by: DFire870 on September 12, 2007, 03:47:14 AM
SA's textures are nice, but are really aren't for American settings. rickmastfan has some new American-style RHW textures that are great.

I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but what I do when I want to use an intersection between RHW and an avenue/road is I make a bridge over the RHW with the avenue (there are puzzle pieces that allow this), then on both sides of the overpass I transition each side to OWR for 3 tiles, then draw OWRs from the RHW to the avenue. This is the best way so far to do a highway-like interchange, until the MIS is released.

Hope this helps!

-- John
Title: Re: Interim solutions: Avenue/RHW intersections?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on September 12, 2007, 03:48:17 AM
Quote from: Crissa on September 12, 2007, 02:54:56 AM
Man, those look like textures I'd like to get ahold of...

...To edit ^-^

Yeah, they're nice, but I /like/ the colored lines.  Also, they help me figure out when I've futzed up the road...

-Crissa

Well, I did produce an update to the default textures for the RHW-4 that is "American/Canadian" style.
You can download that here (http://sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=1063). ;)
Title: Re: Interim solutions: Avenue/RHW intersections?
Post by: M4346 on September 12, 2007, 03:49:24 AM
Quote from: Crissa on September 12, 2007, 02:54:56 AM
Man, those look like textures I'd like to get ahold of...

...To edit ^-^

Well, just click the linkie!  :thumbsup:

QuoteAlso, they help me figure out when I've futzed up the road...

You can still see that as the textures do look a bit different, most notably, the sidewalks.  ;D