Maarten's Regions (Imaginia and Schellingen Stadt)

[supremec]

The campaign is superb and the freeway impressive

[MandelSoft]

Great update! I count 13 new puzzle pieces, or perhaps 14... I really don't know since I also use the testing version of the NAM... 

If I count the new cosmetic pieces as 1, yes, there are 13 new puzzle pieces in the previous update.

O Maarten, this is amazing.
I love those roadsigns, very well done. I wish I could do that...
The ETRM is great; nice rural area, I like it!

-Matthijs

Road signs are a specialty of mine, you know

amazing work you got here maarten!!

where did you find all those farmgrounds??

and i see you put my pylons into good use!
the beautifull picture of 6.08 has given me even more ideas!
thx 

I've found the farms onthe LEX when I was looking for new farms. These are SimGoober's Field Lots in combination with the BLS Farm Lots.

Hey, mrtnrln!

The effort you have put into retexturing transit networks and creating euro alternatives is incredible. I was looking at some of your MD pictures and noticed the different sidewalk textures. When the NAM euro cosmetic mod is released will Sithlrd98's asphalt textures be an option as with Andreas' euro road textures?

Also, your GLR/GLR-in-road/GLR-in-avenue puzzle pieces appear to use the chosen sidewalk texture, not the standard Maxis texture. Could this apply to RTMT stations and FLUPS?

Thanks for your hard work! Can't wait for this to be released!

-Blade

About the ERTM: Sithlrd98's asphalt textures will be an option, just like it is with the current ERTM. About the GLR: I honestly don't know. I got the sandstone textures from a Japaneese website.

Altenzahl is a nice looking rural community! Wonderful work on it!
Also nice work on the farms. The rhw at night is also really beautiful.
Looking forward to the next pictures...

Nice update 

Amazing interchanges and great Photoshopping! 

Another great update, great photo editing!
Thoroughly enjoyable! 

Great work Maarten! Beautiful showcasing of the new RHW-6C FA & Diag capabilities--the highway looks great winding through the region. Very nice rural areas and power lines as well! 

Awesome! I am so excited seeing the new RHW pieces in action. Didn't count them, though. I also like the power lines.

Great transport system and great use of the RHW, Keep up the good work 

Awesome update!!! Fantastic work!!!

Fantastic imagery once again, the power lines parading through the shots were a great touch.

The campaign is superb and the freeway impressive

Thank you all!

--- TEASER ALERT! UPDATE CONTAINS QUITE A LOT OF UNRELEASED CONTENT ---

Well, it took longer than expected, due to my work for the NAM Team, but I finally managed to get another update ready. Due to the sheer load of pictures, this update will split in two, where the second will follow soon. Here's part 1:

This special is all about the freeways around Felixruhe, one of the eastern suburbs of Schellingen-Stadt. The suburb has three freeways running through and around it: the A4/A14 (the number changes at a freeway interchange), the A10 (Autobahnring Schellingen) and the A112. Most of the pictures are speaking for themselves.

So let's start with the A14. Here it enters Felixruhe. In the direction of Schellingen-Mitte, the freeway ends and goes on as the B14.

Exit 86. Although the A14 is short, it has a high exit number. This is because the exit numbering of the A4 continues here. At the Felixruher Kreuz (we'll see that interchange later this update), the A4 bends of to the A10 and continues on it's own at the other side of the city ring near Wahrmund.

We now move on to the A10, the Autobahnring Schellingen. This freeway loops around the city and one lap is about 35 km long. Here's one tight exit at this freeway.

We are now approaching the Felixruher Kreuz:

A close-up:

And here the interchange. For us roadgeeks: This is a clover-windmill interchange.

The A4 continues to the East here, in direction of the city of Compagniestaete in the neighbouring country Nova Hollandia.

Back to the A10 again...

... on to the Franzoeser Kreuz ...

... which is a cloverleaf interchange.

A close up from where the freeway A112 ends and continues as the B12.

An exit at the B12.

We are re-entering the city again, this time through the modern city district of Franzoesquartier.

And to conclude this update: a teaser pic of the next update:

A final question: there are five new RHW features shown in this update, of which the new cosmetic pieces are one feature. Can you guess the other four?

Best,
Maarten

[Korot]

Lovely update, Maarten. One question though: why does the A-112 change numbers to B-13 when it downgrade? Wouldn't it be more logical to continue the number?

And let's have a shot at those 4 features:
1) Elevated RHW-6 + exits. (7.12)
2) FA-RHW. (7.18'
3) RHW-4 and related RHW-4 to RHW-3 piece. (7.14)
4) RHW-8 Bridges. (7.10)
5) RHW-8/6 C-exit. (7.04) ('Know you said 4, but I haven't found these in the current version, though I could just be looking for them with my eyes closed...  )

Regards,
Korot

[io_bg]

I love your RHW layout! It looks so realistic!

[peter007]

Great railway bridges.
They look so realistic in all different angles.
Really great maarten.

-Ernst

[kelis]

Great job mate, The last two pictures are amazing...great job 

[Sciurus]

Really nice , I particulary like the "Franzoeser Kreuz"

Guillaume

[bat]

Fantastic work on this new update!
And wonderful pictures of the highway and the interchanges are great!
Looking forward to more...

[noahclem]

Great work on this one! 

My favorite intersections are the 4-way RHW ones, particularly the clover leaf.

[kbieniu7]

Wow!  Excellent highway system and junctions!  I like the most exit 2 on A112 
If everything is so great, you might also think about building less steep rail banks, or putting them on the ground, instead of highways 

[Earth quake]

Excellent work mrtnlrn. 
Your motorway system is incredible.

[marsh]

Great work. I'm drooling over all this NAM stuff.  Your work on these highways is amazing.

,marsh

[Ramona Brie]

Hmm. What looks new?

*RHW-6S+1 ramp (to RHW-8)
*RHW-6S->8 transition (asymmetrical)
*RHW-8 bridges (7.10)
*ERHW-6S and Style C elevated ramps
*RHW-4 to RHW-3 transition (7.14)
*Is 7.16's RHW dragged out? (draggable 6S is promised in 4.2)

[Ol.S / Benoit]

Crazy work with this highway ! Last two pics are my favorites, even if the huge interchange 7.07 is amazing !

[Exla357]

GAH! You're killing me with RHW 4.2!!!!!

Muuust.........haaaave............n-n-NAM..........thiiiirty 

*faints*

[ricardomiranda]

Good job on its highways, interchanges well built!

[dedgren]

Maarten, it'd be one thing if you were just showcasing the work of many on the NAM Team here, but you do it with such craft and skill...

This is the second K-Point worthy MD effort I've seen today, and I'm looking at lots of them.  There are so many here that are good, but the Felixruhe work in particular is great.  The diagonal S-curve railway viaduct is gorgeous!


David

[MandelSoft]

Lovely update, Maarten. One question though: why does the A-112 change numbers to B-13 when it downgrade? Wouldn't it be more logical to continue the number?

And let's have a shot at those 4 features:
1) Elevated RHW-6 + exits. (7.12)
2) FA-RHW. (7.18)
3) RHW-4 and related RHW-4 to RHW-3 piece. (7.14)
4) RHW-8 Bridges. (7.10)
5) RHW-8/6 C-exit. (7.04) ('Know you said 4, but I haven't found these in the current version, though I could just be looking for them with my eyes closed...  )

Regards,
Korot

Well, the number change A112 to B12 is one oddity in the Schellingen route numbering scheme. You see, the freeway A12 ends in the west with exit number 1 and continues as B12. But one part of the B12 has been build out to Autobahn standards. Because the exit numbering could cause problems (you would have two exits 1-5 for the same route number), the authorities have chosen to give the stretch it's very own number, namely A112 (which is quite simmilar to B12).

Anyway, thanks for your reply and all others who've left a reply here

I see I forgot an update! Well, that one can be added later, first I show you today's update:

After a few months of abscence (mainly due to the work on the Euro RHW Texture Replacement Mod), Schellingen-Stadt is back. This time, we take a visit in another suburb, Rianstedt. Rianstedt was the last tiles I've finished of the central city in the Region. And since it's my first update in months, why not take a visit here? So let's get started.

We start on the freeway A12, which goes trough a rural landscape here. It may look a bit wide, but this freeway leads to larger cities further away, like Boll and Bammsmuenster.


Just an overpass over the A12. This road connects Moelendorf with Arminheim.


Moelendorf is just a little, boring village somewhere around Schellingen. But hey, it's still a place to live...




Arminheim is not much different...


The B14 is the old road to Boll and Bammsmuenster and it got replaced by the A12. Nowadays the road has a more local function, but still it remains a main route in the region...


Wandering around on the farmlands...




Here the B14 enters the agglomeration of Schellingen-Stadt, at Rianstedt to be exact...


The city has some characteristic appartment blocks spread throughout this part of the city (it was a pain to plop them, because they kept on abandoning...):










But this suburb has also a dirty side; some industry...




The A12 goes right in between the two city suburbs Am Schelling and Rianstedt.


To conclude, some random pics from the suburbs...












And a bonus image: the region view as it is today:
LINKIE!

Best,
Maarten

[peter007]

Nice update.
Your bonus pic link seems to be broken.
Great use of RHW maarten!

-Ernst

[kelis]

Yes, great use of RHW. Great pictures maarten