Traffic Signals in SC4--A Discussion Thread

[Tarkus]

Messing around with the pseudo-sync lights again . . .

I must also pass along my thanks to Ryan B. for the signal pole models--I rendered them in HD and am very pleased with the result.



-Alex

[j-dub]

Oh yeah!   Finally! This is what we have been waiting for for years! and now its actually a reality!

[io_bg]

Wow, looks great!

[citymax]

Woow great !!!

@mrtnrln : your traffic lights are fantastic  ,I've creat with gmax various Traffic light, but I don't know how to remplace Maxi's traffic light with these :





   
Could you make these traffic light, please, to give a French touch for SC4,if you want, I can give yourself, my files gmax! (contact me)

Thanks (sorry for my bad english :s )

[MandelSoft]

Can you send me those lights by e-mail (see letter icon below my avatar for the link)?

[MandelSoft]

Finally, here it is:


ITC Euro Stoplight Mod v1

Best,
Maarten

[citymax]

Thanks for your job !!

But there are a problem :



Thanks again

[MandelSoft]

Hmm... seems like I need to check the T21's of that intersection again.

[Ryan B.]

Alex, I'm glad that signal pole has worked well for you!

[Nexis4Jersey]

For some reason the TL only show up @ Avenue intersections., can somebody tell me how to fix that?

[GMT]

tremendous work.
but I have a question: I see a conversion for euro-traffic lights released, any release for us traffic lights? (I'm especially looking forward to a fix for avenue so they're finally placed on the far side of the intersection)

[Opkl]

Messing around with the pseudo-sync lights again . . .

I must also pass along my thanks to Ryan B. for the signal pole models--I rendered them in HD and am very pleased with the result.



-Alex

That's beautiful Tarkus. Are you going to put a street sign on the vertical pole?

[ophiuchus14]

This is my first post on here and it is actually concerning traffic lights.

Is there anyone who knows how to create left hand versions for the traffic lights (for people driving on the left hand side of the road). Also is anyone able to create a set of traffic lights that you find in Australia and New Zealand.

Here examples of images:
http://powertechnelson.co.nz/trafficlights/tl2.JPG
http://www.nowombats.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/traffic_lights.jpg
http://www.hobbiesplus.com.au/signspotters/shortmast.JPG
http://www.hobbiesplus.com.au/signspotters/P1010129.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_l1e1sbWVI9U/R_unKaPG5gI/AAAAAAAACSw/SbL6APuZU7I/s512/IMGP6390.JPG
http://www.aucklandtrains.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/lights.jpg
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://transportblog.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/av3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/01/&usg=__T7a05xiXDdBiPAodo5mIpH1NvM4=&h=450&w=600&sz=240&hl=en&start=18&um=1&tbnid=tCVKRUhBlVYidM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAuckland%2BTraffic%2BLights%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

[j-dub]

Hello ophiuchus14, and welcome to SC4D.
Citymax's lights looks similar to those, as you see the last picture the lights are on the left, but I don't know where he went, however since those are not exactly your colors, mrtnrln is still active though and maybe he can help you, he is good at batting lights, and a T21 expert.

[ophiuchus14]

I noticed that, It would be desired if every signalised intersection was like that.

[Ryan B.]

A new school zone speed limit flasher assembly:

[shanghai kid]

That "school zone speed limit flasher assembly" looks great 
Do they exist in the real world? Just wondering as i'm from Norway and we don't have that here 

[j-dub]

Shanghai, Norway? Well, this type of signal does exist, however this style is lacking in my state.

School 35 mph? In Wisconsin its only 15 mph! Besides, what state uses this setup? Every where else in the U.S. its 20 mph. There is a place in my community that could of used this type of signalized warning, but this trucker was not obeying the law and the light anyway as he took the life of a little boy crossing the avenue. This same setup though, I have seen some fire stations and pedestrian crossings on avenue use this. However I don't see why they use a flashing yellow light to stop traffic instead of using a red one, because flashing yellow lights overhanging intersections allow you to go through non stop, but for the pedestrian styled lights using this setup, they have a button with a sign saying push button to cross. Sometimes these flashing yellow signals are no where near the crossing though, and the push button to cross will be at the crosswalk, but at the same time where that crosswalk is, the cars have no signal. It looks very weird having the signal device for the crosswalk there, but not for the road. However, you are suppose to stop when someone steps foot in the crosswalk, but all my time on these miles and miles of paths across my state, 99% of the time, they never do. With my point of the yellow lights do not indicate stop at pedestrian crossings, they finally put a full traffic signal up, rather then the flashing yellow lights, but eventually instead of being just a pedestrian crossing signal, they made it a full street intersection signal setup.

Ryan, I do want to say though, you should consider using a different shade of yellow or something to make the light in the visor stand out more.

[Ryan B.]

Shanghai, Norway? Well, this type of signal does exist, however this style is lacking in my state.

School 35 mph? In Wisconsin its only 15 mph! Besides, what state uses this setup? Every where else in the U.S. its 20 mph. There is a place in my community that could of used this type of signalized warning, but this trucker was not obeying the law and the light anyway as he took the life of a little boy crossing the avenue. This same setup though, I have seen some fire stations and pedestrian crossings on avenue use this. However I don't see why they use a flashing yellow light to stop traffic instead of using a red one, because flashing yellow lights overhanging intersections allow you to go through non stop, but for the pedestrian styled lights using this setup, they have a button with a sign saying push button to cross. Sometimes these flashing yellow signals are no where near the crossing though, and the push button to cross will be at the crosswalk, but at the same time where that crosswalk is, the cars have no signal. It looks very weird having the signal device for the crosswalk there, but not for the road. However, you are suppose to stop when someone steps foot in the crosswalk, but all my time on these miles and miles of paths across my state, 99% of the time, they never do. With my point of the yellow lights do not indicate stop at pedestrian crossings, they finally put a full traffic signal up, rather then the flashing yellow lights, but eventually instead of being just a pedestrian crossing signal, they made it a full street intersection signal setup.

Ryan, I do want to say though, you should consider using a different shade of yellow or something to make the light in the visor stand out more.

Answers to your questions:

1)  This was built for a higher-speed / higher density.  Here in WNY, school zone speed limits vary from 20 to 45.  I'm also planning on doing other speeds & assemblies.

2)  Suggestion noted.    I'll also maybe do a pedestrian signal. 

EDIT:  Here's a pedestrian signal assembly called a "HAWK", which stands for 'High Awareness Crosswalk":

[deathtopumpkins]

Here we almost never use overhead assemblies, just a sign along the side of the road that says "School Zone Speed Limit 25 When Flashing" with a light above and below. And the speeds vary from 15 (on a city street that otherwise is 25 downtown) to 45 on rural highways where the speed limit is otherwise 55.

Though that HAWK I have seen plenty of similar things to. And I like it.