North American Roads Set v0.8c [30 May 2008] - ** Update **

zero1000 · Post by **zero1000** » 25 Jun 2007 13:15

sorry for asking OT, but whats a 'gunzel'?

Post by **Dave** » 25 Jun 2007 13:31

An Australian term for an anorak about a subject, usually applied specifically to trainspotters.

Its only Raichase that's got me into it really

DanMacK · Post by **DanMacK** » 25 Jun 2007 13:49

Here in North America we call 'em Cloverleafs, but this is I believe what you're talking about.

zero1000 · Post by **zero1000** » 25 Jun 2007 13:59

and here in germany we call them the same - cloverleaf / Kleeblatt

but IRL the turnings are single lane (may be there are rare exceptions).

SkeedR · Post by **SkeedR** » 25 Jun 2007 14:03

some one do spaghetti junction then...

zero1000 · Post by **zero1000** » 25 Jun 2007 14:07

something like that?

(sorry for going OT)

jasperthecat1 · Post by **jasperthecat1** » 25 Jun 2007 14:09

where can i get bridgeheads

SkeedR · Post by **SkeedR** » 25 Jun 2007 14:52

zero1000 wrote:something like that?

(sorry for going OT)

Take a look at Junction 6 on the M6 in the UK

DanMacK · Post by **DanMacK** » 25 Jun 2007 16:27

How about some expansion stations for the set? A bus terminal (Would be a train station base, as we can't have expandible RV stations) would be a nice addition.

Chicago Rail Authority · Post by **Chicago Rail Authority** » 25 Jun 2007 16:45

Dan,

Well done

. Perhaps a few more add-ons like that will help coerce the powers that be to provide additional action support for road depots, etc.

Great work!

DanMacK · Post by **DanMacK** » 25 Jun 2007 16:55

Thanks

This was just a quick mock-up

Wonder what'd happen if I actually took time with it

wallyweb · Post by **wallyweb** » 25 Jun 2007 17:22

DanMacK wrote:How about some expansion stations for the set? A bus terminal (Would be a train station base, as we can't have expandible RV stations) would be a nice addition.

Chicago Rail Authority wrote:Well done. Perhaps a few more add-ons like that will help coerce the powers that be to provide additional action support for road depots, etc.

DanMacK wrote:Thanks. This was just a quick mock-up. Wonder what'd happen if I actually took time with it.

There seems to be little love from the devs for playing around with the RV station code, vis-à-vis larger stations.
Dan, your building is effectively eye candy in the way it is used in conjunction with a bus stop.
Sounds like a perfect candidate for eis_os' newobjects which already has a slot in the button menu in the game.

DanMacK · Post by **DanMacK** » 25 Jun 2007 17:24

I'd say keep them as a station tile, it increases the catchement area of the bus station. Whether they'll be "non-drive-through" road tiles like the station buildings and such,. that remains to be seen.

wallyweb · Post by **wallyweb** » 25 Jun 2007 18:47

DanMacK wrote:I'd say keep them as a station tile, it increases the catchement area of the bus station. Whether they'll be "non-drive-through" road tiles like the station buildings and such,. that remains to be seen.

Heh ... I'm already pushing the limits of eis_os' greatly expanded stations limit.

m3henry · Post by **m3henry** » 25 Jun 2007 19:03

jasperthecat1 wrote:where can i get bridgeheads

TTDpatch switch miscmods.custombridgeheads or summin

jasperthecat1 · Post by **jasperthecat1** » 25 Jun 2007 19:47

here is my cloverleaf

thgergo · Post by **thgergo** » 25 Jun 2007 19:50

jasperthecat1 wrote:here is my cloverleaf

Erm, at least you should have used the US roads, rather than trafficsset

jasperthecat1 · Post by **jasperthecat1** » 25 Jun 2007 19:55

it does not work when i try to get US roadset

OzTrans · Post by **OzTrans** » 25 Jun 2007 21:05

orudge wrote:Wow, those shots look great, Oz. Just being picky though, the on/off-ramps should technically be one-way, too, surely?

Thanks for the comments; yes you are right. I should have done it as in the screenie below, but the single roads are bi-directional and allow you to get from one compass direction to all the others including 'U-turns'.

Initially I had one-way arrows on those; i.e. until I realised you cannot get to some of the other dorections, unless I double them up.

Of course, if we had diagonal roads (I've seen them floating around in the OTTD world) or having 8 directions like rail tracks, we could do much neater road layouts. Also having real single lane one way roads would be a bonus.

@DanMack : those one-way arrows are a sort of 'Do-Not-Enter' signs and are really only needed to direct the flow of traffic and help the path finder. You don't need them all the way along a one-way road.

Multi-tile bus-terminals would be great. Unfortunately, we only have 4 1x1 bus-stations. But we could have 'eye-candy' terminal buildings as part of a stations set.

jasperthecat1 wrote: ... it does not work when i try to get US roadset ...

What does your newgrf.cfg look like ? May be 1024 lines, with the USRoads Set stuck high above other road or traffic sets. Move it down to or near the bottom, it may work wonders.

lifeblood · Post by **lifeblood** » 26 Jun 2007 02:19

Great piece of art, Dan. It'd be great to have a series of these drawn that could be "attached" to the actual terminals, so as the terminal would look like an extension of this building.

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