SAM - Street Addon Mod

M4346 · September 30, 2007, 01:26:09 AM

Okay, I'm double posting, I know, but...

It worked!

Thank you!

Shadow Assassin · September 30, 2007, 01:33:15 AM

That's good to hear!

No problem.

JPlumbley, that means that NOB and PEG's rail mods are indeed compatible with the SAM.

Diggis · September 30, 2007, 01:36:43 AM

There are no rail textures other than the crossings included with SAM (Unless jason says otherwise.

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jplumbley · September 30, 2007, 08:43:32 AM

Thanks SA.... I am a bit confused now, not sure why it is working... I guess I should go look at what NOB did to get his to work.

M4346 · September 30, 2007, 09:46:02 AM

I too have now fallen in love with the SAM and decided that I would like to contribute.

I've done the Standard textures, Road intersections and Roundabout textures already. I still have a bit more to do though as I need to create the rail crossings and different wealth levels for it all then, still.

Here's just a glimpse at the Sandstone texture.

I think the basic texture is a bit clean, but I don't know how to properly manipulate it in PS CS2 to look 'worn'.

figui · September 30, 2007, 11:24:50 AM

looking good M4346!
just think the "stones" should be placed (don't know exactly how to say this in english, so i'll attach this scheme -very schematic, done in mspaint in about 1min.- of what i mean, hope its undersandable)
and also, on curves, the "stones" should "follow" de curve.

jplumbley · September 30, 2007, 11:31:59 AM

Quote from: figui on September 30, 2007, 11:24:50 AM
and also, on curves, the "stones" should "follow" de curve.

That is harder than you think...

Nice Work M! Keep it up and send them to me.. It can be added to BETA v2... Whenever that is released.

figui · September 30, 2007, 11:42:44 AM

Quote from: jplumbley on September 30, 2007, 11:31:59 AM
That is harder than you think...

I supposed so..
anyway, they look good

M4346 · September 30, 2007, 11:45:46 AM

I'll look at it...

Thanks for the feedback!

Shadow Assassin · September 30, 2007, 06:36:51 PM

QuoteThanks SA.... I am a bit confused now, not sure why it is working... I guess I should go look at what NOB did to get his to work.

It works because Nob's rail textures a) are loaded after the SAM, b) the overlay textures were edited... nothing else changed.

Gaston · September 30, 2007, 08:41:19 PM

I gotta tell ya I am seriously addicted to SAM now.

---Gaston

Tarkus · September 30, 2007, 08:42:42 PM

Me too, Gaston. Particularly Heblem's Asphalt Streets. I don't know that I can build another Maxis street again.

-Alex (Tarkus)

Diggis · September 30, 2007, 10:44:41 PM

M, if you send me the base textures we can do up a set. I'll PM you my email. There are a couple of issues with what you have done so far, to do with getting it to join seamlessly at the intersections. As Figui pointed out, the texture has to follow the corner so that the pattern matched the straight at all joins. The same applies for the T and X intersections. I like the texture and can do up the set for you. I also have all the overlays done so that everything will just fall into place with a little PhotoShopping.

M4346 · October 01, 2007, 05:04:11 AM

Yes, of course, I see what you mean...

Attached is the basic texture. If you could just do the standard textures and the roundabouts I would do the rest.

Diggis · October 01, 2007, 06:18:54 AM

Yeah no worries. I can send you the basics, plus the road, ave and OWR overlays.

I haven't looked into the roundabouts just yet, but I will.

delta9 · October 01, 2007, 07:02:44 PM

Great, great mod. I hope some day the Street Side Mod is expanded to include this, and parking on the parking lot tiles like the alley mod()stsfd()

M4346 · October 07, 2007, 09:53:43 AM

Okay ladies and gentlemen! In my endeavours and escapades with the SAM I have discovered another little issue, which is no biggy, and I thought I'd mention it here, if it has not already been discovered or touched on. If it has, then I'm sorry, but I haven't been keeping up with the whopping 25 pages this has turned into!

Anyway, enough small talk.

I have found that the SAM negatively affects the Dirt Street Add-On (available here on the LEX). It makes the T-junctions and four-way intersections of the Dirt Streets revert back to the original. This was, however, solved by placing the dirt street add-on in a zzzz'ed folder so that it loads after the SAM.

I'm loving the Asphalt Streets though!

simzebu · October 07, 2007, 10:26:42 AM

I, too, am a SAM addict, especially the asphalt streets.

However, I noticed that the paths (But not the textures) for asphalt streets intersecting avenues are missing. The intersections do not show up in DrawPaths or traffic data view.

Great work, though!

Diggis · October 07, 2007, 10:48:47 AM

Simzebu, Thanks for reporting that. I think jason was aware of that one, but will confirm with him.

M, what addon is that? We are adding Peg's and Trolca's dirt road mods to the next version.

jplumbley · October 07, 2007, 11:06:43 AM

500th Post for SAM
Well, this is definately a milestone for sure.

@simzebu Yes, this has been reported before thank you for your support. I made the mistake of overwriting the wrong file with an older file and unfortunately I didnt realize this until after it was uploaded. I have it fixed for BETA v2 which will be released eventually. Along with, Roundabouts and a few new Texture Variations.

@M Thank you for that notice. I did not know that this issue was occuring, although I think you pointed out already that it was causing the same type of issue for other rail textures aswell. Soon enough you wont need that dirt road textures as they will be included as part of the SAM itself.