NWM (Network Widening Mod) - Development and Support

[Shadow Assassin]

SA, you'd be familiar with the 6-lane "goat tracks" that radiate from Sydney, basically those 6 lane avenues with a very thin concrete barrier replacing the double white lines. It'd be quite intersting to see if they would work in this mod.

Indeed, I'm very familiar with those. They will most definitely work, since all that needs to be done is a T21 that has to be added to simulate the median barrier.

[Patricius Maximus]

Light rail? Median barriers? It gets better all the time.

[Shadow Assassin]

It does, eh?

Addendum: This is what Owen Luby was talking about - the "goat tracks" that run throughout Sydney, most were built in the 70s. While Sydney doesn't have a truly extensive freeway network, it does have an excellent arterial road network, much of which are clogged with traffic.

[SimsReporter]

To Tarkus: Is The NWM going to use Puzzle Pecies like the RHW. Or is the NWM going to be like a draggable like a (Road, Street, Avenue, One Way)?

[nerdly_dood]

We have things like those "goat tracks" here in the US, but there's not much distinction between them, 6-lane avenues with a wider grass median, and 6-lane undivided avenues. (Mostly the roads with a similar barrier are 4-lane avenues within the city; when they are outside of the city they have a wider grass barrier with no curb, and in some places a steel guardrail)

[Tarkus]

To Tarkus: Is The NWM going to use Puzzle Pecies like the RHW. Or is the NWM going to be like a draggable like a (Road, Street, Avenue, One Way)?

It's going to use starter pieces like the RHW, by and large.

-Alex (Tarkus)

[Streetlight 725]

Thats good!

[Owen Luby]

Yes those are the ones. Now lets get some concrete textures and speed limit signs painted on the road to boot!
And are you also familiar with those s-lane configurations, where the far left lane ends to make room for the right turn lane?

[Shadow Assassin]

And are you also familiar with those s-lane configurations, where the far left lane ends to make room for the right turn lane?

Hmm, what sort of configuration? Is it the one where one lane ends and the other two lanes S over to the right?

[Fresh Prince of SC4D]

May this give you an idea what I am talking about?....

[Owen Luby]

Yes, what you said is correct, now just flip it to left-hand side mode and voila:

[Shadow Assassin]

Ohhhh!

Of course, I get you now. Just wasn't sure, because I've seen two different possible configurations of those. Maybe it can be done, but it depends on what and where it's being done.

[Owen Luby]

I guess its not really worth making, but hey, seeing whats been done here, I guess anything's possible!
And how would one go about making those speed signs that are painted on the road, would it just be a simple texture?

[Shadow Assassin]

With Alex's SPM, it can easily be done. It can just be a simple painted texture that you plop as a puzzle piece.

[Owen Luby]

Great! I might have a look into making the textures.

[jigsawsam]

Is it out yet or what

[nerdly_dood]

Ahem.

When is the NWM going to be released?

There is no release date or timeline for the NWM project.  It will be released when it is done.

[XL2007]

It'll be done when it's done. 

And we'll just leave it at that, shall we?  Patience is a virtue.

[Crissa]

Hey, did this pick up the asynchronous road system (Single Lane Road or Three lane road) in its manifest?  I know that was mostly for looks, but so is this.

I don't see it in the first post.  I really would like the three-lane over the rest...

-Crissa

[Tarkus]

Hey, did this pick up the asynchronous road system (Single Lane Road or Three lane road) in its manifest?  I know that was mostly for looks, but so is this.

I don't see it in the first post.  I really would like the three-lane over the rest...

-Crissa

Yes, it did.   That network is called the "ARD-3" (Asymmetrical Road) now.

-Alex (Tarkus)