NWM (Network Widening Mod) - Development and Support

[thundercrack83]

The intersections look fantastic, Alex! Excellent work!

[Ryan B.]

Lookin' better and better every time I see progress, Alex!  If you need any more help with textures, let me know, eh?

[Starmanw402007]

As i said before, those wider avenues will be an excellent idea for my overcrowed avenues I currently have in Steven's Point  .

Your Friend;
Mayor Of Steven's Point & Maxiston
(Proud To Be Cities Of Sim Nation!)

[vistla]

I personally am following this project with great interest and anticipation. A wider variety of transit networks is something that this game has needed for quite some time. I only wish that I posessed the modding skills to help. Unfortunatly, I'm still a ways from even mastering the game playing aspect, so I must rely on others, such as yourselves, to improve the game for me/us. You must know that this is said with great appreciation. Looking forward to further development.

[henryking]

Well first of all....this is my very first reply on this forum.
And now: straight to the point

Bare awesomeness.....
I can't wait to see this roads in my City...
So my question is...will there be a release in any form in the near future?
This doesn't mean you should hurry .... just do the thing right and not half assed.

[rickmastfan67]

So my question is...will there be a release in any form in the near future?
This doesn't mean you should hurry .... just do the thing right and not half assed.

Well, with RL, we never know when we can get stuff done for this.  So, as standard NAM Policy response:

It will be released when it's released.

[Tommy7777]

Ok thanks and I really like those Intersections, they are cool.

Tommy7777

[Adriano57]

 Great work Tarkus  That looking beautiful !

[Pat]

Well, with RL, we never know when we can get stuff done for this.  So, as standard NAM Policy response:

It will be released when it's released.

Rick i thought that was any teams or individule's response to when is it released lol....
Alex that is looking wonderful and if you need a outside beta tester im willing   
OK so that is my sneaky way of saying i really want TLA lol.....  Either way   

[flame1396]

Something I am waiting for. Seems lots of revolutionary mods are just a couple months away....

[rickmastfan67]

Rick i thought that was any teams or individule's response to when is it released lol....

Well, I could have said the most hated word in the NR2003 community of "Soon". LOL.

[Ryan B.]

Well, I could have said the most hated word in the NR2003 community of "Soon". LOL.

OT:  NR2003?  I'm still on N4 over here, and still painting cars!   

[Pat]

LoL Rick that is soo true 

[rickmastfan67]

OT:  NR2003?  I'm still on N4 over here, and still painting cars!   

OT: Ever look at my sig? lol.

[Tarkus]

Been awhile since I've had anything to report here, but I'm still plugging away on the TLAs.  To answer everyone's question about the diagonals on the TLA-3, here's a sample texture.  (The compression from the JPEG seems to have degraded the quality some.)



-Alex (Tarkus)

[Madeira aka Constantina]

very nice but similar to RHW ones. i think it would look better it it was unique.

nice work. keep it up.

[BigSlark]

Madeira,

The RHW and TLA look the same as all highway striping is very similar in the USA as it based on the United States Federal Highway Administartion's publication theManual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

All roads that are funded with Federal monies are required to follow this standard and most non-Federal roads are striped to the same specifications to simplify the striping diagrams and other assorted materials used by departments of transportation.

As for the color of the asphalt (or bitumen, as you're from the UK), well, that's an entirely different discussion. It has been decided as the closest representation of coloration and wear for North America.
In my area, older (20+ year) asphalt roads have a reddish-brown tinge to them as its very sunny here and the composition of the asphalt is a very regional mix.

I hope this answers your questions.

Cheers,
Kevin

[thundercrack83]

Ooh, diagonals! Looks great, Alex! Keep up the fine work, my friend!

[Sober]

Oh boy, this is just amazing! More realism and variety in our road networks!

Just a question though Tarkus, if you are doing an 6-lane avenue, is it possible to just have it with just a yellow line as the divider, instead of a gap? And by that extension, is there a chance to see a 4-lane avenue without the divider? (Maxis ones feel too fancy with the divider and having all those props, e.g. trees, streetlights inbetween dividing the lanes)

[Tarkus]

Sober, to answer your question, there are plans for there to eventually be "medianless" Avenues in both 4 and 6-lane configurations as part of the NWM.   With the code we're developing, it should be fairly easy to port the RULs over to the new mod.  Texturing would probably be the only thing that would really need to be done on that end to make it happen.

-Alex (Tarkus)