Airport: This should not be possible

[MarshalN]

I understand that building a realistic box where you block tall buildings around the airport might be difficult to program (although this might be simulated through a mandatory radius around the airport where there is an auto-highrise ban). However, this really should not be possible



The footbridge is right over the runway. I tried it as a joke figuring that it's not going to be allowed, but apparently, it is. I haven't tried with roads, but I'm guessing if footbridge is ok, road is too. This, I think, should obviously not be possible. If the bridge or footbridge is over the tarmac area and is sufficiently high, it is allowable, but there is no way any runway will have anything above its main runway.

 

[varsovie]

Cims can also build skyscrapers and both end of the runway, so plane passes through, and with a small road you can build housing between the runway and the taxiway....

 

[Brabbit1987]

Eh ... I honestly don't see what the big deal is. This isn't something that is so important to really worry about. The only way this is a problem is if you do it on purpose. I mean in real life you could technically do the same thing. It's just they don't because it makes no sense to.

 

[MarshalN]

Lots of things in the game are not a big deal, but should be fixed anyway because they don't make sense or are just poor simulation. I know I'm not the only one really bothered by the airplanes landing at impossible angles and flying right through tall buildings, but this takes the cake.

 

[Emre Yigit]

This is too funny.

I took my first run-through and, well, here's my now-worse-than-Kai-Tak airport:

 

[MarshalN]

This is too funny.

I took my first run-through and, well, here's my now-worse-than-Kai-Tak airport:

Hey, don't knock Kai Tak!

Gotta admit though I'll miss the convenience of building over the airport when they fix this.

 

[Brabbit1987]

Lots of things in the game are not a big deal, but should be fixed anyway because they don't make sense or are just poor simulation. I know I'm not the only one really bothered by the airplanes landing at impossible angles and flying right through tall buildings, but this takes the cake.

It's stupid to be bothered by something that you have to do on purpose in order for it to even be a problem. Want a fix?
DON'T DO IT. problem solved.

Also, of course it doesn't make sense because you wouldn't do that type of thing in real life either. It doesn't mean you can't though. The only difference between this and real life is in real life you wouldn't be able to land or take off without blowing up.

So if it really bothers you this much, maybe they should still allow it, but just not allow planes to take off if there are things in the way. That makes more sense to me.

OR .. or maybe an easier fix is for the builder to having some common freaking sense when building. Just because you can build an air port there doesn't mean you should. Just like in real life.

I mean we are talking about a game where air planes drive like maniacs and take off in spirals, and you are concerned with this? This is the thing that bothers you? XD

 

[MarshalN]

It's stupid to be bothered by something that you have to do on purpose in order for it to even be a problem. Want a fix?
DON'T DO IT. problem solved.

Also, of course it doesn't make sense because you wouldn't do that type of thing in real life either. It doesn't mean you can't though. The only difference between this and real life is in real life you wouldn't be able to land or take off without blowing up.

So if it really bothers you this much, maybe they should still allow it, but just not allow planes to take off if there are things in the way. That makes more sense to me.

OR .. or maybe an easier fix is for the builder to having some common freaking sense when building. Just because you can build an air port there doesn't mean you should. Just like in real life.

I mean we are talking about a game where air planes drive like maniacs and take off in spirals, and you are concerned with this? This is the thing that bothers you? XD

Like I said, I did this assuming I'm not allowed and was surprised I could build right over the airport. It's silly, and goes along with the way tall buildings can be built right next to the airport. These things should be fixed at some point. Are they high priority? No, not really. Does it bother me? Yeah, a bit, I like planes and I think this is really silly.

Will I be building highways all over the airport now? No, but it will make a lot more sense for the game as a whole if you are simply not allowed to build a bridge too close to the airport, or be able to have skyscrapers at the end of the runway. This is a simulation game, at the end of the day.

 

[Brabbit1987]

Like I said, I did this assuming I'm not allowed and was surprised I could build right over the airport. It's silly, and goes along with the way tall buildings can be built right next to the airport. These things should be fixed at some point. Are they high priority? No, not really. Does it bother me? Yeah, a bit, I like planes and I think this is really silly.

Will I be building highways all over the airport now? No, but it will make a lot more sense for the game as a whole if you are simply not allowed to build a bridge too close to the airport, or be able to have skyscrapers at the end of the runway. This is a simulation game, at the end of the day.

I would like for it to stay in and for planes to crash and destroy a persons city if they build things like that. Would be fun. XD

I do get what you mean though. I agree it can be fixed, but to me it's like so .... hmmm minor that even if it never was to get fixed .. it wouldn't bother me in the least bit since you would have to purposefully do it in order for it to even occur.

 

[Person012345]

People are touchy about planes flying into buildings since 9/11.

Frankly I agree with brabbit, if it bothers you then don't do it. Ok, so you tested it to see if you could, well now you know you can so don't do it if you don't want to. It's like complaining that you can build a landfill next to a modern art museum. (Edit: Although maybe in real life it would become their prime exhibit, but whatever)

 

[lew1984]

This is too funny.

I took my first run-through and, well, here's my now-worse-than-Kai-Tak airport:

gotta have nerves of steel to land here.

 

[Brazilian Joe]

The game has hitboxes for roads to prevent ovelapping them vertically. Maybe it's possible to have an invisible "airway road" hitbox to prevent roads from going over airports, and on the plane's ascent as well.

It would require extra logic from CO to prevent buildings from growing and hitting the airway hitbox though.

 

[IVIaarten]

Guys, you are the mayor and city planner, you plan this stuff.

I actually love it that the games lets you do stupid stuff. If you don't like how it looks (or think it shouldn't work), then just don't build it that way.

Nothing wrong with having the option to build stupid stuff if you want to though.

 

[simonmd]

The only thing thats broken here that I can see is the town planner who laid out those zones and built the walkways. Sure, it should not be possible to build a footpath over a runway so here's a tip, DONT!

If this game had an autogen feature like in CIM then fair enough but the only thing that can actual choose to place them there is the player!

 

[Inge Jones]

I find it a bit creepy too, but no way do I want the game to arbitrarily limit what people are allowed to make.

 

[Brazilian Joe]

Maybe a better approach would be to put up one or more hitboxes which warn the player of impending disaster, but lets the player do it wrong anyway.

Chirpy can comment about bad engineering, and when disasters DLC come out, those hitboxes will come in handy.

 

[bluespottedhors]

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I understand that building a realistic box where you block tall buildings around the airport might be difficult to program (although this might be simulated through a mandatory radius around the airport where there is an auto-highrise ban). However, this really should not be possible



The footbridge is right over the runway. I tried it as a joke figuring that it's not going to be allowed, but apparently, it is. I haven't tried with roads, but I'm guessing if footbridge is ok, road is too. This, I think, should obviously not be possible. If the bridge or footbridge is over the tarmac area and is sufficiently high, it is allowable, but there is no way any runway will have anything above its main runway.

haha...that is funny but it's not the game fault for creating an overpass over an airport...it's the engineer (player) who placed the road over the airport.

 

[ElTrent]

It is the player's fault but nothing happens when you do. Maybe the game should let you do this, but the result would either be crashed planes or reduced efficiency as bigger aircraft are not going to try that landing.

We can built Dams below our cities on a river and place sewage outlets next to our water intake so, sure, we should be able to build roads over airports. But there should be consequences.