July 30, 2019: Backstory and Inital Development
This is the first time I've ever made this type of thread. I usually don't keep track of progress on things I work on; I just work on it until I get done, or get bored, whichever either applies or comes first.
This time, however, I feel like doing something different. I plan to actually keep track of, and share my progress on this city.
As such, this thread will be added upon as progress is done, hopefully daily.
The city of Montburgh is the capital city of a corporate-owned state of the same name, located in a fictional United States.
The city is located along Interstate 3 on the West Coast, at the Interstate 12 and Interstate 14 junctions. The map in use is Littlevalley.
The city is owned and maintained by the Montburgh Corporation.
July 30, 2019:
The city is rather small at the moment, as I only started it two days ago. I build every road carefully and with attention to details. Every single intersection makes use of custom-set priority (stop signs, yield, timed traffic lights, etc) and Traffic Manager's Junction Restrictions (mainly to allow vehicles on a priority road to "block" intersections where the crossing road has a stop sign). MoveIt mod never gets a break either!
North-oriented map of current city:
So far, there's not much to see at first glance. There is a tiny industrial park to the south, a large shopping center north of there, and sprawling neighborhoods to the north-east and west.
Arguably, the single most important part of any city is the main entrance route because, how would anyone enter the city without it...
In this case, the main entrance is the Interstate 3/Interstate 14/Broadway Boulevard Interchange:
This was my initial site. Broadway Boulevard (the road going south-east into the industrial park) was the first road in the city, followed by Mulberry Avenue (the road intersecting Broadway at the roundabout).
Here, traffic from the all directions on the freeway has direct access to both sections of the industrial park, Mulberry Avenue, and the main shopping center: Applegate Plaza.
Applegate Plaza houses many services and amenities including several restaurants, department stores, home improvement stores, an emergency clinic, a school, three hotels , three gas stations, and even a Walmart! Applegate is directly accessible from both directions of Mulberry Avenue and Broadway Boulevard, and is a short distance from Davies Drive, the primary residential road:
Davies Drive crosses Mulberry Avenue just east of Applegate and connects the residential areas to Interstate 14.
Directly across the freeway is a second residential area, named Walnut Ridge:
Davies Drive continues across Interstate 3 to the west.
Interstate 3 Davies Drive exit at Walnut Ridge:
That's about all there is with this city so far.
Let's take a look at what takes the most time: freeways:
The main freeway so far is Interstate 14. Here is a section of it where Mulberry Avenue crosses over:
This segment features access roads on both sides with direct access to several streets in the main residential area on the eastbound side and a small shopping center on the westbound side.
Moving West, we have the Davies Drive overpass and exit, with Applegate visible on the right and the smaller shopping center on the left in the background:
Closer look at Davies Drive:
This is an opportunity to take note the exits in use, done with modifications to the Highway Ramp Project "prefab" intersections, and the custom sign made with DOT signs and Procedural Objects.
Immediately east of there is more usage of the above content in the Interstate 3/Interstate 14/Broadway Boulevard Interchange:
A fully custom-built merge, featuring two exit lanes that go straight while the three through lanes curve left:
This one took a while! Who knew you could spend almost 20 minutes placing only THREE road segments!? I had to carefully nudge each segment with MoveIt while traffic drove through (not with game paused) because they would always either drive VERY slow, cut the corner into the lane to the left (or into the median in the case of traffic already in left lane when entering the curve), or both.
To the North, (in the background) the northern-most road in the city: Walnut Ridge Road, crosses over Interstate 3:
It has no exit as it connects to Davies Drive just to the West and a very short distance from Davies Drive's exit.
Well, that's all for now. I'm going to bed. Feel free to ask questions, provide feedback/advice, and discuss anything about the city. I'll try to progress further and update tomorrow, but I will keep track of any comments here and respond whenever I see them.
This time, however, I feel like doing something different. I plan to actually keep track of, and share my progress on this city.
As such, this thread will be added upon as progress is done, hopefully daily.
The city of Montburgh is the capital city of a corporate-owned state of the same name, located in a fictional United States.
The city is located along Interstate 3 on the West Coast, at the Interstate 12 and Interstate 14 junctions. The map in use is Littlevalley.
The city is owned and maintained by the Montburgh Corporation.
July 30, 2019:
The city is rather small at the moment, as I only started it two days ago. I build every road carefully and with attention to details. Every single intersection makes use of custom-set priority (stop signs, yield, timed traffic lights, etc) and Traffic Manager's Junction Restrictions (mainly to allow vehicles on a priority road to "block" intersections where the crossing road has a stop sign). MoveIt mod never gets a break either!
North-oriented map of current city:
So far, there's not much to see at first glance. There is a tiny industrial park to the south, a large shopping center north of there, and sprawling neighborhoods to the north-east and west.
Arguably, the single most important part of any city is the main entrance route because, how would anyone enter the city without it...
In this case, the main entrance is the Interstate 3/Interstate 14/Broadway Boulevard Interchange:
This was my initial site. Broadway Boulevard (the road going south-east into the industrial park) was the first road in the city, followed by Mulberry Avenue (the road intersecting Broadway at the roundabout).
Here, traffic from the all directions on the freeway has direct access to both sections of the industrial park, Mulberry Avenue, and the main shopping center: Applegate Plaza.
Applegate Plaza houses many services and amenities including several restaurants, department stores, home improvement stores, an emergency clinic, a school, three hotels , three gas stations, and even a Walmart! Applegate is directly accessible from both directions of Mulberry Avenue and Broadway Boulevard, and is a short distance from Davies Drive, the primary residential road:
Davies Drive crosses Mulberry Avenue just east of Applegate and connects the residential areas to Interstate 14.
Directly across the freeway is a second residential area, named Walnut Ridge:
Davies Drive continues across Interstate 3 to the west.
Interstate 3 Davies Drive exit at Walnut Ridge:
That's about all there is with this city so far.
Let's take a look at what takes the most time: freeways:
The main freeway so far is Interstate 14. Here is a section of it where Mulberry Avenue crosses over:
This segment features access roads on both sides with direct access to several streets in the main residential area on the eastbound side and a small shopping center on the westbound side.
Moving West, we have the Davies Drive overpass and exit, with Applegate visible on the right and the smaller shopping center on the left in the background:
Closer look at Davies Drive:
This is an opportunity to take note the exits in use, done with modifications to the Highway Ramp Project "prefab" intersections, and the custom sign made with DOT signs and Procedural Objects.
Immediately east of there is more usage of the above content in the Interstate 3/Interstate 14/Broadway Boulevard Interchange:
A fully custom-built merge, featuring two exit lanes that go straight while the three through lanes curve left:
This one took a while! Who knew you could spend almost 20 minutes placing only THREE road segments!? I had to carefully nudge each segment with MoveIt while traffic drove through (not with game paused) because they would always either drive VERY slow, cut the corner into the lane to the left (or into the median in the case of traffic already in left lane when entering the curve), or both.
To the North, (in the background) the northern-most road in the city: Walnut Ridge Road, crosses over Interstate 3:
It has no exit as it connects to Davies Drive just to the West and a very short distance from Davies Drive's exit.
Well, that's all for now. I'm going to bed. Feel free to ask questions, provide feedback/advice, and discuss anything about the city. I'll try to progress further and update tomorrow, but I will keep track of any comments here and respond whenever I see them.
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