Walls following Roads in CS2

[Mattis.hei]

Hey, thought I might as well share my thoughts here as early as possible.
I think it'd be neat to have a building style that instead of using the squares for zoning, would build the walls alongside the roads.
This would allow for curved buildings, and even buildings on 45* intersections. Like the Flatiron building in NY.

 

[DukeLeto42]

I very much like the idea of buildings that fit in non-rectangular plot shapes.

I'd also put in my two cents for buildings made for angled surfaces. Even a few designs for residential buildings that set the surface to a set slope rather than a flat plane would reduce the weird elevation jumps between two rows of houses on a hillside.

 

[antrachton]

Hey, thought I might as well share my thoughts here as early as possible.
I think it'd be neat to have a building style that instead of using the squares for zoning, would build the walls alongside the roads.
This would allow for curved buildings, and even buildings on 45* intersections. Like the Flatiron building in NY.

I've noticed that in their trailer that possibly they managed to pull it out
We need to wait to see more details

 

[TTJ]

If the 5th screenshot on Steam (roundabout from above) is no artwork, then you can be quite happy! The building on the lower right has clearly no 90° angle and it fits nicely into the also not rectangular roads leading into the roundabout.

 

[Finear]

So I assume that is artwork as the whole trailer. Looks great but it's a render, not a game-engine recorded clip.

 

[safe-keeper]

Dynamic buildings that follow road shapes would be awesome.

 

[Brynjar]

Dynamic buildings that follow road shapes would be awesome.

I would assume it could also be quite demanding on the computer running the game, and therefore unrealistic.

Some buildings which doesn't just follow 90 degree corners would be nice though.

 

[Olexandr Pena]

I would assume it could also be quite demanding on the computer running the game, and therefore unrealistic.

Some buildings which doesn't just follow 90 degree corners would be nice though.

It is not necessary for the house to follow the corner of the road exactly, so long as the house that stands on the corner closely touches the houses on the sides. This will significantly improve the appearance of the streets

 

[dj97]

If there is a procedural building system to allow buildings to fit any angle, corner or curve, I wonder how easy it would be to mod that system. If the system was heavily geared towards one architecture style, would it be difficult to mod it to emulate other architecture styles?

 

[Olexandr Pena]

If there is a procedural building system to allow buildings to fit any angle, corner or curve, I wonder how easy it would be to mod that system. If the system was heavily geared towards one architecture style, would it be difficult to mod it to emulate other architecture styles?

Of course, I have no experience in 3D models, but as a programmer, I see it this way. We have a house with 4 walls and, accordingly, 4 points. The points will touch the edge of the road and the wall will stretch at this angle. The number of windows and other decor will depend on the length of the wall.
I hope I have written everything clearly. I don't know how to implement this in Unity, because I have no experience with it, but at least this is how I see a simplified explanation.
Now we can only wait for the developers to share the news, or for some leak to happen.

PS
If the road is rounded, then you need the wall to follow the edge of the road. By the way, I don't know of any urban planning simulator that would implement this at the level of procedural generation. Therefore, I doubt that we are waiting for such cool innovations, but I hope for the best

 

[anton95]

I would love to see procedurally generated buildings that dynamically adjust to plots.

 

[Splorghley]

Procedural generation of simple buildings according to pre-defined architectural styles would be a huge step forward. You wouldn't need a large library of pre-designed growables if you can procedurally generate them from a library of primitives. The tech for it is definitely there: Townscaper does something similar.

If they are in fact moving to a hex system, as seems possible from the logo / trailer, this could tie in really well with procedural generation.

 

[Thorum]

If a single developer could do freeflow boundaries (in Manor Lords), than so can colossal order.

 

[antrachton]

If a single developer could do freeflow boundaries (in Manor Lords), than so can colossal order.

That is more about the plot on which a building is situated on, and while a building doesn't change much itself, the fences around that plot, as well as the... "filling" whether it is a texture for grass or grass props, adjust to the new shape.
Prime examples as you said are Manor Lords as well as Ostriv.

 

[Thorum]

I'm not a game developer, but I don't see how fences and walls would be that different in code ?

 

[antrachton]

I suppose its more about textures and how that looks after stretching and bending a building wall.