Open originalfoo opened 9 years ago
Brainwave!!
Filter lanes are just like bus stops - so they cut in to decoration/pavement/median and one end of the lane connects to nearest segment intersection while the other end connects to nearest proper intersection. Could bus stop creation code be used to make a filter lane tool? This would remove the need to have all sorts of crazy road variants for filter lanes....
With the recent preview of the masshole feature, had about 20 people asking for various things relating to u-turns - summarised in 3 points below:
1. Ability to disable building exit u-turns
This is where a vehicle leaves a building and does what is effectively an immediate u-turn cutting across traffic. An example is shown in this vid where the green tractor truck makes a delivery at a factory and then turns round to go back the other way cutting up all the dumpster trucks on the 6-lane on left of vid: https://youtu.be/wPih21d8I1k?t=13s
Maybe vehicle AI could examine NetLane.CheckSpace and based on that determine where cutting across lanes is permissible or not?
2. Ability to define u-turns when editing intersections
As far as I can tell this would be limited to the inside lanes of any 2-way roads at an intersection (both normal intersections and also 'invisible' segment intersections). I saw your comment on reddit but from what I can see this specific feature request is about actually being able to define a u-turn as part of a customised intersection lane route.
Apparently this is also the missing piece of the jigsaw for enabling Michigan Left's by allowing u-turn on inside lanes of 6-lane road where it joins the 4-lane avenue: http://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/39wex5/soon_single_lane_traffic_jams_yeah_we_fixed_those/cs7o5ur
EDIT: Hrm... actually the source would be the inside lane but destination would be any of the lanes in opposite direction.
Another case where ability to add U-turn is desired (this time on inside lanes of a 4-lane avenue): http://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/comments/39wex5/soon_single_lane_traffic_jams_yeah_we_fixed_those/cs797lt
You just know people are going to start asking for a 5- or 6-lane avenue with median so they can have filter lanes on inside heh)
3. Ability to prevent u-turns
I think 1 and 2 above already cover this.