More help with Drevet?
Posted by Logan230 on 1 November 2014 in English. Last updated on 4 November 2014.Hello guys. I just wanted to ask for some more help with the expansion and growth of Drevet. Remember that everyone and anyone can edit at anytime. If you are interested PM me. Thanks, Cheesy
EDIT: Obviously there is confusion with how the highway system works. Let me explain.
Motorways (MW) serve as equivalents to Interstates or M-Routes. They are four-lane or more and have no at-grade intersections.
Primary Routes (PR) serve as equivalents to US Routes/primary State Routes or A-Routes. They are often national and can be two-four lanes wide. They also serve as trunk routes, and range from three-ten cities/towns.
Secondary Routes (SR) are equal to State Routes and primary B-Routes (NOT STREETS). They serve one-five cities/towns/hamlets.
Tertiary Routes (TR) are your County Routes or secondary B-Routes (still NOT STREETS). They are local routes and serve mostly small towns and hamlets. They may also provide access to lakes, forests, mountains, etc.
EDIT AGAIN: Tertiaries are no longer numbered. I’ve also fazed out city routes. See my post on the TR revamp for more info.
If a road is a MW, PR, or SR, it must be numbered! And don’t use trunk routes. Just don’t. Thanks all, Logan
Discussion
Comment from bhj867 on 1 November 2014 at 17:28
Ill help you out when I get off work tonight. :)
Comment from BelpheniaProject on 1 November 2014 at 19:09
I’ll help you when I get a chance. I’m working in the Reback area.
Comment from BMSOUZA on 2 November 2014 at 01:15
I would like to help, and I was invited to edit Gobras City too, but for now I am “finishing” Cariocas, and I have a new country to create, Gran Luslandia, in south of Latina…
Comment from Logan230 on 2 November 2014 at 02:43
Thanks everybody! It really helps!
Comment from tom_m7 on 2 November 2014 at 05:31
My only concern with the highway system is that we’re going to end up with lots and lots and LOTS of numbered routes, especially near the town I’m developing (Landrytown).
I usually classify Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Residential/Unclassified Roads by their importance/traffic volumes: Primary being the most important (other than Motorway and Trunk (Expressway) Roads) and carrying the most traffic - almost always having a route number, Secondary carrying less and/or serving a less important route - rarely has a route number, and so on.
Of course, if you want it to be that way, I won’t interfere. It’s your country, after all, not mine.
Comment from Logan230 on 2 November 2014 at 15:41
Don’t worry Tom, that’s fine. I try to classify my routes by importance too. However I like to number anything that’s not Residential or unclassified. If you want to do it your way, that’s completely fine with me.
Comment from thilo on 2 November 2014 at 23:24
I think it might be a good idea to let your collaborators simply draw the roads and then do the numbering later yourself. You probably want a coherent numbering scheme which is easier to do afterwards, and also needs a bit of centralized be managed, even just to avoid assigning the same number twice.
Comment from thilo on 2 November 2014 at 23:26
“a bit of centralized management”, of course.
Comment from tom_m7 on 3 November 2014 at 00:07
I think we should start a wiki article about Drevet or even “Roads in Drevet”. We can then list the current route numbers in use there. I think we should also consider dividing the country into states/districts/provinces/whatever and convert the Secondary Roads to State Route equivalents (this wouldn’t be necessary though) so the same Secondary Route number can be used multiple times in the country without conflict.
Comment from Logan230 on 3 November 2014 at 01:36
I’ve been using an Excel spreadsheet to record all classified roads in Drevet. Tom, I might consider your idea about splitting up the country. I already have 4 states - Taswell, Purcell, Osceola (Landrytown’s in here) and the Duranth Metropolitan Area. I already have a (poorly set up) wiki page on Drevet. I might create a separate roads page.
Comment from PColumbus73 on 4 November 2014 at 02:07
I don’t think Tertiary Routes (TR Routes) within a city need to be numbered. I think they just add emphasis to major thru-routes through a town.