Cool content idea!

[JonMyrlennBailey]

1. ROUND manhole covers with a little steam emanating from them as on cold mornings for our YARN streets.
2. stepping stones
3. people walking dogs on leashes
4. garage doors on scenery houses that open and close as by the Genie automatic garage door picker-upper
5. green illuminated highway information signs which the user can put his own text on like "Lincoln 5 mi.", "Jct. 165", "Rest Area Next Right" or "Exit 55".


Some things I wish for change in the game:

1. light, smoke and shadows stop penetrating bridge decks
2. no slow-downs/speed reduction at track marks referenced in Drive Via

It is only a wish not that I am holding my breath waiting.

 

[pware]

Some good scenery ideas there Jon but nothing that would be beyond the abilities of our very talented pool of content creators.

1. ROUND manhole covers with a little steam emanating from them as on cold mornings for our YARN streets.
2. stepping stones

Nothing too dificult there (but I admit that I have never created scenery items)

3. people walking dogs on leashes

Animated walking people already exist so dogs should be possible - you just have to animate 4 legs instead of 2.

4. garage doors on scenery houses that open and close as by the Genie automatic garage door picker-upper

That would be more troublesome as a scenery item because the garage doors would be opening and closing continuously. Scenery animations normally run constantly.

5. green illuminated highway information signs which the user can put his own text on like "Lincoln 5 mi.", "Jct. 165", "Rest Area Next Right" or "Exit 55".

Probably possible but of course long text messages on short signs always look bad.

Some things I wish for change in the game:

1. light, smoke and shadows stop penetrating bridge decks
2. no slow-downs/speed reduction at track marks referenced in Drive Via

It is only a wish not that I am holding my breath waiting.

The Physics setting in TANE is used to solve number 1, the smoke going through walls. However, I believe that the scenery item (wall, tunnel, etc) may have to have an additional mesh for this to work. Don't know about the light and shadow issues as they may be different problems.

The Slowdown at Drive Via is a problem that I believe they are looking into.