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thanks for the advice dude! im trying to make it as realistic as possableMy advice is to do some benchmarking (see and replicate and/or improve what you are seeing) with pictures available and if possible with google Maps in order to achieve the most realistic results possible. A smalltown of for example 1000 inhabitants can be as long as 1 km (around 0.62 miles). Hope this helps a little.
Small towns in North America usually do not have such a narrow street in their downtown area. Many towns layed out in the late 1800s in central and western USA and Canada have very wide downtown streets because the promoters had visions of greatness. Try this for a downtown street: 2 or 4 lane street, diagonal parking on either side, then the sidewalks, then the buildings.
From the pictures that I'm seeing, you have buildings too big for the size of the town you have with no transition between suburbs to town center. I think, if you space out your buildings, add alleyways, backyards or parking los that will instantly improve the realism of your town. Also, think about the type of buildings your using. If it's a really small town, you're never gonna get buildings over 2 stories. A bit bigger town would have maybe 3-6 story buildings, and so on. If you have a tiny town with 10-20 story buildings, then it just looks odd. Lastly, every town is built in the same gradual increasing way - more or less. If we take a plane over a decently sized town from the far outskirts straight to the center of town, you would first see maybe farmland and sparsley spaced houses. Then, houses more and more close together. Then, some businesses, and finally the town center - with higher buildings and loads of tightly packed businesses. The smaller the town, the lower the buildings and vice versa.
And (like everyone else) I can't stress enough how helpful, educational, inspirational and good for reference Google Maps is. (Ok, I just made it sound like it's more than it is, but you get the point)
Hi PivBoi --
How to improve? Lots of fiddling, improvisation, mixing and matching, ... plus some determination.
This uses several of the JR buildings, with other assets. Best watched full screen and at 1080p:
Hope this helps,
Phil
Hi John,
Thanks for posting the info on Merrimac, MA
This prompted me to look at the house where I lived on Church St almost 20 years ago. It was the RR nostalgia from waking that trail behind the cemetery following the old spur that started me on the original TRAINZ at that time.