Roads

[El Savior]

Hi,

I wonder what kind of roads COTA's road represent in real life.
In my map there is this kind of list of roads:



I don't think tracks are visible on my map (1:250,000). Here is small snapshot of map.



Smaller map is 1:25,000.

Is two highways same so should I use highway or save highway only for first one? Also what about secondary road and other roads. Should the later be minor road and 2nd highway major road.

[sterckxe]

ORIGINAL: El Savior
I wonder what kind of roads COTA's road represent in real life.

Confused puppy here - you talk about COTA which deals with the Greek road network, but I think you want to have info on the Dutch roads back then - is this correct ?

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

[El Savior]

ORIGINAL: sterckxe

ORIGINAL: El Savior
I wonder what kind of roads COTA's road represent in real life.

Confused puppy here - you talk about COTA which deals with the Greek road network, but I think you want to have info on the Dutch roads back then - is this correct ?

Not exactly. I'm using "Vance's HTTR terrain mod" with COTA. What I need is the information what is highway or minor road in COTA/HTTR. Currently I'm making a map which have Dordrecht and Moerdjik bridges (13x29 km) for Holland 1940 scenario. I know what kind of roads there was in Holland, but don't know what road to use in map maker to simulate right road. It would help if I know that example Map Maker's highway is 6 meters wide and 4-way and minor road is max. 3 meters wide 1-way.

[Arjuna]

El Savior,
 
First off, as the map maker you can make the roads anything you like. You can set their values to whatever you think is appropriate to your map.
 
Second, I would definitely use highway for the dual carriage highway listed in your key. You may also consider using it for the single carriageway National Highway as well. Basically for any relatively straight major road supporting at least two way traffic and used as a major travel route.
 
Third, keep tracks for unsealed/unmetalled roads.
 
So that leaves roads and minor roads. Depending on the values you prescribe in the MapMaker you could do as we did in HTTR ( which is the closest in terrain terms ) and use road for those major single carriageways that supported two way traffic and were generally straight or not windy anyway. Then use minor roads for those really windy sections where speed is limited.
 
Does that help.

[El Savior]

It helped, thanks!