I mentioned a few weeks or so ago in the Whats on your workbench thread that I was going to develop a map set in the area of the North Wales/Chester Boundary.
I was actually making good progress on the map, but this has since ceased due to a system crash which resulted in the loss of about 300GB of data, unfortunately including most of my Steam folder. This demotivated me to do most things, but I have decided to get myself out of the gutter and I'm making a map of the town of Connah's Quay.
It's a lot smaller than what the original Deeside map was going to be (Dropping from about 10ish miles of driving on the rural roads of North Wales to about a few square miles)
Anyway, I thought I'd make this thread as the new map isn't developed enough to make a WIP thread, and it's also a nice place to put any updates on the map.
What will the map include?
- 1 - 3 routes. One of these being a shuttle service that was put in place by Arriva because of roadworks on a particularly awkward road that a typical E400 couldn't navigate with the roadworks in place, so they chucked a dart on it. Another may be a fictional route linking the more north-west side of Connahs Quay with the south-eastern side of Connahs Quay.
- The tight, awkward-to-navigate roads associated with UK Roads, something especially noticeable in this area
- Real routes operated by AI to simulate realism. These routes will likely become usable after the Beta stage has been completed and the map expands further.
Map Expansion?
- If the map turns out to be popular and is worth expanding, I will likely work on a basis of putting out updates as I add parts to the map, for example, If after creating Connah's Quay and I begin to create the neighbouring town of Shotton, I will likely put an update out that includes Shotton, adding a fictional line to add to the fun!
I'm not sure how long this little project will take, but this is where I'll post updates and as it gets more developed, I'll create a WIP thread.