Town Builder

Town Builder

The town builder allows you to build a town with a custom predefined street network, that is more efficient and aesthetically pleasing than what the base game produces.

You can:
– build a new town from scratch
– completely bulldoze and rebuild an existing town
– non-destructively expand an existing town

There are several layouts to choose from including:
– Simple grid
– A city of concentric circles
– various other patterns to keep things interesting

I have reused some of the code from the minimap to present a live preview of the proposed build.

Additional features:
– You can automatically setup bus or tram lines
– Options available for highway construction on the town perimiter and centralised one way streets for traffic management
– Optional roundabouts at major intersections
– Allow bridges and tunnels to expand into otherwise unreachable areas

Optional mods:
This mod is completely standalone, and has no required dependencies. However, if you choose to install it will integrate with the following:
– “Undo!” – this allows for some work to be undone such as expanding the existing street network (note that complete town replacement cannot be undone)
– “Light rail overhaul” – if installed you can select the option to automatically create an elevated light rail network in the town
– “Better interchanges for vanilla roads” – if installed it will use a slightly improved construction for highway junctions

Caution! The rebuild option should only be used on cities that you do not have any bus/truck/tram lines. Removing all streets removes stops, and the game may crash if it can’t find a place to put player vehicles that were on the network.

Please let me know of any issues.