mod for a better road layout?

[haessliches Frettchen]

hi,

yes i know i can disable the autobuild for roads in cities, but later when you have connected many cities its just too much work to place roads in each city

but the game place the roads so useless and there are many dead ends, useless roads...
like a full road around one house ._.


is there a mod that the cities build the roads better?

[Harald Fairmane]

you have to check the openttd forums for mods - something like this perhaps?

https://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=87011

[2TallTyler]

The linked mod, Improved Town Layouts, doesn't change roads — just houses.

You might try one of the road grid options in Settings, either 2x2 or 3x3.

[Quinch]

I second the 2x2 or 3x3 suggestion - the spaghetti layout of the original TTDX was a nightmare, and these two options make things far less eldritch.

[haessliches Frettchen]

What is 2x2? 2x2 free space and road is 4x4 or what does it mean?

[Quinch]

Basically, that's the layout of the buildings - so you can set it that your buildings {either single tile houses or larger stuff like stadiums} are arranged in a square pattern two or three wide with the roads surrounding them in an even network. Go to the settings and look up "road layout for new towns", then start a new game and it'll be easy to see what I mean.

{sidenote, the selected layout seems to be shared between all towns, so if you extend a road from one town and run it perfectly straight, it will line up with the roads from other towns if any are in the way}

[haessliches Frettchen]

Thx I try it in a running game and look at new cities what happens. But 2x6 or something I find better. 3x3 is mostly an empty place in mid and 2x2 to much roads. :/

[kamnet]

There are only four options for building roads in the game. These cannot be changed by NewGRF mods.
1. Original (modeled after original Transport Tycoon), which as you note is a mess.
2. Improved (a reworked version of the original, which reduces some of the clutter while still trying to make roads look more randomized).
3. 2x2 grid
4. 3x3 grid

As noted, you also have the option to disable towns from building roads. Many players like to enable this option and instead build their own road grids for the cities to build into. It looks ugly at first. Many players also use this option so that they can place building objects, design larger stations, etc and then lay their own roads around that.