Adjust Roads

Verified: December 2021 - TM:PE 11.5.2

Overview

Use these tools to create Priority Routes, High Priority Roads, and optimise medium/large Roundabouts.

Usage

The bulk applicators are accessed from the Adjust Roads panel:

To open the panel, either:

• Open the TM:PE Toolbar, then click the road/roundabout you want to customise
  • This only works if none of the TM:PE tools are active; if you are in a tool, exit it first.
• Or, click the name of the road/roundabout you want to customise
  • This is a shortcut for opening the Traffic Routes info view, then selecting the Adjust Roads tab, then clicking the road/roundabout you want to customise :)

Applicators

Click the desired button to apply changes to the route:

Button	Purpose	Customisations
	Deletes all customisations along the route (except vehicle restrictions and timed traffic lights).
	Toggle Stop signs on/off along Priority Routes.	Priority Signs
	Toggle Yield signs on/off along Priority Routes.	Priority Signs
	Toggle High Priority Roads policies on/off along a route.	Priority Signs, Lane Arrows, Junction Restrictions
	Toggle Roundabout Policies on/off on a roundabout.	Priority Signs, Lane Connectors, Junction Restrictions, Speed Limits, Parking Restrictions
	Select/alter the route (see next section)

Note:

• Clicking the button a second time will remove the customisations (TM:PE 11.6 or later).
• The roundabout button will only be enabled if the route consists entirely of one-way road.
• To ensure customisations are applied, the features must be enabled in Maintenance settings.

Setting the route

The selected route is indicated by a thick green bar along the road or roundabout.

If you opened the Adjust Roads panel via the TM:PE Toolbar, the route will only be shown when the mouse hovers an applicator button.

If you want to alter the route:

1. Click the Adjust Road button:
   
2. Click any road/roundabout to set it as the route
3. Drag the green circles to extend or alter the route:
   • The large circles at the ends of the green bar define start/end points
   • The smaller circle, somewhere in the middle, can anchor the route to a specific road

Renaming the route

All segments of the route are given the same road name, which is shown in the title bar of the Adjust Roads panel.

To change the road name:

1. Click the current name in the title bar
2. Alter the name as desired
3. Press Return to save changes

You can rename any network this way - including quays, paths and power lines!

Shortcuts

The following shortcuts are applicable when the Adjust Roads panel is active...

Selection:

• Click a road/roundabout - Select route
  • Any previously selected route will be deselected
  • You can now use applicators
• Esc - exit Adjust Roads panel

Camera / Overlays:

• Mouse wheel - zoom in or out
  • If you zoom out too far, overlays may disappear

Overlays

While the Adjust Roads panel is open, multiple TM:PE Overlays will be visible, such as speed limits, lane connectors, and priority signs. To reduce clutter, these overlays only show where changes have been made:

To see overlays for more distant roads, scroll the camera towards them. Depending on camera position, you might need to zoom in a little.

You can set the transparency of overlays in General settings. When the Adjust Roads panel is closed, overlays will be removed.

FAQ

Some vehicles ignore the customisations

• Reckless Drivers ignore most traffic policies.
• Vehicles which are already driving aren't notified about changes by default:
  • Enable Apply AI changes right away in General settings if you want immediate updates.
• Short road segments entering junctions can confuse the vehicle AIs (eg. not enough time to yeild/stop):
  • Use Broken Nodes Detector mod to locate them
  • Increasing the length of the segment usually fixes it, and setting a lower speed for the segment also sometimes works

Does it affect frame rate or cause lag?

Not directly; the bulk applicators are just alternate ways to apply customisations. Some of those customisations, however, might cause a little lag (see their wiki pages for more details).

After changing the route (green bar), my roads disappeared!

This is either a game bug or broken workshop road assets. For more details, and how to fix, see: Section of road becomes blue void.

See Also

Toolbar:

• Junction Restrictions
• Lane Connectors
• Parking Restrictions
• Priority Signs - has similar bulk applicators
• Speed Limits

Settings:

• Policies - configure high priority road and roundabout policies

Guides:

• Info views:
  • Traffic Routes
• Roads:
  • Priority Routes
  • High Priority Roads
  • Roundabouts

Issue Tracker:

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