Louisiana pre-research tips

[flight50]

For oil and gas, there are a couple of underground storage facilities that SCS can add another level for this industry. Oil and gas is already a very established industry in ATS. Now add underground to it and it adds another element for the industry.

https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/unde ... t%20States.

https://www.energy.gov/ceser/spr-storage-sites

[1948LJMack]

Now I am not sure if you were able to see the RTA transit garages, but there is the Carolton streetcar barn. I have an old VHS cassette on two of New Orleans streetcar routes. I think there is more like 19 entrances into the barn and I think some of those are truck friendly. Some of the tracks in there may have pits. The freight that would be great to take to this place would be paper products, train wheels, forklifts, food oriented items, office supplies, and motor parts. The way the property is laid out you enter the garage off of Janette or Dante Street, but you exit on Willow Street.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9503385 ... FQAw%3D%3D

[TitleMax]

New Orleans will have to have to show some of its unique flavor. With only industrial areas added, it will seem like just another city.

The French Quarter obviously wouldn't be able to make it, not just 'cause of restrictions. But if it were to be played round with like the National Parks, the streets are just too narrow to fit any 18-Wheeler, and we'll just get stuck driving through them. But there is a way to still represent this area. Decatur Street and Canal Street both have a prohibition on trucks above 36 feet, the average height of the trucks in the game are 40 Feet. However, like with the National Parks, this don't have to be implemented into the game. And unlike the French Quarter these roads have plenty of space.

Now what I'm thinking is this route: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/29.9394 ... FQAw%3D%3D

Off the exit of US 90 Bus onto Camp Street (Camp street could be shortened to just a block). Then hitting Canal Street, from there you can put barriers on the left side and continue the road on the right side. Have us drive south down Canal Street until it hits N Peters Street. Then have us turn left onto N Peters and drive down it onto Decatur street until hitting N Peters again.

There must be a reason to drive down this way. There is an old substation at the N Peters St and Elysian Fields Avenue Intersection where the route will end: https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9625208 ... FQAw%3D%3D
This can be a Faraday Depot or a depot for a new electric company. The entrance can be modified in a different place so that there will be enough space to enter and exit the substation.

With the route back going right through Decatur: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/29.9626 ... FQAw%3D%3D

This route and depot would give an opportunity to show the beauty and uniqueness of New Orleans, passing through Canal Street, Jackson Square, The French Market, and a tiny snippet of the French Quarter. While also giving somewhat of a challenge to players with a more narrow (but not impossible) route to drive through. And if the depot can't fit, maybe this could still be pursued as a secret road.

Also, if y'all do decide to incorporate this route into the game, please don't cheap out on the architecture by using generic North American small-town buildings already in game. Please make new assets that fit the colonial French/Spanish architectural style that sit on these blocks in real life.

[TitleMax]

Palmettos are native Palm Trees to the Gulf Coast from Texas all the way to the Atlantic Coast in South Carolina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabal_palmetto

This tree is very prevalent in the Gulf Coast but can be ignored by most. As in the game's version of Galveston replaces all the palmettos that exist in real life with California Fan Palms and there feels like little difference from the real-life version to the in-game version. But in the far future when we get to Florida and South Carolina, this tree becomes very important being state trees and just very prevalent anyway. So inevitably models for these trees will have to be created. It could be considered now for the Louisiana DLC or later during the creation of future DLCs in the South.

If you need help identifying a Pruned Palmetto versus a California/Mexican Fan Palm whenever you see one on research pictures or google maps. Palmettos have much shorter leaves, while California Fan Palms have much bigger leaves that look like fans hence the name. When Palmettos are full they're much easier to identify as they are much rounder kinda like a ball:

[TitleMax]

With past states the only flags really seen are Old Glory and State Flags. In Louisiana though, there are a lot more flags that you can see all over, not just at somebody's house, or a restaurant, or used car lot.

The Acadiana/Cajun Flag is very important: https://imgur.com/a/bYRjo2b
You can find it in the Acadiana Region (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadiana) and New Orleans.

It is very prevalent in the city of Lafayette as well, the urban capital of Acadiana n' Cajun Country.

Outside of Acadiana you will find you can just use just the ol' U.S. Flag and Louisiana State Flag in the rest of the state (On top of maybe an occasional French or Spanish flag if they exist at a historical site or city hall you are building).

But once you get to New Orleans there are many many flags flown everywhere, including the Cajun Flag I mentioned earlier.

In most American Cities, city flags are only really seen at city government structures. In New Orleans it's a different story. You will see the New Orleans City Flag everywhere: https://imgur.com/a/u7Q1aPv

Another flag you may spot frequently in New Orleans is the House Of Bourbon Flag: https://imgur.com/a/PdXEQZo

You will also find the Kingdom Of Castille Flag dotted round Louisiana City Halls, Historic Sites, and on Steamboat Natchez: https://imgur.com/a/Oc8l7GK

There is also the Louisiana Creole Flag: https://imgur.com/a/l1ySrrf
But I can't find a specific place that it would be in.

Edit: There is a fun real common flag you could add to certain restaurants throughout the state too https://imgur.com/a/GLcMTzP

[Locusta4258]

Also in Louisiana there's a couple a road signs in French and English

[Locusta4258]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/97459216@ ... TaK-7JkSgL

[oldmanclippy]

@Locusta4258 if you know the locations of those it might be helpful to post google maps street view links

[Locusta4258]

I found a similar one in the same city
411-401 S Main St, St Martinville, LA 70582, USA

[TitleMax]

Also in Louisiana there's a couple a road signs in French and English

And in Lafayette specifically it's French first then English

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2240043 ... FQAw%3D%3D