Ok, I also spent 3-4 hours on the editor last night. And, after a while, I got the hang of it. The sheer SCALE is mind-blowing. I ADORE the way the roads are done and spent some time just attacking the general motorway layout for my region (with a couple of complex intersections, obviously!).

A view items come to my mind and which I wrote down last night:

- Dropper for heights: Is there any way to get the flattening tool to pick up the height of any given point and apply that? Or conversely, is there any tool to see the height of a particular point. The flatten height slider is also very hit and miss.

- Grid: Would it be possible to have some kind of grid overlay for the editor, so that things can be aligned nicely?

- Height colour map: Could we see a reinstatement of the coloured height chart of the CiM1 editor? It was very useful for working out heights and working out which areas were of identical height...

- Paving tools: I tried to create a square/plaza/piazza for the city centre, but there's no tool to add paving (or is there?) to the centre of the square. Could that be added?

- Roads to the edge: I know that the game is doing without interregional traffic, but purely from an aesthetic point of view, it would be neat to allow expressways et al to actually go "off the edge", just to make it all a bit more real.

- Area markers: The map will have towns, villages and districts. Would it be possible to have a tool as in CiM1 so that they can be marked on the map?

- Snap To tool: Bendy roads are brilliant, but sometimes we need straight bits. (Same applies to buildings too). Could there be a function to snap the roads or buildings to a grid, to allow better placement?

- Building surrounds: Part of the fun (for me) of the CiM1 editor was the creation of real spaces to live. The buildings would form long (varied!) rows along inner city streets, and suburbs would have hedges around the houses. Is it possible to remove that grey area from around the buildings and let us decide if we want them or not? I personally would really enjoy making curved residential streets of houses with lawns, trees and grass, and then large inner-city areas.



Obviously, those are MY thoughts on the subject. Fully understand if some can't be done. If you could manage a few then this game will increase in awesomeness (and yes, it does grow on you!!!).