Lot generation about egregoria HOT 6 CLOSED

Going with #1 with an eye towards making it less artificial sounds like the right choice here.

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What do you mean less artificial ? Find a way to make the zones less rectangular ? My guess is since this is just for zoning, you end up not seeing it on the map since buildings inside those rectangles can have any shape.
Here's a screenshot from C:S, notice how you can't see the grid:

I do agree I think I'll go with n°1

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From the thread:

This system is completely viable, and could work just fine code-wise (I have spent approximately 200 hours reading through the source and modding for C:S). The lot-generation is likewise pretty trivial, as there are lots of real life papers and information on how to generate them (My major in college was Land Surveying and Civil Engineering).

I wish they'd left a link to those amazing papers !
EDIT: found this in the meantime which I'll have to read some day.

I point my finger at Cities XL where you could just choose from a variety of plazas and fill spots in dire need of beautification.

I think I have to get a look at Cities XL too

Transport Fever doesn't use predefined grids, but uses an algorithm to offset an imaginary grid parallel to the road, meaning that when you select a lot the outline has the same bend as the road. That allows for more space efficiency and a general better look.

And transport fever, which I actually have but didn't get to play it yet

I also need to change my vocabulary:

Parcel: Zone between roads
Lot: Zone where a building/house can be placed

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Quick update;
Looked at Cities XL and the zoning is entirely manual, you chose from differently sized lots and just place them.
They also have an advanced algorithms for filling parcels with roads and zones which looks pretty cool but is super out of scope.

Looked at transport fever, which has a "place city" town as it's a game focused on transportation and not on city management. However I couldn't see anything related to zoning, they just have a cool city generator I guess.

In the end, I think I'll go the C:S route and plop some rectangles with some funky heuristics.

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Looks good to me with the map of Paris:

And with some curved roads:

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