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01:35:14 <luQue> is there a good place to get an overview over custom builds?
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07:41:03 <JVassie> Hmm, whats the general procedure for doing a livery refit in plain NFO?
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07:45:22 <planetmaker> JVassie: you need to define a cargo subtype
07:46:09 <planetmaker> switched back from nml to nfo? ;-)
07:46:29 <JVassie> just seeing if understanding the nfo would help me get on with the NML :)
07:46:39 <Terkhen> in stuff like engines, make sure that either you use a special cargo or have capacity = 0
07:46:49 <Terkhen> unless they are supposed to have capacity :P
07:47:07 <planetmaker> JVassie: I bet rather not. Of course such knowledge doesn't hurt with adv. things
07:47:26 <planetmaker> again... look at the flatbed wagon
07:47:27 <JVassie> well engines normally wont have capacity I guess
07:47:29 <Terkhen> there is an annoying bug in the spain set with this... with cargo trains picking up a single passenger in their locomotive and leaving with their wagons almost empty
07:47:44 <JVassie> planetmaker: I did, but because i didnt understand what I was looking for, I think it eluded me :p
07:49:44 <planetmaker> hm... the flatbed wagon hasn't different liveries for the same cargo...
07:51:07 <planetmaker> still... you need to define different sub cargos for the same cargo and then query the refit_cycle to chose the proper graphics set
08:00:17 <planetmaker> untested but I think it should work, or similar
08:00:38 <JVassie> the spriteset templates just produce a standard spriteset with 8 views?
08:01:38 <JVassie> switch (FEAT_TRAINS, SELF, flatbed_wagon_ensp_livery_switch, refit_cycle) {
08:01:38 <JVassie> 0: flatbed_wagon_engineeringsupplies_vehicle1_group;
08:01:38 <JVassie> flatbed_wagon_engineeringsupplies_vehicle2_group;
08:01:48 <JVassie> should that 2nd line not start with 1: ?
08:04:20 <JVassie> dunno, just checking :p
08:04:43 <JVassie> so that switch changes the graphics during the refit cycle
08:04:59 <JVassie> switch (FEAT_TRAINS, SELF, flatbed_wagon_cb_cargo_suffix_switch, cargo_type_in_veh) {
08:04:59 <JVassie> ENSP: return string(STR_FLATBED_WAGON_CARGO_SUBTYPE_MACHINERY);
08:04:59 <JVassie> ENSP: return string(STR_FLATBED_WAGON_CARGO_SUBTYPE_VEHICLES1);
08:05:33 <JVassie> this switch provides the two strings for use, but not sure how the cargo types come into it
08:05:36 <JVassie> as theyre both the same
08:06:14 <planetmaker> you wanted that, didn't you?
08:06:50 <planetmaker> If you just want different looks for different cargos... just query cargo_type_in_veh and chose graphics accordingly
08:06:58 <planetmaker> then you don't need the CB
08:10:11 <planetmaker> what I showed you in the first paste is means to allow the player to explicitly choose different looks for the _same_ cargo
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08:27:40 <andythenorth> multi-stop docks would be fun
08:28:23 <andythenorth> crowd-sourcing is so much easier than Just Making A Decision :P
08:29:32 <planetmaker> option B: auto-magic and manual tiles, both make sense
08:29:54 <planetmaker> though the manual tiles probably need be only a small subset
08:30:03 <andythenorth> I think there will be about 12 or so
08:30:14 <planetmaker> Like it needs not separate tiles for each cargo. But the building or so could be a separate tile
08:31:31 <andythenorth> means switching menus...
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08:53:06 <JVassie> <planetmaker> what I showed you in the first paste is means to allow the player to explicitly choose different looks for the _same_ cargo
08:53:10 <JVassie> thats what i wanted :)
08:53:37 <JVassie> but, in the case where its an engine and has 0 capacity, how does it change that?
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09:09:57 <planetmaker> [10:31] andythenorth means switching menus... <-- I don't think. from my own style of building I need two modes: the automatic one-click-fits-whole-station and the I-want-it-exactly-that
09:10:05 <planetmaker> thus it can be two menu entries just as well
09:10:42 <andythenorth> the edge case for me is PAX faciliities
09:10:48 <andythenorth> but there I use default station personally
09:10:52 <planetmaker> JVassie: also by the sub-"cargo" callback
09:10:52 <andythenorth> so I have to switch anyway
09:11:14 <planetmaker> that doesn't need a cargo, it just offers different strings which then will give you a different sub-"cargo"
09:11:35 <planetmaker> andythenorth: pax and cargo stations in different menus don't hurt
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11:17:09 <planetmaker> set design input needed: wrt rail wagons I'd like to introduce some progress in time. One lever is speed limit. Silently increase it for the same wagons over time?
11:17:14 <planetmaker> I don't want to spam the build list
11:17:40 <planetmaker> with like 5 generations for each wagon
11:18:17 <Yexo> could you detect the "never expire vehicles" flag and make it depend on that?
11:18:40 <planetmaker> Hm, I thought of that.
11:18:42 <Yexo> when on, silently upgrade existing wagons. When off, add new wagons
11:19:10 <planetmaker> only with 'never expire = off' one would then be able to autoreplace them
11:19:15 <planetmaker> but that's probably fine then
11:19:35 <Yexo> if you upgrade old wagons you can still decide to upgrade all wagons
11:19:44 <Yexo> ie make it depend on current_date, not build_date
11:20:04 <planetmaker> I wonder mostly about the 'never expire=on'
11:20:18 <Terkhen> will you be able to disable speed limits?
11:20:29 <planetmaker> or rather: does autoreplace or autorenew work to upgrade to the new version?
11:20:42 <planetmaker> Terkhen: disable speed limits is an adv. setting. so: yes
11:20:48 <planetmaker> it's out of newgrf control
11:20:50 <Yexo> planetmaker: autorenew doesn't work for wagons
11:20:58 <Yexo> and autoreplace does, but only to another vehicleid
11:21:09 <Terkhen> but if speed limits is off, will you have a lot of identical wagons?
11:21:10 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <@planetmaker> set design input needed: wrt rail wagons I'd like to introduce some progress in time. One lever is speed limit. Silently increase it for the same wagons over time? <-- yes, that was my thought as well, that's why i asked whether a newgrf could issue a news message like "wagon speed limit is now X"
11:21:14 <planetmaker> hm... ok, so I'll need new IDs in the 'expire' case
11:21:38 <Yexo> planetmaker: why? why not upgrade _existing_ wagons as well?
11:22:02 <planetmaker> and change them while they're running on the tracks?
11:22:29 <Yexo> <planetmaker> hm... ok, so I'll need new IDs in the 'expire' case <- was that about "vehicles never expire = on"?
11:22:34 <Terkhen> IIRC those changes only happen in depots
11:23:01 <Eddi|nichZuHause> speed limit callback might be run on track change as well?
11:23:12 <planetmaker> Yexo: in order to not flood the purchase list I can use different IDs in the 'expire=on' case. But in the 'expire=never' case, I'd not like to do that
11:23:26 <planetmaker> as 3 or 4 flatbed wagons are boring
11:23:46 <Yexo> I misunderstood "the 'expire' case" as "expire=never"
11:23:55 <peter1138> upgrading whilst on track is wrong
11:24:25 <planetmaker> Upgrading in depot... might work via CB
11:24:43 <planetmaker> silently so-to-speak
11:25:11 <peter1138> in the depot is fine, i think
11:25:23 <peter1138> just be wary of network consistency
11:25:38 <planetmaker> in what way, peter1138 ?
11:27:01 <planetmaker> hm... so I'll have to check something like 'days since last service' wrt the intro date of a new wagon generation
11:27:25 <planetmaker> though it'll be nice to give the user also the choice to NOT upgrade automatically
11:28:17 <planetmaker> but that then only is viable with different IDs, right? Hm... I do have the purchase date, do I?
11:28:49 <Yexo> newgrf parameter to switch between upgrading / not upgrading automatically / introduce different vehicles
11:29:11 <planetmaker> and... the different versions as sub cargos. Where only the newest is available, but nothing changes when no refit is done...
11:29:40 <Yexo> can you set a subcargo on build?
11:30:04 <Terkhen> can you decide which refits are available?
11:30:06 <Yexo> there are bugs with refit wrt to subcargos
11:30:11 <Yexo> so that's not a good idea
11:30:33 <planetmaker> a normal CB chain can contain date
11:30:40 <Terkhen> I was thinking that you could "force" a refit by making only the one you want available
11:30:48 <Terkhen> but yes, there are bugs with cargo subtypes
11:32:36 <planetmaker> well, that bug being there should not stop a solution via sub-cargo abuse ;-)
11:33:01 <planetmaker> at least in this case it's ok to upgrade all wagons to, say, 2nd gen
11:33:17 <Yexo> if you refit the complete train to another subcargo of one other wagon, all your wagons might be downgraded
11:34:12 <planetmaker> Well, I'd not make available concurrently more than one generation. So only an upgrade is possible - if different wagons are introduced at the same time, I guess
11:34:47 <Yexo> planetmaker: the bug with subcargoes is about the fact that in some cases a subcargo can be set that was not even available
11:35:01 <Yexo> so subcargo 0 could be set for your wagons when only 3 and 4 are available
11:35:20 <Yexo> as such downgrading the wagon from generation 4 (or 5) to generation 1 instead of upgrading it
11:35:22 <planetmaker> so, assume I have a valuables wagon and a bulk (coal) wagon. I refit the latter to 2nd gen
11:35:37 <planetmaker> the valuables has no generations. Anything bad?
11:36:35 <Yexo> using subcargoes for this feels wrong anyway
11:38:07 <Yexo> var 92 contains "date of last service in days since 1920"
11:39:40 <planetmaker> that's... sad that it's not 0-based days
11:39:57 <planetmaker> since 1920 is soooo TTD ;-)
11:40:25 <planetmaker> I probably should do that, yes
11:40:38 <planetmaker> or this simply won't work :-P
11:40:48 <Terkhen> what else would change besides wagon speed?
11:41:04 <planetmaker> graphics slightly
11:41:17 <Yexo> planetmaker: as long as the second generation of wagons comes out after 1920 there shouldn't be a problem
11:41:42 <planetmaker> Yexo: and after 2090?
11:41:48 <planetmaker> what does it give then?
11:42:17 <planetmaker> always? Hm... might work. Then 2nd gen is 1921 or so
11:42:44 <Terkhen> my problem with wagon speed limits is that I don't see the point for them... engines have a speed limit already, and new engines appear over time
11:43:21 <planetmaker> @calc 65535 / 365.24
11:43:21 <DorpsGek> planetmaker: 179.429963859
11:43:31 <Terkhen> designing engines too fast for the current wagons does not make much sense, and if they are slower then wagon speed limit serves no purpose
11:43:49 <planetmaker> Terkhen: I don't mind them, I don't use them. But some players like them, so I can give it to them
11:43:56 <planetmaker> It doesn't harm me
11:44:20 <planetmaker> and changing graphics and possibly capacity over time also makes sense :-)
11:44:34 <Terkhen> I was going to add that maybe they should have other differences, such as running costs (which I also don't like, but it makes sense for the feature)
11:45:00 <Terkhen> and maybe capacities, yes
11:45:13 <Terkhen> you could steal the 2cc wagons :P
11:46:26 <planetmaker> so... the one-crate wagons could somehow be 'early' and the two-crate wagons could be generations 2 and three
11:48:25 <planetmaker> Though the early wagons might then indeed need some much more special graphics
11:48:39 <planetmaker> But that can be changed when I have it ;-)
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11:49:54 <planetmaker> I'd end up with a German Trainsset, Eddi ;-)
11:50:07 <planetmaker> the bad(?) thing is: if someone drew it, I'd even code it :-P
11:50:55 <planetmaker> otherwise we'd never get an up-to-date and extensible German trainset
11:52:25 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i have a few ideas myself
11:52:37 <planetmaker> the long wagon thingy?
11:52:46 <Eddi|nichZuHause> yes, for example
11:53:03 <Eddi|nichZuHause> but i can't draw anything... i tried...
11:53:25 <Eddi|nichZuHause> but... i have actual work to do now...
11:55:57 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <@Terkhen> my problem with wagon speed limits is that I don't see the point for them... engines have a speed limit already, and new engines appear over time <-- main effect of wagon speed limits is differentiating passenger and freight traffic
11:56:23 <Terkhen> oh, that makes sense :P
11:56:44 <Terkhen> I was thinking just on generations of the same wagon with different speeds
11:58:18 <Terkhen> meh... I have just started checking the spain set thread from the beginning
11:58:31 <Terkhen> I have no clue of who took part in the project, I only know that they were a lot of people
11:58:55 <Terkhen> might be better to get new sprites than to relicense the old set :/
12:00:02 <planetmaker> Terkhen: just ask each person who posted sprites whether you can (re)use them
12:00:10 <Yexo> if you find one or two people who contributed a lot of sprites, you could try to ask only them to relicense their sprites
12:00:10 <planetmaker> write a few forum mails ;-)
12:00:19 <Terkhen> they even mention some people that were not in the forums at all :P
12:00:41 <JVassie> Eddi|nichZuHause: your translation comes out as Churchill's patch pack :D
12:00:47 <Terkhen> they talk about a tracking table, but it seems to have dissapeared
12:01:41 <Noldo> is the patch still alive and kicking?
12:02:49 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: anyway, my most immediate plan was to pick a single train, my eye fell on the LBE double decker train, and make a test-grf for the long wagons project out of that
12:03:05 <planetmaker> how far did you get?
12:03:31 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i watched a few blender tutorials ;)
12:03:42 <Terkhen> it only contains a few trains but it is a good start :P
12:04:06 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i tried pixel-drawing but did not get anywhere
12:05:13 <Eddi|nichZuHause> on the code-side it needs finishing of the "return special sprite if drawing in GUI"
12:05:24 <planetmaker> That's relatively easy, Eddi|
12:05:32 <planetmaker> cargo 0xFF in the graphics block
12:05:45 <planetmaker> just link to the graphics you want to show
12:05:46 <Eddi|nichZuHause> no, that is the build window
12:05:52 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i meant GUI as in vehicle details
12:06:05 <Eddi|nichZuHause> which is something different
12:06:16 <planetmaker> hm, ok. Why does that need a special one?
12:06:56 <Eddi|nichZuHause> because the GUI shouldn't change sprites when the wagon makes fancy var-45 stuff
12:07:12 <Eddi|nichZuHause> otherwise you get disconnected or otherwise weird drawings
12:07:15 <planetmaker> whatever var45 is :-)
12:07:29 <Eddi|nichZuHause> var45 = curvature info
12:07:45 <Eddi|nichZuHause> better to see: av8 planes on takeoff
12:08:54 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: what's so special about that particular thread?
12:09:23 <JVassie> <JVassie> Eddi|nichZuHause: your translation comes out as Churchill's patch pack :D
12:09:28 <JVassie> just found it amusing :p
12:10:20 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: you can see for yourself, pick my longwagons test grf, build a train, and let it run around curves in a circle, then watch the vehicle details window or the train list window
12:10:34 <planetmaker> Eddi|nichZuHause: are there somewhere sprites which could be considered a start for a German trainset?
12:10:54 <planetmaker> where's that test grf?
12:15:20 <JVassie> planetmaker: not happy with DBSet?
12:15:49 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: in the newgrf technical forum
12:16:09 <planetmaker> JVassie: it's unusable in multiplayer
12:16:16 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: the 5 year old outdated version or the 5 year unreleased version?
12:16:18 <planetmaker> due to author-issues
12:16:40 <planetmaker> JVassie: only bananas-grfs are usable in multiplayer
12:16:41 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: ENotOnBananas
12:16:44 <JVassie> well Eddi, dotn think anyoen is happy with the unreleased 0.9
12:17:15 <JVassie> is that a rule or a physical restriction?
12:17:33 <planetmaker> it doesn't support parameter GUI. it has silly restrictions on engine pool and never-expire vehicles. And it's not open source
12:17:58 <planetmaker> JVassie: you cannot sensibly run a server with grfs not found on banans
12:17:59 <Ammler> well, it is more open as pikka grfs :-)
12:18:24 <JVassie> so more of a 'rule' then I guess
12:18:29 <Ammler> at least it has a license ;-)
12:18:30 <planetmaker> thus not on bananas is to me like doesn't exist
12:18:42 <planetmaker> And not worth bothering with
12:18:53 <JVassie> me and Ameecher quite happily manage multiplayer games with it :p
12:19:19 <JVassie> and wve made our own extensions for it
12:19:25 <JVassie> DB Double Deck (which is on bananas)
12:19:31 <JVassie> and TRAXX (which isnt yet)
12:19:34 <planetmaker> if you only play with selected buddies: yes. But that hardly then counts as 'open server'
12:19:47 <planetmaker> as no one who doesn't know that forum thread will be able to join
12:19:55 <JVassie> <planetmaker> JVassie: it's unusable in open server multiplayer FYP :)
12:20:05 <Ammler> not sure, what is better, unlicensed grfs on bananas or licensed grfs not on bananas
12:20:57 <planetmaker> JVassie: it IMHO generally not usable then for MP. Especially as there's no reason for authors to NOT upload released grfs to bananas
12:21:18 <planetmaker> Ammler: each grf on bananas has a license :-)
12:21:29 <JVassie> obviously i agree with you :)
12:21:30 <Ammler> well, dbset not on bananas is due to bananas restrictions not an issue of MB
12:21:49 <Ammler> he just doesn't do it self
12:21:56 <JVassie> ive never uploaded anything to bananas
12:22:05 <JVassie> Ameecher does it for me :p
12:22:20 <JVassie> I presume there are conditions of uploading
12:22:25 <JVassie> like being the grf owner
12:22:28 <JVassie> and it havign a license?
12:22:36 <Ammler> license is not required
12:22:57 <JVassie> need to get Ameecher to upload our latest addon :p
12:23:08 <Noldo> so banana restrictions AND unwillingend of the author to do it
12:23:58 <JVassie> kind of ironic were talkign about DBSet, Ive just finished writign a timeline guide to it :p
12:24:53 <Ammler> planetmaker: maybe you can setup a team with the europe set guy :-)
12:25:01 <planetmaker> yes, I thought so
12:25:10 <JVassie> your planning your own german trains set?
12:25:45 <planetmaker> Ammler says it ;-)
12:26:13 <planetmaker> obviously it might make sense to get Eddi onto the team then, too ;-)
12:26:43 <JVassie> I wouldnt mind being involved :p
12:27:06 <planetmaker> honestly, JVassie ?
12:27:12 <JVassie> well, I started the Swiss Set
12:27:18 <planetmaker> the main thing which stops/ed me is a lack of sprites
12:27:59 <Ammler> isn't there also a partially öb set?
12:28:02 <JVassie> does the dbsetxl license stop you from editing it (even if you dont release it)
12:28:11 <planetmaker> and I'd quite fancy to not do that set alone indeed. But mostly it needs a person who then really draws sprites for this set specifically as e.g. Voyager does for 2ccTS
12:28:22 <planetmaker> JVassie: I don't write grf for myself
12:28:29 <Ammler> JVassie: if you don't release, who should someone blame?
12:29:05 <JVassie> I presume your allowed to post pictures of your creation
12:29:13 <JVassie> so you can just tease people endlessly
12:29:21 <Ammler> just be careful with credtis :-P
12:29:30 <planetmaker> yeah. But I don't want to exercise the habits of SAC and mb neither
12:29:53 <JVassie> SAC did release the grfs though
12:29:56 <planetmaker> besides I'd be too much an attention-whore to not release it :-P
12:30:17 <Yexo> JVassie: and how much content was in there relative to the amount of content was showed in all teasers / screenshots?
12:30:18 <JVassie> if we sort out sprites
12:30:54 <planetmaker> I'd work on such set, yes
12:30:55 <Yexo> coding for a properly-licensed german trainset won't be a problem
12:31:05 * Yexo volunteers to help with code too if that's needed
12:31:05 <Ammler> planetmaker: seriously what about a alpine set with branches to germany?
12:31:09 <JVassie> Now, should I bump a topic which hasnt been replied in since March 2005? :p
12:31:25 <planetmaker> JVassie: with a usable reply ;-)
12:31:43 <JVassie> well it's a downloadable .doc with a new guide
12:31:52 <JVassie> so somewhat usable i guess :p
12:31:53 <peter1138> .doc? how antiquated
12:31:55 <planetmaker> Ammler: So a central European TS?
12:32:06 <JVassie> well nto everyoen has .docx compatibility
12:32:29 <peter1138> most of the time you should present it as a pdf
12:32:47 <peter1138> not everyone has .doc compatibility
12:32:56 <planetmaker> Ammler: and then a switch "swiss/austrian/german/.."?
12:33:00 <peter1138> and even then, it doesn't always look the same
12:33:04 <JVassie> i suppose most peoples browsers these days can handle pdfs
12:33:10 <JVassie> peter1138: nothing fancy in it
12:34:37 <JVassie> planetmaker: OTTD has no limit on vehicle IDs now right?
12:34:48 <planetmaker> no practical limit
12:34:55 <Yexo> there is a limit at around 64000 IDs
12:35:15 <planetmaker> What I do not want to do is the mistake of the 2ccTS: it has WAY too many vehicles
12:35:42 <JVassie> What d you think regarding the 'spread' in the dbsetxl?
12:35:43 <planetmaker> Thus if I start on such set, it'll need at least initially a good selection of engines over time, one pax, one fright or so
12:35:45 <Yexo> the problem of the 2ccTS was that is had no scope at all
12:36:06 <planetmaker> the db set is well balanced actually
12:36:21 <planetmaker> and also well drawn
12:36:56 <Eddi|nichZuHause> it definitely is
12:36:57 <peter1138> i find it looks a bit pants compared to pikka's efforts
12:37:27 <peter1138> some of the wagons are pretty crude
12:37:38 <JVassie> peter1138: have you seen mb's unreleased gfx/
12:37:50 <Eddi|nichZuHause> well, pikka's gfx from 5 years ago ;)
12:37:53 <peter1138> that'll be unreleased...
12:38:24 <peter1138> i've not seen it, so i can't comment
12:38:47 <Eddi|nichZuHause> there are screenshots around ;)
12:38:49 <JVassie> a lot of the pictures show huge improvements to the db sprites
12:38:57 <JVassie> german tt forums particularly
12:39:05 <peter1138> feel free to provide links
12:39:12 <peter1138> i don't frequent the german tt forums
12:39:20 <JVassie> i dont speak german :p
12:39:23 <peter1138> i'm not looking at the whole forum
12:39:30 <planetmaker> :-D quite a bit generic link, eh? :-)
12:39:37 <Eddi|nichZuHause> almost all images are in the "MB" thread in tt-forums as well
12:39:59 <peter1138> i was commenting on the state of MB's *released* dbset
12:40:15 <Eddi|nichZuHause> well, it's 5 years old
12:40:20 <Eddi|nichZuHause> actually 6 by now
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12:41:32 <JVassie> first pic i found in the thread
12:42:05 <planetmaker> and it's in that state since about 2007
12:42:19 <peter1138> yeah, i see what you mean
12:43:01 <JVassie> <planetmaker> the db set is well balanced actually
12:43:08 <JVassie> couple of missing things
12:43:17 <JVassie> which I believe he was planning on rectifying in 0.9
12:43:21 <planetmaker> it's technologically out-dated
12:43:23 <JVassie> if it were ever to be released
12:43:45 <planetmaker> but I have no faith in him releasing anything and if so he won't make it available in a useful way to the community
12:43:50 <JVassie> to my knowledge, the reason 0.9 is sooo delayed
12:43:52 <planetmaker> Thus it'll be lost when he looses interest
12:43:56 <JVassie> is because hes working on newships
12:44:00 <JVassie> and his own m4nfo language
12:44:41 <planetmaker> honestly: I don't care of the reasons.
12:44:44 <planetmaker> None is a good one
12:45:29 <JVassie> oh yeah, remember the db passenger set?
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12:46:21 <planetmaker> ah, will be closed source, too
12:46:26 <planetmaker> thus also lost work
12:46:47 <JVassie> Im on (well was) on the team
12:47:28 <planetmaker> You didn't get far, it seems
12:48:03 <JVassie> mainly due to Saskia leaving
12:48:08 <JVassie> and *shudder* Purnos involvement
12:48:20 <JVassie> there was a time when I looked up to Purno *grimface*
12:48:31 <planetmaker> that time was there, yes
12:48:55 <planetmaker> he's an excellent artist
12:49:08 <planetmaker> and was quite quick in that, too
12:49:25 <JVassie> hes not that great, from what I recall of his work
12:49:36 <JVassie> not looked too closely for a while though
12:49:45 <JVassie> another project i was on that didnt get off the ground
12:49:51 <planetmaker> One can do better. But it's definitely not bad
12:50:12 <planetmaker> you know a lot of dead projects, it seems ;-)
12:51:12 <JVassie> ill see if i have ftp details for them both
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12:54:40 <planetmaker> gimme sprites and at best also a draft plan on vehicles ;-)
12:56:29 <JVassie> Gotta wait for Ameecher to get back from work, no way I can manage graphics by myself
12:56:33 <JVassie> he is better at it anyway :p
12:57:53 <JVassie> just realised i have had the british stations grf since oct 08
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13:02:17 <JVassie> topic bump, 6 years and nearly 3 months
13:14:34 <planetmaker> please register ;-)
13:16:01 <JVassie> does this login cover bananas too?
13:16:10 * dihedral thought of timestamp
13:16:24 <Yexo> but it does cover all other projects on the openttdcoop devzone
13:16:42 <dihedral> openttd / tt-forums wide sso
13:16:43 <JVassie> will probably put MSS up there some day soon (tm)
13:17:00 <Yexo> JVassie: yes, I planned on doing that this weekend :)
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13:17:30 <JVassie> hopefully ill be able to copy pasta some of the nfo
13:17:35 <JVassie> and get new additions to work
13:19:32 <Yexo> yes, that station is in one of mb's screenshots
13:19:45 <JVassie> was mb's one based on alexanderplatz?
13:19:55 <planetmaker> he lives close by
13:19:56 <Yexo> don't know, but it looks exactly like it
13:20:20 <JVassie> the majority of the 'central mainline' through Berlin is on 'stilts'
13:20:34 <planetmaker> thus it *might* be another such station there, too ;-)
13:20:38 <JVassie> from westkreuz to ostkreuz
13:21:11 <Yexo> but how many of those are glass like alexanderplatz?
13:22:12 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <JVassie> was mb's one based on alexanderplatz? <-- no, friedrichstraße
13:22:50 <JVassie> cept i couldnt do the ß easily >.>
13:22:56 <planetmaker> also JVassie better remove your reply to the spam posting thread quickly before a global mod finds it ;-)
13:24:24 <JVassie> didnt look at the guys sig >.<
13:24:32 <Yexo> Hyronymus can be quite brutal :p
13:24:42 <JVassie> Hyronymous is putty in my hands :D
13:25:06 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <JVassie> cept i couldnt do the ß easily >.> <- compose+ss, or altgr+s, if you have a useful keymap ;)
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13:26:59 * Rubidium almost was at that station yesterday ;)
13:27:16 <planetmaker> JVassie: could you register at the DevZone?
13:27:32 <JVassie> was installing chrome
13:27:42 <JVassie> and hotmail fails on firefox
13:27:52 <planetmaker> use a real mail client ;-)
13:28:06 <JVassie> ive had hotmail for too many years :p
13:28:11 <dihedral> planetmaker, you consider 'hotmail' a mail client? :-P
13:28:13 <Rubidium> the one just west of Hackescher Markt ;)
13:28:30 <JVassie> been too many years since i was in berlin :(
13:28:45 <JVassie> i remember some weird things though
13:28:55 <JVassie> like kochstrasse for checkpoint charlie
13:28:55 <planetmaker> dihedral: surely not. But "hotmail fails on FF" indicates that no such thing is used, dihedral
13:29:05 <planetmaker> ho, salut Rubidium :-)
13:29:13 <planetmaker> Did you wave when you speeded past my place?
13:29:15 <JVassie> planetmaker: registered
13:29:20 <planetmaker> I didn't see anything ;-)
13:29:29 <planetmaker> JVassie: yes, made you also project manager
13:30:52 <Yexo> JVassie: i you join #openttdcoop.devzone you'll also see all commits announced on irc
13:32:30 <JVassie> shocked im not included :p
13:32:45 <planetmaker> :-D That's my standard dummy project
13:33:15 <planetmaker> Don't worry about contributions not being done. But the makefile framework which I copied... well... I'm the author there ;-)
13:36:43 <planetmaker> I actually wouldn't mind if it started with the really early stuff
13:36:45 <JVassie> So how is the project managed on a feature level?
13:36:51 <JVassie> ie whats getting included etc?
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13:38:41 <JVassie> we also need to decide on countries to include, be it just DE, CH and A? or CZ too? PL also?
13:39:18 <Eddi|nichZuHause> depends on what your definition of "Germany" might be :p
13:39:21 <planetmaker> Personally I'd focus on Germany. But there's IMHO no clear black and white
13:39:35 <planetmaker> so that's why I also chose "central European" ;-)
13:39:53 <planetmaker> Eddi|nichZuHause: interested to join the project, too?
13:40:04 <JVassie> Eddi has al ot of useful knowledge on german railways :p
13:40:13 <Eddi|nichZuHause> ask me later
13:40:19 <JVassie> maybe we could invite mb too?
13:40:34 <planetmaker> not a good idea, JVassie :-) He hates me
13:40:47 <Eddi|nichZuHause> don't distract him
13:40:58 <JVassie> he's working on newships am i right Eddi?
13:41:16 <orudge> He'll contribute a load of graphics, and then two years later decide that he doesn't like the way you've upgraded the project and insist they all be removed ;)
13:41:16 <Eddi|nichZuHause> he already released that one, didn't he?
13:41:30 <Eddi|nichZuHause> he's working on lots of things
13:41:31 <JVassie> well theres a 0.48 prelease on the german forums
13:41:35 <JVassie> which goes alongside marico
13:41:45 <Eddi|nichZuHause> ships, trains, stations, houses, industries, alpine, ...
13:42:10 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: iirc there was a real release as well
13:42:20 <JVassie> well yeah but that was ancient :p
13:42:30 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i meant of 0.48
13:42:47 <JVassie> i only foudn the prelease
13:43:08 <planetmaker> JVassie: you immediately see the adv. of bananas there, right? ;-)
13:43:19 <JVassie> i dotn disagree with you planetmaker ;)
13:43:48 <Yexo> orudge: too bad for him all projects at the devzone have a clear license which doesn't allow that ;)
13:43:50 <planetmaker> hm... I wonder whether the devzone CF could interface banannas directly ;-)
13:44:08 <Yexo> planetmaker: even if it could, should it really do that?
13:44:28 <planetmaker> I'm not sure. Might be a bad idea
13:44:42 <planetmaker> but it would make releases even easier ;-)
13:45:01 <planetmaker> of course it would need enabling in a similar way enabling the CF itself is needed
13:45:36 <JVassie> i just at the time thought you were implyign there was some physical impossibility of using dbset in multiplayer, i was getting ready to jump in and prove you wrong :D
13:46:25 <planetmaker> :-) I know it works there. Played it myself not only once
13:46:35 <JVassie> <Eddi|nichZuHause> i meant of 0.48
13:46:40 <JVassie> can you remember where?
13:46:45 <Rubidium> planetmaker: uhmm... there was too much water (in liquid or solid form) between me and the ground to even guess when I would be near you :(
13:47:17 <planetmaker> Not railways as "usual"?
13:47:29 <JVassie> planetmaker: where do you live?
13:47:41 <Rubidium> they wanted us to be there at 11:00, and that fails with the train
13:47:41 <planetmaker> between berlin and hanovre
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13:49:13 * orudge puts planetmaker on a plane between WRY and PPW
13:49:52 <planetmaker> orudge: our travel forms used to have a checkbox for the means of travel for [x] self-piloted plane ;-)
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13:50:52 <orudge> it'll take longer to get from the gate to the runway at most large airports than it would to get from Westray to Papa Westray
13:51:15 <orudge> indeed, some runways are actually longer than that distance :P
13:51:34 <Rubidium> orudge: well... SXF -> AMS has something similar... :(
13:51:50 <Rubidium> flight time was less than taxi time
13:51:51 <orudge> Rubidium: hmm, 371 miles though, that's not too bad
13:52:01 <orudge> I frequently flew MAN - LHR, which is 151 miles
13:52:07 <planetmaker> luckily taxing on our local airport at least for such small planes doesn't take that long either
13:52:09 <JVassie> "The "licence" for these sets allows using, copying and distribution. It does not allow modifying of any part of the .grfs nor including it into other software, e.g. other .grfs. " --- from one of MBs first ever posts
13:52:09 <orudge> the pilot would announce that we were now at cruising altitude
13:52:18 <planetmaker> the large planes... migth. But they don't start on grass.
13:52:19 <orudge> then about 3 minutes later, he'd announce that they were beginning their descent
13:52:51 <orudge> hmm, and my first flight on Tuesday, Manchester to Dublin, is only 165 miles
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13:53:21 <Rubidium> orudge: normally 65 min flight time, now 40 minutes (they said they arrived 25 minutes early), yet gate -> gate took ~100 minutes
13:54:28 <JVassie> however, a reply by ChrisCF seems to make the point that modification is allowed
13:54:35 <JVassie> and denying it is unlawful
13:54:57 <orudge> ChrisCF? I presume this is a post from years ago
13:55:49 <orudge> that's 6 years ago now :(
13:55:53 <Yexo> JVassie: that doesn't actually matter. Nobody can stop you modifying it for own use
13:56:00 <orudge> 6 years since I started university, nearly
13:56:10 <Yexo> and distributing a modified version _can_ be restricted by mb
13:57:36 <JVassie> quite funny reading mb's posts
13:57:42 <JVassie> he obviously used a translator back then
13:57:44 <orudge> JVassie: link to this topic?
13:59:27 <peter1138> doesn't look like it to me
13:59:31 <orudge> patchman needs to post 3 more posts
13:59:34 <orudge> then he'll have 5555 posts!
13:59:38 <peter1138> i dunno why he always uses that weird quote character though :S
14:00:28 <JVassie> orudge: your search fu might be better than mine
14:00:38 <JVassie> im tryign to fidn the original thread it got pslit from
14:01:41 <JVassie> planetmaker: tracking table \o/
14:01:58 <orudge> the forum search isn't always great, but there's always:
14:02:23 <JVassie> google found it for me :p
14:02:30 <JVassie> enough bots indexing the forum these days
14:03:21 <JVassie> "and....... jesus purno stop trying to make graphics for everything.
14:03:21 <JVassie> This way there will never be a set that's going to be finished."
14:03:32 <JVassie> nice quote there from gonewacko
14:04:13 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <JVassie> "The "licence" for these sets allows using, copying and distribution. It does not allow modifying of any part of the .grfs nor including it into other software, e.g. other .grfs. " --- from one of MBs first ever posts <-- but history says that if you ask for a few particular sprites to reuse, he does allow this
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14:04:51 <JVassie> Dont think he hates me
14:04:51 <Eddi|nichZuHause> e.g. RichK once asked him for the snow/grass transition sprites from alpine, to use in his snow-in-temperate patch
14:04:56 <JVassie> so could always ask :p
14:05:18 <Eddi|nichZuHause> MB doesn't "hate" people. he "disagrees" with them occasionally ;)
14:06:06 <Eddi|nichZuHause> hm... must... do... actual... work... damnit...
14:06:20 <JVassie> <planetmaker> not a good idea, JVassie :-) He hates me
14:06:35 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i'm totally not worth my hourly rate today :p
14:07:07 <Ammler> [15:16] <dihedral> openttd / tt-forums wide sso <-- nobody likes openid :-)
14:07:22 <planetmaker> ok... maybe wrong word. But chance are 9:1 that we would disagree ;-)
14:07:41 <Eddi|nichZuHause> that's easy :p
14:07:44 <Amis> So, the word generator managed to create a city without houses. Is there any way to... "save" this city?
14:07:55 <Amis> It has one tile of road!
14:08:07 <JVassie> orudge: is there a specific license regardign stuff uploaded on tt-forums?
14:08:13 <Eddi|nichZuHause> Amis: town properties => fund new buildings
14:08:22 <Eddi|nichZuHause> Amis: or simply service some nearby industries
14:08:39 <orudge> JVassie: I retain ownership of "the forums" as a whole, but individual contributions are the property of their creator, basically
14:08:39 <JVassie> Will have to hope Saskia replies to a PM
14:08:45 <Amis> I though no house means no "cargo area"
14:08:47 <Eddi|nichZuHause> Amis: as long as it has that central road tile, it can grow
14:08:56 <orudge> Saskia hasn't visited since May 2005
14:09:14 <Alberth> Amis service *industry* :)
14:09:16 <Eddi|nichZuHause> Amis: it only counts that the station gets the town as part of its name
14:09:31 <JVassie> orudge: that didnt help :D
14:09:46 <JVassie> copyright claims can only be filed by the owner right?
14:10:12 <orudge> or, I imagine, somebody working on their behalf
14:11:06 <JVassie> or hope that one of her posts reveals she says all her work is copyright free
14:11:59 <Eddi|nichZuHause> hm... the windows tab-completition is annoying
14:12:32 <Terkhen> thank to the crazy nicknames of spain trains I'm being able to find the authors of many engines :P
14:12:45 <orudge> JVassie: you'd have to ask Saskia :p
14:13:08 <orudge> or just go ahead and be prepared to remove the graphics at a later date if challenged...
14:13:12 <orudge> but I wouldn't necessarily recommend that
14:13:35 <Eddi|nichZuHause> it tab-completes ".file.xy.swp" before "file.xy"
14:13:42 <JVassie> Ill quot you on that :D
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14:14:45 <Ammler> JVassie: at least we got Purno to define his work as gpl, pikka and george left :-)
14:14:50 <Yexo> JVassie: I think that would be enough for saskia's sprites, but not for those he based on mb's ones
14:15:20 <JVassie> AFAIK the BR111 and sbahn trailers I was looking at are Saskia's work
14:15:28 <JVassie> they were drawn before MBs I believe
14:16:00 <Yexo> to be sure we're in a the clear someone redrawing would be better though
14:16:47 <JVassie> they are nice sprites though which is a shame
14:16:54 <JVassie> ill shoot saskia a pm nonetheless
14:17:02 <JVassie> maybe she still gets emails when she gets a PM
14:17:30 <Ammler> she? there is no "she" in the tt-world :-)
14:18:19 <orudge> there have been at least half a dozen "shes" on the forum :p
14:18:41 <orudge> of course, that's compared with, I dunno, 30,000 "hes" and spambots :p
14:19:58 <JVassie> Yexo: he graphics were posted May 11 2004
14:20:30 <Yexo> JVassie: that doesn't prove anything
14:20:36 <Ammler> copyrights don't expire
14:20:38 <Terkhen> meh, some of the graphics of the spain set were taken from other sets... "with permission", but without license
14:20:38 <Yexo> there could have been teasers for DBSetXL already containing the sprites
14:24:18 <planetmaker> but that IMHO would need proving otherwise
14:26:36 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <Ammler> copyrights don't expire <--- 70 years after death of author
14:27:26 <orudge> of course, by the time $RANDOM popular song or album from 70 years previously is about to expire, they'll lobby the government and have it extended to 100 years, or something stupid D:
14:28:35 <Eddi|nichZuHause> orudge: those are mainly the recording rights, which are different from "author"-copyrights
14:28:59 <orudge> well, similar things happened with Mickey Mouse in the USA
14:29:09 <Eddi|nichZuHause> iirc that is currently 50 years, and the lobbying for 90+ years is already long happening
14:29:20 <Eddi|nichZuHause> 50 years after publishing
14:29:31 <Eddi|nichZuHause> or 50 years after recording, if unpublished
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14:31:04 <planetmaker> both of which is stupidly long
14:34:38 <Eddi|nichZuHause> yes, but this is completely irrelevant here, because there are no "performing artists" in the grf-world
14:35:22 <Eddi|nichZuHause> this applies to songs, movies, recordings of theater or other performances
14:35:58 <planetmaker> Eddi|nichZuHause: what about people supplying sound effects or music?
14:36:04 <Eddi|nichZuHause> (and are independent from rights of the text/music authors)
14:36:23 <Eddi|nichZuHause> § 73 Ausübender Künstler
14:36:24 <Eddi|nichZuHause> Ausübender Künstler im Sinne dieses Gesetzes ist, wer ein Werk oder eine Ausdrucksform der Volkskunst aufführt, singt, spielt oder auf eine andere Weise darbietet oder an einer solchen Darbietung künstlerisch mitwirkt.
14:38:36 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i presume "künstlerisch mitwirken" includes producing sound effects. but not the electrician setting up the cables for the lights.
14:39:07 <Eddi|nichZuHause> (but it does include the person operating the lights)
14:43:25 <Eddi|nichZuHause> the relevant parts for the time frame are: §82 (performing artist), §85 (record producer), §87 (broadcaster)
14:50:20 <Eddi|nichZuHause> basically everybody except the MAFIAA agree that the protection periods are too long
14:53:56 <JVassie> Yexo: I've sent Saskia a PM
14:54:00 <JVassie> lets just hope we get a reply :p
14:54:06 <JVassie> if not we can draw out own
14:54:48 <planetmaker> there should be not much waiting for that :-)
15:01:31 <JVassie> how do you mean planetmaker ?
15:02:12 <planetmaker> :-) I just meant it doesn't hurt to get drawing nevertheless ;-)
15:02:25 <planetmaker> Even with those sprites, there's enough to draw
15:02:42 <planetmaker> or... first somewhat deciding on a list of engines we 'need'
15:03:23 <JVassie> the latter is something I have desire to work on
15:03:32 <JVassie> how is is=t best to format such a list?
15:04:20 <planetmaker> tab separated list ;-)
15:05:21 <planetmaker> or better comma separated ;-)
15:05:31 <planetmaker> well... what do you use?
15:05:39 <JVassie> I was thinking an excel spreadsheet
15:05:40 <planetmaker> why would it need something else than a plain text list?
15:05:59 <planetmaker> what would be the advantage?
15:06:09 <Eddi|nichZuHause> there should be a "short list" and a "long list"
15:06:42 <JVassie> well planetmaker i was thinkign we could use it to collect stats too
15:06:56 <Eddi|nichZuHause> e.g. when playing with daylength, there might be more opportunity to use exotic/specialized engines
15:07:15 <JVassie> anyone check out my timeline guide I posted today?
15:07:27 <JVassie> its damn hard to do it all without build whilst paused
15:08:01 <planetmaker> Eddi|nichZuHause: definitely yes.
15:08:19 <planetmaker> but I'd not start with a long list, but rather a short list ;-)
15:08:29 <planetmaker> But that has nothing to do with the file format
15:08:49 <JVassie> planetmaker: are you thinking just a list of 'items'?
15:08:59 <JVassie> rather than any other information on each item?
15:09:12 <planetmaker> ^ I'm thinking about something like that
15:09:26 <planetmaker> much easier to handle and edit than a bulky spread sheet programme
15:09:41 <JVassie> on the other hand you lose out lots of useful abilities
15:09:54 <planetmaker> especially as we do not need *any* of its functionality.
15:09:58 <planetmaker> Where do you need that?
15:10:12 <planetmaker> and... sorting? that's something my editor can do, too
15:10:39 <Eddi|nichZuHause> basic design rule for the "short list": you have 4 categories: "local passenger", "express passenger", "heavy cargo", "short range/light cargo"
15:10:42 <planetmaker> and if you use , instead of tab you can always import it in excel or whatever
15:10:47 * planetmaker doesn't posess excel
15:10:51 <Eddi|nichZuHause> every category should have a new engine about every 10 years
15:10:57 <JVassie> well it could be made on googledocs
15:11:12 <planetmaker> That might be a good idea. That's accessible easily online, too
15:11:43 <JVassie> Im going to PM you a file on the forums
15:11:50 <JVassie> that'd be pointless >.<
15:11:53 <JVassie> * planetmaker doesn't posess excel
15:11:57 <Rubidium> accessible for those with a google account you mean...
15:12:06 <Yexo> but readable by everyone
15:12:09 <planetmaker> JVassie: use google docs
15:12:11 <JVassie> Rubidium: you can set it so that anyone with the URL can look at it
15:12:34 <planetmaker> and not private communications... link in an issue in the project
15:12:36 <Rubidium> Yexo: I've often been redirected to some google something document and I never remember being able to just read it without having to login
15:12:50 <JVassie> thats dependant on the document Rubidium
15:12:57 <JVassie> not googledocs itself
15:13:03 <Yexo> some documents require authentication, a lot of them do not
15:13:12 <JVassie> planetmaker: But I was planning on showing you the FRSet .xls spreadsheet
15:13:14 <planetmaker> depends on settings
15:13:26 <JVassie> and why a spreadsheet is handy :p
15:13:54 <planetmaker> I know how they can be used ;-) And yes, I can read them.
15:14:06 * Rubidium wonders whether he's allowed to show some spreadsheet "work" from work to show you how it ain't that handy ;)
15:14:21 <JVassie> your an accountant at a guess?
15:14:44 <Alberth> more likely an engineer with too many numbers :p
15:14:47 <Rubidium> no, I don't count beans
15:15:21 <JVassie> want me to start the spreadsheet?
15:15:56 <planetmaker> a set only works, if people *just do it*
15:16:07 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i've seen some evil spreadsheets ;)
15:16:17 * Rubidium develops software for/related to measurement systems used to means pieces of metal; primarily those commonly found just around trains ;)
15:17:22 <JVassie> You have a googlemail account planetmaker & Yexo ?
15:17:37 <planetmaker> I've a google account, but no mail
15:18:12 <Eddi|nichZuHause> google is evil
15:35:09 <__ln__> google isn't necessarily evil but it has a great potential for being evil, and that's scary
15:37:38 <JVassie> planetmaker: what was your definition of 'last' in the tab seperated list you made?
15:37:39 <planetmaker> JVassie: I'd not centre to table on the names and IDs (that's not so important) but on the (important) stats like introduction year, expiry year, power, speed and usage.
15:37:54 <planetmaker> that's the year the last engine was de-comissioned
15:38:10 <planetmaker> we don't need the exact stats there, at least not now.
15:38:22 <JVassie> we can hide columns :)
15:38:28 <planetmaker> nor do we need for balance the names
15:38:42 <planetmaker> yes, we can. But I'd still re-arrange. Names are for planning not important
15:39:12 <JVassie> its just atm the colums are grouped
15:39:26 <planetmaker> What Eddi|nichZuHause said, to get a list of years with stats, so that we get an overview of what is when... that's needed.
15:39:39 <planetmaker> Possibly of more engines than we actually use.. .because then we can choose
15:40:00 <planetmaker> oh, JVassie sorry: 'last' is the last year it was built
15:40:08 <planetmaker> de-comissioned is the out-of-service year
15:40:16 <planetmaker> the last year it was built
15:40:43 <JVassie> are we not referencing the model life and engine life properties for ease?
15:40:52 <planetmaker> intro: first year engine built. Last: last year engine built. de-comissioned: last year in service
15:41:09 <Terkhen> probably everything that you could do with an excel file can be done with templates anyways :P
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15:41:23 <andythenorth> opening bridges would be quite cool
15:41:27 * andythenorth was in suggestions
15:41:46 <planetmaker> Terkhen: yes... that'd be another advantage of a plain text csv tracking table. One could just script-parse that into stats ;-)
15:42:11 <Terkhen> indeed, stuff could be automatically generated
15:42:26 <JVassie> planetmaker: you can download it as a csv any tiem you want
15:42:26 <Terkhen> and you don't need the additional step of copying things from the sheet to the code
15:42:28 <planetmaker> my abandoned comic houses did that
15:43:03 <JVassie> file, download as, csv
15:43:24 <Eddi|nichZuHause> <andythenorth> opening bridges would be quite cool <-- might be possible with "traffic objects"
15:43:37 <andythenorth> would need to be signalled I guess
15:43:47 <andythenorth> it's pointless because ships don't pay attention to such stuff
15:43:57 <andythenorth> but the eye candy aspect would be good
15:44:07 <JVassie> also planetmaker, your de-commisioned is same as early retirement property, righT?
15:44:20 <Eddi|nichZuHause> well, as soon as the ship would enter the state machine of the traffic-object, it could be forced to stop
15:44:53 <planetmaker> JVassie: I'd not bet on that. And I'm actually perfectly willing to make some game play adjustments on the availability years
15:45:04 <JVassie> DBSet does for balancing afaik
15:45:20 <planetmaker> better good game play and not 100% correct date than 100% correct date and... bad gameplay
15:45:38 <planetmaker> those years are just for seeing what is there. It then will need manual translation into stats
15:45:45 <andythenorth> Eddi|nichZuHause: that would be quite awesome :)
15:45:48 <planetmaker> same with the length which did not properly copy
15:45:55 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: that's an implementation detail, worry about that later
15:46:19 <JVassie> is anonymous user you btw?
15:46:57 <planetmaker> I'd first decide on the engines based on the real stats. And then I'd translate that to ingame properties
15:47:08 <planetmaker> as a 2nd step when engines are decided upon
15:48:22 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i'm not any anonymous user
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15:48:58 <JVassie> Ah, thought you were looking at the googledoc too
15:49:48 <JVassie> all importnat properties are visible without scrolling
15:52:41 <planetmaker> I added the sections on long-distance and commuter trains as separate actually on purpose ;-)
15:53:24 <planetmaker> but maybe with a usage column it's better. dunno
15:53:40 <JVassie> columns are better I think
15:53:55 <JVassie> then we can sort by column etc
15:54:01 <JVassie> keeps it in a tidier format IMO
16:14:11 <Eddi|nichZuHause> "Usage" should be fine: values: "P"[assagiere], "S"[chnellzug], "G"[üterzug], "R"[angieren]
16:14:48 <Eddi|nichZuHause> (afair those are roughly the categorizations of the bavarian state railway)
16:15:25 <Eddi|nichZuHause> "P"[ersonenzug] actually
16:16:07 <Eddi|nichZuHause> this or similar categorizations you find across all state railways
16:16:29 <Eddi|nichZuHause> sometimes "T"[enderlok] instead of "R"
16:17:00 <planetmaker> Eddi|nichZuHause: do we need actually engines categorized as "Rangieren"?
16:17:21 <JVassie> we dont need to germanise every word, surely? :D
16:17:25 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: name may vary.
16:17:43 <planetmaker> I don't mean the name... rather: what would it be used for ingame?
16:17:55 <planetmaker> there are no shunting yards
16:17:56 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: short distance feeder service
16:18:49 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: something completely different :p
16:19:03 <JVassie> What does it mean, i meant? :p
16:19:05 <planetmaker> kettle old style or something
16:19:29 <planetmaker> whatever is used for steam
16:19:43 <Eddi|nichZuHause> "Kessel" is where the water is heated, in the steam engine
16:20:00 <JVassie> just wanderign why the BR01 has it and none of the others
16:20:04 <Eddi|nichZuHause> "Alt" is "old", and "Bau" is "construction"
16:21:00 <Eddi|nichZuHause> JVassie: opposed to "Reko" (many series of the BR01 and BR03 had large reconstructions after the world war, especially in east germany)
16:21:11 <Eddi|nichZuHause> BR 44 as well, i think
16:22:26 <Eddi|nichZuHause> there's a BR 01 (original version), BR 01.10 (improved version before WWII), and BR 01.5 (reconstructed version after WWII)
16:22:55 <Eddi|nichZuHause> BR 03 is the "little sister" of the BR 01, almost identical but lower axle weight
16:25:07 <Eddi|nichZuHause> the BR 01.10 had streamlining and was more powerful than the BR 01
16:25:29 <Eddi|nichZuHause> the BR 01.5 had no streamlining, but was fitted for oil firing instead of coal firing
16:26:47 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: "Rangieren" shouldn't be taken literally
16:27:36 <planetmaker> Eddi|nichZuHause: please amend / edit the table
16:27:40 <Eddi|nichZuHause> planetmaker: in terms of DBSetXL, the BR 92 and BR 75 would be in the "R" category, the BR 38 in the "P" category
16:28:05 <Eddi|nichZuHause> actually.. i need to get this work finished first...
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17:03:59 <Terkhen> it seems that the spain set used sprites from the dutch set, and I can't be sure which ones are from which train set :/
17:04:38 <Rubidium> oh noes... they're invading again?
17:04:57 <Rubidium> but which Dutch trains run in Spain as well?
17:05:02 <planetmaker> sure. what did you think?
17:08:29 <Rubidium> oh, so it is roughly the same train in Spain as well
17:08:45 <Rubidium> but then, I don't really care ;)
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18:01:15 <core> Anyone familiar with ap+ online? :)
18:02:22 <core> or running a unix dedicated server in general
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18:09:54 <frosch123> Terkhen: planetmaker: how about renaming the page "Action0Stations" to "Action0/Stations", "VarAction2Vehicles" to "VariationalAction2/Vehicles", ... same for all features?
18:10:07 <frosch123> that way they link back to the parent page which contains the actual syntax
18:11:14 <planetmaker> how do they then automatically link back? That naming scheme makes that sure?
18:11:27 <frosch123> "Action0Genera" -> "Action0/Vehicles", "Action0Trains" -> "Action0/Vehicles/Trains"
18:11:40 <frosch123> there will be an link at the top of the page
18:11:50 <planetmaker> that's a general mediawiki feature then for names of that type?
18:11:53 <frosch123> something like "Action0 < Vehicles <"
18:12:07 <frosch123> planetmaker: at least i am used to that behaviour
18:12:25 <planetmaker> :-) well, sure, if it works, then that'll be nice
18:12:27 <orudge> just leave redirects in place for the old pages :)
18:12:30 <orudge> although that should happen automatically
18:32:26 <planetmaker> frosch123: do you have the pywikibot also running? It could probably help in the renaming...
18:38:33 <frosch123> maybe i should give it a try, though it will likely take longer than doing it :)
18:42:24 <planetmaker> thus it basically needs a list of pages which need renaming
18:42:30 <planetmaker> and it's done then
18:42:49 * orudge will want to do a lot of that on the main wiki eventually
18:43:06 <planetmaker> python movepages.py -pairs:filename
18:43:19 <planetmaker> python movepages.py -pt:0 -pairs:filename
18:43:43 <frosch123> do i need a bot account?
18:45:03 <frosch123> that means, register "fbot" on tt-forums?
18:45:14 <orudge> and I can then give it the bot flag
18:46:10 <planetmaker> frosch123: it also works without. But you can't unthrottle it, thus will have some delays
18:46:21 <planetmaker> And bot edits are hidden by default from the recent changes page
18:47:49 <Terkhen> planetmaker: the explanation about TownZones is "done", right?
18:48:17 <planetmaker> Terkhen: I think so, yes. I guess I forgot to mark it as such
18:48:42 <orudge> frosch123: please log into the wiki with it
18:48:49 <orudge> (or you log on with that username)
18:48:57 <orudge> as I can't update the rights until it exists on the wiki :)
18:49:41 <orudge> Thanks, it's now in the bot group
18:55:43 <core> aircraft are operpowered right?
18:56:59 <Terkhen> default aircrafts are overpowered as moneymakers, not so much when you try to cover lines with a lot of traffic with them
18:57:45 <core> what would you recommend as a good fix, such as a multiplier in basecosts?
18:58:33 <Yexo> you could try the av8 newgrf
19:04:16 <frosch123> planetmaker: i assume you already have a working family file
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19:06:41 <planetmaker> I should have linked you straight away, sorry
19:07:02 <Heidistein> hello, is it known that rev r22594 had a bug in creating stations?
19:07:36 <Heidistein> planetmaker, hey:) coredumps.
19:07:52 <Heidistein> It draws the window and dumps
19:08:04 <Heidistein> I have a gdb stacktrace et al
19:08:20 <planetmaker> Heidistein: then please open a bug report with all crash files at our bug tracker. And if you have the stack trace, the better :-)
19:09:06 <Heidistein> /me salutes, yes sir, wil do. Wasn't sure if reporting against svn was valid
19:09:18 <planetmaker> of course it's valid :-)
19:09:31 <planetmaker> that's the place where things are changed and where they get fixed
19:09:44 <Heidistein> yes, i got that ;-)
19:10:11 <planetmaker> that's why the bug tracker has a version field :-P
19:10:19 <Heidistein> kk, i will file a bugreport now, and then revert couple 'o days.
19:10:39 <Heidistein> hmmm, you could've guessed i havent even bin there yet...
19:10:57 <planetmaker> if you know which nightly (or revision) works and which not... that's also possibly interesting info?
19:11:07 <planetmaker> how do you manage to crash it? Anything special to do?
19:11:27 <Heidistein> yes, i do. recently there was a change in station{something}.cpp, which broke it
19:11:41 <planetmaker> well... but it works for me [TM]
19:11:46 <Yexo> planetmaker: not with newgrf stations
19:11:48 <Heidistein> no, its quite easy, opening the maglev stationbuild thingie
19:12:11 <Heidistein> and, indied as Yexo sais, with some newgrf's
19:12:26 <planetmaker> right... as soon as I add station newgrfs
19:14:05 <Heidistein> you.,... are able to reproduce?
19:15:03 <planetmaker> hm... can that be really broken for 4 days without anyone noticing?
19:15:44 <Heidistein> sorry... I have bin building a scenario and not playing....
19:16:28 <Terkhen> which revision is the first one affected? compilation on windows is slow, but I suspect my changes
19:17:03 <planetmaker> Heidistein: no need for you to apologise... :-) But that *noone* ... is "interesting"
19:17:26 <Yexo> Terkhen: r22592 works fine, so it's one of my changes
19:17:31 <Heidistein> Darn Terkhen, that is a good question, lemme find out
19:17:40 <Heidistein> planetmaker, i forgot the ';-)'
19:17:53 <Eddi|nichZuHause> my crystal ball says it's the "don't show accepted" stuff
19:18:09 <Terkhen> hmmm... but r22593 looks harmless
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19:18:47 <Eddi|nichZuHause> @commit 22593
19:18:47 <DorpsGek> Eddi|nichZuHause: Commit by yexo :: r22593 trunk/src/station_gui.cpp (2011-06-16 09:46:24 UTC)
19:18:48 <DorpsGek> Eddi|nichZuHause: -Fix [FS#4647]: don't show cargo accepted/produced in the new station window when no tiles are selected (mouse hovering a window or toolbar)
19:19:29 <Heidistein> i suspect that one
19:20:16 <Heidistein> in: int DrawStationCoverageAreaText(
19:20:21 <Heidistein> - if (tile < MapSize()) {
19:20:21 <Heidistein> + if (_thd.drawstyle == HT_RECT && tile < MapSize()) {
19:22:01 <Heidistein> ok, just tested, I reverted that diff i pasted and that wont crash
19:23:35 <orudge> planetmaker: any chance you could run your table-fixing script on ECSTVTCKarlstein and ECSTVTCNeuSchwansteinCastle on the main TT wiki, if you're not too busy? :)
19:26:29 <Zuu> accepted/produced in the new station window <--- did the station window get an update recently?
19:26:38 <Zuu> (last nightly fails on my mirror)
19:28:00 <Yexo> there are no new nightlies the last few days
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19:29:41 <frosch123> planetmaker: thanks, worked well
19:31:21 <planetmaker> ah... no nightlies... right
19:31:26 <planetmaker> there was *something* ;-)
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19:34:07 <Heidistein> damnit! i dont get it, as far as i see '_thd.drawstyle == HT_RECT' should be true
19:34:29 <Yexo> Heidistein: that's unrelated to the error
19:34:35 <Yexo> not completely, but it doesn't crash there
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19:36:27 <Eddi|nichZuHause> i had it in my guts that this commit would cause trouble right when i read it
19:37:07 <Heidistein> then i am realy missing it. My guess was that it crashes if it wont enter that if-block
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20:06:33 <core> Anyone familiar with ap+ online? :)
20:07:33 <michi_cc> frosch123: Wouldn't it make more sense to configure appropriate interwiki links for the various related wikis instead of using some template stuff?
20:10:30 <frosch123> did not know that, might be useful
20:19:40 <planetmaker> core: you keep asking meta questions. Surely *someone* is familiar with it. But... so what? What then?
20:19:49 <DorpsGek> planetmaker: Don't ask to ask, just ask
20:20:45 <planetmaker> unless you ask a meaningful question, I doubt you'll get an answer you'll find useful
20:21:17 <andythenorth> am I missing the 'filter' in multiplayer join server window?
20:21:29 <planetmaker> what filter, andythenorth ?
20:21:32 <planetmaker> or generally one?
20:21:42 <andythenorth> so there isn't one?
20:21:43 <planetmaker> for server name or <whatever>
20:21:48 <andythenorth> like text string or such
20:21:49 <planetmaker> I guess there might be none.
20:22:15 <Zuu> Hmm, having multiple (but different) definitions of the same Enum is clearly not very useful :-)
20:23:08 <SmatZ> such code is undefined, iirc
20:23:40 <planetmaker> like define + - ? ;-)
20:24:13 <SmatZ> just today I had a thought about #define 1 0
20:24:29 <SmatZ> placed somewhere in a system header
20:24:34 <SmatZ> how people would be confused :)
20:25:27 <Zuu> SmatZ: One of them had a NONE/INVALID item at the beginning while the other one didn't :-)
20:26:03 <SmatZ> hmm #define 1 0 is illegal :(
20:27:02 <SmatZ> planetmaker: that's beautiful :)
20:28:29 <SmatZ> I used to #define PI (atan(1) * 4) ...
20:28:43 <SmatZ> but then I found out the compiler won't do the math in compile time...
20:30:03 <SmatZ> hmm now gcc does optimise that
20:30:26 <Zuu> planetmaker: Lol what a huge amount of comments :-)
20:30:45 <planetmaker> I didn't even look at those :-P
20:30:49 <SmatZ> 3.3.6 won't, 3.4.6 does the compile time path
20:32:41 <CIA-2> OpenTTD: yexo * r22595 /trunk/src/station_gui.cpp: -Fix [FS#4560] (r22593): build railstation gui was broken with newgrf stations
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20:56:53 <core> if i get the 2cc trainset do i need NuTracks?
20:59:15 <Yexo> afaik know it's optional
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21:15:15 <core> I added 2cc which should give engines from 1836 or something onwards but cannot biuld track that early
21:17:10 <Yexo> you should be able to build track as soon as the first engine is available
21:18:17 <Yexo> core: after stating a game, open the train list and click "available trains'
21:18:26 <Yexo> if there is a train there but you can't build track, it's a bug in openttd
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21:18:43 <Yexo> if there isn't a train in that list, it's not provided by any newgrf
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21:40:10 <Eddi|zuHause> what happened today while i was away...
21:40:28 <Eddi|zuHause> so much talk, buffer isn't even long enough
21:41:32 <Alberth> give it a few KB extra :)
21:43:03 <Eddi|zuHause> it's measured in lines, i believe
21:46:01 <Zuu> Maybe this is old, but I found out there was a long article/interview about ludde in a Swedish magazine (Filter). Unfortutately the article is in swedish.
21:47:19 <__ln__> Everybody knows Swedish.
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21:52:43 <Zuu> I usually don't read paper magazines but a coworker sent me this article. :-) It seems to be the june/july 2011 issue.
21:58:41 <Zuu> __ln__: Is that why (some) people in Finland think that Swedish language education shouldn't be mandatory anymore?
21:59:15 <Zuu> ... because everybody already knows it :-)
22:00:04 <Alberth> chefspeak is very readable :)
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22:07:42 <Zuu> Never heard about chefspeak but found it explained on wikipedia :-)
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22:54:21 <Eddi|zuHause> breaking news: the federal trojan^W^W electronic identification application for linux was released. size: 350MB
22:55:22 <Eddi|zuHause> (only for debian/ubuntu and firefox/iceweasel)
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