IRC logs for #openttd on OFTC at 2011-10-02
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07:52:41 <xmirakulix> LordAro: did you have time to check the two 32bpp ez patches?
07:53:29 <LordAro> i haven't checked them, i'm waiting for permission to upload them to coop, then the build system will test them
07:54:38 <LordAro> in other words, i'm waiting for Ammler to wake up :)
07:55:15 <xmirakulix> so I shall test, if they apply against the most current trunk in the meantime
07:55:49 <LordAro> i'd do it myself but.... minecraft is calling to me :)
07:56:33 <xmirakulix> I played it once, but the call didn't reach out for me :)
07:59:19 <xmirakulix> update: The patches apply and compile nicely with current r22970
07:59:51 <LordAro> oh good. thanks for that
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08:41:53 <PeanutHorst> ... am I the only person who thinks that a combination between OpenTTD and Minecraft would be /awesome/
08:42:41 <LordAro> since the 2 games are almost entirely different, probably, yes :)
08:43:20 <PeanutHorst> Minecart mechanics are woefully lacking, but I do enjoy building bridges and rails by hand block-by-block
08:43:35 <PeanutHorst> openTTD has very fun mechanics but doesn't let you micromanage to the same extent
08:45:44 <xmirakulix> Can't wait to see a full featured high-capacity roro station built in mine craft :-)
08:46:19 <xmirakulix> Do they have PBS there? :-P
08:47:19 <LordAro> it has redstone, and a station like that is almost certainly possible
08:48:47 <LordAro> notch plays openttd as well
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08:49:48 <xmirakulix> I see that my knowledge about minecraft is clearly outdated :)
08:54:35 <Alberth> PeanutHorst: OpenTTD is slightly more a tycoon game, where you don't have the time to micro-manage everything.
08:55:07 <Eddi|zuHause> yet openttd has still an awful lot of micromanagement
08:55:11 * Rubidium wonders why he heard complaints about there being too much micromanagement
08:55:34 <Alberth> Eddi|zuHause: I said 'slightly' :p
08:56:30 <Alberth> but it depends a bit on how you play. Adding newgrfs and tweaking the network is not by definition necessary
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08:58:02 <Eddi|zuHause> things like adding capacity/trains to an existing route to handle increased capacity. or spreading out/synchronizing timetables in a tram network
08:58:11 <PeanutHorst> Alberth: I wouldn't know, I haven't played any Tycoon games, unless Theme Hospital counts
08:58:31 <PeanutHorst> OpenTTD was my first after someone else introduced me to it
08:58:36 <PeanutHorst> and I stayed because I enjoyed it
08:58:37 <Alberth> PeanutHorst: TH is much more micro management
08:58:43 <PeanutHorst> I don't really have a comparison to it
08:59:02 <PeanutHorst> Theme Hospital isn't micromanagement, it's a descent into madness/absurdity
08:59:15 <PeanutHorst> with TV Personalities and Inflated Heads respectively :p
08:59:16 <Eddi|zuHause> Theme Hospital... is that anything like Biing!?
08:59:55 <Alberth> PeanutHorst: that's just a theme, just like toyland.
09:00:18 <PeanutHorst> Alberth: difference is you can't switch to a more realistic on
09:00:35 <PeanutHorst> no more realistic setting was provided, and there's no modding community around TH like there was around TT
09:00:50 <Alberth> I played a bit Corsix-TH, and you constantly have to keep an eye on your staff, and move them manually
09:01:22 <Alberth> TT is much older, with people with a different background
09:01:38 <Alberth> ie in TT days, everybody did assembly language and basic
09:02:45 <Alberth> nowadays, very few people understand how a CPU works with its memory, or know what to do with a a command prompt
09:03:08 <Eddi|zuHause> didn't take "verybody", only two or three guys
09:03:08 <PeanutHorst> I have the opposite problem
09:03:19 <PeanutHorst> I know the low level of a computer very well, I certainly know my way on the command line
09:03:24 <PeanutHorst> I do not know how to code, though
09:03:30 <PeanutHorst> know BASIC, a bit, but not asm or C
09:03:49 <Alberth> PeanutHorst: lots of room to learn ! :)
09:03:59 <PeanutHorst> and BASIC isn't the language it used to be - it was fine for 8-bit micros but you can't really take full advantage of a 32-bit or 64-bit ZOMGtastic cpu using only basic
09:04:25 <PeanutHorst> for a start the PEEKing and POKEing would become real confusing given you just went from 48K to at least 512M
09:05:04 <Alberth> PeanutHorst: in C you write *p = 3, but it is basically the same idea
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09:05:30 <PeanutHorst> only somewhat modern language i've used is Gambas 2
09:05:36 <PeanutHorst> with a hint of bash and python
09:06:06 <PeanutHorst> it was a bit easier to do Gambas, as it's basically BASIC with some object oriented stuff and without the castration of Visual Basic
09:06:15 <Alberth> python is good, a basic on steroids :)
09:06:31 <PeanutHorst> hah, I wish - I kind of need bash to do my job (i'm a systems administrator, and I don't like zsh or tcsh)
09:07:43 <PeanutHorst> I am however planning to figure out if I can learn the necessary skills to make some NewGRFs
09:08:06 <PeanutHorst> thus far my attempts at Blender have been horrible (over the years) but i'm told it had a UI revision recently so I might try it again if I can make it compile
09:09:04 <Alberth> most graphics artists here use a pixel editor program afaik
09:09:20 <PeanutHorst> i'm told that doesn't cut it for 32bpp
09:09:39 <PeanutHorst> I do kind of enjoy the ez patches
09:09:50 <Alberth> oh, 32bpp, yeah you need blender or some other renderer then
09:10:00 <PeanutHorst> and i'd have them /everywhere/ if it was feasible to run the patches against a release instead of HEAD
09:10:25 <PeanutHorst> (as in, so I could distribute a build that would work with my server and everyone could enjoy 32bpp + ez)
09:11:48 <Rubidium> PeanutHorst: any patch that change the logic of the game will desync in multiplayer if not played against the right version
09:11:58 <Alberth> that patch is somewhat troublesome
09:12:19 <PeanutHorst> hence why i said if it were feasible to patch against release
09:12:26 <PeanutHorst> because that's a stationary target, as opposed to HEAD
09:12:42 <Rubidium> stable changes every few weeks as well
09:13:25 <Alberth> what's the advantage? as Rubidium said, you can only do MP with people with the exact same pacthed version, so any revision will do
09:13:40 <Alberth> such as HEAD as of now :p
09:16:30 <Eddi|zuHause> you can perfectly well do pixel art in 32bpp :)
09:17:02 <Alberth> excetp call it ez-patched-r22970 instead of HEAD, and it is just as stable as a release, where you can also control when to go to the next 'release'
09:17:29 <Alberth> Eddi|zuHause: No, my screen is only 24bpp :(
09:18:21 <Eddi|zuHause> Alberth: the other 8bit only matter if you have a transparent screen :p
09:19:55 <PeanutHorst> some video cards used to use that 8 bits
09:20:10 <PeanutHorst> (mainly high-end unix workstations)
09:23:05 <peter1138> most displays aren't even 24 bit :(
09:24:17 <Alberth> Who needs 24 bits? I have used systems with 8bit video for a long time :)
09:24:39 * Eddi|zuHause remembers displays that had 4 greyscale values and interpolated the other 12 by interpolating by flickering
09:25:02 * PeanutHorst has a SGI 21" Trinitron sitting next to him displaying 24 bits
09:25:35 <peter1138> TN LCDs are usually 6 bits per channel, with dithering (possibly temporal)
09:25:43 <peter1138> PeanutHorst, welcome to the 90s
09:26:24 <Eddi|zuHause> 21" CRT. those were monsters! :p
09:26:48 <Eddi|zuHause> now i have 27" TFT and they feel tiny
09:28:06 <peter1138> and yes, 32bpp graphics are very well possible by pixel pushing *grumbles*
09:28:51 <PeanutHorst> peter1138: it's connected to a machine running FreeBSD and X11 with CAD software
09:28:58 <PeanutHorst> it has a trackball also, connected via serial port
09:29:03 <PeanutHorst> so yes, welcome to the 90s
09:29:41 <peter1138> ooh ooh, it is a 386 too? :D
09:30:05 <Eddi|zuHause> they did have 486 and pentiums in the 90s :p
09:30:30 <peter1138> 486s if you were rich
09:30:40 <peter1138> pentiums in the mid-90s
09:30:52 <Eddi|zuHause> 21" CRTs also only if you were rich
09:31:49 <peter1138> only went up to 640x480
09:32:04 <peter1138> which was okay, cos the graphics card only have 256KB...
09:32:06 <frosch123> 11" with monochrome hercules graphics
09:32:22 <peter1138> the monitor had a switch on the back to emulate green/amber screens
09:32:25 <Eddi|zuHause> actually i had a really good 14", it went up to 1280x960
09:32:54 <peter1138> which it did by just turning off the guns
09:33:16 <peter1138> so it was pretty unusable cos things just disappeared, heh
09:48:59 <PeanutHorst> peter1138: i have a 486 here, a high-end one, but no the 21" is connected to a Pentium D 2.8GHz
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10:10:02 <PeanutHorst> wow, blender finally compiled. it's ... less sluggish than i expected./
10:10:18 <PeanutHorst> don't think i'll put it on my 486 though. ;)
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10:22:45 <MNIM> oh, by the way, I forgot to ask
10:22:52 <MNIM> how did the berlin elections go?
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10:25:45 <Eddi|zuHause> SPD won because they stayed largest party, CDU won because they gained votes, Green won because they also gained votes and probably get part of a government with SPD, Left won because they lost less than expected, pirates won because they got above 5% for the first time, FDP won because they finally reached their project 18... err... 1.8... whatever...
10:26:59 <frosch123> FDP - Fast drei Prozent
10:33:17 <frosch123> weird sorting order in that graph
10:33:33 <frosch123> it is sorted by neither the percentage this time nor last time
10:34:41 <Rubidium> order by MIN(result 2006, result 2011)
10:35:06 <Eddi|zuHause> possibly: (percentage this time, for all previous members), (new parties), (other)
10:35:20 <Eddi|zuHause> Rubidium: no, that's not it either
10:35:52 <frosch123> Eddi|zuHause: if you exclude "other" then rb is right
10:36:02 <Rubidium> where min(2006, 2011) > 5 order by min(2006, 2011)
10:36:22 <Rubidium> plus another to add the remaining votes
10:37:14 <Eddi|zuHause> "where max(2006,2011) > 5 order by min(2006,2011)" maybe
10:42:23 <vpelletier> looks like I misunderstood the meaning of "parent window": I was expecting it to be the window on which some action caused a new window to be created. Looks like it's more like the window geometrically containing considered window.
10:42:46 <vpelletier> so, is there a way to get what I expected ?
10:43:59 <Alberth> I don't understand "geometrically containing considered window"
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10:45:15 <Alberth> perhaps you mean that many windows have the main display window at the background as parent? (I think they do, never tested it)
10:46:32 <Alberth> it is sort of a root window, so that makes sense to me. Perhaps you should check for that case, and exclude that window from being parent
10:47:14 <vpelletier> well, at least printing "desc->parent_cls" in LocalGetWindowPlacement shows 0 (aka WC_MAIN_WINDOW) for both windows spawned by map click (ex, station details) and windows spawned fromother windows (ex, which bus have thatstation in their orders)
10:47:20 <Rubidium> I thought parent is mostly null, and only set when it makes sense... i.e. when there is a real parent relation: should be closed if parent is closed (except when pinned)
10:48:21 <vpelletier> Rubidium: I didn't check if it's set yet :)
10:48:37 <Rubidium> parent_cls is a 'sentinel' for 'no (real) parent'
10:48:41 <vpelletier> I started reading code inside window.cpp, and about initial window placement only :)
10:48:48 <Rubidium> parent_cls 0 that is
10:49:31 <vpelletier> now that you mention it, parent is not accessed in this method, only parent_cls
10:49:41 <Alberth> vpelletier: you can open windows in several different ways, so parents may be less useful
10:55:56 <vpelletier> btw, now this code looks suspicious to me: FindWindowById(desc->parent_cls, window_number)
10:56:20 <vpelletier> window_number is supposed to be the new window id, so why are we looking it up with its parent's class ?
10:57:16 <Rubidium> because window numbers are usually indices, such a vehicle, town, industry, depot, station, ... indices
10:57:43 <Rubidium> in that case the parent ought to have the same index, and as such the same window number
10:57:52 <vpelletier> ok, so all windows related to a vehicle, ... has same indice ?
10:57:56 <Rubidium> or in cases where indices are not used, they're 0 and it's fine
10:58:59 <appe> i have something for you
11:00:03 <vpelletier> I start understanding why window placement is the way it is :)
11:00:18 <vpelletier> indeed, parent is NULL in my test cases
11:00:29 <vpelletier> ie, new_window->parent
11:01:34 <appe> my girlfriend works with the onboard customer service on the DB regio (arriva) trains here in sweden
11:01:44 <appe> i had a private tour in the x61 yesterday
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11:07:38 <frosch123> is that your notebook?
11:08:16 <frosch123> or from some db employee?
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11:30:16 <Eddi|zuHause> but he wasn't here yesterday either
11:36:42 <TrueBrain> it is silly that it STILL happens :)
11:38:32 <Alberth> we should program Dorpsgek to return a fake answer :p
11:40:37 <Eddi|zuHause> "mom's the word"
11:40:57 <Eddi|zuHause> (not even sure what that actually means)
11:41:45 <Eddi|zuHause> "this kind doesn't get served here"
11:41:46 <Alberth> Eddi|zuHause: doesn't matter, it sounds convincing :)
11:42:04 <TrueBrain> "404 - Password invalid"
11:42:40 <Alberth> 404 - Password is too secret to tell you
11:50:10 <Eddi|zuHause> "JP Morgan Chase donates 4.6 million to NYPD."
11:50:26 <Eddi|zuHause> "now get rid of these pesky wall street protesters" or what?
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13:26:35 <CIA-2> OpenTTD: rubidium * r22971 /trunk/ (10 files in 2 dirs): -Add [FS#4787]: climate aware canal/aqueduct graphics; based on work by PaulC
13:41:48 <Rubidium> wow... 2826 sprites in openttd.grf
13:43:01 <Rubidium> (against 6950 in the original)
13:44:55 <Rubidium> opengfx has 3444 sprites in it's "extra" grf though
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13:55:12 <k-man_> when I run openttd on my mac, I just get a black screen
13:59:18 <Rubidium> let me guess... you're using Mac OS X Lion/10.7?
14:01:05 <xmirakulix> I use Lion too, works fine here
14:02:13 <Rubidium> that's a bit the problem with Mac OS X; for half it magically works, for the other half it magically doesn't work (in case of OpenTTD)
14:02:55 <xmirakulix> any clues to why that is? what doesn't work if it doesn't?
14:03:26 <xmirakulix> k-man_: what hardware do you use?
14:04:54 <Rubidium> xmirakulix: lots of things, most interesting might be the fact that the API claims something is supported, but when you actually use it, it isn't supported. However... no errors are returned so from the point of view of OpenTTD everything works, whereas in reality it just doesn't work
14:06:09 <xmirakulix> Rubidium: I'd be happy to help, but I'd need to be able to produce such a behavior…
14:06:48 <Rubidium> xmirakulix: well... that's the joy of developing for OSX
14:07:24 <Rubidium> there are 6 bugs waiting for a fix
14:08:08 <TrueBrain> @kick theos wrong channel
14:08:08 *** theos was kicked by DorpsGek (wrong channel)
14:08:10 <TrueBrain> Eddi|zuHause: happy?
14:08:42 <Eddi|zuHause> TrueBrain: i'm the opposite of walter... how can you even ask that? :p
14:09:27 <V453000> nice to see that our players are welcome in this channel
14:10:41 <Rubidium> V453000: well, we used to have days where many typed that and then started whining that the bot didn't give the password or whatever
14:10:44 <TrueBrain> V453000: they are being kicked for that for at least 4 years now :) Nothing new there. Normally only we have a bot taking care of it :)
14:12:05 <Rubidium> now it's limited to once every moon or so
14:12:44 <TrueBrain> twice today already
14:12:47 <TrueBrain> not sure what is going on :P
14:16:17 <Rubidium> Alberth: yes, today is a "zomerse dag" as well ;)
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14:20:49 <k-man_> xmirakulix, macbook pro, osx lion
14:21:43 <xmirakulix> k-man_: so it's most likely an nvidia graphics card, as in my iMac it's an ati
14:22:41 <k-man_> xmirakulix, oh I'm not sure
14:22:49 <xmirakulix> k-man_: is it a very recent model with two graphics cards?
14:22:59 <k-man_> NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
14:24:36 <xmirakulix> no external display attached, I assume?
14:24:51 <xmirakulix> is it black in windowed and in fullscreen mode?
14:25:16 <k-man_> how do I start it in windowed mode?
14:25:24 <k-man_> I only tested fullscreen so far
14:26:03 <xmirakulix> try hitting cmd+enter
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14:27:06 <xmirakulix> Its' cmd+enter on osx
14:27:41 <k-man_> no, it just beeps at me
14:28:20 <Terkhen> edit openttd.cfg and set fullscreen to false
14:28:23 <xmirakulix> you could edit your opened.cfg
14:28:23 <Eddi|zuHause> you can also edit the config file
14:28:45 <xmirakulix> set fullscreen to false
14:29:29 <k-man_> err... where is that file?
14:29:42 <Terkhen> I don't know where is that on osx, check the readme
14:29:45 <xmirakulix> In your Documents/OpenTTD
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14:31:15 <xmirakulix> glad to help, have fun
14:32:45 <Eddi|zuHause> it's funny that OSX with a reduced set of supported hardware has more problems with hardware support :p
14:33:53 <Chris_Booth> Eddi|zuHause: that is very ironic
14:36:34 <k-man_> I think full screen apps have really had the spanner put in the works by apple since the release of lion, because prior to that, I think it was tricky to do full screen apps, but now apple provides an api
14:37:04 <k-man_> and I suspect in the process broke the old method of megazoom that was used before - of course this is just my hypothetical guess. I could be way off
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15:21:02 <ZirconiumX> Hello everyone (or two)
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15:23:49 * ZirconiumX is annoyed with GCC
15:24:33 <ZirconiumX> I've had an error I've _never_ had before...
15:24:44 <Alberth> Intel also has a compiler :)
15:25:03 <ZirconiumX> I don't have an Intel Processor
15:25:21 <Eddi|zuHause> well, if you're making errors you made before, you're definitely going towards being stupid
15:25:48 <Eddi|zuHause> in so far, new errors are not bad per se:)
15:26:43 * Alberth prefers old errors that I know how to solve :p
15:27:09 <ZirconiumX> I'd give you the source - but its a bit big...
15:27:31 <ZirconiumX> I think the problem area is the FEN-Parser
15:27:44 <Alberth> tried rebuilding all from scratch?
15:28:01 <ZirconiumX> /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -x c++ -arch ppc -pipe -fno-asm -Wno-trigraphs -fasm-blocks -gused -O0 -pg -fpermissive -Wreturn-type -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Weffc++ -Woverloaded-virtual -Wformat -Wmissing-braces -Wparentheses -Wswitch -Wunused-function -Wunused-label -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-variable -Wunused-value -Wuninitialized -Wunknown-pragmas -pedantic -Wshadow -W
15:29:09 * ZirconiumX can only use 4.0 cos it's the only one that's avaliable fo his ancient OS (10.4)
15:29:39 <ZirconiumX> -Wfour-char-constants -Wsign-compare -Wnewline-eof -fmessage-length=0 -mtune=G5 -fprofile-use -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -mfix-and-continue -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -I/Users/matthew/Magic\ Chess/build/Magic\ Chess.build/Speed\ Release/Magic\ Chess.build/Magic\ Chess.hmap -Wall -F/Users/matthew/Magic\ Chess/build/Speed\ Release -I/Users/m
15:29:55 <ZirconiumX> ?me apologies for not using pastebin
15:30:19 * ZirconiumX apologises for not using a pastebin
15:31:32 <ZirconiumX> I've seen that - I think the problem is the -fprofile-use
15:32:05 <ZirconiumX> If anyone is interested - ^ is the build script
15:32:13 <ZirconiumX> complete with 32 errors
15:32:34 <ZirconiumX> s/32 errors/34 warnings/
15:33:56 <ZirconiumX> so - what to do...
15:35:45 <PeanutHorst> ZirconiumX: 4.0? update that shit; compile a new toolchain if you have to
15:36:06 <PeanutHorst> compiling a newer gcc on tiger is far from impossible
15:36:10 <PeanutHorst> i've done it myself
15:36:36 <ZirconiumX> Can't. Dad has admin rights and has blocked downloads. Simple as.
15:36:50 <PeanutHorst> also, high-five for having a PowerPC, mine are all still in service :)
15:37:32 <ZirconiumX> @PeanutHorst Isn't it ironic that I have never seen a PC with a PPC chip
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15:38:29 <ZirconiumX> Performace Optimization With Enhanced RISC - Performance Computing
15:42:10 <ZirconiumX> the only problem with ppc chips is that when you push past the 3 ghz barrier - the computer gets *very* hot
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15:45:01 <PeanutHorst> ZirconiumX: actually, that was only a technological limitation of the G5
15:45:06 <PeanutHorst> IBM wasn't able to scale them that far
15:45:25 <PeanutHorst> the G4s can overclock decently, but they were never pushed to that high a clock rate
15:45:52 <ZirconiumX> Imagine if Apple hadn't moved to Intel.
15:46:11 <PeanutHorst> I'd imagine if you used a newer (say 65nm) process to make the G5, you'd be able to get to 4GHz easily without massive heat dissipation problems
15:46:21 <PeanutHorst> also have you ever seen a PPC chip, btw?
15:46:35 <PeanutHorst> as in, the bare chip
15:46:38 <ZirconiumX> Oh - the G5 had the infamous problem with its capacitors
15:46:50 <PeanutHorst> the Power Macintosh G5 was unaffected.
15:46:58 <PeanutHorst> ok, well, the PPC is a very small chip physically
15:47:41 <PeanutHorst> and it doesn't have a thermal dissipation surface like, say, the tuatalin, or p4, or any of the later intel chips - it's just bare glass which is mounted to the heatsink using a solid thermal pad, been that way since the 603
15:48:07 <PeanutHorst> so the chip carrier doesn't dissipate heat as effectively as a comparable intel offering either.
15:48:53 * Rubidium wants back to the time when Apple didn't support Intel CPUs
15:49:13 <PeanutHorst> I grew up in the time where 68k was still a common-ish sight
15:49:29 <Rubidium> *so* much less "portability" issues
15:49:36 <PeanutHorst> there was an LC575 stowed away even when I was in high school, I managed to repair it (needed the RAM reseated, that was it)
15:50:06 <PeanutHorst> The Apple I grew up with ... was not friggin' fruit-coloured
15:50:22 <PeanutHorst> and powerful, but restrained. elegant.
15:50:42 <PeanutHorst> and it was not basically powered by the souls of a million intel marketing drones.
15:55:17 <b_jonas> the pentium 2 were also not dissipating much heat, though they were quite large in size
15:58:16 <PeanutHorst> though the SECC helped with that
16:14:15 <z-MaTRiX> i prefer AMD they are the cool dudes
17:07:25 <PeanutHorst> can't tell if going to crash, or well-engineered
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17:09:25 <frosch123> don't put signals behind junctions
17:10:12 <frosch123> and restrict the number of platform a train can reach from on entry/exit
17:10:16 <b_jonas> yep, it does look like a bit too many signals to me as well given that it's path signals
17:10:33 <frosch123> you do not want a train to drive completely accross the junction to block all lines
17:14:56 <b_jonas> hmm, these oil rigs have quite high production despite that I don't transport from them yet
17:15:06 <b_jonas> and they've been standing their unused for decades
17:15:30 <b_jonas> I'll have to start an expensive oil train network, but should it use the refinery at north or at south?
17:16:53 <Eddi|zuHause> michi_cc: the later wagons will be a bit longer than that
17:17:55 <Eddi|zuHause> next step: capacity and refitting
17:17:57 <Hirundo> Looks quite awesome indeed :-)
17:18:56 <b_jonas> how can those wagons even take turns?
17:19:31 <Hirundo> Are there (feature creep alert!) [plans for] separate sprites for slopes?
17:19:59 <Eddi|zuHause> Hirundo: not currently, but might be possible. but i think it's not actually needed
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17:26:44 <b_jonas> these unclearable transmitters on the mountain are a nice touch, the way they don't allow me to flatten the whole mountain range
17:31:04 <peter1138> yeah, that's the point
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17:56:51 <b_jonas> hmm, for the oil network I'll have to learn some about pbs junctions
17:57:40 <b_jonas> I'll need a double mainline, and a tee junction off it for each oil rig
17:58:39 <Eddi|zuHause> use transfer stations instead
18:01:31 <b_jonas> transfer stations? hmm, I'm not sure I really like those
18:03:07 <b_jonas> I actually have a double line passenger train with tee junctions here, but I'm not sure how good it is.
18:07:42 <b_jonas> still, interesting idea. I'll consider transfer stations.
18:08:04 <__ln__> why are RE trains "Preisauskunft nicht möglich" in the bahn.de search, and how does one approximate a price?
18:09:00 <Eddi|zuHause> __ln__: no idea, usually that happens only for non-DB trains
18:10:06 <appe> there is something i dont get with the ecs grf
18:10:12 <appe> what kind of buildings accept petrol?
18:10:23 <Eddi|zuHause> appe: TTRS fuel stations
18:10:27 <appe> i cant seem to find consistency in how big or central a town needs to be.
18:10:29 <__ln__> question #2: if i have a ICE+RE ticket, can i use an earlier RE than printed on the ticket, if i'm early?
18:11:01 <Eddi|zuHause> __ln__: only if you order a ticket without exact train binding
18:11:28 <Eddi|zuHause> (those are usually more expensive)
18:11:43 <appe> Eddi|zuHause: what's that?
18:12:00 <Eddi|zuHause> appe: either you need the TTRS grf, or the ECS Houses grf
18:12:49 <__ln__> i bought a ticket with ~40 minute change time now, i think the default suggested 8 minutes is *a bit* tight on Berlin Hbf.
18:14:06 <Eddi|zuHause> that might be true ;)
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18:17:31 <appe> Eddi|zuHause: i am using the ecs houses grf. and i can find places in big cities where they accept petrol - but ..why, and how?
18:18:04 <Eddi|zuHause> appe: use the ?-tool to check the houses
18:21:24 <__ln__> "NV = NAHVERKEHRSZÜGE VOR / NACH FERNVERKEHRSZÜGEN; GILT JE FAHRT MAX 1 TAG BIS FOLGETAG 10 UHR"
18:28:20 <michi_cc> __ln__: Nahverkehr never has train binding, so taking an earlier RE is fine.
18:30:55 <__ln__> thanks, i'll try that then
18:31:05 <appe> Eddi|zuHause: i have never used the ?-tool before. :)
18:32:59 <appe> aint there no grf for headquarter houses?
18:40:21 <Eddi|zuHause> there certainly are
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18:50:50 <Eddi|zuHause> so... now we have useful wagons as well ;)
18:51:12 <Eddi|zuHause> i mean ones that can actually load stuff :)
18:54:34 <MNIM> it's starting to look interesting
18:58:29 <frosch123> [20:11] <Eddi|zuHause> __ln__: only if you order a ticket without exact train binding <- afaik that only applies to ICE and IC, not RB/RE
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18:59:18 <frosch123> ah, michi said that already :)
18:59:24 <Eddi|zuHause> frosch123: might be, never actually tried that
19:21:28 <michi_cc> Eddi|zuHause: Any special reason the generate script still outputs callback_flags? As far as I can see, it's all "new style" callbacks.
19:21:59 <Eddi|zuHause> michi_cc: no reason, just have forgotten to remove it
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19:52:39 <frosch123> ssl is no worth it anymore, right? :p
19:54:50 <b_jonas> argh, the oil refinery has disappeared. I'll be lazy and just found a new one just where it used to be.
19:56:13 <Eddi|zuHause> how did people ever play this game before funding was introduced? ;)
19:57:24 <frosch123> how many towns did you fund?
19:58:35 <Eddi|zuHause> i don't think i ever used that feature
20:00:44 <frosch123> what funding are you talking about then?
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20:08:22 <b_jonas> towns? none. funding towns is a new feature.
20:08:44 <b_jonas> hmm, should I use a bridge here?
20:09:08 <Eddi|zuHause> frosch123: i meant funding industries
20:18:34 <b_jonas> oil rig produces passengers, and the train engine takes passengers. I'll have to refit the engine to some irrelevant cargo so I can full load
20:20:51 <Elukka> you could set it to full load any cargo
20:21:04 <Elukka> except it'd fill up with passengers. hm.
20:21:58 <SpComb> or use and engine that doesn't take passengers
20:22:55 <b_jonas> the Z1 is the best monorail engine
20:26:44 <CIA-2> OpenTTD: rubidium * r22973 /trunk/src/ (newgrf.h station_cmd.cpp): -Add: support for replacing the buoy via action123
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20:27:40 <Eddi|zuHause> that's something i certainly didn't see coming :)
20:32:04 <Rubidium> Eddi|zuHause: yeah, now they can be snowy ;)
20:41:17 <FHerne> I can't say that I'd ever noticed that one...
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20:46:41 <b_jonas> the new diagonal dynamite and landscaping tools are nice, but could we also have diagonal plant trees and diagonal rail conversion?
20:47:10 <frosch123> rail conversion would be more useful if it would follow the track like signals
20:48:43 <TWerkhoven[l]> is ther any point in diagonal treeplanting? you cannot use the other half of the tile for anything but trees anyway
20:50:49 <z-MaTRiX> and i wanted to bring water from the ocean to the city and sell it as ddrinking water ;<
20:52:19 <Terkhen> I had a patch for diagonal rail conversion but ^
20:52:48 <z-MaTRiX> how about a patch for gridless openttd ?
20:53:04 <Eddi|zuHause> that exists already
20:53:12 <Eddi|zuHause> try opengfx+landscape grf
20:53:23 <z-MaTRiX> i mean floatingpoint orientations
20:53:38 <Eddi|zuHause> that exists also, try TTT :)
20:54:21 <b_jonas> curved tracks that are somewhere in the middle between TTD and Locomotion could make sense, but that would change the entire game
20:54:32 <b_jonas> and it would still use grids
20:54:37 <b_jonas> also, you'd need diagonal bridges first
20:55:02 <b_jonas> Locomotion *is* 3d. that's the main problem
20:55:24 <z-MaTRiX> it would be fun rotating everything anyway and having first person view
20:55:44 <FHerne> What's the problem with diagonal bridges?
20:56:05 <z-MaTRiX> and diagonal tunnels?
20:56:21 <Prof_Frink> The Great Lord Chris deemed them unnecessary.
20:57:16 <z-MaTRiX> without grid land construction with excabators would be a whole new world <;
20:59:00 <b_jonas> diagonal bridges would be nice.
20:59:52 <Wolf01> a flexible terrain but with a grid for buildings would be nice, like sim city 4
20:59:58 <z-MaTRiX> i thought a flight simulator enbedded would be nice
21:00:32 <z-MaTRiX> flying with own helicopter/aeroplane as company owner
21:00:52 <FHerne> And a system for allowing air-to surface strikes from carriers?
21:02:07 <z-MaTRiX> real physics wouldnt be hard
21:02:15 <z-MaTRiX> but that would change the game
21:02:56 <z-MaTRiX> like having 1day = 1day in game
21:04:08 <MNIM> real physics already are in game with the realistic acceleration options.
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21:04:29 <MNIM> however, time shortening is simply a requirement for making it playable
21:04:59 <z-MaTRiX> i have tested the physics
21:06:39 <z-MaTRiX> built a monorail line downhill to another company's station, parked an engine at the end, then driven many engines at 305kmh into it, no damamge at all
21:07:49 <z-MaTRiX> i was expecting some overflow to the station
21:09:17 <b_jonas> that's because the trains start to break in advance
21:16:43 <z-MaTRiX> there was another company's train in the station
21:16:59 <z-MaTRiX> i expected it to be destroyed
21:19:14 <z-MaTRiX> btw ther ewas a bug in original ttd's collision detection that allowed the trains to be taken out
21:21:55 <Eddi|zuHause> you can never destroy other companies' property
21:22:57 <b_jonas> it seems that town authorities hate demolishing trees more than demolishing houses
21:23:03 <z-MaTRiX> is this implemented as a new feature?
21:23:52 <z-MaTRiX> b_jonas<< yes "save the trees, eat beavers !"
21:24:07 <b_jonas> hmm, it's from the Japanese buildings set
21:24:27 <Eddi|zuHause> it probably accepts petrol when playing with ECS
21:28:55 <Prof_Frink> Eddi|zuHause: Except road vehicles.
21:29:27 <Eddi|zuHause> yeah, i think that's stupid as well
21:30:20 <Eddi|zuHause> the train and RV should both just break down, ratings drop, and then everybody goes on their way
21:30:43 <Eddi|zuHause> way less headaches involved
21:31:08 <supermop> there should be collisions that are not total write offs
21:32:10 <Yexo> <z-MaTRiX> i expected it to be destroyed <- that bug has been fixed quite some time ago
21:35:16 <appe> in the esc industry packs, i get to put passengers on the oil rigs
21:35:32 <appe> i guess that means more passengers to the rig equals more oil to be collected?
21:36:11 <z-MaTRiX> i believe its related to how much oil is taken from it
21:36:17 <b_jonas> I think openttd originally started without the strange routing bugs of openttd, such as diagonal rails on the same tile counting connected, depot counted as if it has an exit on the back side, etc
21:36:37 <b_jonas> the signals worked in openttd correctly from start
21:36:47 <appe> clicking the upper part made it show the what's-waiting window, and clicking the lower part made it show the industry window
21:36:57 <appe> and it seems z-MaTRiX is correct
21:38:02 <Eddi|zuHause> b_jonas: no, all those bugs were actually included in openttd, and fixed over time
21:38:53 <z-MaTRiX> we want them baack :)
21:39:46 <z-MaTRiX> the water bug looks 1337
21:46:12 <appe> jesus christ what an expansion
21:46:23 <appe> added a ten-ish boats with passengers to the rig
21:46:44 <appe> with this kind of increase, i really need a passenger relay system
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