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08:40:01 <andythenorth> BeeContent: the goals are really undemanding and relaxing
08:40:27 <andythenorth> BeeHappy: we draw an ASCII art bee in the story book, and give it a sad or happy face
08:41:09 <Alberth> goal: deliver 0 tonnes of coal to any power plant
08:41:26 <andythenorth> BeeAlone: get rid of all the AI competitors
08:43:02 <andythenorth> more seriously, but I don’t know if it’s a dumb idea yet...
08:43:36 <andythenorth> frosch’s JSON proposal might let a secondary industry specify how much supply it needs to make 400t of cargo / month
08:43:53 <Alberth> it's a quite traditional TTD goal, I think
08:44:10 <andythenorth> if the GS knows how many industries are on the map, and how much cargo the secondaries want
08:44:21 <andythenorth> then it can instruct the primaries to produce the correct amount
08:44:26 <andythenorth> which might be terrible, or might be quite neat
08:44:54 <andythenorth> it results in something like supply / demand economy, or contracts, but without needing complicated mechanics
08:44:59 <Alberth> it's scary at least :)
08:46:06 <andythenorth> Zuu: looks plausible
08:46:15 <Zuu> andythenorth: How do we know how much cargo that secondaries want? Just enough to fulfill what is being transported away + some extra to allow slowly growing production?
08:46:31 <andythenorth> I think the actual value is subject to player choice
08:46:50 <andythenorth> for my games, I want a ‘normal’ industry production to fill 1 or 2 trains / month
08:46:59 <andythenorth> which makes nice manageable networks
08:47:07 <Zuu> produced_cargo_waiting_1 * (LOAD_PERM(0) & 0xFFFF) / 256, <--- if GS set 0, will it be zero output from the industry?
08:47:16 <andythenorth> then I try to get some industries to 1,000t or 2,000t / month, which is quite hard in FIRS
08:47:48 <andythenorth> Zuu: it will be 0 IFF the industry has had any default production disabled (in the produced amount property)
08:48:07 <andythenorth> if you’re modifying default secondaries, that should be fine
08:48:22 * andythenorth looks for the actual property name
08:48:24 <Zuu> I only work with default industries, trying to modify them as little as possible.
08:48:44 <Zuu> Not trying to make an industry NewGRF and avoiding doing graphics. :-)
08:49:16 <andythenorth> I think you want waiting_cargo_1 not produced_cargo_waiting_1
08:49:29 <andythenorth> unless I misunderstand your objective :)
08:50:08 <andythenorth> and you might need to clear the stockpile, can’t remember
08:50:46 <Zuu> Oh, yes waiting_cargo_1 makes much more sense, or it will be an infinity machine only with thet problem that it cannot be started. :-)
08:52:16 <Zuu> There is a stop_accept_cargo callback, but I would expect it to not be set for the default industries.
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08:54:29 <Zuu> Hmm, btw to make industries climate aware, do you enclose the whole item in an if-statement? I found that on world generation, there is no problem, but I can fund eg. battery farm in tropic climate.
08:55:33 <__ln__> batteries grow best in the tropic
08:57:57 <andythenorth> Zuu: yes, wrap the item block with an if
08:58:28 <Zuu> Hmm, my macro-ish for-loop quickly become to inflexible :-/
08:58:34 <andythenorth> yeah that happens :)
08:58:59 <andythenorth> hence python or similar
08:59:16 <andythenorth> lack of loop control was a big - for CPP macros
08:59:21 <Zuu> No point in implementing your own language if it need to be that complex.
08:59:51 <andythenorth> ‘foo steel mill has a contract with bar coal mine'
09:00:21 <andythenorth> ‘bar coal mine will produce 200t / month, but will stop producing if foo steel mill does not receive 200t coal / month'
09:00:38 <andythenorth> we can’t track cargo, but we can track delivery :P
09:01:01 <andythenorth> and also there’s a meta-game there, where players work out how to subvert the script
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09:02:23 <Zuu> If you make them beleive we track delivery from A to B, then it work as long as the illusion holds. :-)
09:07:51 <andythenorth> given the number of resilient myths about how OpenTTD works
09:07:56 <andythenorth> that is possible :)
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09:52:50 <Zuu> FYI, this happen even before GS has touched the industry.
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09:57:17 <Zuu> Hmm, the produce_cargo_arrival callback doesn't show up in the inspector. How is that..
09:58:54 <Supercheese> the newgrf dev window sometimes is wonky
10:00:09 <Zuu> I belive more that my noobness in nml/newgrf is the cause .-)
10:00:40 <Eddi|zuHause> probably a combination of both :p
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10:37:34 <andythenorth> Zuu: you need to clear the cargo from the stockpile explicitly
10:37:40 <andythenorth> can’t remember how
10:37:48 <andythenorth> but you choose how much waiting cargo to consume as part of the production cb
10:38:00 <andythenorth> tbh I find the nfo docs more useful on this than nml
10:38:13 <Zuu> I couldn't find the docs about the production cb. But I didn't look at nfo.
10:39:08 <Zuu> Also, do you understand, why it produces a base production. Eg. paper mill produces 40 or 50 items/moth without any supply.
10:39:25 <andythenorth> nml docs are good, but takes me a long time to find anything
10:39:34 <andythenorth> there’s clear structure, but it’s not the way my brain works
10:39:41 <andythenorth> and search is non-functional
10:40:01 <andythenorth> ok set input_multiplier_1 and such to 0
10:40:05 <Zuu> And I you have to remember where you found some useful list. :-)
10:40:09 <andythenorth> should clear the default production out
10:40:21 <andythenorth> there are input_multiplier_1…3
10:40:44 <andythenorth> Alberth: so did you write a page of nml text, or diverted?
10:42:42 <andythenorth> I got the impression yesterday you were about to write down a minor rant or spec
10:42:47 <andythenorth> maybe I misunderstood :)
10:43:44 <Zuu> Hmm, do any of the default industries produce more than one output cargo?
10:43:52 <Zuu> I mean among secondaries.
10:44:48 <Zuu> That makes it easier. I saw I had linked input cargo 1 to output 1 and input cargo 2 to output 2. Where it should be input 1+2+3 => output 1.
10:45:45 <Alberth> oh, I missed that pre-condition :)
10:46:35 <Zuu> But I had to add a special condition to handle that they produce 2 cargos. And for oil rig as well.
10:59:12 <Supercheese> you can have π though
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11:12:07 <andythenorth> 10% eh pikkas, not bad :)
11:15:33 <Pikka> yeah, I can take some comfort from it not being a total failure :)
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11:54:34 <frosch123> Eddi|zuHause: snow will be red, covered in unicorn blood
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12:06:15 <Alberth> a nice watery blue could work too, as snow is very cold
12:07:16 <V453000> got some ideas already ;(
12:08:02 <Alberth> You are much better at colours than me :)
12:08:53 <V453000> I just do random shit really
12:09:36 <Alberth> it's not totally random imho, but close enough :)
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12:11:02 <andythenorth> silly disconnections
12:14:00 <Alberth> client disconnecting, or laptop sleeping?
12:14:58 <Alberth> it's not a timeout normally, so your machine is likely to disconnect things by itself rather than the network finding you're no responding
12:21:13 <andythenorth> it’s a flakey client sometimes
12:21:17 <andythenorth> or flakey OS X wifi
12:27:04 <andythenorth> BumbleBee: build really meandering routes
12:28:32 <Zuu> I have a callback extra_text_industry, which refer a switch that set a text. Do I need to do anything to invalidate the text, when production changes?
12:28:58 <andythenorth> you want to change the text every time production changes?
12:29:17 <Zuu> Or actually, it is when the permanent store changes. So maybe it is something my source code patch should call..
12:29:29 <andythenorth> I don’t know when cb34(?) runs
12:30:11 * andythenorth leeted A into 4 :(
12:30:46 <andythenorth> docs don’t say what triggers it, but it triggers frequently in my experience
12:30:52 <Zuu> For primaries, it would just be a level-indicator. But for secondaries, it is more useful to see what level it is at. Though it is still available via the inspector. So it is more for estetic purpose.
12:31:45 <andythenorth> unless you have a limited range of values, you’ll need the text stack
12:32:11 <andythenorth> you can switch to different strings by reading the production level register
12:32:24 <andythenorth> or you can put the value for current level into a string dynamically
12:33:02 <andythenorth> iirc, there are some subtle differences between newgrf and GS text handling
12:33:48 <andythenorth> that looks ok to me
12:34:10 <Zuu> It works fine at first, but then the string doesn't change when I upgrade an industry. :-s
12:34:43 <Zuu> I did try close + open the GUI window.
12:36:49 <andythenorth> hmm, industry_cmd.cpp or such probably knows the triggers
12:36:57 <Zuu> I may drop it though. Not really necessary as you can look at the persistent store and see how many steps it has raised from 512 :-)
12:37:01 <andythenorth> I think 3A is called quite often
12:37:26 <andythenorth> but it might indicate that we need a trigger for the GS cb
12:37:34 <andythenorth> I am out of my depth on this tbh
12:37:46 <andythenorth> frosch probably can explain better
12:38:13 <Zuu> The GS cb do not trigger anything other than the prod change callback as I ditched everything that didn't seem necessary to do exactly that. :-)
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12:51:48 <frosch123> SQInteger is actually no integer, is it?
12:52:29 <frosch123> ScriptEventAdminPort::GetObject seems to return an arbitrary squirrel object
12:53:44 <frosch123> ah, nvm, it's actually a pure return value to squirrel, not the actual function result
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13:59:37 <Zuu> andythenorth: The reason why the text didn't appear to update was due to the NewGRF was coded so that integer division caused it to only display factors of 33 %. At the same time GS used 128 instead of 256 as multiplier for each level, causing industry to raise to 116 instead of 133%, which was not displayed.
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14:36:06 <Zuu> It is all commited and pushed to devzone :-)
14:37:28 <ade> ade@ade-desktop ~/Downloads/opengfx $ make
14:37:30 <ade> Traceback (most recent call last):
14:37:32 <ade> File "/usr/local/bin/nmlc", line 5, in <module>
14:37:34 <ade> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
14:37:37 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2749, in <module>
14:37:38 <ade> working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
14:37:40 <Zuu> Though you still need the patch, so I will not add it to bananas.
14:37:41 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 444, in _build_master
14:37:45 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 725, in require
14:37:47 <ade> needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
14:37:49 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 628, in resolve
14:37:51 <ade> raise DistributionNotFound(req)
14:37:52 <Zuu> ade: Please use a pastebin
14:37:53 <ade> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: nml==0.4.1
14:37:55 <ade> make: *** [ogfx1_base.grf] Error 1
14:37:59 <ade> ade@ade-desktop ~/Downloads/opengfx $
14:41:45 <Alberth> what does nmlc --version say?
14:42:37 <ade> Traceback (most recent call last):
14:42:37 <ade> File "/usr/local/bin/nmlc", line 5, in <module>
14:42:37 <ade> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
14:42:37 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2749, in <module>
14:42:37 <ade> working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
14:42:39 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 444, in _build_master
14:42:39 <Zuu> It is a bit illogical perhaps to have factories with 100% efficiency that then go up to 133% etc. Would look better if they started at eg. 33%.
14:42:43 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 725, in require
14:42:45 <ade> needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
14:42:47 <ade> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 628, in resolve
14:42:49 <ade> raise DistributionNotFound(req)
14:42:51 <ade> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: nml==0.4.1
14:44:23 <Zuu> One possibility is that the NewGRF just define 5 or 8 "levels" and the GS tell it what level to use and it is up to the NewGRF what actual production that corresponds to. Then show in text "industry level 1", "industry level 2" etc.
14:44:54 <Alberth> sounds better indeed than 100+% :)
14:45:29 <Zuu> And I think in this case less is more. Eg. just a few clear steps the industry can operate on.
14:46:35 <Alberth> yeah, it's much easier to extend later when it's clear where the pain is
14:47:54 <Zuu> That said, I think it is sort of ready for play test at the moment. Divide the % with 33 and you have the levels.
14:50:01 <ade> sudo apt-get install python-setuptools????
14:50:26 <Alberth> ade: I don't know, please pot a pastebin link with the error
14:51:31 <Zuu> Hmm... though I have some bug which I beleive is in the GS that cause some industries to drop to 33 %. Which should not happen. :-)
14:51:36 <Alberth> and the command you types
14:52:17 <frosch123> Zuu: it's the random production callback :)
14:52:23 <frosch123> if it triggers, it resets the gs data to 0 :)
14:53:44 <Zuu> Oh yes. The GS set it back to saved value every 5 day, but only for industries that has been upgraded. Those who was never upgraded, are assumed to stay as they are, which they don't. :-)
14:54:55 <Zuu> I probably should get a bit to tell the NewGRF that I'm a GS.
14:55:24 <Zuu> Not the close bit though, but another.
14:57:53 <Zuu> That will be for later though.
15:01:31 <Zuu> Having the GS update all industries often, would result in quite many DoCommands.
15:08:23 <Zuu> The esiest solution would be to make 33% production the default value in the NewGRF also for new industries and make this the starting level for industries in the GS, so the first upgrade bring them to 66%.
15:26:50 <ade> ade-desktop / # nmlc --version
15:26:50 <ade> 0.3.1.r5242:f6a3ae1163ab from 2014-05-09 (Released as 0.3.1)
15:26:50 <ade> Library versions encountered:
15:34:17 <Alberth> ok, so that's not 0.4.1
15:34:53 <Alberth> oh, and don't run programs as root, it's dangerous
15:35:54 <Alberth> what are you trying to do?
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15:40:29 <ade> I'm making the 32bpp NEWGRF.Like zbase...
15:45:12 <Alberth> from source, I assume, ie you have a check-out
15:45:12 <Alberth> I'd suggest you also check-out the nml source, so you have a new enough version
15:45:31 <Alberth> it also avoids the setuptools crap
15:47:51 <Alberth> you're just building zbase, or do you also want to make changes?
15:58:25 <ade> Yes,I'm a MBA,want to add some new buildings, Such as Stock Market,Products,,,,,
15:59:58 <ade> Maybe I need to write the patch of openttd.
16:02:57 <Alberth> just new buildings would be a new objects newgrf, I think
16:03:36 <Alberth> then you get eye-candy graphics
16:05:43 <ade> Bring "capitalism Lab" to openttd,that is my dream.
16:07:30 <Alberth> don't know that, but wouldn't that require a rewrite of the openttd economy?
16:08:50 <Alberth> doing that is fine, but why do you need new buildings for that, I am wondering?
16:11:07 <ade> Yes ,Just the Player control the Factory,and mft more products. Like FIRS industy.
16:12:48 <ade> Because I need stock exchange center(building),,,NYSE
16:13:37 <Sylf> that sounds like a completely new game
16:14:02 <Alberth> couldn't you just add a "stock market" button to the city windows?
16:14:40 <Sylf> reminds me of this dude on the forum a while back, trying to merge openttd with another game
16:16:25 <Alberth> might be easier to start designing the game from scratch, and then implement it by looking at existing code
16:17:09 <ade> And I want to add Army,Tank, planetmaker tell me to write the NEWGRF,so I study the nml. but is too hard for me.
16:17:36 <ade> sorry ,,,,my english is very poor.
16:17:42 <Alberth> that's also capitalism lab?
16:18:28 <Alberth> you tried the nml tutorial? that's the easiest way in, I think
16:18:47 <ade> that is red alert 2,,,want to simulate the real-world.
16:18:51 <Sylf> what do army and tanks do in openttd?
16:19:07 <Sylf> there'll be a war in openttd?
16:19:37 <Sylf> Is this openttd or freeciv?
16:20:36 <Alberth> so how many years do you think you will need?
16:21:11 <Alberth> that sounds about right :)
16:24:06 <Alberth> why do you start with openttd? wouldn't starting with openra or so be better?
16:24:31 <Alberth> ie what does openttd bring in?
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16:26:15 <ade> openttd is logistics,,,,,,is a part of economy.
16:26:30 <ade> the openra is too far for me.
16:28:10 <Alberth> openttd is train-network building
16:28:23 <ade> I have design a lot of prototype for the ecnomic system of openttd
16:28:25 <Alberth> it's not really centered around logistics
16:29:39 <Alberth> indeed, you'd need to change the entire economy
16:30:47 <Alberth> and pretty much build up logistics from the ground
16:30:58 <Alberth> ie there are no ware houses or so in openttd currently
16:31:46 <Alberth> freeciv or widelands are more resource oriented
16:31:47 <ade> ok,,,add the warehouse to zbase...
16:33:09 <Alberth> you are aware that changing the underlying code is a lot more difficult than adding a few graphics, right?
16:33:16 <ade> I have a qustion, why the IRC can't send the images.
16:34:01 <Alberth> use an image host site, like imgur, and paste the link in irc
16:36:32 <ade> I'm studying NML ,BYE,Albert ,,,,,thanks
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16:50:20 <Sylf> one person is speaking in earthling, the other in martian, and somehow the conversation makes half sense. Amazing.
16:54:31 <Alberth> Sylf: mind is set at one goal and one goal only :)
16:58:42 <Wolf01> I think in the next months I'll have a lot of time to think about doing nice stuff, maybe for openttd too
17:03:17 <Alberth> I do hope you'll reserve some time for doing too :)
17:04:25 <Wolf01> yes, I think I'll have a lot of spare time for doing stuff
17:12:34 <Zuu> Sounds like ade will have use of the gs->newgrf patch.
17:16:06 <Alberth> yeah, maybe you can write a new economy in GS
17:17:10 <Alberth> financial window won't change probably
17:17:55 <Sylf> wat. I demand research & development category in finance window. And have it done tomorrow. For free.
17:20:16 <Alberth> I think that needs research and development, but you seem to have run out of money
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17:31:52 <andythenorth> confirmation that OpenTTD is dead
17:32:02 <andythenorth> because NoMultiCore
17:33:27 <Sylf> yup, he said so, so it must be true.
17:33:55 <andythenorth> has me convinced
17:37:58 <andythenorth> can we make OpenTTD eventually consistent? o_O
17:38:21 <andythenorth> your MP games might diverge, but eventually they’ll all be the same state - crashed
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17:39:14 <Alberth> maybe we should first remove all multi-core support :p
17:40:05 <andythenorth> is pathfinding really so slow?
17:40:20 <andythenorth> I thought $someone profiled and found that there is a huge graphics loop eating time?
17:40:30 <andythenorth> eh, that was years ago though
17:40:42 <Alberth> running anything newgrf is expensive
17:40:51 <Alberth> just the startup iirc
17:41:24 <Alberth> pathfinding is done a lot
17:41:45 <Alberth> that's why you can take out a track just before a train,and it will divert or stop
17:41:46 <andythenorth> and tbh, the game just isn’t fun if you don’t have a 4096x4096 map, with 10k vehicles
17:42:13 <Alberth> :o only 4000x4000? you need at least 8000x4000!
17:42:40 <andythenorth> not even playing serious with less than that
17:43:03 <andythenorth> performance boost: reduced map sizes
17:43:11 <andythenorth> performance boost: reduced vehicle limits
17:43:32 <Alberth> Hopefully 128 bit map-positions would be sufficient
17:44:06 <Alberth> but it would perhaps also need wrap-around?
17:44:17 <andythenorth> how about sharding the map and using one core per shard?
17:44:21 <Alberth> the world isn't flat, you know!
17:44:57 <andythenorth> “I’m using sharding AND multi-threading to solve performance problems”
17:45:03 <andythenorth> “now you have 3 problems"
17:46:17 <Alberth> I pondered about optimistically doing path finding on the next two trains. The next will always be taken, the 2nd train only if there is no conflict
17:46:32 <Alberth> but likely, detecting conflict takes more time
17:52:00 <Zuu> Alberth: New economy can display some stats in a story book page. It doesn't support tabular data, but it would be possible to add a page element type for that.
17:52:38 <andythenorth> New economy? o_O
17:52:39 <Zuu> Oh, and its sunny here 2 hours today which is why I'm a bit afk :-)
17:54:59 <Alberth> /me offers a very rainy day in exchange
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18:21:52 <ade> WONDER,,,I LOVE ...............
18:22:21 <Zuu> requires also the patch you find in the topic.
18:25:59 <Flygon> Hey, checking out the planned list of trains for 2CC Set...
18:26:06 <Flygon> Someone's listed down the X'trapolis 100 for Chile
18:26:15 <Flygon> It's actually most widely used in Melbourne
18:26:25 <Zuu> When a goal is completed, it will upgrade the target industry to higher prodiction/efficiency. If target is a town, only mail goal will be allowed to upgrade, and it will upgrade all primary industries nearby the town.
18:26:32 <Flygon> Who/where do I constant/consult about the possibility of it being enabled for both Oceania and South America?
18:28:27 <Flygon> Alberth: I'm just worried people will call me an asshole for saying it
18:28:36 <Flygon> Even tho it really is the X'trapolis's main claim to fame... x.x
18:28:57 <Flygon> And I know people are going to tear me a new one about things like "Well, what the crap DO you think it's main company is?"
18:29:09 <Flygon> Is Wikipedia proof? Or do I have to go through a million misc. web pages
18:29:16 <Flygon> Such as Railpage, that VR archive, ect
18:29:32 <Flygon> I'm sorry if I sound agressive... just...
18:29:37 <Alberth> how would I know, I don't do real-life vehicle thingies :)
18:29:44 <Flygon> I'm really really sorry
18:31:00 <Alberth> it's interesting to see people discussing ball bearings of wagons as justification of wagon speed limits :)
18:32:52 <Alberth> but wiki-pedia sounds like more proof to me than just claiming without any reference
18:45:30 <__ln__> if i choose greek drachma as the currency, it'll automatically change to euro when year changes to 2002. at what year will it change back to drachma?
18:46:13 <Wolf01> and more important: can you have a double currency period?
18:47:28 <Eddi|zuHause> __ln__: the game is not capable of doing that
18:49:04 <__ln__> also, why cannot i get an unlimited amount of loan?
18:49:26 <frosch123> just raise inflation
18:50:24 <__ln__> for that i'd need the drachma back
18:51:54 <Eddi|zuHause> you can't have inflation with the euro. germany won't allow it
18:53:04 <Flygon> I'd make a snarky remark as a casual observer
18:53:14 <Flygon> You'd point out Tony Abbott's a dick who's ruining Australia
18:53:31 <Flygon> I'd use rougher language, like saying "Tony Abbott is a cunt", but I don't want to get banned from #openttd
18:53:31 <Eddi|zuHause> nobody outside australia really cares :p
18:53:47 <Flygon> What with how often that "The Reject" photoshoot gets reposted
18:54:36 <Eddi|zuHause> i do like clarke and dawe, though
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19:45:24 <DorpsGek> Commit by translators :: r27339 trunk/src/lang/unfinished/frisian.txt (2015-07-25 19:45:15 +0200 )
19:45:25 <DorpsGek> -Update from WebTranslator v3.0:
19:45:26 <DorpsGek> frisian - 42 changes by BAJansen
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20:09:33 <andythenorth> actually the type of bearings in a vehicle is a very big gameplay factor
20:09:55 <andythenorth> WHEN YOU’RE DOING POST-HOC JUSTIFICATION
20:11:28 <frosch> maybe try post-hog justifications :p
20:12:56 <andythenorth> hog is heading into the happy world of post-hog justification
20:13:02 <andythenorth> it’s much the best way to make a set :P
20:13:31 <andythenorth> first find the rough edges caused by current spec in current openttd
20:13:46 <andythenorth> then design a vehicle roster to make gameplay pleasing accepting the rough edges
20:14:02 <andythenorth> then google endlessly for odd prototypes and long-forgotten realisms :P
20:14:30 <andythenorth> nah, declare it rubbish and start again
20:14:51 <andythenorth> Iron Horse is interesting
20:15:02 <andythenorth> it’s easily my favourite set of the ones I’ve made
20:15:08 <andythenorth> but relatively, players hate it
20:15:46 <Alberth> hmm, good sign clearly, as you and players seem a lot mutual exclusive :)
20:16:18 <Alberth> but what is supposed to be wrong about it?
20:16:30 <Alberth> I found it a nice set to play with
20:17:03 <Alberth> although it is some time ago since I tried it
20:19:00 <Eddi|zuHause> while the design challenge may be interesting, the players might not have the same investment into the ideas and concepts
20:19:35 <Eddi|zuHause> i would never play 10CC, for example
20:20:16 <Alberth> are you talking about iron horse?
20:23:38 <andythenorth> I have probably undersold it in the release thread :P
20:26:59 <Eddi|zuHause> that is a common problem with you. you're trying to be overly witty, and you lose everybody who didn't take the mind-journey with you.
20:27:46 <Eddi|zuHause> a release thread like this you should write for a person who has never read any post by you, ever.
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20:42:19 <andythenorth> or I don’t care any more, and I’m amusing myself :)
20:53:19 <andythenorth> eh it’s also a field flooded with train sets
20:54:36 <andythenorth> which might explain why an unfinished Road Hog alpha has more downloads than a very polished stable release of Iron Horse
21:07:59 <Zuu> Don't take download counts to seriusly. People download libraries that have no script yet using it.
21:10:07 <Supercheese> I'm still partial to NARS and UKRS
21:10:59 <Supercheese> I've set myself a goal to use every engine in them in some niche, but I'll likely need several more games to achieve that goal
21:13:43 <Supercheese> although my current game keeps stalling as I think up more features to add to newgrfs :S
21:14:34 <Zuu> That is a common result of playing
21:15:13 <andythenorth> sometimes I don’t play because I feel I need to add a feature first :|
21:15:19 <andythenorth> that is boring and silly
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21:16:03 <Alberth> I do that with code features, sometimes I first need to refactor
21:16:11 <Alberth> also boring but less silly :)
21:17:21 <andythenorth> it’s why inexperienced developers sometimes turn up and get a lot done
21:17:33 <andythenorth> they lack inhibitions :)
21:20:26 <Eddi|zuHause> <Supercheese> although my current game keeps stalling as I think up more features to add to newgrfs :S <-- that is why most people in here never play the game anymore
21:20:47 * Supercheese is joining the dark side
21:21:00 * andythenorth did play the game, it was fun
21:21:08 <andythenorth> then I thought of a feature for Busy Bee
21:21:09 <Eddi|zuHause> for example, i've not played a single game since i started CETS
21:21:18 <andythenorth> then I didn’t learn Squirrel :P
21:21:19 <Eddi|zuHause> except maybe testing for 10 minutes
21:24:54 * Supercheese will buck the trend and play a game right now
21:25:16 <Zuu> Develop a GS that needs play testing? ;-)
21:25:53 <Zuu> Busy Bee actually is quite good at getting you to play the game.
21:26:51 <Supercheese> startup sure takes a while when you've hundreds of newgrfs to scan...
21:27:52 <Zuu> So then you bring up your text editor to code some stuff on your project and forget about playing the game? :-p
21:29:58 <Supercheese> thankfully not this time, I'm still stymied on trying to feed the relative tile information to the airport through the anim_control callback
21:30:11 <Supercheese> really not much of an idea how to work that out
21:30:32 <Alberth> scanning is done by now :p
21:31:34 <Eddi|zuHause> Zuu: that is usually stopped abruptly by the *dingdingding* sound in the background
21:33:44 <Supercheese> great now I cannot remember why I built a branch from this aluminum plant to the sugar refinery...
21:34:41 <Supercheese> ah, must be for the food produced
21:34:47 <Alberth> busy bee is great for that, it has a concrete list of goals :)
21:34:59 <Sylf> you produce canned sugar?
21:35:39 <Zuu> And you can stil pick from them what makes most sense for your network. But not completing the goal means you have to wait 3 years before you get a new one. :-)
21:40:12 <Supercheese> CHIPS tiles are great for station walking
21:43:08 <Zuu> I wonder what to do next to the 'experimental newgrf-gs branch'
21:44:23 <Zuu> Make a forum post? Make binaries? Work on patch? etc. :-)
21:46:14 <Zuu> Or play on the Busy Bee server :-D
21:51:45 <Alberth> such hard decisions :)
21:52:07 <Zuu> Or actually, it is getting late so bed is also an option. :-)
21:53:25 <Supercheese> Beer is also always an option
22:06:54 <andythenorth> CHIPS tiles are *made* for station walking
22:07:01 <andythenorth> building ‘pretty stations’ was never the goal :)
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22:08:08 * Supercheese has too many station newgrfs
22:08:16 <Supercheese> but they're all so good
22:20:48 <Zuu> Station NewGRFs is what I miss out most when playing without any NewGRFs.
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22:24:52 <Supercheese> Man I dunno what I'd do without ctrl+drag for signals on the whole line
22:25:10 <Supercheese> well, guess I'd probably get carpal tunnel
22:26:11 <Zuu> Oh yes, good old TTD without ctrl+drag and no rail coversion tool. :-)
22:26:22 * Supercheese shudders at the thought
22:26:39 <Supercheese> thankfully when only TTD was around, I was but a wee lad and didn't even know how to use signals
22:27:00 <Supercheese> by the time I figured networking out OTTD was out
22:28:07 <Zuu> I made some networks in TTDP without ctrl+drag or rail conversion tool. But then at that time, even if OTTD was not out, I had plenty of time to play the game.
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22:44:27 <Quatroking> is it possible to change the max clients of a server while running?
22:45:17 <frosch> do you know the in-game console?
22:45:35 <frosch> try listsettings maxclient
22:45:55 <frosch> i never quite know the singular/plural :)
22:46:47 <Supercheese> setting max_clients X
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22:53:34 <Quatroking> also, any way to make trees transparant
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