Michael Blunck's new graphics [http://www.ttdpatch.de/]

[michael blunck]

what happened to railtype support for the stations?

Sorry? Do you mean getting rid of fix default rail sprites in NewStations, or are you refering to railtype support in general? The former is / will be included in NewStations v0.5 for passenger stations. It´s still a bit debatable how to handle this for freight stations, though.

Will [hydro-electric power plants] be included in the forthcoming MariCo update?

No. MariCo addresses the marine environment. Those power plants will be in an extra newGRF.

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Michael

[Eddi]

It´s still a bit debatable how to handle this for freight stations, though.

yes. i meant that station visible in the picture. so what's the problem there?

[michael blunck]

It´s still a bit debatable how to handle this for freight stations, though.

yes. i meant that station visible in the picture. so what's the problem there?

The station tile with that portal crane? Well, it´s from NewStations "freight stations", and due to aforementioned problems none of them got railtype support until now.

The underlying problem is mostly with "fake rails" needed for switch yards, turnouts, etc, which cannot be composed in a way matching unknown railtypes.

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Michael

[michael blunck]

One more screenshot, some modern sheds:

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Michael

[The Irish]

fantastic stuff, as always!

[michael blunck]

fantastic stuff, as always!

Thanks for your interest, Paul.

The idea here (besides all that specific maritime stuff) is to closely integrate MariCo and NewStations to get better possibilities for constructing more "realistic" harbours.

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Michael

[Quast65]

little idea, maybe include some tiles that you place on the slopes with stairs coming down to your dockside. Now the sailors have to climb over the grass to get to the mainland.

[Toni Babelony]

Do I spot a narrow gauge track on the quayside now?

[michael blunck]

little idea, maybe include some tiles that you place on the slopes with stairs coming down to your dockside. Now the sailors have to climb over the grass to get to the mainland.

Right, some object tiles will display a road or track section when being placed beside a real road or track tile.

Do I spot a narrow gauge track on the quayside now?

Yeah, the idea was to have a small animated "harbour train" on some of these tiles.

regards
Michael

[Yoshi]

From german forums ...

[koalorka]

Why is NewStations not available from the in-game OTTD content manager? Or is it under a different name?

[michael blunck]

Meanwhile things are getting more interesting ...

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.. but still much to do.

regards
Michael

[andythenorth]

Couldn't resist tweaking the sheds

[michael blunck]

Couldn't resist tweaking the sheds

4:30 or 3:00?

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Michael

[andythenorth]

4:30 or 3:00?

My views are known

I put a little more shadow under the roofline too.

[michael blunck]

4:30 or 3:00?

[...] I put a little more shadow under the roofline too.

I see my question was ambigous.

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Michael

[michael blunck]

A small fishing harbour:

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Michael

[Hitperson]

the sheds appear to be floating on the coast tile...

[Supercheese]

the sheds appear to be floating on the coast tile...

No, I believe they are build INTO the earthworks on the coast; if you look closely you can see the front part of the wall is taller than the back part.

[Raichase]

I'm just in awe.