High Speed Tracks

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 09:11

Hey all,

Thought id have a stab at some High Speed Tracks:

Comments? I havent done the artic tracks yet though.

Could someone please code this if they have a little spare time?
Id prefer it to replace the monorail or maglev tracks

Cheers
James

Dextro · Post by **Dextro** » 15 May 2005 10:58

What on earth are high speed tracks?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 11:17

Tracks with faster trains?

Dextro · Post by **Dextro** » 15 May 2005 11:18

Purno wrote:Tracks with faster trains?

LOL, all I can think of is the TGV that required new tracks to be build...

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 11:20

yep same here

or actually, it would be a Monorail graphics replacement... or I could be wrong perhaps

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 11:27

List of High Speed Trains:

ICE
TGV
Thalys
AVE (Spain)

There might be more, those are the ones off the top of my head.

Would it be possible for regular trains like for example in the DB Set, the BR 120 to run on just normal track, and things like the ICE to run on both? You could make junctions between the track types which hish speed trains can travel over.

James

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 11:29

Oh, that needs a new feature. It also needs the train to think: It can travel faster over High-Speed tracks, so it doesn't always need to take the shortest way...

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 11:44

Maybe not then...

We could make it then so that the ICE, TGV etc have to travel on high speed tracks while other trains run on normal track.

It would be more challenging as players would have to build more infrastructure to accomadate the fastest trains. Similar to real life apart from the crossing of tracks.

What do you think of the graphics? Id like to see them in the game to see if they look alright.

James

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 11:47

Am I wrong or did you not replace the snowy tiles?

Dextro · Post by **Dextro** » 15 May 2005 11:49

jamesvassie wrote:I havent done the artic tracks yet though.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 11:50

Ok, I'm wrong AND he didn't make them

Anyways, shouldn't the barriers be made of concrete, in high speed tracks? (lightgrey color)

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 11:50

Well spotted!

Ill do them at some other time, i just did the temp. tracks so i could see what they looked like!

Cheers
James

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 13:23

How easy/hard would it be to code crossover tracks?

James

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 13:29

what's "crossover tracks"?

You mean like a railroad / monorail crossing?

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 13:36

yep, sorta like this

- = railway
_ = monorail
_ _ _ _
------/------
_ _ _

James

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 13:37

Why don't you just build a bridge?

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 16:12

you misunderstand,

not to cross over the railway, to intersect with it. So one train can go between the 2.

Dont know if this is possible or not though.

If i was to code these tracks just as a graphic replacement for monorail, how hard would it be?

James

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 15 May 2005 16:50

Oh, that needs a new feature.

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 15 May 2005 18:11

Woops missed that!

Can someone please code them for me?

Cheers
James

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 15 May 2005 20:57

I'd say that the ballast needs a little more texturing, especially on sprites 1018-1022.

I expect you're aware that you'll need a desert version of these tracks too.

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