North Wales Project (CODERS AND ARTISTS WANTED)

[Joesef]

hi guys im from the area anglesy to be exact. and can help with any info mainly geographical at the minute. probably. as i cant even get my game to work. but i would be more then happy to help. dont really even know how anything works yet as i havent played this game for years. or waht OTTD is etc. but so far im happy to see this game is still active.

what kind of things do you need to know. is this purly geogrpahical rail lines etc. or would you liek to know of where abouts of large industries etc. that can be placed. i dont really know how i can help. but if anyone woudl like help on any matters get in touch.

hope i can help!

[welshdragon]

Josef, Croeso! (1)
I hope you enjoy playing the scenario, once you have it downloaded and your game running, feel free to modify anything, and then PM me with the new copy, or let me know your plans so i can do any changes to this topic
I am planning to make a mini site once more content is available, so that everything's in one place

Diolch! (2)
(in case you can't understand welsh (1) is welcome (2) is thanks)

[Ben_K]

...please go ahead and 'fabricate' it...

Sure thing. I'll try and do it later if I get a chance. And yes, it will be significantly better than it looks now so Ameecher, chill out man!

[Ben_K]

Ok, I have amended the sprites a little. Im not entirely happy with the loco (As I havent really had much practice at steam locos yet) so if anyone wants to improve on it, feel free. Anyway, here you go Mark....

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References:
http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/pop_ups ... per10.html
http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/pop_ups ... per13.html
http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/technical_info.html

[welshdragon]

(speechless)


...5 minutes later...
Thank you Ben_K, that looks fantastic! I have never been on the snowdon railway before as it is too expensive, once it is coded (any volunteers?) i shall look forward to 'virtually' riding up the mountain in a train

Note to coders: the steam trains are still in use to this very day

[Ben_K]

Well, they use the diesels first but in the busy periods they will bring out the steamers too! And I was surprised to read on their website that they have Diesel Electric railcars too!

Anyway, its not so great but its something to get started with. Im glad you are happy with it.

[Ameecher]

That Ben, is much more like it

[welshdragon]

That is a true sign of a dedicated artist

[athanasios]

Nice community work. Thanks Ben_K.

[irvine6]

HI,

I really would like to play this map as i am from north wales..

I have downloaded the saved file and cfg file but when i run the map it freezes and say something like cannot move obsticles?

Any help would be great thanks

[welshdragon]

Ok,
#1 have you got all the GRF's listed in the CFG file? if not, can i suggest getting the 'clean' version

anybody else?

[irvine6]

Ye i listed them all in my cfg file aswell where can i get the clean version? and what does that mean?

sorry

[welshdragon]

See my first post, (delete the other file)

[welshdragon]

Ok, this might not sound good, but in 12 days, i'm moving house, which means i will not have unlimited internet access for a while, however i would like it if someone could 'hold the fort' for me, because i'm not sure of North Yorkshire County Council's policy on visiting forums, and whether they'll let me visit here, so anybody willing to take over, effective as of a week today?
If nobody applies, i shall do my best to monitor the topic and provide any support

[Ben_K]

Dude, you are overestimating the speed of this place. Nothing will happen in 12 days that you can't catch up on once your back. Don't stress. I'm sure we'll all keep a community eye on it until you get back.

Just chill....

[welshdragon]

I'm chilled, it might be longer than 12 days, but hey, i can always rely on you guys to look after it!

[welshdragon]

Just to say all's well with my laptop now, but i still haven't moved, that could be anytime soon...

I'll draw a merseyrail unit this weekend whilst at my gran's (as she has a scanner i might hand draw it then scan it in and touch it up!)

by the way, if you said yes to the poll, and you have IRC: come to channel #welshdragon every night, i'll teach you that way.
If not, i'll start work on a word document soon

[Ben_K]

I'll draw a merseyrail unit this weekend whilst at my gran's (as she has a scanner i might hand draw it then scan it in and touch it up!)

I would recommend that you just draw from scratch. It will look crap if you try to copy/paste/scan etc. With pixel art, its about making it 'look' right rather than it actually using the right colours etc. What I mean is that in places you might not be able to draw 3 thin lines of blue, white, red on a grey loco BUT if you use a pink colour next to a blue line you can fool the eye to think its a red/white/blue set of lines. That is something that you wont be able to mimic with a scan. It might be a long way to do it but it really is best to just start from scratch and experiment. Use Purno's tutorials too. They will also provide a template for sizes that you can use as a basis. And other help you need, just ask. There are loads of people here who can advise you.

[welshdragon]

Has anybody had any problems when trying to run the scenario from my download? mine's no longer working

edit: found source of problem, all in hand now

edit2: no need for a merseyrail unit, unless anybody wants one, class 101's and 158's were used on the lines...

[welshdragon]

Ok so i'm now on vista, and i have bags of memory to boot, and i wondered, if the new year would herald some light on this project...
...Oh, forgot to mention, i've got ttpatch working so i can play my masterpiece (dances)...
...and, in the new year, me and my flatmate are getting broadband, hopefully BT won't mess us around too much this time, as they disconnected my old line, and gave me a brand new one (after a month0
...Um, what else, oh yes..... HAPPY CHRISTMAS! or, in welsh, nadolig llawen