Yet another autoslope patch (in trunk since r11107)

[frosch]

So now that you've gotten this done, what will happen to the horizontal/vertical foundations patch you were working on?

Well, since r11128 (again thanks Rubidium) the halftile-foundation-patch does no longer overlap with other patches, that are WIPs. But next weekend I am busy...

But because it is you: I have collected some screenies from my last savegames with that branch. They show your anti-zig-zag foundations in action

[Roujin]

looks nice
your contributions are really great frosch keep up the nice work

[Maedhros]

Wow. That's looking fantastic.

[belugas]

Like... WOW!

Speachless

[Acerbus]

This is probably one of the most awesome things ever conceived in the history of mankind

[Mchl]

This is probably one of the most awesome things ever conceived in the history of mankind

Like in: 'One small patch for a man, a giant leap for OpenTTD'?

[Acerbus]

Like in: 'One small patch for a man, a giant leap for OpenTTD'?

Exactly!

But seriously, this feature adds so much from the aesthetic standpoint alone that it is simply amazing. Kinda weird as it is quite a simple idea as such.

[Aydan]

Awesome patch indeed.

Would it be possible to extend it to allow building under slopes and also to switch between under/on slope on a tile?
This might come in handy when you want to change level along a slope.
for build under slopes look here

[Rubidium]

for build under slopes look here

That is absolutely NOT what you want. As it's just autoslopes named wrong.

[Ailure]

But because it is you: I have collected some screenies from my last savegames with that branch. They show your anti-zig-zag foundations in action

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You resolved probably one of my biggest pet peeves with the foundations in the game. I love how handy the foundations are, but now how they tend to look ugly in certain situations... until now.

[Aydan]

for build under slopes look here

That is absolutely NOT what you want. As it's just autoslopes named wrong.

True. But I can't seem to find the correct one although I remember it being somewhere.
Hope you get the idea anyway.

[frosch]

Did you mean that?
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php? ... a&start=33
That is a complete different thing. It is more like cliffs than autoslope. And it will cause even more visibility problems than my halftile-foundations-patch does.
Second in my opinion such a "build under slope" is very rarely needed. Most time autoslope will do the job.

[Aydan]

Sort of. I meant to be able to build road/rail on the lower level of a slope. And to build a ramp from the lower to the upper level within the slope. This would amout to having a "cliff" of height 1 next to the tile.
Useful in this situation. You go up a slope with a rail and then want to turn along the slope. Nowadays you'd have to carve out at least two half tiles to have a level place for the turn. With build under slopes you wouldn't need that. ou could just build the turn into the slope.

[frosch]

This would amout to having a "cliff" of height 1 next to the tile.

But if there is a foundation on the next neighboured tile, you will get a cliff of height 2. On the backside of a hill you will have no chance to see vehicles, or what you are currently building there.

[Acerbus]

But if there is a foundation on the next neighboured tile, you will get a cliff of height 2. On the backside of a hill you will have no chance to see vehicles, or what you are currently building there.

I remember hearing of a possible rotating viewpoint patch somewhere. If it was ever made, then the problem would be solved.

[vanOekelen]

But if there is a foundation on the next neighboured tile, you will get a cliff of height 2. On the backside of a hill you will have no chance to see vehicles, or what you are currently building there.

I remember hearing of a possible rotating viewpoint patch somewhere. If it was ever made, then the problem would be solved.

As long as there aren't sprites for every building for every direction it won't be possible to make a working "rotation-patch".

[NukeBuster]

So now that you've gotten this done, what will happen to the horizontal/vertical foundations patch you were working on?

Well, since r11128 (again thanks Rubidium) the halftile-foundation-patch does no longer overlap with other patches, that are WIPs. But next weekend I am busy...

But because it is you: I have collected some screenies from my last savegames with that branch. They show your anti-zig-zag foundations in action

I really hope you will release a patch file soon, I can't wait to play with that awesome feature.

[Acerbus]

I really hope you will release a patch file soon, I can't wait to play with that awesome feature.

Judging by the devs' reactions, soon you won't have to have a patch file to play it.

[NukeBuster]

Judging by the devs' reactions, soon you won't have to have a patch file to play it.

He'd still need to release it first

[belugas]

He'd still need to release it first

No matter how he did it, I'm pretty much convinced it must have been done the Right Way (tm).
And I suspect somehow that he did not released it yet just because he does not feel comfortable enough about his code. Which is absolutely fine, in my point of view.