You can have 65535 types of vehicles to choose since r12924!

[Digitalfox]

Thanks to peter1138 and his incredible work, since revision 12924 you can now have a total of 65535 type of vehicles to choose to build..



For NewGRF Developers and Coders:

What does this mean?

It means theres no longer the NewGRF limit of 11 ships, 41 Planes and helicopters, 88 Road vehicles and 116 Trains+Wagons..

You can now have for example 10000 ships, 10000 planes, 10000 Road Vehicles + Trams and 10000 Rail Engines + Rail Wagons to choose from to build..

It's now up to NewGRF coders to decide how many they want to have in game and no longer they have the problem of reaching the limit easily..

According to peter, coders can just assign more vehicle IDs in their set or they can of course split the set if they want...

So for easy understanding this means you can have a single NewGRF file with for example 500 Rail Engines + Rail Wagons, you just have to just assign more vehicle IDs...



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For Players wanting to have multiple sets of vehicles available to build at the same time:


In Patches Menu if you activate in the tab Vehicles the option " Enable multiple NewGRF engine sets " you can have all the vehicles set's you want at the same time to choose and play with..

For example you can load Planeset and AV8 at the same time with no problems and all the planes and helicopters will be available to build..

Another example is UKRS and US Train Set, all the Trains and Wagons from this 2 sets will be available to build..

You can have more than 2 set's at the same, and it doesn't matter if they are planes, trains, ships or road vehicles..
Hey I have right now 5 Train + Wagons sets loaded, 2 planes sets loaded and 3 road vehicles sets loaded

Now go and load many vehicles sets at the same time and enjoy it

Also here is a GRF that will also allow original vehicles to appear even with multiple NewGRF sets loaded.

Use the attach file made available by peter


To use this new feature you need to have at least nightly r12932 or newer available here http://www.openttd.org/nightly.php

[DeletedUser5]

Thanks peter1138 for that. Now, I can finally play with both grvts and generic trams set.

[Startrekkevster]

hi.does anybody know how can enable this as my version of openttd doesnt have a csv file for it

thanks k.wilson

[Doorslammer]

Although I still reckon not much beats the style and longevity of a good old Class 37, I wouldn't mind seeing how this will affect the future additions to the engine sheds.

for those who missed the first one.

[FooBar]

OMG This is so SWEET!!!
Peter, thanks a LOT for this wonderful feature!

I bet that all vehicle sets will consist out of multiple files in the near future, instead of just one.

does anybody know how can enable this as my version of openttd doesnt have a csv file for it

There's no comma seperated value file (if that's what you meant). You need to get the latest build (e.g. using buildottd) or wait for tonight's nightly. Then activate the apropriate setting in openttd.cfg. Keep in mind that openttd.cfg is created as soon as you start the game for the first time, then exit, change config and restart.

[Startrekkevster]

sorry to bother u again.ive downloaded latest OTTD version which now comes with csv file but now in file theres no "dynamic engine" option to change. does this need to be added & if so under which part in the csv does it go. thanks again.

[Digitalfox]

sorry to bother u again.ive downloaded latest OTTD version which now comes with csv file but now in file theres no "dynamic engine" option to change. does this need to be added & if so under which part in the csv does it go. thanks again.

You will need at least to compile r12924 or be using the nightly from 30 of April ( Will available at 19:00 GMT, more or less in 2 hours )

Update: Oh well just use my OTTD build

[Purno]

How does this work for set coders? Do we assign more VehicleIDs (just counting from where the limit was), or does a .grf still limit to 116 RailVehIDs and we need to make more .grfs which can be combined in OpenTTD? (I guess that ensures TTDPatch compatibility).

Oh, and indeed, awesome work!

[Digitalfox]

Acording to peter, purno:

" coders can just assign more vehicle IDs in their set, they can of course split the set if they want "

[PhilSophus]

Is it possible to combine the original vehicles with some from NewGRFs? From a first look, it doesn't seem so, or am I missing something? That would be great for e.g. monorail vehicles, which no train set I know has.

Nevertheless, enginepool is a great improvement

[Digitalfox]

Is it possible to combine the original vehicles with some from NewGRFs? From a first look, it doesn't seem so, or am I missing something? That would be great for e.g. monorail vehicles, which no train set I know has.

Nevertheless, enginepool is a great improvement

If you load one of the original grf, for example original trains it will load by side of other newgrf

So you will have original trains and new newgrf trains ..

Use the attach file made available by peter

[FooBar]

sorry to bother u again.ive downloaded latest OTTD version which now comes with csv file but now in file theres no "dynamic engine" option to change. does this need to be added & if so under which part in the csv does it go. thanks again.

What's your definition of "latest version", as that can be at least four different versions (gosh, I think I start to sound like Dalestan now ):
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1 RC1
- latest nightly (r12919)
- latest build (r12930)

Only the last 'latest version' will give you the dynamic engines feature.

And really, last time I checked, OTTD didn't come with a csv file


@Digitalfox:
Thanks for the build. Really saves me the hassle of installing bottd on my parents computer.

[Toni Babelony]

HOLY FECKING MOTHER OF GOD! This is awesome!

A thousand internets and unlimited willing virgins for the development team!

[Startrekkevster]

new version i have called CIVr12918. dunno if this helps

[Digitalfox]

new version i have called CIVr12918. dunno if this helps

Are talking about Community Integrated version???

That version doesn't have this feature right now..

Just download the build I posted and use it to try this new feature

[Startrekkevster]

ive downloaded the version from the link above but in game it comes up as r12924 but the file name is r12928

[Digitalfox]

ive downloaded the version from the link above but in game it comes up as r12924 but the file name is r12928

It doesn't mine..

That was just because in trunk from 12925 to 1928 where NOAI commits that don't mean anything to trunk..

[DaleStan]

You can now have for example 10000 ships, 10000 planes, 10000 Road Vehicles, 10000 trains, 10000 Wagons and 10000 trams

No, you can't. At most, you can have 16384 total rail engines+rail wagons. And the same for roadvehicles+trams.

[Startrekkevster]

so does it need r12928 for the vehicle things to work properly? in this 1 it replaces certain vehicle instead of adding them on

[Digitalfox]

so does it need r12928 for the vehicle things to work properly? in this 1 it replaces certain vehicle instead of adding them on

No my build works right.. You just have to activate in openttd.cfg the switch..