REPORT OF THE STANDING AND SITTING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF GRF COMPLIANCE
1.0 The Claim
1.1
andythenorth wrote:I've done nothing zero, nothing, zilch in FISH to support or block TTDPatch
1.2 fish.grf should work under TTDPatch (TTDP)
2.0 The Procedure
2.1 Wallyweb Test Facility (WTF) was appointed to conduct an investigation into claims that fish.grf should work under TTDP.
2.2 WTF found a somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee (which is a good thing as the relieving of bladders during testing procedures is frowned upon) with a fully pirated Windows version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe (TTDX) installed on hard drive C under the folder MPS as well as the latest version (r2349) of TTDP.
2.3 WTF, through its Lack-of Intelligence Agency Research Section (LIARS), obtained a copy of fish.grf and installed it in the newgrf folder found in the MPS folder wherein was installed TTDX as well as TTDP (r2349) on the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee.
2.4 WTF located the newgrf configuration file formerly known as newgrf.cfg and reconfigured the newgrf configuration file formerly known as newgrf.cfg to include a reference that pointed to the fish.grf file that had been installed in the newgrf folder found in the MPS folder wherein was installed TTDX as well as TTDP (r2349) on the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee.
2.5 WTF, through its LIARS, invoked, via a desktop shortcut, a session of TTDX patched with TTDP (r2349).
3.0 Observations
3.1 It was observed that the start page of TTDX patched with TTDP (r2349) was seen to appear on the flat screen monitor attached to the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee with a fully pirated Windows version of TTDX installed on hard drive C under the folder MPS as well as the latest version (r2349) of TTDP.
3.2 It was observed that the committee chair had the assistance of a very attractive executive assistant.
3.3 It was observed that a red error message block appeared in the upper left corner of the start page of TTDX patched with TTDP (r2349) on the flat screen monitor attached to the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee with a fully pirated Windows version of TTDX installed on hard drive C under the folder MPS as well as the latest version (r2349) of TTDP.
3.4 It was observed that the committee chair's very attractive executive assistant left the room in which sat THE STANDING AND SITTING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF GRF COMPLIANCE.
3.5 It was observed that the error message in the red error message block that appeared in the upper left corner of the start page of TTDX patched with TTDP (r2349) on the flat screen monitor attached to the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee with a fully pirated Windows version of TTDX installed on hard drive C under the folder MPS as well as the latest version (r2349) of TTDP said "Error loading new graphics: File "newgrf\fish.grf" has invalid sprite #24 (code 4/5)."
3.6 It was observed that the committee chair left the room in which sat THE STANDING AND SITTING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF GRF COMPLIANCE.
3.7 It was observed that WTF's LIARS were assigned to interpret the error message in the red error message block that appeared in the upper left corner of the start page of TTDX patched with TTDP (r2349) on the flat screen monitor attached to the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee with a fully pirated Windows version of TTDX installed on hard drive C under the folder MPS as well as the latest version (r2349) of TTDP that said "Error loading new graphics: File "newgrf\fish.grf" has invalid sprite #24 (code 4/5)."
3.8 It was observed that the committee chair's very attractive executive assistant returned to the room in which sat THE STANDING AND SITTING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF GRF COMPLIANCE.
3.9 It was observed that WTF's LIARS who were assigned to interpret the error message in the red error message block that appeared in the upper left corner of the start page of TTDX patched with TTDP (r2349) on the flat screen monitor attached to the somewhat functional used PC running Windows ex-pee with a fully pirated Windows version of TTDX installed on hard drive C under the folder MPS as well as the latest version (r2349) of TTDP and that said "Error loading new graphics: File "newgrf\fish.grf" has invalid sprite #24 (code 4/5) reported that a copy of fish.grf was decoded with GRFWizard revealing an nfo file (fish.nfo) that contained the errant pseudosprite #24.
3.A It was observed that the committee chair returned to the room in which sat THE STANDING AND SITTING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF GRF COMPLIANCE with a red substance promonently displayed on the collar of his very expensivly tailored white silk dress shirt.
4.0 Analysis
4.1 For (code 4/5)
Sprite errors wrote:File has invalid sprite #nr (code code/pos) The pseudo-sprite data of the given sprite is invalid; see below for explanation of code and pos
the code defines what kind of error occured, and the position pos in most cases (i.e. whenever possible) points to the byte in the sprite that follows the one which triggered the error.
code 4 The sprite refers to an invalid vehicle/text/town part ID
4.2
Code: Select all
24 * 49 00 02 11 01 F2 00 57 47 03 23 06 0F 07 14 08 FF 09 00 0A 08 0B 27 0C 07 0D 90 01 0F 45 10 04 11 00 00 00 00 17 02 18 00 00 19 00 00 1A B6 6C 0A 00
Counting the first byte as 0, pos4 (5-1) has a value of F2 (242 decimal)
4.3
Action0 wrote:<Sprite-number> * <Length> 00 <Feature> <Num-props> <Num-info> <Id> (<Property <New-info>)...
This identifies pos4 as <Id>.
4.4
VehicleIDs - List of vehicle IDs wrote:The IDs listed are the only IDs that can be used in TTDPatch and OpenTTD prior to r12924. Since OpenTTD r13482, IDs greater than 255 are allowed, up to a theoretical limit of 65535.
There are 11 (0A) IDs available for ships.
4.5 The error message indicates that ID F2 is invalid.
4.6 The VehicleID page indicates that ship IDs greater than 0A are invalid.
4.7 F2 > 0A
5.0 Conclusion
5.1 F2 is not a valid ID under TTDPatch.
5.2 The file fish.grf has no IDs within the acceptable 00 - 0A range.
5.3 The file fish.grf is not TTDX/TTDP compatible.
6.0 Recommendation
6.1 Either recode fish.grf to be TTDX/TTDP compatible or prepend [OTTD] (or continue to append [OTTD]) to the title of this thread.
7.0 Addendum
7.1 In a recent article appearing in several news media headlined PM NARROWLY AVOIDS SCANDAL it was reported that the Prime Minister visited Rideau Hall to submit to the Governor General a request to prorogue Parliament until the new year. It is rumored that the PM did this in order to avoid embarrassing questionning from the ranks of the loyal opposition members regarding recent activities conducted by the Minister For Local Authorities during a sitting of THE STANDING AND SITTING PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR INVESTIGATION INTO CLAIMS OF GRF COMPLIANCE wherein a fishy application for TTDX/TTDP certification for fish.grf was denied.
@ andythenorth - Do you have any other grf's in need of TTDX/TTDP testing?
