Two Company Colours GUI (Work In Progress)
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Two Company Colours GUI (Work In Progress)
Hi,
I decided to show you all what I've been working on for patchman's Two Company Colours patch.
So What do you think? and any comments on how to make it more user friendly / easier to use?
(Lastest shot at the bottom of post)
Current Development Issues:-
Currently it crashes if you clich the colour scheme button in the company window when the window is open.
Window is not destroyed when company window closed. (Same with when managing another company).
Doesn't limit choice of First colour entries.
Hopefully, over the next few weeks, I'll be able to solve these.
Archive of development:-
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Screenshot 3
Screenshot 4
Screenshot 5
~ Lakie
I decided to show you all what I've been working on for patchman's Two Company Colours patch.
So What do you think? and any comments on how to make it more user friendly / easier to use?
(Lastest shot at the bottom of post)
Current Development Issues:-
Currently it crashes if you clich the colour scheme button in the company window when the window is open.
Window is not destroyed when company window closed. (Same with when managing another company).
Doesn't limit choice of First colour entries.
Hopefully, over the next few weeks, I'll be able to solve these.
Archive of development:-
Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
Screenshot 3
Screenshot 4
Screenshot 5
~ Lakie
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awesome! now let's hope there'll be a lot of sets supporting it.
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http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php ... oordinatesMenno wrote:(i.e. which colour from the standard TT colour palette is now the second company colour?)
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I propose the following options:
For the train ones, each should also have a checkbox saying "Apply to locomotive only". If that's not checked, the whole steam train will get the given colour scheme, no matter whether it's passenger or freight, but if it's checked, the passenger/freight setting will apply to the wagons.
- Steam train
- Diesel train
- Electric train
- Monorail/maglev train
- Passenger train
- Freight train
- Bus/Tram
- Truck
- Passenger ship
- Freight ship
- Aircraft
For the train ones, each should also have a checkbox saying "Apply to locomotive only". If that's not checked, the whole steam train will get the given colour scheme, no matter whether it's passenger or freight, but if it's checked, the passenger/freight setting will apply to the wagons.
PikkaBird
Yes, Sorry about not persuing your idea, but I found it too complex for me.
I find the Locomotion Style far more simple and effective.
Menno
Yeah, I've been fixing typing errors in thew strings it uses while developing it.
From what I remember i think it's 80-87 in the ttd palette for the second company colour, also you need to set a bit in the vehicle's action0.
astath
Yeah, I hope many sets will begin to use Company Colours again, Always been fond of Company Colours vehicles.
Hyronymus
Yes, it's based off the locomotion design since I consider that towards the most user friendly gui.
Patchman
So the list would be?
* Global Colour Scheme (For when they are not checked)
* Steam train
* Diesel train
* Electric train
* Monorail
* Maglev train (Since I like having them as sperate rails when possible)
* Passenger train
* Freight train
* Bus/Tram
* Truck
* Passenger ship
* Freight ship
* Aircraft
And you want check boxes. (I think they can be added to the gui)
I'll try to change my prototype to add what you want whilest cleaning up the code since it's quite a big mess now, and trying to fix the bugs it has.
~ Lakie
Yes, Sorry about not persuing your idea, but I found it too complex for me.
I find the Locomotion Style far more simple and effective.
Menno
Yeah, I've been fixing typing errors in thew strings it uses while developing it.
From what I remember i think it's 80-87 in the ttd palette for the second company colour, also you need to set a bit in the vehicle's action0.
astath
Yeah, I hope many sets will begin to use Company Colours again, Always been fond of Company Colours vehicles.
Hyronymus
Yes, it's based off the locomotion design since I consider that towards the most user friendly gui.
Patchman
So the list would be?
* Global Colour Scheme (For when they are not checked)
* Steam train
* Diesel train
* Electric train
* Monorail
* Maglev train (Since I like having them as sperate rails when possible)
* Passenger train
* Freight train
* Bus/Tram
* Truck
* Passenger ship
* Freight ship
* Aircraft
And you want check boxes. (I think they can be added to the gui)
I'll try to change my prototype to add what you want whilest cleaning up the code since it's quite a big mess now, and trying to fix the bugs it has.
~ Lakie
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Pikka: "Lakie's a good coder, but before he'll add any feature to TTDP you have to convince him that you're not going to use it to destroy the world as we know it."
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Locomotion make a differens between:
Diesel
Steam
Electric (Caternary/3rd rail)
EMU/DMU
Passengers (Including the high speed trains)
Freight
Bus (and tram)
Ships
Aircraft
And that what i currently know out of my head
Diesel
Steam
Electric (Caternary/3rd rail)
EMU/DMU
Passengers (Including the high speed trains)
Freight
Bus (and tram)
Ships
Aircraft
And that what i currently know out of my head
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Well, this isn't Locomotion, so the different classes can be chosen by patchman.
Also why conform to Chris Sawyer's setup, when we can make a new setup to suit ttdpatch?
~ Lakie
Also why conform to Chris Sawyer's setup, when we can make a new setup to suit ttdpatch?
~ Lakie
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Lakie, I can only comment on what I know from researching trains in the UK and Queensland.
Firstly, locomotives often have different liveries depending on whether they are mainly used for passenger services, or mainly used for freight/mixed traffic. This is especially the case with steam locomotives, but also applies to diesels and electrics.
However, I think that these differences can be made by the graphics creator, rather than needing explicitly different colour schemes.
Secondly, the passenger/freight wagon livery is completely unrelated to the locomotive livery (eg, in the 1960s in the UK, the diesel locomotive livery was dark green, passenger carriages were red and cream, and freight wagons were brown - in the same period in Queensland, diesels were blue, passenger cars were red, and wagons were black). Obviously this doesn't apply to MUs, special train sets etc - this can probably be got around in TTDP by making wagons take the colour scheme of the locomotive if a wagon override is used?
Also, MUs (in TTD terms, any train which carries passengers/mail in the "locomotive") often have a completely different livery from either regular Locomotives, or from locomotive-hauled passenger cars.
So my personal "wishlist" of options would be
Firstly, locomotives often have different liveries depending on whether they are mainly used for passenger services, or mainly used for freight/mixed traffic. This is especially the case with steam locomotives, but also applies to diesels and electrics.
However, I think that these differences can be made by the graphics creator, rather than needing explicitly different colour schemes.
Secondly, the passenger/freight wagon livery is completely unrelated to the locomotive livery (eg, in the 1960s in the UK, the diesel locomotive livery was dark green, passenger carriages were red and cream, and freight wagons were brown - in the same period in Queensland, diesels were blue, passenger cars were red, and wagons were black). Obviously this doesn't apply to MUs, special train sets etc - this can probably be got around in TTDP by making wagons take the colour scheme of the locomotive if a wagon override is used?
Also, MUs (in TTD terms, any train which carries passengers/mail in the "locomotive") often have a completely different livery from either regular Locomotives, or from locomotive-hauled passenger cars.
So my personal "wishlist" of options would be
- Steam loco
- Diesel loco
- Electric loco
- Passenger wagon
- Freight wagon
- Monorail
- Maglev
- Bus/Tram
- Truck
- Ship
- Aircraft
Yes, that should be possible.PikkaBird wrote:this can probably be got around in TTDP by making wagons take the colour scheme of the locomotive if a wagon override is used?
I think I agree with your list, although you didn't list DMUs/EMUs separately. Was that intentional? As you say, they usually have an entirely separate colour scheme, so they should be a separate option as well. I'm not sure if we need one or two options (one for DMUs and one for EMUs or a combined one).
YES !! AWESOME !!
I realy like this. I always play with company colours, if possible.
And I specially like the option to give my freight trains different colour sheme then the passenger trains.
The coloured selection signs in the attached image is a neat thing too.
This way you can immediatly see what colour is selected.
I realy like this. I always play with company colours, if possible.
And I specially like the option to give my freight trains different colour sheme then the passenger trains.
The coloured selection signs in the attached image is a neat thing too.
This way you can immediatly see what colour is selected.
I agree, but I think that you should still be able to override this by slecting your own colours if you want too.PikkaBird wrote:Firstly, locomotives often have different liveries depending on whether they are mainly used for passenger services, or mainly used for freight/mixed traffic. This is especially the case with steam locomotives, but also applies to diesels and electrics.
However, I think that these differences can be made by the graphics creator, rather than needing explicitly different colour schemes.
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