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Signal auto complete fix

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Please note that this is my very first patch and that I've never done anything like this before, so expect bad coding etc.

Nevertheless I think this is a small but usefull patch.

When you use the function to automatically build signals on a track with a choosen density, you end up having really large blocks around tunnels or bridges, because signals are simply left out.

With my patch, the code checks wether a signal would be placed in a tunnel or on a bridge. If that's the case, the code forces a signal to appear before the bridge/tunnel. The code also checks if a signal behind a tunnel/bridge would be useful and builds it if needed.

In other words, the code now uses signal blocks that are shorter than the choosen density to keep other signal blocks from becoming larger than they have to be.

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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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theres already a feature like this in the trunk.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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not so true
the trunk feature places signals every XX tiles, if it encounters a tunnel, that tile is skipped, so you end up with a larger gap between two signals with the tunnel in the middle (as Buhmann said)
his patch instead sees the tunnel, if the tunnel is smaller than the prefixed gap it does nothing but it places a signal at the tunnel entrances if needed, mainly because the tunnel is just in the tile where the signal should be
like

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the . are the signals, - the track and )( the tunnel

TRUNK
--.---)   (---.-----------.-----------
--.---------)   (---------.-----------
              ^
signal should be here

his PATCH
--.---)   (---.-----------.-----------
--.--------.)   (.-----------.-----------
and i think is a great feature, very useful also for bridges
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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So basically a bigfix to the code already in trunk ... I hope this bugfix make it there too. Is it reported in bugtracker at bugs.openttd.org?
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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@Wolf01 not exactly ;)
In your example, the signal right after the last tunnel is unnecessary, because the tunnel is shorter than the preferred distance between two signals.

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1. Placing signals before tunnels

TRUNK
--.---)   (---.-----------.-----------
--.---------)   (---------.-----------
   \_____________________/
       block too long


MY PATCH
--.---)   (---.-----------.-----------
--.--------.)   (------.-----------.--


2. Placing signals after tunnels

TRUNK
--.-----------.)   (------.-----------.--
--.-----------.)       (--.-----------.--
--.-----------.)           (----------.--
               \_____________________/
                    block too long
MY PATCH
--.-----------.)   (------.-----------.--
--.-----------.)       (--.-----------.--
--.-----------.)           (.-----------.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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ah ok, it checks also the length of the tunnel, less signal entropy ;)
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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thats a great patch, I hope it makes it into trunk :) - thats pretty much the optimum behaviour for signal placement, so it sure has my vote, for what it is worth ;)
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very nice :) while you are at it, if you could also fix the signal placement behavior on / & \ kind of tracks, because the gaps on diagonal always becomes to big compared to straight tracks xD
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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I am not sure with that, but aren't trains placed diagonally also proportinally longer and move proportionally faster? Then the same spacing would be fine ...
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Small but clever patch. Thanks.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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Good Job!!! I always had to place them by myself and that costs a lot of time...
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I hope that I'm one day something like you.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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TRUNK
--.-----------.)   (------.-----------.--
--.-----------.)       (--.-----------.--
--.-----------.)           (----------.--
               \_____________________/
                    block too long
PATCH
--.-----------.)   (------.-----------.--
--.-----------.)       (--.-----------.--
--.-----------.)           (.-----------.
i must say, i like the trunk version, since after tunnel

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--.--
--.--
--.--
and as i understand with your patch it will be

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--.--
--.--
---.-
this will be just another thing which will make building tracks for me harder :(
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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So make this fix optional (toggleble in constructuion settings)? Since it seems there are people who like the old behaviour.
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My patches: Extra large maps (1048576 high, 1048576 wide) (FS#1059), Vehicle + Town + Industry console commands (FS#1060), few minor patches (FS#2820, FS#1521, FS#2837, FS#2843), AI debugging facility

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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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@pavel

I've thought about that problem, but, if you want your track good looking, you would build tunnels for all tracks anyway, wouldn't you?

If I build tunnels on a two-way track, both tracks get their own tunnel.

And, furthermore, I have no idea how to add a toggle as Bilbo described :D. That way my first patch, and I'm far from understanding the ottd source code...
I'll try it, but I don't promise anything.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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Buhmann wrote:And, furthermore, I have no idea how to add a toggle as Bilbo described :D.
Add the variable to src/variables.h in the "struct Patches" - perhaps under the "bool enable_signal_gui" add line like "bool signal_autocomplete_mode" or alike with explanation of what the variable does

Look in src/settings.cpp and look for line "const SettingDesc _patch_settings[] = {" and the lines onward. These contain definition of patch settings, so add line there too for the patch settings, like:
SDT_BOOL(Patches, signal_autocomplete_mode, S, 0, false, STR_CONFIG_SIGNAL_AUTOCOMPLETE_MODE, NULL),

Next, open src/lang/english.txt and add english translation of the string used:

STR_CONFIG_SIGNAL_AUTOCOMPLETE_MODE :Use new mode of signal autocomplete

Now just add some checking like "if (_patches.signal_autocomplete_mode) new_behavior; else old_behavior;

and you're done :)
If you need something, do it yourself or it will be never done.

My patches: Extra large maps (1048576 high, 1048576 wide) (FS#1059), Vehicle + Town + Industry console commands (FS#1060), few minor patches (FS#2820, FS#1521, FS#2837, FS#2843), AI debugging facility

Other: Very large ships NewGRF, Bilbo's multiplayer patch pack v5 (for OpenTTD 0.7.3)
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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You forgot the settings_gui.cpp ;)

Ok, here is the new version of the patch.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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Please don't inline images when they're so large, thanks.
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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Buhmann wrote:You forgot the settings_gui.cpp ;)
Now I see .. you have to add line in one of the patch dialog tabs there too so it will appear in the dialog. I forgot that :)
If you need something, do it yourself or it will be never done.

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Other: Very large ships NewGRF, Bilbo's multiplayer patch pack v5 (for OpenTTD 0.7.3)
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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So - is there any chance that this patch will make it into trunk?
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Re: Signal auto complete fix

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Buhmann wrote:So - is there any chance that this patch will make it into trunk?
Did you post it to http://bugs.openttd.org? If not, do that and await the comments of the developers.
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