Planeset

A complete aircraft replacement for TTDPatch

Co-operative development by TT-Forums members

August 2005

Official release; version 1.0

What is the "Planeset"?

The Planeset is the first comprehensive TTDPatch airplane set available. It is designed as a complete replacement for the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe airplanes. Its aim is to offer more diverse selection of airplanes compared to original TTD airplanes; to give a unique graphical look for them; and to offer more real-world airplane running specifications. Original Transport Tycoon had real names for the airplanes, but for some reason they were "mutilated" for TTD. For instance "Boeing 727" became "Darwin 100", "Lockheed Tristar" became "Guru Galaxy" and so on. The planes in Planeset have the correct names. All operational parameters such as passenger/mail capacities and running costs reflect the actual aircraft better without such anomalities such as A300 with passenger capacity equal to B777 and higher than the A330.

With the Planeset, you should always have an appropiate airplane available for any air route you decide to run. However, the number of planes allowed is limited by TTD to 41 planes, so don't lose your head if your favourite airplane isn't included in the set.

Who is responsible for the "Planeset"?

The Planeset was developed by some members of the Transport Tycoon Forums (administered by Owen Rudge) with interest towards getting proper airplanes for TTDPatch. On some parts it might include some elements previously developed by others. If you believe your work has been used and you are not properly credited, please post your concern in the forum for immediate attention. Second-hand complaints will be disregarded; specific complaints with evidence will be rectified as soon as possible. Please bear in mind that the TTD vehicle sprites are very small, and as such there is unavoidable similarity between similar vehicles. The original TTD sprites have been used as the basis of the work to retain similarity in graphical style when compared to original TTD airplanes.

If you wish to comment on the released set or if you want to contribute to further development, use the "Planeset (official topic)" thread located in the Forums.

What climates can you run it on?

Temperate, Arctic and Tropical. It's mainly tested under Temperate so if you find something really weird in Arctic or Tropical, report.

Files included in the package

• gpl.txt - General Public License
• planes.txt - A list of brief descriptions for each plane in this set
• planeset.xls - Plane specifications listed in Excel spreadsheet
• planeset_readme.html - This info and documentation file.
• planesetw.grf - The Planeset graphic file

There's a separate package with sprites and NFO file for those who are developing-minded

Installation

1. The Planeset is developed to run with latest TTDPatch Alpha version. This release has been tested using 2.0.1 alpha 55 (July 9, 2005). Please obtain the latest TTDPatch Alpha version to make sure Planeset works properly with you.
2. Copy the "planesetw.grf" file to the "newgrf" directory in your TTD main dir.
3. Add the entry "newgrf/planesetw.grf" to your "newgrfw.cfg" file.
4. Make sure that you have "newplanes on" set in the "ttdpatch.cfg" file. Otherwise Planeset will not work.
5. Set "keepsmallairport on" in the "ttdpatch.cfg" file. Planeset has aircraft capable of operating from small airports and it is an interesting possibility to add second smaller "regional" airport to a city, or to add small airport to a smaller city, or to a city with terrain that doesn't support large airport.
6. To set plane speeds relative to other TTD vehicle ground speeds, edit the "ttdpatch.cfg" file. Set "planespeed n" where n is 1, 2, 3 or 4. Running costs are dependent on speed of plane with factors 1.0-1.6-1.8-2.0 for planespeeds 1-2-3-4. Do NOT use setting "planespeed off" or "planespeed on"!
7. The Planeset replaces all planes in the game. It can not be used with any other replacement graphic set that alters airplanes in any way unless that graphics file is especially designed to replace specific planes of Planeset.
8. This version of Planeset DOES NOT work with OpenTTD (as of version 0.4.0.1). A version called "Planeset - The 459 Remix" with slightly different vehicles is designed especially for OpenTTD operation.

As soon you have installed the Planeset and you are not receiving any error messages, it should be ready for playing. Remember, it's highly recommended to start new game when the planeset is enabled. In game, you'll notice suffixes (H), (S) and (L) in vehicle names. (H) indicates helicopter. (S) indicates airplane that can be safely operated from small airports. (L) indicates airplane that can only be safely operated from large airport.

THIS RELEASE IS FOR TTDPATCH WINDOWS VERSION ONLY!

Known bugs and glitches

• Antonov An-124 shows cargo capacity of "600 tons of coal". Refitting it gives the correct cargo capacity of 150 tons. Please do not use the unrefitted Antonov for carrying coal.

Further development include the following

• DOS conversion if someone will do it. If you dig the forums you can find one of the Planeset BETA versions converted to DOS.
• Later there will be a version that has real-world derived airplane liveries of famous operator of the type. The planes in that version might look better depending on your opinion. This version is the "company colors" version. With liveries you can't differentiate between different companies' planes midair. The company color set is desirable for optimal multiplayer experience.
• More realistic cargo carrying capacities need to be coded for planes. This requires a skilled coder to use the cargo capacity callback abilities for planes. Currently, the values that are derived directly from passenger and mail capacities are too large and make other forms of cargo transportation less competitive, since in their current form the bigger Planeset planes are overefficient in moving cargo.
• If somebody from the TTDPatch development team develops a system for TTDPatch that alters running costs for planes depending what they are doing (idling at airport, in holding pattern, flying point-to-point) it will be applied to balance running costs even more.

Limitations of original game

• You cannot set exact service entry dates for TTD vehicles. You can only set "date of introduction" for a vehicle and the service entry is randomized around that date.
• The absolute maximum amount for airplanes in the set is 41. That's the amount of planes that were present in TTD originally. It's technically impossible to include more planes.
• There doesn't seem to be a way to phase out planes in a defined year in such way that a plane that is bought around the last year doesn't start to decay rapidly after the plane gets phased out from the purchase list. Enginespersist flag keeps the planes purchaseable even after their official end-of-production year. The Patch has implemented a fix for the trains, which had the identical problem; this fix hasn't yet been extended to aircraft. When it is, the Planeset will be modified to make use of it.

History of official releases

• 23/Aug/05: 1.0 - Initial release. Changes from 3/Aug/05 BETA include ATR72, Bombardier CRJ-700, Embraer ERJ-145 and Fokker F-27 replacing Sikorsky S-58, Canadair CRJ-100, Ford 5-AT Trimotor and DHC Dash 8-100. Running costs raised and made speed-dependent.

History of beta releases

• 18/Aug/04: Initial release.
• 20/Aug/04: Fixed documentation slightly.
• 25/Aug/04: Fixed some bugs and graphical glitches found in playtest, lowered running costs for slow planes and lowered mail capacities for certain planes.
• 4/Sep/04: Fixed a small bug causing error message to appear with latest TTDPatch alpha 35.
• 14/Sep/04: Added Boeing 7E7 (787) and redone the pricing scheme for airplanes.
• 3/Nov/04: Added load/unload rates and decay rates for airplanes.
• 15/Nov/04: Added airships.
• 25/Jan/05: Added S-58, lowered load/unload speeds for Zeppelins.
• 27/Feb/05: Added An-124 and Chinook, added airport type indicators for each aircraft, added WIP brief description list of all planes.
• 3/May/05: Added Osprey, modified GFX for airships, 747's and An-124.
• 2/Aug/05: Added S330, tweaked plane parameters (757 can be operated from small airport and other minor tweaks). This will be the last BETA release before the official release version!
• 3/Aug/05: This was the last BETA. Edited graphics for CRJ100, A380 and Saab 2000.

Credits

The Planeset is a result of joint development effort with work of many people. It is entirely nonprofit. Permission is given to reproduce or redistribute it in its entirety according to the terms of the GNU Public Licence. The work of Planeset can be freely used as reference material as long as "The Planeset development team" is mentioned as source.

The Planeset development team (with their respective forum usernames):

• krtaylor - co-ordination, adminstration, homepages and original plane specification list
• 459 - graphics, coding, playtesting, plane specifications and beta/release builds
• DaleStan - graphics and coding of advanced features
• zero1000 - graphics, coding and early test versions
• dinges - graphics, coding and early test versions
• scottishasttdx - graphics
• CyberBoy - graphics
• way2good - graphics
• RPharazon - graphics
• mdhowe - graphics
• jezulkim - graphics
• Spaceball - graphics
• Aydan - graphics

Links

Planeset homepage
TT-Forums official Planeset thread
TTDPatch site