planetmaker wrote:Did anyone actually try whether it works in TTDP
I haven't/can't/won't (I could probably run TTDPatch on a Mac, but it's a hassle).
Wally - we talked about FIRS for TTDPatch vaguely before. DaleStan has indicated that 32 cargos is not a problem. Planetmaker and co. have done the work with header files to make multiple versions a possibility. TTDPatch wiki indicates 37 industries are possible. The only remaining problem *should* be if FIRS uses a scheme for Industry Tiles that is incompatible for TTDPatch (which I don't know about)
How might a TTDPatch version work? Well FIRS currently has 57 industries planned per climate, which are not the same in every climate (of these, 38 are coded...we're working on the rest...).
Cargos are not a problem, but industries are. I would start by cutting the chain for Survey Supplies completely, freeing a cargo slot and eliminating two industries (Survey Camp and Survey Depot).
I would immediately also cut:
- Resort Hotel
- Windfarm
- Animal Feed Plant
- Windmill
- Dredging Site
- Vehicle Plant
- Blacksmith
- Glass Works
That gets the total down to 47, and no chains will break. Depending on whether we want Tropic towns to grow, the Water Plant and Water Tower could be cut. But lets assume not, so we're still at 47.
The following will be / could be implemented as houses:
- Retail Market
- Gas Station
- Supermarket
- Incinerator
- Waste Collection Point
- Incinerator
- General Store
That gets the total down to 40. There are rather a lot of farm / agriculture industries, so we could probably get to 38 by cutting:
- Greenhouse
- Fruit Plantation
Finally Landfill is intended to be a complicated implementation based on quarries turning into Landfills. Not sure that's actually going to happen, but that would save another ID, or we could lose something like Guano Mine, or Fish Farm.
I haven't checked that gets us to 37 for *each* climate, but it's about right, doesn't break any chains, and leaves all the major industries in place. I know it's not NAIS, but if you want FIRS for TTDPatch, that's how it might be done.
That's about as far as I'm going to think about it for now. I'm can help with this, but I won't code something I can't test, and I won't support the grf either, so it would need someone to look after it
cheers,
Andy