[UNIV] New Tram Tracks Development

[FooBar]

Updated to version 0.4.1.

There's no need to upgrade from 0.4, since no graphics were modified.

Version 0.4.1
- Added OTTD version check to disable version requirement notice on r11330 and up.

[Las Vegas]

Hello

I'm kinda new to these forums! So please don't blame me if i post this wrong.

I downloaded this Tram Tracks Pack, and i put it in my OpenTTD Data folder. Then i added it ingame, and it should work right.

But how do i access the tracks? I've tried the road menu, no tracks in there. No tracks in normal train tracks, electrified train tracks, monorail or maglev tracks either. So where can i find them?

Greetings,

Daniel

[Rubidium]

Next time when you ask what you're doing wrong, tell us what version you are exactly using. I presume you use 0.5.3, as that makes most sense in your case. In the case of using 0.5.3 you cannot have trams in any form as 0.5.3 does not support trams. Only the so-called nightlies have them. For more information about the nightlies you can look at OTTD's forum, wiki or website.

[Nite Owl]

To add to what Rubidium typed you would also need to have a tram vehicle set in addition to the tracks. If you have all of that (nightly version of OpenTTD which includes its own tram tracks, a modified tram track set if you so desire, and a tram vehicle set) then there will be an additional option to build tram related stuff under the road building icon once the trams in your tram vehicle set become available. The additional tram building option can be accessed from the road building icon in the same way that additional train track types can be accessed under the railroad building icon.

[Ben1337]

How can you use the tram tracks?

[CMircea]

On what game? There are 2 around here that support them.

[FooBar]

First, get you hands on a nightly version of either game. Then, add the NewGRF to the game (read readme for instructions). Start the game, and build yourself some tram tracks, like Nite Owl explained some posts back.
And don't forget that an additional tram vehicle set is required. No vehicles, no tramtracks.

[Ben1337]

Thanks a lot. I can't thank you enough.

[FooBar]

No problem!

Maybe I should make it more clear that people need a nightly and a tram set.

Enjoy the set

[Ben1337]

I've downloaded and installed the tram track and the modern tram set from Modern Tram Set [R3] and the start of this thread into the data that is in the openttd folder but it looks the same as it did before I installed the GRF's.

P.S. where do you find [i]nightly[/i] GRF's?

P.S.S.Do you think that the place where I got it from is the right place to get it?

P.S.S.S. It's nice to get helped for a change.

[FooBar]

Not a nightly GRF, but a nightly version of the game
Either way, you can get those nightlies here:
TTDP: http://nightly.ttdpatch.net/
OTTD: http://nightly.openttd.org/

Copying it to the data/newgrf folder is not enough. You need to enable it. The readme has instructions on how to do that.

After that, it should all be working.
If it still doesn't work, I have to ask you to tell exactly what you've done and I also need to know the OTTD version number. Good luck with it!

Re:P.S.S. Yes, that should be the right place.
Re:P.S.S.S. No problem at all.

[Ben1337]

it doesn't work.

i've downloaded it from the win32 link then when it and finished downloading i extracted all of the files onto the data folder then ran ottd 5.0.3 and the grf files wouldn't show up when i refreshed the files.

P.S.I've looked for the readme file in the ottd folder but it says nothing on how to install nightly grfs.

[FooBar]

ran ottd 5.0.3

You probably mean 0.5.3. And that is at least one problem. As stated multiple times, you need a nightly version of the game. 0.5.3 just doesn't support trams.

grf files wouldn't show up when i refreshed the files

That's another thing; the grf files should show up in the NewGRF Settings > Add window, whether they are compatible with the game version you're using or not. I don't know why that's not working.

[Ben1337]

Yes I do mean 0.5.3

What version do I need to run trams?

And i think that the GRFs wouldn't show up because of me version number or where i had put the files because I said that I extracted the files from the zip and not from in the data folder. Do you think that i am right about these statements?

[FooBar]

a nightly version

Where to get that:

OTTD: http://nightly.openttd.org/

How to install that:
http://wiki.openttd.org/index.php/Insta ... _builds.3F



About the zip:
Where you extract it doesn't really matter. As long as the grf-file ends up in the openttd/data folder.

[Ben1337]

Thanks.

[Ben1337]

Does the nighties contain different folders?

[wallyweb]

Yes I do mean 0.5.3

Does the nighties contain different folders?

You seem to be having problems setting up your OTTD installation. Although you may get a reply here, and that would be good:
1. This is the New Tram Tracks thread and I think your New Tram Tracks question has been answered.
2. This is the TTDPatch section of tt-forums. Your question would probably have a better chance of a reply in the OTTD section.

The issue I am having is I am watching this thread for news about New Tram Tracks, not on how to set up an OTTD installation. I get an email notification every time somebody posts to this thread. When I get that email, my hopes are roused that there is something new about New Tram Tracks for me to read or see. It is very disappointing when I find that it is a question about something that is not related to New Tram Tracks, but rather a question about something that is better suited to another thread in another section.

[zar_igor]

Hey! There is a problem with the tracks... they seem not working for me. I can load them and build them, but there's a graphics error. I added a screenshot for that:

[Villem]

It would seem you have wrong version of the tram tracks. Either you have a windows grf while rest of your stuff is dos version, or vice versa.