Gold Rush [32 bpp mod]

[Hyronymus]

I'm glad you got out well and can't wait to witness the size of the big updates.

[kamnet]

Welcome back! Your contributions have been missed.

[Bad_Brett]

Thank you guys! Prepare for big updates and maaany stupid questions from me.

One of the main issues I had ~8 years ago was that I wanted to draw narrow paths that connected the cities rather than wide city streets. And then I realised... I can use different road types now, and even make roads that only cities can build!

Now, I just have to get Eddis "more fine-grained vehicle movement patch" working with the latest release.

[Chrill]

We're thrilled to have you. Opening up about your experiences makes you a stronger person. Reflect back, could you have spoken so openly a few years ago? Perhaps not, yet now here you are. That's beautiful, friend!

I've actually been working with real railroad and road construction for 5 yesrs now. I've been focusing mostly on automation, 3D-visualization, VR, scripting and programming. My skill level has drastically improved and I finally feel like I have the ability to pull this off.

It's really encouraging to see the number of people in these forums who grew up playing OpenTTD and similar games, and have now turned that into their careers. That's really awesome! What company do you work for? As a Swede, I might know em!

[Bad_Brett]

It's really encouraging to see the number of people in these forums who grew up playing OpenTTD and similar games, and have now turned that into their careers. That's really awesome! What company do you work for? As a Swede, I might know em!

My company is called WSP and the HQ is in Canada. I've been working mostly with the new Slussen bus terminal and the new subway lines.

I had the opportunity to attend Autodesk University last year i Las Vegas. I had never been there before, and I was thrilled to finally experience the deserts of Nevada, the golden hills of California and of course, the railroad museum in Sacramento.

Anyway, back to work.

[Chrill]

I live in Barkarby. You better do a good job with the new subway lines, or I'll hold you personally responsible.

[Bad_Brett]

I live in Barkarby. You better do a good job with the new subway lines, or I'll hold you personally responsible.

Hehe, Ramböll is in charge of that line so i'm innocent.

[Bad_Brett]

Sedham Transport, Feb 20th, 1950.png

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I'm in the process of re-rendering everything I've done earlier with new render settings. One of the "criticism" I got was that my world looked "too grey". And you were right. I realised that company colors looked almost "cartoonish" when combined with my graphics. That's one of the things that I hated. I think I've redone my tiles ~10 times, but finally, I'm quite happy with the result. It might be a bit too yellowish right now, but I'm convinced that combined with green farms, plantations, river banks and trees, it's going to be some really nice maps.

This is just a small teaser. Bear in mind that the tiles aren't perfectly aligned. I also plan to release a different grf with grid lines (I know you want them). I hope that eventually you'll be able to turn them on/off, but in the meantime, you'll just have to choose.

[arikover]

(welcome back!)

[perverted monkey]

So much detail!
Welcome back!

[DanMacK]

Missed you Brett! Good to see you're back. Looking forward to this more than I was before!

[Blaxlandridge3]

Wow, the colors are much more vibrant! Can't wait to see an official release!

[NekoMaster]

Nice to see this is getting some attention and work again.

I heop that things work out for you buddy, and hopefully this time things will remain stable for you outside of the modding scene.

[Bad_Brett]

Thanks everyone! It really means a lot to me.

Right now I'm working hard with finishing the terrain. I'm also converting my old buildings and industries to the new rendering settings and nml 0.5 (There are some really cool features there that I can't wait to try out).

Also, with some great help from Quast65, I've now know enough nfo to create some nice Wild West style stations.

[Bad_Brett]

Here's a small update:

Genston Transport, Jan 28th, 1981.png

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Genston Transport, Jun 10th, 1986.png

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Things are going much more smoothly this time around, which makes me really excited. Can't wait to add some trains.

Man, I've missed this.

I've been struggling with the water tiles for some time now. My idea was always to make them really dark blue, but I'm beginning to think that a lighter, more greenish color would actually fit better. What do you think?

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[perverted monkey]

Sea is ways better here. But at your sample there is no land. So I cannot say if colours fit better. The reflection on the water looks so natural!
Longer trails?

[Bad_Brett]

Sea is ways better here. But at your sample there is no land. So I cannot say if colours fit better. The reflection on the water looks so natural!
Longer trails?

You figured me out. I'm working on the coast tiles right now.

Yeah, this time the ships are going to get much more decent particle effects. I just threw something in to test reflections and to see if OpenTTD actually would allow such a big bounding box, and to my surprise, it did. Obviously there'll be a few graphical glitches but I think that's a price I'm willing pay in this case since 32bpp water looks soo boring.

[Blaxlandridge3]

Can't wait to see the trains!

[ISA]

Yay, welcome back Brett!

[Bad_Brett]

Yay, welcome back Brett!

Thank you so much!

I'm almost done with the coast tiles now... As you can see, they don't align perfectly at the moment, but hopefully I'll fix that tomorrow.

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What do you think? Is the new water color okay?

Full size version:

Genston Transport, Sep 25th, 1986.png

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