Tool: GRF Creator [developing]

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 09 Mar 2004 13:18

I think you are confusing these tools...

Post by **orudge** » 09 Mar 2004 16:27

krtaylor wrote:How is this going, Owen?

Still not had time.

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 09 Mar 2004 18:15

Well I hate to say it, but the Japan set is about to stall for lack of a coder, and I bet the same thing will happen to the reconstituted Planeset too, until we get this tool...

Saskia · Post by **Saskia** » 09 Mar 2004 19:01

Same for my set

Praising worked for Ludde, so it has to work for Owen too

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 09 Mar 2004 19:07

praise the man!

I think this tool would be extremely handy.

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 24 Mar 2004 16:57

Any news yet, Owen? Please....

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 24 Mar 2004 17:47

I agree, Im getting really anxious!

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 24 Mar 2004 18:00

Yes, we have a temporary artistic bottleneck, but very shortly the bottleneck will be Oracle, who's the only one both able to encode GRFs to their full potential and willing to do so for the work of others.

to Oracle.

But it would be good to have a tool so other non-artistic and non-coding types can contribute.

to Owen...

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 24 Mar 2004 18:04

Then I can make sets!

Like a umm, it will come to me.

a helicopter set, NO ONE STEAL MY IDEA

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 24 Mar 2004 18:14

Born Acorn wrote:a helicopter set, NO ONE STEAL MY IDEA

That idea has been around for a long time, it's just that nobody has gotten to it. I was wanting to have a comprehensive planeset, including all the relevant planes, zeppelins, and transport helicopters. We did all the research for it a while back, it just never got off the ground.

I'm going to restart the project after I get the US set and the Japan set put to bed. Then some of the artists will help ChrisCF on the BRset, and most likely some others will be willing to help with the Planeset.

Let's finish what we've started first, before we start or reactivate anything else.

Post by **orudge** » 24 Mar 2004 18:51

As luck would have it... it's the Easter Holidays starting Friday, so I'll have a bit of time to work on the GRF Creator, hopefully.

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 24 Mar 2004 19:00

Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou...

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 24 Mar 2004 19:16

God bless the easter holidays!

After that, I do Duke of edinburgh award silver

spaceman-spiff · Post by **spaceman-spiff** » 25 Mar 2004 07:31

orudge wrote:As luck would have it... it's the Easter Holidays starting Friday, so I'll have a bit of time to work on the GRF Creator, hopefully.

And your tool to remove statues and fountains

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 25 Mar 2004 13:20

spaceman-spiff wrote:And your tool to remove statues and fountains

Really that requires an extension to the Patch, so you can have a GRF file which replaces building graphics and parameters, much like we do for vehicles.

nilsi · Post by **nilsi** » 25 Mar 2004 13:29

You can replace building graphics (like crossings).
But I think he is talking about changing how often they appear, it was on the mailinglist some time ago.

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 25 Mar 2004 13:47

As I understand it, the plan would be to replace the fountain and plaza sprites, with some of the newer tall-building sprites, AND also to do a TTDAlter-like change so those buildings would actually generate cargo. That's what I would like to see. So, whenever the town thought it wanted to build a plaza, it would actually build a working big office building, which is better to have and looks nicer.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 26 Mar 2004 23:39

I don't know, since small towns build them too. Im thinking something like a marketplace. (you know, cheap stalls etc) those things can attract a lot of people.

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 27 Mar 2004 00:15

Well anyway, the point is to replace them with Something Useful. If you made it buildings, and small towns built them too, then in effect you would be making the towns grow faster.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 01 Apr 2004 20:48

So, owen, will you be releasing a version next week or what?

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