"Iron Horse" - A modular train set based slightly in reality

[Katve]

Spoilers: http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/iron-horse

Is this 1st April ?

[SwissFan91]

My hope of an Iberian Hovercraft Set have seemingly been dashed..

[DanMacK]

My hope of an Iberian Hovercraft Set have seemingly been dashed..

Sadly... yes, this I can say, there will be no Iberian Hovercrafts in the set

[Purno]

Spoilers: http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/iron-horse

A basic framework for a simple Train Set based on original TTD Style gameplay.

Hmm...
Somehow I'm tempted to say "meh, is this your epic idea? We have the original TT vehicles, we have OpenGFX, we have UKRS, NARS, and for people who want more trains, the 2ccSet. Sounds like reinventing the wheel."

But I expect you to have thought about this and you probably really have an epic idea which is actually new than anything we've got so far.

I'm curious. Expectations are high now. Hope you'll be able to meet them

[TinyMusic]

So it's a ship set running on rails? Like in NUTS?

[YNM]

Seems like an attempt to a world-wide set.

qed

Yeah, you got a 100 in your math exam for proving what IH is

[andythenorth]

meh, is this your epic idea?"

Who claimed it was epic. We're doing this because it's fun.

If the flavour doesn't suit, we offer a full 100% refund, no quibbles, no questions asked: all money will be repaid.

[Purno]

meh, is this your epic idea?"

Who claimed it was epic. We're doing this because it's fun.

I'm just making the assumption making something new is more fun than reinventing the wheel and making something there already is

It's your own fault we're speculating now. Could just tell us what exactly you're up to

[TinyMusic]

meh, is this your epic idea?"

Who claimed it was epic. We're doing this because it's fun.

I'm just making the assumption making something new is more fun than reinventing the wheel and making something there already is

It's your own fault we're speculating now. Could just tell us what exactly you're up to

If they're just having fun I'm suspecting that they are seriously going to make a ship-based train set, like in NUTS

[Purno]

If they're just having fun I'm suspecting that they are seriously going to make a ship-based train set, like in NUTS

Nah, if NUTS already has that it's far more likely they'll make a train-based ship set.

[andythenorth]

If v45300 was on the contributor list, anything would be possible Maybe another time...

[PikkaBird]

If the flavour doesn't suit, we offer a full 100% refund, no quibbles, no questions asked: all money will be repaid.

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I'd take the money and run.

[Purno]

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I'd take the money and run.

That's why I always grab your stuff for free. I know a good website for that.

[ISA]

Now brewing "Project IH" Andythenorth and myself have been bantering some ideas around for awhile, and thus, this project was born

IH has at least one horse in it. So could it be...

Ships?
Trains?
Road Vehicles?
Planes? (free clue...it's not planes)
Industries? (Stud farm? Ranch? Glue Factory?)
Houses? (Stables?)
Objects? (Fields?)

Once someone posted pictures where horses were pulling some boats along the canal... Am I right?

[kamnet]

I was honestly hoping for a set of horses and wagons ranging from the 18th through 20th centuries.

[DanMacK]

I was honestly hoping for a set of horses and wagons ranging from the 18th through 20th centuries.

All in good time... Iron horses first, then wagon horses (Maybe)

[andythenorth]

I was honestly hoping for a set of horses and wagons ranging from the 18th through 20th centuries.

That would be My Little Pony. But it's trademarked already

[wallyweb]

I was honestly hoping for a set of horses and wagons ranging from the 18th through 20th centuries.

That would be My Little Pony. But it's trademarked already

Mr. Ed might have something to add.

[YNM]

FISH 0.9.2 is 'done' - there won't be any more work on it.

I've been working on a new ship set, with Coxx and DanMacK.
This will be a smaller set, covering a wider range of dates properly.
It gets worked on occasionally - depending on how much time we each have.

[DanMacK]

So after much testing and delays, I can finally reveal what we've been concocting...

"Project Iron Horse" is a basic modular framework similar in concept to FIRS. There are still some graphical tweaks to be made, but it is very playable.

The idea was a small roster (20 locos) and a minimal generation of cars. These can be swapped out for various climates as the set grows. The general idea was to make a set that was similar but stood on its own with unique and conceptual vehicles. The base set was inspired by British railways. Some, like the Chinook are basically twin Class 20's, while others, like the 'Lemon' (which should be a 4-8-0) is based on a never-built LMS design.

Alpha is available at your friendly neighbourhood fruit store!