North American Passenger Railroads Set dev. thread [v.1.13 - 17 Apr. 2020]

[Tony Pixel]

Man, I'm torn... can you code this as a configurable option and let the user change it from a default if they wish?

Well, If first opinion wins, I will make all locomotives compatible with each push-pull car (I really don't wanna do it, because it will take minimum a week ), then I can do a parameter for enabling only compatible engines, but I think most people will not use such exotic combinations to add larger compatibility.

[kamnet]

1. Were there instances where companies mixed their locomotives and cars?
2. Are you intending this to be a historic and accurate representation of companies, or are you more open to imaginative gameplay?

[creeperspider]

kamnet Mostly historic reasons back in 1970 when amtrak was introduced the was an so called "Rainbow Era" when amtrak bought old passenger equipment and locomtives from other railroads in america

[creeperspider]

here some video and images of this process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7GZsE_T_ks https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAI https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAP pretty interesting

[Tony Pixel]

here some video and images of this process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7GZsE_T_ks https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAI https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAP pretty interesting

Amtrak's "Rainbow Era" is pretty interesting period, would like to do some liveries from there .

[creeperspider]

Yes! i would love to do some liveries! when can i start? do i need the sprite sheet?

[creeperspider]

here some video and images of this process https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7GZsE_T_ks https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAI https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... AdAAAAABAP pretty interesting

Amtrak's "Rainbow Era" is pretty interesting period, would like to do some liveries from there .

Yes! i would love to do some liveries! when can i start? do i need the sprite sheet?

[Tony Pixel]

I've been working on new 10/8 coaches to match this set's generic scale (~1.5 px per m), and here's progress:

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There are dome, dome-observation and observation cars left, then I will code it and maybe push an update, because there is a mess of new stuff I done since last update

[F/A18]

Nice
But on the topic of length, does that mean that the coaches would get longer? Because I loved the fact that your set has a coach length very similar to original TTD, and it would pain me to lose that, especially if the "silver" look on this new stuff appears to be matching sets like the US Set, which I am using together with yours...

[Tony Pixel]

Nice
But on the topic of length, does that mean that the coaches would get longer? Because I loved the fact that your set has a coach length very similar to original TTD, and it would pain me to lose that, especially if the "silver" look on this new stuff appears to be matching sets like the US Set, which I am using together with yours...

Well, yes. most coaches are going to be longer, so there will be more diversity in types and realism. If You want, I can do an GRF that adds normal length' coaches, so you will not loose them. Also, some locos will also be oversized.

[F/A18]

Nice
But on the topic of length, does that mean that the coaches would get longer? Because I loved the fact that your set has a coach length very similar to original TTD, and it would pain me to lose that, especially if the "silver" look on this new stuff appears to be matching sets like the US Set, which I am using together with yours...

Well, yes. most coaches are going to be longer, so there will be more diversity in types and realism. If You want, I can do an GRF that adds normal length' coaches, so you will not loose them. Also, some locos will also be oversized.

If you would be willing to make the original length of coaches into an optional GRF, that would be awesome But if it's too much hustle for those results for one player's kinks, I would fully understand that you might leave that be, or that you might make that much, much later...