[OTTD] Lartigue Monorail Project

[DanMacK]

In 1888, the Listowel & Ballybunion Railway opened in Ireland. This line was unique in the fact it was a monorail. It lasted until 1924, and while it barely made a profit, it proved that the technology was sound.

This started set as a whim, but I'm committed to making this a valid set.

A few sprites have been drawn, and more will be posted soon.

[Toni Babelony]

Awesome! This is a project that can make the monorails function be used in a much more realistic way: this network was mostly built on level ground, like the monorails in TTD, and unlike monorails are mostly used today (on elevated tracks).

I think the front lights in the / and view can be bigger, since those things were pretty massive IIRC.

[Hyronymus]

Intriguing stuff DanMack but I can't help but thinking what the advantge of this system would've been .

[oberhümer]

Aren't those sprites a little oversized?

[DanMacK]

Intriguing stuff DanMack but I can't help but thinking what the advantge of this system would've been .

Well, it was designed to be cheaper to build than conventional rail, which would be its advantage here. Although it will have a high running cost and relatively low speed, so it'll be a challenge.

Aren't those sprites a little oversized?

Not really. They may need to be a bit wider, but they're set lower on the tile as well.

[Yoshi]

Some photos with colours:
http://www.lartiguemonorail.com/gallery.php

[Hyronymus]

Watch that headlight!

[FooBar]

That's not a headlight, thats a complete lighthouse!

[Hyronymus]

That's not a headlight, thats a complete lighthouse!

The sheer size surely lit the track ahead well but I wonder if the drivers could possibly see anything beyond the back of the 'lighthouse' .

[JacobD88]

There's video of it working on British Pathe's site...

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/along-the-line

NO "Lighthouse" on it there though
Doesn't look to be the smoothest mode of transport of the time however

[JOtruba]

Any news on this mod?
i can not find it in online content and dose not seem to have any links amidst posts here for anything

[ebla71]

Any news on this mod?
i can not find it in online content and dose not seem to have any links amidst posts here for anything

Well, given that the last post on the topic was in 2012, which is 11 years ago, you can be pretty sure that it is dead.

Also, DanMacK who created this was last active here in September 2022, a solid 7 months ago, so the forum does not seem to be a high priority for him.

[Revenge_of_KioTheDev]

while i not like what oztrans did...

i read about licenses, will respect them in future

is this loco sprite licensed freely? would like to code as test of ability, im not very good at it

edit
also if danmack see this thank you for make graphics publicly available at all

will not distribute if no license but glad personal use possible with sprite sheet

[JOtruba]

while i not like what oztrans did...

i read about licenses, will respect them in future

is this loco sprite licensed freely? would like to code as test of ability, im not very good at it

edit
also if danmack see this thank you for make graphics publicly available at all

will not distribute if no license but glad personal use possible with sprite sheet

oh yeah that'd be lovley i am seeking early date mods something like 1700s-1890s, and exotic crazy stuff like this makes me salivate.
for now ill make due with puffing billy and stephenson's staemers and hope someone can make crazy mods for open version of my beloved transport tycoon deluxe.