Japanese Stations Add-ons

[KeepinItRail]

Thanks.
Just re-sent the black sprites since I must have accidentally dragged my mouse and shifted them just before exporting as pngs.

ID 73 is where I was replacing a sprite with one of mine, and it worked fine. I could seen mine in-game.

ID AC is where I tried adding new lines. Chose this since it's the last one before the waypoints, so I just needed to bump the line numbers for those. Think I've bitten off more than I can chew with what I was attempting with AC, and need to learn to walk before trying to run. Was trying to play with a non-track overlapping tile. I know the sprite is a mess but wanted to get it working first so I know more about what to aim for.

It did get me wondering what you were thinking about doing for the 'base' of any non-track tile. For example, Dutch stations has the 'flat grey', grass and platform style 'bases'. One idea would be to extrapolate the base from the 'Modular stations' sprites?

[DemianWSE]

Thanks.
Just re-sent the black sprites since I must have accidentally dragged my mouse and shifted them just before exporting as pngs.

Great, I'll check it out.

ID AC is where I tried adding new lines. Chose this since it's the last one before the waypoints, so I just needed to bump the line numbers for those.

I use nforenum, it automatically puts the right line numbers and the bytes in each line, it's quite handy, though I've been told it's not been updated for a long time and sometimes complaints about things that are actually correct.

Think I've bitten off more than I can chew with what I was attempting with AC, and need to learn to walk before trying to run. Was trying to play with a non-track overlapping tile. I know the sprite is a mess but wanted to get it working first so I know more about what to aim for.

I haven't tested it, but I can see you forgot to change the station ID in two lines:

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1074 * 62	 00 04 02 01 AB 08 "JSA4" 
                                09 02 
                 F4 03 00 00 
			00 0A 00 10 06 05 2D 84 00 00 00 00 00 10 06 03 2E 84 00 00 80 
                 F3 03 00 00 
			0A 00 00 06 10 05 2F 84 00 00 00 00 00 06 10 03 30 84 00 00 80

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1077 * 10	 03 04 01 AB 01 FE 01 00 00 00

they should be:

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1074 * 62	 00 04 02 01 AC 08 "JSA4" 
                                09 02 
                 F4 03 00 00 
			00 0A 00 10 06 05 2D 84 00 00 00 00 00 10 06 03 2E 84 00 00 80 
                 F3 03 00 00 
			0A 00 00 06 10 05 2F 84 00 00 00 00 00 06 10 03 30 84 00 00 80

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1077 * 10	 03 04 01 AC 01 FE 01 00 00 00

Also, to really make it a non-track tile there should be something that prevents trains from entering that tile and stops pylons and catenary from spawning, and probably the base tile used should be plain grass, instead of tracks. The line 1074 should look something like this:

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1074 * 62	 00 04 02 01 AC 08 "JSA4" 
				11 00 14 FF 15 FF
                                09 02 
                 8D 0F 00 00 
			00 0A 00 10 06 05 2D 84 00 00 00 00 00 10 06 03 2E 84 00 00 80 
                 8D 0F 00 00 
			0A 00 00 06 10 05 2F 84 00 00 00 00 00 06 10 03 30 84 00 00 80

I don't know if this is exactly right, though. Here's the tutorial where I got this information: http://www.simuscape.net/simutalk/viewt ... f=85&t=859
This section in particular: http://www.simuscape.net/simutalk/viewt ... =80#p12256

It did get me wondering what you were thinking about doing for the 'base' of any non-track tile. For example, Dutch stations has the 'flat grey', grass and platform style 'bases'. One idea would be to extrapolate the base from the 'Modular stations' sprites?

Yes, that is probably the way to go for any paved stuff on ground level. For anything on the same height as platforms, I would try making it the same as the platforms themselves, so they all match.

I hope this helps!
Cheers!

[DemianWSE]

Here is version 0.1.1, the overpass update:

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Added:
· Four single sided overpasses, the original style black, brown and green, and a new white one with no roof
· Double-ended overpasses, for stations with passing tracks in the middle (drawn by KeepinItRail)
· Modular station overpasses, both as waypoints and as stations with no platforms
· Overpasses with no platforms as stations
· Platform end as waypoint

Removed:
· Elongated platforms

This is what I've got so far. I'll keep you posted on any progress. Let me know if there's any problem.

Cheers!

[Valdez]

Looks fantastic, I'll give this a try when I get back home..

[wicket-303]

This is really great!
Thank you for building the overpass in the countryside.
However, it may be better to match the height and position of the overpass with the Japanese overpass.

I'd love to add something like that to the set, I'll try my best to do it. Could you tell me the name of a station or stations that have those type of buildings so I can look them up on google?

There are many stations like this.
Tsujido, Toro, Kita-Ageo Station, etc ...

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I tested going back in time using cheats and the stations were available in 1800, however if you start the game in the 1800s and there are no available trains, the game won't let you build any stations. I could be wrong here, but I think you need a NewGRF with trains available in the 1800s to make the stations also available.

Japanese railways opened in 1872.
I confirmed that the platform can be used, but there is no station building. I want station buildings like Shinbashi, Mojiko, and Nikko station.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95 ... ekisha.JPG


I have more requests.
1. I want a platform that fills such a vacant lot when I made a head-end platform.
2. When connecting the overpass and the building-shaped station, it looks like they are not connected. So please fix this.
3. I want you to make fences for the platforms on both sides.

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[DemianWSE]

Hi! I just added a new branch on github for version 0.2.1. No release yet, as the most significant change is that the code is now in m4nfo (big thanks to Michael Blunck!), but you're free to download the files and compile it yourselves if you can't wait .

The only visible changes so far are that I adjusted the height of the white overpasses and added a new waypoint:


Though I encountered a small issue, the crossing doesn't align with one of the platforms in the original set:


The plan for the next release is to make every platform snow-aware, include a few more tiles, and work on improving the code. But it'll probably take some time.

As always, suggestions are welcome.

Cheers!

[DemianWSE]

Hello. Quick update:

I added a few simple non-track tiles:


I haven't decided how to deal with this alignment issue:

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Maybe it would be better to move that to the side so it stays relatively hidden. Thoughts?

I also started working on improving the code, but that probably isn't very interesting

Let me know if you have any ideas on which non-track tiles to add next.

Cheers

[DemianWSE]

Hi! Here's version 0.2.2 for you to test:

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It includes some non-track tiles, some new fenced platforms with stairs, a new waypoint and it fixes the height of the white overpass. I have to say I don't know if any of the things I included can be actually found in real Japanese stations, I just made stuff I wanted to play with in my own saves.

I wanted to include snow awareness, but sadly I couldn't yet. The code is mostly updated, and most of the platforms are snow aware, but there are no snow graphics to be displayed yet.

I have almost hit the ID limit, so I was considering ditching the "platforms with track fences" (by the way I'm not happy with that name, but I couldn't find a better one). Maybe I'll put them in another NewGRF. I don't know if anyone has found them useful... I use them, but maybe they are not an important feature for other players, and other stuff should be prioritized.

That is all for now. As always, any feedback is much appreciated, and any contribution is welcome.

Cheers!

[fridaemon]

Thank u 4 ur work I'll update it in my game.

I have an idea - what about creating overlapping terminals? I wanted to have railway station in close connection with bus station, so I made one overlaps for it.

[DemianWSE]

Thank u 4 ur work

You're welcome

I'll update it in my game.

Please back up your save. All the IDs are the same, but I haven't tested if this version works with older saves.

I have an idea - what about creating overlapping terminals? I wanted to have railway station in close connection with bus station, so I made one overlaps for it.

I'll give this a try and see if I can make it work, thanks for the suggestion!

[fridaemon]

I did these variants, but not in company colours.

[DemianWSE]

I did these variants, but not in company colours.

Great, I'll see what I can do

[DemianWSE]

Could you guess what features I'm testing?

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[ebla71]

Could you guess what features I'm testing?

Godzilla?

[DemianWSE]

Godzilla?

that would be an AWESOME feature, now I want to code Godzilla as a road vehicle and have it running around the city

[temporal8]

Could you guess what features I'm testing?
test.png

Passengers waiting in platforms.

[ChillCore]

Could you guess what features I'm testing?
test.png

Passengers collecting chopped off 'plumbs'?


Kidding aside ... I'd love to see Godzilla smash Nuts' eggs on crossovers .... instead of 'trains' smashing 'road vehicles' as per usual ...

Animated please?

[DemianWSE]

Passengers waiting in platforms.

Yes! And year-dependant graphics (that's why it says "old" on the sations, I don't have the graphics yet )

Passengers collecting chopped off 'plumbs'?

Kidding aside ... I'd love to see Godzilla smash Nuts' eggs on crossovers .... instead of 'trains' smashing 'road vehicles' as per usual ...

Animated please?

If I knew how to do it, it would be done by now , next project I guess

[DemianWSE]

It's not Godzilla, but I finally have a working snow and passenger-aware year-dependant platform:

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It also places fences automatically when it's on the edge of the station. And passengers can be activated/deactivated by a parameter.

Now I have to do the rest of the platforms...

[Aegir]

It's not Godzilla, but I finally have a working snow and passenger-aware year-dependant platform:
test2.png

It also places fences automatically when it's on the edge of the station. And passengers can be activated/deactivated by a parameter.

Now I have to do the rest of the platforms...

YESSSS! I am so keen for this!