Better bridge parameters
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 13:05
Albeit there is many bridge newgrfs including awesome TBRS and some other with minor modifications,
I'm not happy with overall bridge statistics.
For example bridges speed limit and prices are low, differences are insignificant - it is usually fixed by other newgrfs,
however on the other side, huge difference of price and speed limit for suspension and cantilever bridges bugs me out.
They are OK for standard openttd gameplay (suspension good for RVs, cantilever for trains), but goes awkward if track or/and wagons speed limits are involved.
In such case, player is forced (due to economic reasons) to build suspension bridges instead of cantilever ones,
which looks weird in case of railway lines.
My newgrf provide similar parameters for suspension and cantilever bridge, additionally availability dates are spread from 1840 till 1970.
Other fixes are increased length of short bridges and silicon bridge for vacuum trains.
Most of above fixes are already floating in separate files, now they are available on bananas in my betabridges pack.
Because I have very limited NFO format knowledge, I used Grfmaker and slightly modified its NFO output and used grfcodec for compiling.
I'm not happy with overall bridge statistics.
For example bridges speed limit and prices are low, differences are insignificant - it is usually fixed by other newgrfs,
however on the other side, huge difference of price and speed limit for suspension and cantilever bridges bugs me out.
They are OK for standard openttd gameplay (suspension good for RVs, cantilever for trains), but goes awkward if track or/and wagons speed limits are involved.
In such case, player is forced (due to economic reasons) to build suspension bridges instead of cantilever ones,
which looks weird in case of railway lines.
My newgrf provide similar parameters for suspension and cantilever bridge, additionally availability dates are spread from 1840 till 1970.
Other fixes are increased length of short bridges and silicon bridge for vacuum trains.
Most of above fixes are already floating in separate files, now they are available on bananas in my betabridges pack.
Because I have very limited NFO format knowledge, I used Grfmaker and slightly modified its NFO output and used grfcodec for compiling.