Cargoset for Maglev

[Number138]

Hello,

I have a suggestion/question about a maglev cargoset. In one of my games I'm in 2040 and my cargo is running wild.
as you can see on this picture.





Know I'm wondering I anyone is thinking of making a maglev cargoset. Like the cargo on my goods, this are containerwagons with a load of 80 tons each and load in 2 times ( 50% and than 100%) really fast. But i like to have a faster and stronger engine so I can support the massive amount of cargo that needs to be delivered on the other side of the map. with a nice cargoset for the maglev this would be possible. anyone has an idea? I would like to here it.

Greetzz,

[planetmaker]

Proposal: use more than one engine per train.

[Number138]

Nice of you to reply. but the engine I know use has 16.000 HP and a top speed of 300KM/H but I want more speed .
more engines aren't going to solve that.

And it will just be nice if maglev has more possibility's.

[planetmaker]

I may quote?

but I want more speed .

as opposed to your first posting

But i like to have a faster and stronger engine so I can support the massive amount of cargo

This basically gave me impression that you lack cargo carrying capacity or the power to pull away your long trains.

If you feel like, you can continue with the new monorail and maglev replacement set. Some sprites exists, but ... no really interested coder. Have a look at http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/nmts/ The basics for everything are there.

If you're not interested in working for it you're totally off-topic in the "NewGRF Technical Discussions" forum.

[cmoiromain]

In order to transport all that cargo, what you need is not to increase the speed, but the flow. Therefore having a maximum speed of 300kmph is not a problem, as long as you provide enough power to get heavy trains to that speed rapidly. What you need are more trains and larger stations (and more lanes to prevent congestion). And longer trains will also help.

[Number138]

Ok this are some nice tips, thanks for that.

But maybe I wasn't clear about it all. I thought it would be cool and also logic if your in 2050 that your transport of goods or steel could go in the maglev trains. after 2020 you have no technical progress and that is something I like to change. I want to program it my self but it is not really clear to me how and maybe some one already did it. so my question is: Is somebody making a grf for a new maglev set and if there is not, how do I do this?

thanks.

[cmoiromain]

Check out the link in planetmaker's message. He has worked on a maglev set, but the project is lacking a coder (if I understand it correctly). If you are willing to help on that project, maybe it will eventually be complete.

[FooBar]

The problem on this matter is that most people who do create all sorts of graphic sets value a bit of realisticness. And transporting cargo by maglev isn't.
Cargo maglevs is suggested before and as far as I know Lawton27 is the first to actually try and create something like that. Why did development stop (for now at least)? Possibly because a lack of real life examples to model after...

[DJ Nekkid]

Why did development stop (for now at least)? Possibly because a lack of real life examples to model after...

Because the coder had a bit much to do

[FooBar]

... had ...

Does that mean?
Reading some recent posts from that coder, I think he will have much to do in the future as well

[DJ Nekkid]

hehe... With some proper template creation i think this can be done *soon* tho

However, the dutchset is my current pri-two. Or one-and-a-half ish... The 2cc set needs to be finished tho The computer i used to code and stuff crashed a few days ago, and im waiting for a replacement. My wifes old laptop is barely good enough to surf the interwebs Not that codeing is very processor-demanding, but a 10-point-something inch screen kinda limits stuff

Got a brand new 2000€(ish) laptop incomeing in the mail soon (Clevo W860 if anyone were wondering)