Daylength Patch [12/09/2008] Compatibility: r14293

[PhilSophus]

I'm confused. How can this sprite problem have something to do with the daylength patch?

Or in other words: Are you sure that the same kind of game (e.g. the same NewGRFs loaded) doesn't crash in clean trunk?

[Gremnon]

Gah....
Have a look at the images posted. The problem file is 'spritecahce.cpp'
Which suggests... sprites.

At any rate, it works for me, so I'm not complaining, and no, I don't get the same problem without daylengh.

[Hamilton2007]

Why is this patch not included in the latsest nightly's ? It's a great patch.

Anyway, Gremnon,

I lost the patch again cause the errors keep on coming, so i downloaded the latest nightly, but off course it hasn't got the daylenght patch.

[Gremnon]

Sigh...
I'll recompile a recent one when I can get back to my usual computer... though, it would be useful if you did try to use the wiki to learn again, and read it through...

[Hamilton2007]

Yeah, i know.

But i did that several times and tryed every compiling program discribed in the wiki, but non of them worked for me.

I'm now playing the Russian bin that is offered somewhere on the forums, it has a couple of patches including the daylenght one. Only thing that is negative that it is not ECS compatible.

[Gremnon]

Compiled against r14736
No one ask me to compile any builds for a few weeks, I won't be able to to sort it out for a while.

[Jim Starluck]

Is this patch ready to be merged into trunk? And if so, why hasn't it yet? IMHO it's one of the most basic, useful patches out there, especially for those of us who like to spend more time in specific time periods (steam power ftw).

[Gremnon]

Because it doesn't work with the latest trunk, and (not sure if this is actually a necessity) it hasn't been submitted to flyspray.

[Yexo]

Because it doesn't work with the latest trunk

That's a problem

, and (not sure if this is actually a necessity) it hasn't been submitted to flyspray.

That doesn't matter, as long as it's noticed (although it's easier to keep track of patches in FS, and they might be forgotten here easier.

Reading back on the previous page however there still seem to be several unsolved problems.

[Chico008]

Does this patch still in dev ?

could we have a patch file for the R15447 or newer trunk ?

thx.

[Chico008]

Hi, a friend fo mine managed to do the patch for r15447

he tested and said it worked fine.
you can report if it's ok.

[ige]

If it works, is there anyone to make a bin? I am a user and tester, not a developer.

[dihedral]

applying a patch and compiling does not make anybody a developer
and is the easiest way to help you do all the testing you'd like to do!

[Forked]

Here is the win32 build with cargodest, infrastructure sharing and daylength patches... untested and unsupported.

patched with diff's updated to 15447
Daylength - link here
Cargodest - link here
Infrastructure Sharing - link here

Only three small "conflicts" when patching in daylength .. they were all settings related and easy to spot.

Again. Not tested. Not supported. Best of luck

[dihedral]

hehe - that'll get the nekomaster spitting out words again

[DaleStan]

So, because I was curious[0], I attempted to figure out what exactly this "neko" is over which it has gained mastery.
Apparently, it's some sort of game.

OT: This may explain why its computer keeps overheating.

[0] Pron: "bored to tears"

[kul]

I just tried the daylength patch, and I think it's really nice. It seems that costs like Property maintenance, Loan interest and Vehicle running cost were the same on a yearly basis, whereas the income was much higher. Maybe the income from transporting goods should be lowered (divided by the times of slower time, or maybe half of it) or the costs raised (times the speed factor). Is there a reason why this isn't implemented?

[sc79]

Maybe the income from transporting goods should be lowered (divided by the times of slower time, or maybe half of it) or the costs raised (times the speed factor). Is there a reason why this isn't implemented?

Previous versions has two ingame settings, one for each of these, and I assume it still does (though maybe noone bothered when the settings UI got updated). Check out the advanced settings.

[kul]

Previous versions has two ingame settings, one for each of these, and I assume it still does (though maybe noone bothered when the settings UI got updated). Check out the advanced settings.

There was only one, under Economy.

[pavel1269]

sc is right, they were two ....