I am currently working on a complete remastering of the Modern Maglev Trains Set. Both on the code and the sprites will be (almost) completely redone. I will attempt to extend the set to include
53 maglev trains. It will not be compatible with MMT 1.2.
Things I want to get done in this ultimate version of MMT, effectively MMT 2.0:
- Allow for CC and for the real colours. Make it so you can switch between them using parameters.
- Add different liveries for several trains if you chose the real colours. Most notably, the Linimo will get 11 alternate liveries.
- Separate sprites for when trains are loading at stations.
- Even though mail maglevs don't exist and probably never will; the option to refit all passenger trains to mail and valuables.
- Goods wagons for the Transrapid 08 and 09. High speed, high cost, just goods.
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Low speed maglevs for all non-goods cargotypes (Link: pdf)
- ECCO will carry just goods, fluids and livestock.
- Separate passenger wagons for low speed, mid speed and high speed MUs.
- Better balancing on my end (gonna need some help with that) and parameters to tweak the costs on the user's end.
I've currently completed 2 of the trains: the MBB Prinzipfahrzeug and the Transrapid 02. Here you see a compilation of all the trains that are currently in the set. It also shows you when it was made (every column is a remastering of the sprites) and what it used to look like. Personally, I like this image because it shows me how far I've gotten. I have to agree, sometimes the redone sprites weren't an improvement in the least. But to me that's just an artefact of the process. The sole flags in the left column are slots for trains that I haven't included in any version yet.
What can you do to help?
If you can, donating information like mass, passenger capacity, length, height and width
where I don't have it yet (red, yellow and blue) would help me a lot with not only spriting, but also balancing.
Making sprites is always welcome. The scale I use is 1 px = 0,5m.
Also, more pictures of the non-operational maglevs; like the M 70/2 , the ECCO, the ROMAG and the DMV-92 would be awesome.
Here's the sprites for the MBB and the TR02:
Feedback is always welcome.