AuzObjects

[GarryG]

Hell yeah. These'll be great for my next beach.

Good you like them.

Just wish the ideas that I will think of in weeks, months and years from now .. that I knew what they would be now as it make it so much easier to plan the object sets.

[3iff]

Quast,

Apologies for the 'funfair' confusion. I've been trying various grfs and obviously mixed them up...As regards the funfair file (whichever that one is) the funfairs mostly
show but most of the other graphics options are just green tiles)

Enclosed are the screenshots you wanted. JRGPP version 51.1, absolutely fresh game, 1 grf loaded and some shots of what I'm seeing.
I've tried the same in OTTD vanilla 13.0 and I get the same results. Also tried on a laptop and some earlier incarnations of OTTD and JRG.

Just spotted something that might be relevant. I'm using a win64 exe but I might need to use a win32 exe instead. Downloaded and I'll try that when I get home.

[Quast65]

Enclosed are the screenshots you wanted.

Thank you!
What happens with the graphics if you use the most up to date version of that GRF? (version 17)
I believe it should be here:
viewtopic.php?p=1257879#p1257879

EDIT:
Also, Kamnet has made a page where you should be able to find the most up-to-date versions of Garry's GRFs
viewtopic.php?t=89180

[GarryG]

Apologies for the 'funfair' confusion. I've been trying various grfs and obviously mixed them up...As regards the funfair file (whichever that one is) the funfairs mostly
show but most of the other graphics options are just green tiles)

Hi pal,

I can't seem to figure out where the problem is .. just wonder is it possible that computer don't have enough memory to load them properly?

On Page 1 of this forum has list of object sets and what page you will find the latest version.

Hope can solve problem soon.

Cheers

[3iff]

Quast,

I'll check the latest file (I thought I had it...possibly not). I did see the Kamnet page. I'll double check that.

I've 16Gb in my box so that should be enough...

Some investigation suggests that I'm having problems with the 32bpp graphics. I did a grfcodec decode of the graphics for the AuzIndObjects.
I get png files with names like ..obj.00.png and ...obj.00-32.png and so on. (exactly what I expected)
The 00.png pictures are just full of blue squares for each image, although a few have some graphics.
The 00-32.png pictures are full of graphics (the objects I'm not seeing) on black backgrounds.

I get the same effect with fridaemons objects 6 but I haven't yet checked the decoded graphics for this.

I did the same for CityObjectsv14 (created by someone else), the graphics are all 8bpp and I have no issues at all with those.

[Quast65]

The 00.png pictures are just full of blue squares for each image, although a few have some graphics.
The 00-32.png pictures are full of graphics (the objects I'm not seeing) on black backgrounds.

That is completely normal.
This is not the official explanation, someone else may be able to do that, but this is how I see it:
OpenTTD always requires 8bpp graphics, even though nothing is drawn in them.
So, you can have 8bpp graphics on their own.
But you cant have 32bpp graphics without (only blue boxes) 8bpp graphics.
Further more, for animated colors to be active within 32bpp graphics, you need to add another 8bpp MASK graphics (as an overlay so to say.
And finally, it is possible to mix 32bpp and 8bpp-only within one GRF.
So, that is why you mostly see the graphics within 32bpp and a few within 8bpp.

The issue you are having is possibly code-related.
First of all, updating GRF's to their most recent versions is extremely important.
Because for a couple of GRF's, things have been moved from one GRF to the other.
And when you then still use old GRF's, things (like class-labels) may conflict, causing the sprite-sorter to use the wrong graphics (or not finding them at all).

So, lets take it on step by step, Auzindobjects first.
Is the issue you shown in your screenshot fixed when you update to version 17?

[3iff]

I wasn't sure if the *.png pics were right, but I guessed that was the intended structure...fair enough.
I'll have to get home to try the new files, can't run ottd on this library computer!
I've downloaded a few other auz.grfs using the Kamnet guide to get the right ones.

Agreed, 1 step at a time. That's also why I just try one grf when I'm having problems. It eliminates any chance of conflicts with other files.
It's a weird problem that I'm determined to solve.

Thanks for your continued support...I'll have results to report next Tuesday.

[Quast65]

It's a weird problem that I'm determined to solve.

And we are very happy to help you solve it.
As you may not be the only one with this issue, so it's handy to know how to solve it.
Hopefully updating is the easiest way

[3iff]

It's a weird problem that I'm determined to solve.

And we are very happy to help you solve it.
As you may not be the only one with this issue, so it's handy to know how to solve it.
Hopefully updating is the easiest way

It's exactly my attitude too, happy to help others with problems when I know the answers.
However, if it was a common problem I would have thought others might have said so...ah well.

[Quast65]

Maybe not right now, possibly also in the future.

[fridaemon]

Sometimes I use grfwizard to edit some existing graphics. BUT you can edit only 8bit files! Any change in 32bit png file broke all graphics there - all will be invisible. Garry adds source codes to his masterpieces, so you can replace png file there and recode it. If you don't know how, I can show you.

[3iff]

Maybe that's what happening...certainly most/all 32bit graphics is invisible to me.
But if that's the case, then perhaps it should be fixed at source...?

[fridaemon]

Maybe that's what happening...certainly most/all 32bit graphics is invisible to me.
But if that's the case, then perhaps it should be fixed at source...?

I put question about this on Discord few weeks ago but they replied with "GrfWizard was made for 8bit graphics". This time there weren't 32bit version and this tool came 15 years ago.

[Quast65]

dont get too carried away, first update

As I dont believe that you recompiled Garry's GRFs before you got your issues.

[3iff]

Don't worry, I'm not going to tackle grfwizard...certainly not yet.

Just found some info about 32bit graphics...relating to the blitter setting.
I 'think' mine is set to 8bpp while it 'should be' 32bpp-anim (or -optimized or -simple)
So, I think that will be the first thing I change...what's the odds that works?

But...still one thing at a time. That's how I beta-test. Back Tuesday.

[Quast65]

Well, maybe...
Its certainly something to doublecheck if updating doesnt work.
Here is a part of my config file, that relates to blitter settings (one early on and a couple a bit further down):

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[misc]
display_opt = SHOW_TOWN_NAMES|SHOW_SIGNS|FULL_ANIMATION|FULL_DETAIL
news_ticker_sound = true
fullscreen = false
graphicsset = "OpenGFX"
soundsset = "OpenSFX"
musicset = 
videodriver = 
musicdriver = 
sounddriver = 
blitter = 
language = dutch.lng
resolution = 1920,1057
screenshot_format = 
savegame_format = 
rightclick_emulate = false
small_font = 
medium_font = 
large_font = 
small_size = 8
medium_size = 10
large_size = 16
small_aa = false
medium_aa = false
large_aa = false
sprite_cache_size = 64
player_face = 3058084888
transparency_options = 3
transparency_locks = 0
invisibility_options = 254
keyboard = 
keyboard_caps = 
mono_font = 
mono_size = 10
mono_aa = false
max_sprite_cache_size = 64
last_newgrf_count = 2304
sprite_cache_size_px = 128
support8bpp = no
blitter-32bpp-aa-level = 2
blitter-32bpp-aa-anim-slots = 4
blitter-32bpp-aa-anim-threads = 0
gui_zoom = 2
font_zoom = 2
zoning_overlay_inner = 0
zoning_overlay_outer = 0
extra_display_opt = SHOW_MONEY_TEXT_EFFECTS
video_hw_accel = true
video_vsync = false
cargo_payment_x_mode = 0
extra_transparency_options = 0
extra_transparency_locks = 0
gui_scale = -1

To be sure, maybe test it also out with a GRF that totally relies on 32bpp graphics, like one of the extra-zoom GRF's that uses extremely realistic graphics (like the Czech ones).

But try updating first.

[GarryG]

Hi 3IFF and Quast65,

My graphics have mixture of both 8 bit and 32 bit.

I just tried AuzIndObjects on it own and have no problems.

I do have a few object sets I use for testing that just show coloured tiles .. just wonder if I might accidentally uploaded that file at one stage. But strange no one else mentioned the problem your having.

I using 64 bit OpenTTD 13.0

This is the latest AuzIndObject set and source file. See if get same problem with these.

Cheers all

[Quast65]

We'll get to the bottom of this Garry!!


I have something different to ask.

As you may have noticed, Kruemelchen has a frozen river road in his roadset.
This road stays permanently frozen, also when the snowline is higher in summer.

I was wondering if you could add a couple of tiles to the AuzWaterObjects to have this in summer:

Example780.png (122.37 KiB) Viewed 4243 times

But instead of the reef(color)graphics, the frozen water to match Kruemelchens iceroad.
I believe you have that for a couple of your lake-graphics, those freeze in winter.
If possible two versions:
- One that stays like this all year round (to be placed in seawaterlakes that are non-frozen all year round, as in above picture).
- One that switches to full tile frozen in winter (to be placed in object lakes, that can freeze in winter).

I think the 4 graphics (shape) you used for the reefs are perfect:

Example782.png (20.57 KiB) Viewed 4243 times

So, it would take 2 ID's with 4 graphics each.
I hope there is still room for that in an AuzWaterObject GRF....



While looking for a good shape of that partially frozen water, I noticed that one of the full-tile reefgraphics is a bit offset:

Example781.png (50.51 KiB) Viewed 4243 times

Its just full-tile Reefs-D, I believe everything else is ok.

[GarryG]

As you may have noticed, Kruemelchen has a frozen river road in his roadset.
This road stays permanently frozen, also when the snowline is higher in summer.

I was wondering if you could add a couple of tiles to the AuzWaterObjects to have this in summer:

I think we can do something about those. I had 6 spare IDs in AuzWaterObjects and 70 in AuzWaterbjectsAddOns.

Hope get a chance over the weekend.

Do you want just the transition look or maybe some complete ice tiles as well? Complete ice tile set might go nice for those who like to have iced over lakes .

Back in January 2022, I was experimenting fake rivers that iced over an looked like ice roads but got side tracked and not got back to it. Might be good if I did them again and allow for the wider rivers that now appear in OpenTTD 13.

Here that test game file if any one like to try it along with the source.

[Quast65]

Hope get a chance over the weekend.

Cheers!

maybe some complete ice tiles as well? Complete ice tile set might go nice for those who like to have iced over lakes

Certainly!

I think the handiest way, is to do that as a slope-aware and snow-line aware set.
So with snowy grass in winter (and frozen water) and regular grass (with still frozen water) in summer.
You are very welcome to use these graphics for wintertime:

AlpineCoastSnow.png

(19.81 KiB) Not downloaded yet

Just replace water with ice and Bob's your uncle

EDIT:
Possibly a good idea to give Frozen stuff a separate submenu