[FORK] Dutch Road Furniture for Quast65's RoadSet

[Quast65]

How do you get it to work? I supposedly downloaded the latest update but it only shows the older version when I load it to my openttd. I can't see any of the newly added features

A possible solution: you may need to remove any older versions from the folder OpenTTD searches for GRFs.
(You can just move them to another folder, like for example DOWNLOADS, until you are sure the new version works, then you can delete them if you want)

[belgi]

(road)Works In Progress
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That's a great idea!
And there could easily be some excavators and similar machines that repair a broken or old highway

I wish you a nice day

[JohnFranklin523]

How do you get it to work? I supposedly downloaded the latest update but it only shows the older version when I load it to my openttd. I can't see any of the newly added features

Type in console:

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set newgrf_show_old_versions true

And you will find all versions.

[Overjay]

PSA for anyone who uses RattRoads. This NewGRF is fully compatible with RattRoads highways in European/UK mode (white markings).

[Quast65]

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[desertbus95]

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[Silverx50]

that is very cool!

[Quast65]

WIP

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[GarryG]

WIP

[Quast65]

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[ebla71]

Looks impressive - but how does it work?

Just for visuals or a "real road piece" underneath and covered by overlays?!?

[Quast65]

"real road piece" underneath and covered by overlays?!?

This.

It looks good, but vehicles move really weird over it

[ebla71]

"real road piece" underneath and covered by overlays?!?

This.

It looks good, but vehicles move really weird over it

Damn, all those drunken drivers these days ...

[ebla71]

"real road piece" underneath and covered by overlays?!?

This.

On a more serious side - which are the tile(s) with the "real road piece" underneath - the light green one or to the left or right of it???

If I count correctly, you must be overlapping with at least three tiles, two of the joining/diverging lanes (the violet colored ones?) and one in the straight main lane, to cover one arm of the "T-piece"?!? Plus of course the tile where all this is placed, making it four tiles?

Furthermore, some of the markings in the "main lane" are in yellow instead of white color - intended feature, just for testing, or bug?

[Quast65]

On a more serious side - which are the tile(s) with the "real road piece" underneath - the light green one or to the left or right of it???

The real road tile is under the "end" of the merging lane, as that has the biggest overlap.

If I count correctly, you must be overlapping with at least three tiles

The actual object-tile is in the middle, with two overlapping tiles, one to the left and one to the right of it (and a bit more overlapping over the highway next to it)

some of the markings in the "main lane" are in yellow instead of white color - intended feature, just for testing, or bug?

Testing, to check if the alignment is correct. Also, with some roadtypes, when you get a T-junction, the markings are gone, so this adds those markings again.

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The highway in my roadset doesnt need this, but some other roads could. GarryG had this in his original design of the lanes and I think it is handy to keep it in.


In a previous post, I placed a picture of the finished work.
It was first just a link, but I embedded the image, so it is easier to see now.

[ebla71]

The real road tile is under the "end" of the merging lane, as that has the biggest overlap.

Which also explains the "drunken driver" appearance, like somebody trying to take the exit too late, going over the x-ed out area

Will it also work with U&RaTT 1.1???

I'm currently working on another very large "real-world" scenario with a number of really huge intersections in which this would add nicely (see below). Let me know if you need a beta tester

[Quast65]

Will it also work with U&RaTT 1.1???

Ofcourse it will "work" But it wont look good, because:

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The graphics wont match, and no, I wont make graphics that suit URatt or any other roadset.
It is all GPL-licensed though, so people are always welcome to make their own fork...

[ebla71]

Ofcourse it will "work" But it wont look good
The graphics wont match, and no, I wont make graphics that suit URatt or any other roadset.
It is all GPL-licensed though, so people are always welcome to make their own fork...

What's the major problem - the colors, general metrics, something else, everything?!?

A pity the road graphics aren't sufficiently standardized to make such things generally useable (and matching).

Also noticed that in particular with some industry tiles - sometimes the width of the markings is off by just one or two pixels, positions shifted by one or two pixels, the grey color of the pavement is just a tiny bit different, or the "texture" not exactly identical, which often leads to a poor visual impression - in particular at higher zoom - that rules out some combinations.

[Quast65]

What's the major problem - the colors, general metrics, something else, everything?!?

Well, probably everything
Each roadset (and for that matter possibly even most roads within a roadset) looks differently.
In some cases it is a matter of taste (some people like darker tarmac, others lighter), but can also be different because of reallife design.
For example, I believe it is common in the USA to have yellow markings, in The Netherlands it is mostly white (yellow is used for temporary markings, like with roadworks).
So I dont think that there ever will be a general standard...

I mean, I didnt like the look of the roadsets that were available, thats why I made my own roadset.
It does have a lot of (designs for) roads from other sets, but with alterations that suit my personal taste.

I dont think there will be too many issues with the shape/size though, but as you indeed noticed, sometimes a few pixels can be off.
And that is noticable when you mix sets.

But I dont want to go too offtopic discussing other roadsets.

[Quast65]

A bit of work on a lazy sunday afternoon...

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