Bigger Maps 0.3.1

[MagicBuzz]

I think it should be great to change the way the transportation cost is calculated.

In fact, when starting in 1950, trains are very slow (even the speedest one), and then when the course is 50 cases long or 200 cases long, the profit is the above the same due to low speed. So my "giant" lines don't make profit and loose money !

I think distance should be more important in the way of calculating the revenues.

[Korenn]

hmmmm

or perhaps cargo should "age" more slowly

[MagicBuzz]

hmmmm

or perhaps cargo should "age" more slowly

Depending the sort of cargo would be fine

Currently, I just tested with Coal, and coal should not depreciate with age (or very few).
However, goods and mail should depreciate a lot.

[MadEgg]

Isn't that the way it is and always has been?

Just take a look at the Cargo Payment rates, and some things devaluate very slowly while other do very fast. What's new about this idea?

[Korenn]

no there's nothing new about it, but the trips are now so incredibly long that even coal goes down to zero.

[Warspite]

downloaded and tested, and i have to say that is one HOOOOOOOGE map. Would be a lot better though when u sort out the higher generation of cities and industries! good work though

[SergeS]

On parts of maps , wich are offside original map - i cannt build on costs - it says Too close to edge of map, and i cant lower terrain ( first it send me error , second game crashes )

[jacke]

I get graphical errors sometimes when I raise land (look at picture).
And I often get messages when trying to build something or rase/lower land, like "to close edge of map" or "to high". In the attached picture there is a coal mine in the way

[Korenn]

I get graphical errors sometimes when I raise land (look at picture).
And I often get messages when trying to build something or rase/lower land, like "to close edge of map" or "to high". In the attached picture there is a coal mine in the way

lol isn't it obvious there's a coal mine there?

I already fixed this for the new version, I'm right now ironing out an AI bug and trying to determine new cargo payment rates. expected next release date this weekend.

[Tyrell]

Interesting to see the side effects of bigger maps.

I personally would not tinker with the actual devalue rates
of de different individual cargo types.
But applying a general ratio change to all the cargo rated.
Maybe something like increasing the allowed transport time by X,
So instead of having something like 90(example) days to
deliver cargo before it hits zero, you would have
(1024*256)*90 days.

A additional ratio could be added to make bigger maps not
completely play the same as normal maps, like
(1024*256*RATIO)*90.

[MagicBuzz]

Isn't that the way it is and always has been?

Just take a look at the Cargo Payment rates, and some things devaluate very slowly while other do very fast. What's new about this idea?

ratios should be changed to be realistic with long distances. currently it seems to be buggy for long distances.

[Villem]

Everytime i try play the bigmap vers, it crashes blabbling something about water.c or something releated to water(whenever i go in view of water))

[MagicBuzz]

Try to use :
City : Low
Climat : Temperate

It seems to be the most stable parameter.

[Korenn]

or wait till the next release, it's a lot more stable.

[Emeric Pro]

I've just tried big maps... great work, that's very impressive

(but it only works well with "low" settings for towns and industries as others noticed)

I think that feature will make the "realplanespeed" switch useful once/if it's implemented in openttd, since it would make the game more realistic with so big maps: trains are never used for more than 1000 km or so in real life, so in the game too planes should replace them for bigger distances...

[Born Acorn]

the poll in graphics says that hardly anyone likes planespeed, and that you should be able to set a percentage

[Emeric Pro]

the poll in graphics says that hardly anyone likes planespeed, and that you should be able to set a percentage

i don't like it either with normal maps, what i was saying is that it had much more interest with big maps

[MagicBuzz]

I've just tried big maps... great work, that's very impressive

(but it only works well with "low" settings for towns and industries as others noticed)

I think that feature will make the "realplanespeed" switch useful once/if it's implemented in openttd, since it would make the game more realistic with so big maps: trains are never used for more than 1000 km or so in real life, so in the game too planes should replace them for bigger distances...

Hey, there are many night train that deserve the line Paris <-> Roma for exemple.

And then http://www.maporama.com says :

Distance totale: 1406 km
Durée du trajet: 14h 04
Vitesse moyenne: 99 km/h

With french common trains (Corail) that run at 160 kmh-1 it "just" less that 9 hours (a night ) time...

And when Italy will be equiped with LGV (TGV railroad) it will be only 4h45, so it will be possible ti do daytime trains (and it will take the same amount of time than plane, because airports are generaly far from cities, so you spend a lot of time to join the city

And what about the Moscou <-> Vladivostock line ?

[MagicBuzz]

And message for Korenn :

-> Can't you give us a pre-version of the bug-free version ?
Because currently the game hangs too much often to be playable...

[Korenn]

And message for Korenn :

-> Can't you give us a pre-version of the bug-free version ?
Because currently the game hangs too much often to be playable...

well I could, but the new release is incompatible with old save games and the bugs (and cargo!) I'm working on will (probably) do that again.
I'll rather wait a few days
[edit: everything's done except one ai bug, hope to do that tomorrow]