Bumpblocks

[Colonel Sheperd]

i'm planning a little project for "bumpblocks"* at the end of the track, but can someone please give me the rail sprites?
*Check the attachment if you don't know what i mean

[ChrisCF]

The terms you're looking for are:

"buffers" : the thing that stops trains running off the end of the track
"buffer stop" : where the track ends with a buffer, as in your pic.

I'm not sure whether they'd be implementable in TTD though, since IIRC the game doesn't know when a bit of track is the end of the line or not.

[Colonel Sheperd]

and the cantenery system?
they stop at the end of a line

[ChrisCF]

Unless you hadn't noticed, the catenary is just superimposed onto the normal tracks. There's no special end graphic for them (check if you like).

[Endre]

Good idea.

[Purno]

i'm planning a little project for "bumpblocks" at the end of the track,

I really like the idea!

but can someone please give me the rail sprites?

Rail sprites are in the original TT(D) files aren't they?

[Szappy]

This is a very good idea, but I doubt you can do it.
Of course you can draw the sprites, but the game will never know where to place them, because it does not 'know' where a track ends.
To include a patch feature for this is IMHO "too much work for too little benefit".

[Purno]

To include a patch feature for this is IMHO "too much work for too little benefit".

And what if the buffer is a building?

[Szappy]

And what if the buffer is a building?

The towns would build them all over...
BTW how would you build a building? Players don't have control over them...

[Purno]

And what if the buffer is a building?

The towns would build them all over...
BTW how would you build a building? Players don't have control over them...

Add a new building

- Player HQ is a building
- Depots are kind of buildings
- Stations are kind of buildings

Maybe it can work this way

[Szappy]

Add a new building

I think this still fits into the 'adding a patch feature' category, or have I misunderstood you?

[Purno]

Add a new building

I think this still fits into the 'adding a patch feature' category, or have I misunderstood you?

Yeah it is, but it's another way to add this feature, which could be less work.

[Dinges]

What about the way mb did it with the signal boxes , we can do it the same way

[Purno]

What about the way mb did it with the signal boxes , we can do it the same way

But then it would be a station, wouldn't it?

[Saskia]

Hm, the idea of this buffer stops is nice, but not in this way. Think about it: do you have tracks that suddenly ends? No. *g* So don't think about positioning stoppers at the track ends as building, or any other ways.

We only have terminus stations. So what about including the buffer stops in station graphics? A station without stoppers, a station with them on one end, and another station with them on the other end

[Purno]

/me think that's the idea!!!

But who is gonna draw these buffers?

/me thinks me knows the answer

[Colonel Sheperd]

@chriscf: and what about trains, they know where a track ends, otherwise they would drive of the track

@Purno: don't worry, i'm willing to draw them

[Born Acorn]

that is defined by the tile tpe, but there is no 'track end' tiletype, so in the end, all tracks would have a buffer

[Colonel Sheperd]

so, it is not possable

[ChrisCF]

@chriscf: and what about trains, they know where a track ends

No they don't. They stumble across the end of a track and turn around. If they knew where the end of the track was, they wouldn't run into it in the first place