Company colors in sets?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 19 Jul 2004 12:26

For Dutch trainset we've trains that contain a blue color. Because I wasn't smart enough to choose the correct blue color when drawing, most of the Dutch Trains are in player colors.

This means the trains are only in real colors when you select the blue color. Some people like that the trains are in company color and some don't. So that's why I started a poll about this. (Well, Lakie suggested a poll).

The reason why this isn't in Dutch Trainset Topic is that this is a decision that has to be made in several graphics set (I suspect).

Website · Post by **Lakie** » 19 Jul 2004 12:33

I voted

Yes, I don't care about real colors

Because I prefer seeing which player owns that vehicle. (I don't have fences you see)

Also I like Green, and I prefer Having the colours of a company to having the same colours as every other player in the game...

(8 players, with the same train with the same colours can cause confusing for me...)

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You are going to have to add the votes for

~ No, I want the vehicles in real colors, even when I don't choose the blue company color
~ No, I see no reason to have them in company colors

together and compare to the sum of votes for

~ Yes, but only if the vehicles are in real colors when I choose the blue company color
~ Yes, I don't care about real colors

Azmat · Post by **Azmat** » 19 Jul 2004 12:40

I dont really care about company colors. I rarely play with AI (or over the internet) so the company colors on trains are not important.

Jezulkim · Post by **Jezulkim** » 19 Jul 2004 12:46

Azmat wrote:I dont really care about company colors. I rarely play with AI (or over the internet) so the company colors on trains are not important.

And the fence of railway is in company color so the trains don't need any company color.

Azmat · Post by **Azmat** » 19 Jul 2004 12:53

Lakie wrote:Because I prefer seeing which player owns that vehicle. (I don't have fences you see)

What if someone doesnt have fences then ? This company colors 'issue' is a rather personal taste.

Website · Post by **Lakie** » 19 Jul 2004 13:04

Purno.

Maybe you and Hyronymus should release 2 verson of this set then.

company colours version, and a non-company colours version.

But why people like having the same coloured train as everyone else, is beyond me.

Long live Green Trains.

I will make a screenshot to show you the difference.

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Too busy atm.

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 19 Jul 2004 13:14

Can't you just fill them with the correct colour?

zero1000 · Post by **zero1000** » 19 Jul 2004 13:18

why real liveries if blue color selected? why not a simple paraemter for the grf?

Colonel32 · Post by **Colonel32** » 19 Jul 2004 14:27

zero1000 wrote:why real liveries if blue color selected? why not a simple paraemter for the grf?

I allways use green as my company color, so the blue-color-thing would be a problem for me

Saskia · Post by **Saskia** » 19 Jul 2004 14:48

And I choose brown, because the station roofs will have realistic colors then

SAC · Post by **SAC** » 19 Jul 2004 15:02

Saskia wrote:And I choose brown, because the station roofs will have realistic colors then

I second that

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 19 Jul 2004 15:19

Azmat wrote:I dont really care about company colors. I rarely play with AI (or over the internet) so the company colors on trains are not important.

Does that mean you play with blue company color so that trains would have their real livery?

Lakie wrote:Purno.
Maybe you and Hyronymus should release 2 verson of this set then.
company colours version, and a non-company colours version.

Yes we could do that, I don't know how much extra work it will be. Besides that, I haven't seen Hyronymus in this topic

Arathorn wrote:Can't you just fill them with the correct colour?

What do you mean?

Saskia wrote:And I choose brown, because the station roofs will have realistic colors then

Does that mean you want the vehicles in real liveries or do you not mind if the vehicle color turnes into brown?

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 19 Jul 2004 16:50

When new graphics sets first became available, I thought I'd want to use the company-colors. But after playing it a while, I found to my surprise that I preferred the realistic colors. I rarely play with the AI, but even when I do, it's usually not too hard to tell his tracks apart from mine.

And I play with fences, but even without them, it should be easy enough.

So, my position is that new sets should be released using realistic colors. If somebody wants to go to the trouble to convert them to support company colors, that's fine; but it's less important. When the US set was released, ChrisCF inquired about a company color version, and I invited him to make one. That was the last I heard of that.

SAC · Post by **SAC** » 19 Jul 2004 17:22

Saskia wrote:And I choose brown, because the station roofs will have realistic colors then

Does that mean you want the vehicles in real liveries or do you not mind if the vehicle color turnes into brown?[/quote]

Can't speak for Saskia but I use brown only because station roofs looks more realistic. With that said I personally prefer real liveries.

Besides, it's not that difficult to spot your own vehicles in the game amongst the AI vehicles. Its stupidity in network layout leaves a lot to desire, and if you happen to be just as bad at it as the AI - and for that reason are unable to tell which vehicle belongs to which player, then a break from TTD could be a good solution!

Daan Timmer · Post by **Daan Timmer** » 19 Jul 2004 17:23

krtaylor wrote:When new graphics sets first became available, I thought I'd want to use the company-colors. But after playing it a while, I found to my surprise that I preferred the realistic colors. I rarely play with the AI, but even when I do, it's usually not too hard to tell his tracks apart from mine. And I play with fences, but even without them, it should be easy enough.

So, my position is that new sets should be released using realistic colors. If somebody wants to go to the trouble to convert them to support company colors, that's fine; but it's less important. When the US set was released, ChrisCF inquired about a company color version, and I invited him to make one. That was the last I heard of that.

USset has some company color things

<bigboy>'s windows are company colored:)

anyway, I dont veel like seeing an regiorunner(or something like that, *die ene niweue dubbeldekker) in green+yellow, or brown+yellow, it looks kinda odd... --;

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 19 Jul 2004 17:45

DaaNtje wrote:anyway, I dont veel like seeing an regiorunner(or something like that, *die ene niweue dubbeldekker) in green+yellow, or brown+yellow, it looks kinda odd... --;

Well, the RegioRunner will, like other trains, have it's real color when selecting the blue company color. The question is do you mind that you have to use the blue company color?

Merri · Post by **Merri** » 19 Jul 2004 19:50

I'd like to see all trains in company colors, otherwise choosing the company color has no point... its like if it became a useless feature. But it looks like there is too many of those real color fanatics...

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 19 Jul 2004 19:52

Merri wrote: ...otherwise choosing the company color has no point... its like if it became a useless feature.

I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head.

BobXP · Post by **BobXP** » 19 Jul 2004 20:29

I use blue most of the time so it's not too much of a problem for me

but I voted "Yes, I don't care about real colors".

anyway it's not like I use custom vehicle graphics

Website · Post by **Lakie** » 19 Jul 2004 20:32

Just to show you the vehicle that started all of this.

Blue is default (real),

then several others colours. (I prefer Green.

)

merri wrote:I'd like to see all trains in company colors, otherwise choosing the company color has no point... its like if it became a useless feature. But it looks like there is too many of those real color fanatics...

I agree, why destroy part of the game...

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