AutoRenew Problem

[pmht]

Can't find if it's already been added as a bug (have stuck this on Sourceforge too) but the autorenew option closed my company!

Was happily building a new line when suddenly I ran out of cash. Why? Because the high speed trains I had built were going into the depots at the same time and getting renewed, at nearly 4 times the price I'd paid originally. (Due to inflation)

As a result, the company nearly folded, and collapsed within 3 years!

(Saved game beforehand resulted in me being able to go back, turn off the switch, and enjoy old trains instead!)

The trains were being renewed, despite the company not being able to afford the trains. Result? Debt! They just kept getting upgraded and turning a profit into red debt!

Steve

[follow]

In short words: autorenew feature renews your vehicles even if players money < 0

Bug report: [ 1006715 ] AutoRenew Issue - puts your company in the red!
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph ... tid=636365

[pmht]

In short words: autorenew feature renews your vehicles even if players money < 0

Ok, yep! lol

[follow]

Or to be more precise: autorenew feature renew player's vehicle even if player's money < cost(renew)

[TrueBrain]

Fix for this is in progress, will most likely be in SVN today. More info will follow

[TrueBrain]

As promised (was some more work then I thought), a fix for this is ready at:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.p ... tid=636367


Fixes:
- Autorenew_month is added

Added:
- You can enter the amount of money needed before
autorenew is done
- When you don't have the money, you will get an error
- The 'vehicle getting old' messages are not shown
when autorenew is enabled

[denzil]

OK, I downloaded the fix from the supplied link but all I got was a .htm file..when opened looks like a code..so I gues I have to rename it?? Or maybe even compile it?? Anyway, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT??

[Dribbel]

1) Just click the link
2) in the new opened page download the path at the bottom (it's top one of the three files shown, the other two are old.
3) Apply the patch to your source code (using SVNTorToise on windows or patch in unix)
4) recompile the game, using your favorite compiler MSVC or gcc will do
5) Play!

[TrueBrain]

OK, I downloaded the fix from the supplied link but all I got was a .htm file..when opened looks like a code..so I gues I have to rename it?? Or maybe even compile it?? Anyway, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT??

Download the latest nightly build, it is included in there.

[denzil]

I got the Tortoise but where can I find MSVC?? been looking on Google a bit...no luck.. and, what's this Nightly Build?? And where can I download that:)???


P.S. I'm very new at this...

PPS... found the nighly:)...

[Dribbel]

I got the Tortoise but where can I find MSVC??

Microsoft Visual C you will have to buy

The Nithly builds are also ok (are they avail. again?)

[lucaspiller]

Get Cygwin, its free. I wrote half an article of what you need to get Cygwin running to compile OpenTTD, but not everything is there.

Also don't complain because its in rtf format, its only half an article, its not finished.

[mdhowe]

Get Cygwin, its free. I wrote half an article of what you need to get Cygwin running to compile OpenTTD, but not everything is there.

This would be a handy thing to put on the wiki

[Darkvater]

cygwin compilation tips put on wiki, thank you lucaspiller:
http://openttd.rulez.org/wiki2/index.php/cygwin

[lucaspiller]

Good job Darkvater, I updated it so now the instructions actually work.