Newb would like to ask for a little assistance

[Rastaban]

Hi everybody, I have been playing Transport Tycoon Deluxe since it was first released and I remembered how many options you had, plane, sea, truck or train.... loved it. And now with the OTTD patch I am back for more, so many options.... I am amazed what you all made of this game, as it adds so much to it.... loving the multilayer airports, the combined trainstations, and do not get me started about the new trams or the coming dutch train set... already made a new map and started downloading the GRF tutorials and tools to create my own train.... however as a newb I ran into a bit of trouble.

I downloaded the attached countryling.grf and was amazed by its graphic and the carrier. However I am more of a maglev guy (I am not about realism but more about fun and diversity) and tried to include this file together with the TTDpatch "temperate set" which gave me 2 problems, 1) double ID for the carrier and 2) I wanted it as a maglev instead of a regular train. I tried to modify it with GRFmaker and GRFcodec, but failed.... I read all tutorials I could find and have been trying for over a week. May I ask for some help, figuring out which part of the NFO file I need to change, and perhaps show me the end result? allowing me to try again.

my want stats are: train - Maglev, double engine(as it currently is), speed 500 mph, available in all climates, carry 30 people (modifyable into beer/fish vegetables etc) power 20.000 (is this too much?) availabe as of 2008. Vehicle ID Powernaut ChooChoo
carrier - only linked to the countrylink engine, currently its ID is shared and I do not know which are free, included the list of GRF's I hope to have it compatible with.

is it actually possible to create new vehicle ID's or are these limited by the game engine?

I would be most grateful,
Rastaban



currently using, hope that this helps.
Temperate set
Cargo set
New
NewShips
NewStations
NewStations V042
Generic Tram set V0.4
Industrial Stations Set v 0.98
pb_viaduct
Modern Tram set
Czech EMU 680
Norwegian BM73
New Tram Tracks
MMU
Combined Airport set v0.5.
Hiroshima Trams
B80w
Oslo MX-3000
Refit Default RVs
NewCargoSet