#wwOTTDgd/2 finished. Some patches here

[planetmaker]

Just starting this thread to gather the necessary patches for a renewed wwottdgd in one place.

PATCH WANTED:
A nice addition to a #wwottdgd game would be to have diverse regions on the map. We're looking for a patch(er) which allows to apply different grf to different towns. Volunteers please step forward now See also Ammlers post further down this thread.

The patches are written by different people; what I post here is just an updated version to current trunk for the cases where they don't apply flawlessly anymore.

See also the wwottdgd wiki page.

Current planning for patches (20 June 2008):
- new patch setting: disable tree growth updated to r13397; originally by Frostregen, simplified & rewritten by Belugas
- close airports updated to r13397; originally by cirdan
- infrasructure sharing v04_alpha updated to r13590; by Gedemon with modifications
- 55 clients (Ammler)
- no terraform (accessible via rcon, per-company basis) Thanks to SmatZ
* restrict terraform to one tile (this thread)
- move player (dihedral)
- automove to previous company on re-join (dihedral)
- modified build o slope costs
- ingame rivers parts now (though not functionality) in trunk, updated to r13536
- clientList_show_id
* copy & paste
* distant join
- no company stat changes (probably not)]
* no

Additional player-side patches (available in the full client patch of beta4):
* fastest bridge built by Ctrl-drag, updated to r13058; originally by Frostregen
* quick goto
* filter by cargo
* copy & paste
* view place of latest build activity (thx to SmatZ)

Patches preceded by "-" are in the current version running on the dev server, patches preceded by "*" are scheduled for the next release and only tested locally.

Some of the patches can also be retrieved from http://wwottdgd.ammler.ch/wwottdgd/patches/2/
See a post further down for a current beta patch of wwottdgd.

[planetmaker]

Further patches

[planetmaker]

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[dihedral]

little note on the side - these patches together will not be able to run as a server... as soon as more than 11 clients are in the game you have an increased probability of it crashing.
we had to do a minor (and dirty) fix for the server to work with no crashes

[Ammler]

we had to do a minor (and dirty) fix for the server to work with no crashes

I greped the server and might found that ugly patch.
http://wwottdgd.ammler.ch/wwottdgd/patc ... pfix.patch

[dihedral]

nasty - i must say
we should have at least kept the <none> in!

[planetmaker]

I recently stumbled over the close airport patch - which seemed to me a good adition to the wwottdgd. What do you think. See link to thread and updated version in first post of this thread.

[Ammler]

Idea for a patch:

1. Region / Town dependend NewGRFs
Is it possible to hack the code to have possibility of different town and road grfs for different towns/regions?

I would like something like nacity at west, TTRS in the middle and japan houses at east or something like that, same with different road sets.

2. Balancing different NewGRFs
That problem is already mentioned here but wwottdgd should have different Vehicle Sets, we need something to balance different GRFs. (That problem is known before the new feature was introduced, i.e. with Trams and 4LV) The 2. something to filter for different Sets and labled somehow, so you see fast, from which GRF a vehicle is.

There is only one rule for it: Multiplayer safe.

Greets
Ammler

Edit: attached a Linux i686 build for the current WWOTTDGD patch
Edit2: attached a winbin (unzip and run the exe...)
Edit3: removed binaries.

[planetmaker]

Bump. Some patches needed an update. Also now close airports works jointly with infrastructure sharing. ingame rivers currently need a serious update and are left out. No terraform on rocks for some reason screws the binary, though it works on its own nicely, therefor left out, too.

Find joint patch here.

[dihedral]

What i would love to see is a rcon gui!

all admin function should be available, and the rcon password stored in the variable rcon_pass should be used for any admin actions done.

a mere check if the client has the rcon_pass set, and is not the server should suffice in this case

i would love to do this myself yet am lacking a lot of time for all the things going on.

also if someone feels like adding a gui to the move clients feature (running the rcon commands in the same style as mentioned above) that would ease up a lot of admin work on the special day

[Ammler]

The admin GUI would be a really nice addon, I think, it should be technically possible like you make your own (not dedicated) server... (If you use rcon <pw> GUI, all patch settings are changeable like you are the server self.)

[planetmaker]

Bump and update of all patches to trunk r13305. OS-X binary attached here, integrated patch in first posting.

[LordAzamath]

I was wondering if you had the map yet done by mark.. I asked planetmaker and he said thatyou dont have it yet.. So here is one draft based on mark's proposal.. Please tell me what to improve further.. I think I should make the global area smaller and give the other companies more room..

I created this from heightmap created with gimp and I've got the xcf with shadows and highlights too, soI can change the things pretty easily..
You need to open this map via scenario editor, because it doesn't have any towns or industries yet.


And the heightmap from what it was produced.


EDIT: I took these things out, because they are outta date..
The real map will look like this.. It's basically ready now.

gj.png

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[LordAzamath]

WinBin, compiled with BOTTD

openttd-r13305M-wwottdgd-win.zip.zip

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The height map from which the scenario was made. Done by me

g.png

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[planetmaker]

In order to forbid exessive terraforming, I created a small patch which restricts terraforming to one-tile operations only. Maybe it is of use to someone else, too .

It's accessible via patch setting and is disabled by default.

Criticism & praise welcome

[Roujin]

This means the level tool is disabled completely?

[LordAzamath]

The other possibility would be to change terraforming costs very high, but we dont want to bankrupt the companies.. It's mainly for wwottdgd to limit terraforming.. (Although I have no answer to your question..)

[planetmaker]

This means the level tool is disabled completely?

Not quite. You may still level a 2x2 area, changing the side of one tile But you may not level more than two tile edges simultaneously.

An improvement of this patch actually would be to make the size of the restriction a patch option.

Please don't mis-understand me here: I like your patches on the terraform tools a lot and think they're absolutely nice and trunk-worthy. But in a game with many players I'd like some control and not have one person spoil the fun for dozens of players.

As it's a patch option, it can be switched off and on via rcon during a game.

[Roujin]

I was just wondering if it wasn't a bit over the top.. but if you feel it is needed for your event...

Did you limit the drag-tool to a certain size? or does it display an error when dragging too big an area?

Did you make sure the check is enforced on the server, not only on the client itself?


edit: I just checked. It just errors out when you drag more than 2x2.
This probably means (without looking at code) that the server enforces it. That's good, so nobody can go around it with a hacked client.

It could be more user friendly though if it would also change the client in a way that it's not able to drag more than 2x2 anymore.

edit2: for hints on how to archieve that, look at how station placement drag is limited to max station spread size.

[dihedral]

as far as i am aware of it, there is another patch that will allow us to only allow tf'ing for a certain company. or disable for everyone!