Other than coding industries (for ECS), making a vehicle set compatible with ECS is more than simple, just add a cargo translation table:AndersI wrote: The ECS specs may be fine for the coding veterans, but to me it's just a big fat ???
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//------------------------------------------------------------------
// cargo translation table
//------------------------------------------------------------------
//
-1 * 134 00 08 01 20 00 09
50 41 53 53 43 4f 41 4c 4d 41 49 4c // PASS COAL MAIL
4f 49 4c 5f 4c 56 53 54 47 4f 4f 44 // OIL_ LVST GOOD
47 52 41 49 57 4f 4f 44 49 4f 52 45 // GRAI WOOD IORE
53 54 45 4c 56 41 4c 55 50 41 50 52 // STEL VALU PAPR
46 4f 4f 44 46 52 55 54 46 49 53 48 // FOOD FRUT FISH
57 4f 4f 4c 50 4f 54 41 53 41 4e 44 // WOOL POTA SAND
47 4c 41 53 57 44 50 52 44 59 45 53 // GLAS WDPR DYES
46 45 52 54 4f 4c 53 44 52 46 50 52 // FERT OLSD RFPR
56 45 48 49 50 45 54 52 42 52 43 4b // VEHI PETR BRCK
53 55 4c 50 43 4d 4e 54 46 49 43 52 // SULP CMNT FICR
4c 49 4d 45 54 4f 55 52 // LIME TOUR
Discussions are about George´s ECS implementation, not about the ECS specs. The ECS spec is stable "since years".And the discussions are still running about it - is it really a sitting target?
You don´t need to. I.e., all bulk cargo could be done by using a recolour CB in-game. So for cargoes like coal, grain, iron ore, potash, sand, fertiliser, oil seeds, sulphur, cement and lime only one graphical representation would be needed. Feel free to contact me in case you´re interested in learning how to do it.Additionally, I have enough work with the original cargo, who needs to draw 16 variations of each wagon (not really, but you get my point).
Regarding your graphics, these look really good. I like it. Will there be special iron ore waggons for the LKAB?
That "ECS extension" .grf doesn´t contain any new graphics. It just modifies cargo slots and bits, its nothing more than a quick hack. Real graphics are only available in DBXL v0.9, which I´m currently working on.Toni Babelony wrote:Though the ECS adittion to M. Blunck's DB XL Set have no cargo replacement graphics.
regards
Michael
and I'm eagerly waiting.
Let's put it on top of the ToDo (just after some more goods wagons). Unfortunately, most of the pattern is less than a pixel wide, so it will be very difficult to get it 'right'. Maybe the 'image' will get through anyway...
