Michael Blunck's new graphics [http://www.ttdpatch.de/]

[Badger]

Very nice Michael.

[SHADOW-XIII]

OOOOOMG!!!!111111
A release from MB
as usual looks more than awesome ... can't wait

[wallyweb]

A Drexler drydock? A message perhaps?

Excellent focus on the Maritime infrastructure. Nice graphics too.

[kamnet]

Wow, I was just imagining some of those structures the other day in my sleep. Freaky! I should start asking you some questions about what you're working on

[michael blunck]

Thanks for your interest, Gentlemen.

Acknowledgements should go to Lakie and Rubidium who implemented an improved version of newobjects for TTDPatch and OTTD. One that makes the building procedure for the player much more easier than before, and adds more possibilities for the set authors.

regards
Michael

[Kogut]

What about newships usable with FIRS?

[michael blunck]

What about newships usable with FIRS?

NewShips v0.48, providing freight graphics for ECS, FIRS and other cargoes, is in its test phase. Release being scheduled before end of the year.

A test version had been uploaded to the German tt-forums recently. If you´re interested in testing you might download it from there. Be aware that some of the bugs you might encounter had been fixed already, though. in any way, feel free to comment on everything which doesn´t feel right.

regards
Michael

[Eddi]

fitting into NewStation´s freight stations.

... if only there were such a thing as NewStation's freight stations.

[michael blunck]

... if only there were such a thing as NewStation's freight stations.

You forgot to include the usual reference to DNF.

regards
Michael

[Comm Cody]

Mhfp Mhrp! *Pick jaw up from the floor.

Very Nice MB.

[Kogut]

What about newships usable with FIRS?

NewShips v0.48, providing freight graphics for ECS, FIRS and other cargoes, is in its test phase. Release being scheduled before end of the year.

A test version had been uploaded to the German tt-forums recently. If you´re interested in testing you might download it from there. Be aware that some of the bugs you might encounter had been fixed already, though. in any way, feel free to comment on everything which doesn´t feel right.

regards
Michael

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Why refeer is not refittable to fish?

EDIT: New ship depot is great!

[Eddi]

... if only there were such a thing as NewStation's freight stations.

You forgot to include the usual reference to DNF.

regards
Michael

i remember mentioning that would get boring after a while

[michael blunck]

Why refeer is not refittable to fish?

"Fish" is an ambiguous cargo. It could be either the primary cargo from fishing grounds, and hence would be inappropriate to transport other than by a fishing boat, or it could be a subset of "food", and hence being transported by a reefer.

ATM, the "Harland" reefer transports all refrigerated cargo (food, fruit, fish, vegetables, milk), except "fish".

I´m open for proposals.

regards
Michael

[Kogut]

I think that it is raw cargo that can be transported like food - I would like to use the ship as factory ship for distant fishing.

[michael blunck]

[on FISH]

I think that it is raw cargo that can be transported like food - I would like to use the ship as factory ship for distant fishing.

In my opinion, reefers and fishing boats are two different classes of ships. In your example, the "factory ship" is indeed a fishing boat, not an industry transforming "fish" into "food", right?

Now, if "fish" is something like "food" (a refrigerated cargo) it could well be transported by reefers, but the "fish" being "harvested" at the fishing grounds is a different cargo than "food". It should require special means of transportation, namely "fishing boats" (which will be included in v0.5. Until then, you´ll have to use the A&P for "fishing").

I know, this sounds like nitpicking, but we already have those different classes of ships, and furthermore, "fish" is handled differently in a subtle way in ECS and FIRS.

fitting into NewStation´s freight stations.

... if only there were such a thing as NewStation's freight stations.

Integration of both newgrfs is in development:

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regards
Michael

[Kogut]

What about bigger ships, with ability to carry more cargo (escpecially oil) - for example oil tanker with maximum load 5-10 times bigger than oil tanker now used in newships newgrf.

[Eddi]

big ships are incredibly useless from gameplay perspective.

[SquireJames]

That's why I get so much use out of the very large ships in FISH then?

It depends how large I suppose. Much bigger than a thousand tonnes and yes, it just takes too long to get a full load.

[andythenorth]

Bigger than a thousand tonnes and yes, it just takes too long to get a full load.

That's why the FISH ships max out around a thousand tonnes. I've tried bigger capacity ships, and they
- aren't very effective
- are *way* out of scale

Sorry, this is way off-topic.

[George]

That's why the FISH ships max out around a thousand tonnes. I've tried bigger capacity ships, and they
- aren't very effective

Did you try ECS? How much ships do you need to keep fishing grounds on the ultimate production level? Imho, there would be a profit of having ships with capacity of several thousands tons.