DACH Sets - Standard Gauge/Narrow Gauge : Development Thread

[Yoshi]

Mail wagons:

[Dwight_K._Schrute]

Little Video of a big interchange station in my last multiplayer game. You can see a big station where 8 trains meet every hour. Passengers can easily change between trains and don't have to wait too long for the connecting train. All trains in the video are from the DACH Train Set.

[bremerjoe]

This looks very nice!
Is the DACH Set compatible with 2cc Set? Are the costs (buying as well as operating) somewhat similarly leveled?

[Dwight_K._Schrute]

This looks very nice!
Is the DACH Set compatible with 2cc Set? Are the costs (buying as well as operating) somewhat similarly leveled?

Not really. If they are similarly leveled then only by a fluke. In later versions you will have the possibility to change costs via parameter. But only by a factor of 2 (1/4, 1/2 etc.) . Maybe this helps a little.

[Digitals]

Hello,

It's great! Good job, but I have a question, why it changes color when the locomotive is the same color at the outset (The locomotives are in purple, I put them in red, try changing color in HQ but nothing, so I can not see a second column color

[Dwight_K._Schrute]

Hello,

It's great! Good job, but I have a question, why it changes color when the locomotive is the same color at the outset (The locomotives are in purple, I put them in red, try changing color in HQ but nothing, so I can not see a second column color

Thank you for testing and your kind words. But I really don't know what you mean. The set doesn't support company colours. Most of the locomotives are red. So which one is purple? Do you mean the railjet? This is the railjet livery. In later versions there will be a normal ÖBB livery and a DB livery.

[planetmaker]

This looks very nice!
Is the DACH Set compatible with 2cc Set? Are the costs (buying as well as operating) somewhat similarly leveled?

Not really. If they are similarly leveled then only by a fluke. In later versions you will have the possibility to change costs via parameter. But only by a factor of 2 (1/4, 1/2 etc.) . Maybe this helps a little.

I can offer you a piece of (pseudo) code for that means which does adopt somewhat automatic with the option for manual adjust which I employ in OpenGFX+ Trains. It will work the exact way as in that linked file only when run through the gcc pre-processor, but it will be easy to adopt to run also without that.

There I make a rough check what adjustments are need to meet the approx. cost and running cost levels of some other NewGRFs:

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/*
 * ********************************************
 * Check NewGRFs and adjust base costs
 * ********************************************
 */

//NARS2
#define GRFID_NARS2 "\44\44\03\02"
#define RUN_NARS2 2
#define BUY_NARS2 0

//UKRS2
#define GRFID_UKRS2 "\44\44\01\11"
#define RUN_UKRS2 2
#define BUY_UKRS2 0

//Tropical refurbishment set
#define GRFID_TROP "\44\44\40\40"
#define RUN_TROP 2
#define BUY_TROP 0

//2ccTrainset
#define GRFID_2CC2 "\27\71\10\03"
#define RUN_2CC2 3
#define BUY_2CC2 2

//Japanese Trainset
#define GRFID_JAP2 "\53\5A\0D\00"
#define RUN_JAP2 1
#define BUY_JAP2 0

//Swedish Trainset
#define GRFID_SWED "\41\49\00\06"
#define RUN_SWED 0
#define BUY_SWED 1

if (grf_future_status(GRFID_NARS2) == 1) {
    if AUTOMATIC_RUNNING_COST { RUNNING_COST_MOD = RUN_NARS2; }
    if AUTOMATIC_PURCHASE_COST { PURCHASE_COST_MOD = BUY_NARS2; }
}

if (grf_future_status(GRFID_UKRS2) == 1) {
    if AUTOMATIC_RUNNING_COST { RUNNING_COST_MOD = RUN_UKRS2; }
    if AUTOMATIC_PURCHASE_COST { PURCHASE_COST_MOD = BUY_UKRS2; }
}

if (grf_future_status(GRFID_TROP) == 1) {
    if AUTOMATIC_RUNNING_COST { RUNNING_COST_MOD = RUN_TROP; }
    if AUTOMATIC_PURCHASE_COST { PURCHASE_COST_MOD = BUY_TROP; }
}

if (grf_future_status(GRFID_2CC2) == 1) {
    if AUTOMATIC_RUNNING_COST { RUNNING_COST_MOD = RUN_2CC2 + param[GRFID_2CC2, 1] - 2; }
    if AUTOMATIC_PURCHASE_COST { PURCHASE_COST_MOD = BUY_2CC2 + param[GRFID_2CC2, 0] - 2; }
}

if (grf_future_status(GRFID_JAP2) == 1) {
    if AUTOMATIC_RUNNING_COST { RUNNING_COST_MOD = RUN_JAP2; }
    if AUTOMATIC_PURCHASE_COST { PURCHASE_COST_MOD = BUY_JAP2; }
}

if (grf_future_status(GRFID_SWED) == 1) {
    if AUTOMATIC_RUNNING_COST { RUNNING_COST_MOD = RUN_SWED; }
    if AUTOMATIC_PURCHASE_COST { PURCHASE_COST_MOD = BUY_SWED; }
}

basecost { 
	PR_RUNNING_TRAIN_STEAM:     RUNNING_COST_MOD;
	PR_RUNNING_TRAIN_DIESEL:    RUNNING_COST_MOD;
	PR_RUNNING_TRAIN_ELECTRIC:  RUNNING_COST_MOD;
	PR_BUILD_VEHICLE_TRAIN:     PURCHASE_COST_MOD;
	PR_BUILD_VEHICLE_WAGON:     PURCHASE_COST_MOD;
}

Oh, and nice postal wagon, Yoshi
Myself I'd have gone for a full-wagon-length container most probably, though. But both sizes seem to exist as a brief google image search told me

[Digitals]

Hello,

It's great! Good job, but I have a question, why it changes color when the locomotive is the same color at the outset (The locomotives are in purple, I put them in red, try changing color in HQ but nothing, so I can not see a second column color

Thank you for testing and your kind words. But I really don't know what you mean. The set doesn't support company colours. Most of the locomotives are red. So which one is purple? Do you mean the railjet? This is the railjet livery. In later versions there will be a normal ÖBB livery and a DB livery.

Ah agree some locomotives are red for life and can not change color of right, thank you your answer quickly,and have no problem testing your grf.

[Dwight_K._Schrute]

Here are some new trains and wagons to keep the discussion alive. If you wanna test the newest version you can find the nightlies here.

This is the new livery for the DB BR 628 which is now mint/white from 1986 to 1995. From 1996 on it will be standard DB-red.

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New bulk freight wagon and a swiss mail train:

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Tank cars with BLS Re 485:

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[planetmaker]

Quite nice

I'm not entirely sure about the tank wagons, though. They look a bit too noisy to me.

cheers,
pm

[Purno]

Quite nice

I'm not entirely sure about the tank wagons, though. They look a bit too noisy to me.

cheers,
pm

Yep, can't say I recognize tanks in the screenshot.

[Yoshi]

New freight-wagons:

cars by zephyris (shrunken)

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[SwissFan91]

I haven't had much time to look at this set recently, but it looks great. Top work guys.

[Yoshi]

Version 0.2 Released!

New:

-Cargo wagons for most Default+ECS+FIRS cargos
-ICN (SBB)
-New "old" livery for BR 628

DACH Trains

[SwissFan91]

I've given this a proper go, and it is awesome Great work. I would be more than happy to contribute to this, possibly only in providing specifications on vehicles I would like to see in this set at present, as I have quite a lot of other drawing commitments at the moment. Would you like me on board?

[Yoshi]

Of course you can post trains you like in the set. Then I try to draw them....

[SwissFan91]

Here are some that I found necessary whilst I was playing my scenario:

BLS RABe 525

RBS Be 4/8

Bhe VRB 2/4

Bhe 4/6

BLS RABe 535

[Yoshi]

Here are some that I found necessary whilst I was playing my scenario:

BLS RABe 525

RBS Be 4/8

Bhe VRB 2/4

Bhe 4/6

BLS RABe 535

BLS RABe 525
already drawn

[SwissFan91]

Is there a tracking table for this set anywhere?

[Yoshi]

no