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Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 12:23
by Aegir
DO WANT

Seriously, that's awesome. I'd love to see a chunky beast of a road train like that on some of the remote roads servicing the various primary industries in the snowy mountains of my current scenario.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 12:57
by DanMacK
:shock: Good God that thing is a BEAST Insane. Something like that would be waaay too cool. Road trains are a cool option and one I've thought about for awhile. This just takes it to extremes.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 13:02
by Doorslammer
I want what they smoke over there. Seriously. :shock:

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 13:17
by andythenorth
zero1000 wrote:how about somethimg like these road trains:
:D
That's brilliantly nuts. I'm not promising it, but I'm definitely not ruling it out.

I already was looking at some of the more bonkers 'equipment' that's existed. RG LeTourneau would be the main source of such whacky vehicles, for example, the LeTourneau Land Train - link goes to a Google books preview of the LeTourneau earthmovers book which is full of huge vehicles like triple-bowl scrapers.

There's also Rolligon Corp who have the 14x14 Khan transporter for desert and snow.

These would be fun vehicles to add, but my priority is sorting out some basic equipment to provide feeder services like this one:
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Perhaps another grf one day called, 'Seriously Extreme Vehicles' :wink:

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 13:36
by lobster
zero1000 wrote:how about somethimg like these road trains
as long as it can be made sure that it only stops at road stops, not terminus stops, that's reasonably doable with articulated vehicles.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 16:59
by Zephyris
Those road trains would be absolutely fine in openttd...

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 17:00
by Ameecher
lobster wrote:as long as it can be made sure that it only stops at road stops, not terminus stops, that's reasonably doable with articulated vehicles.
That's the behaviour of articulated vehicles anyway. I don't think it's possible to even send them to terminus stops in the first place.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 02 Jul 2008 22:16
by mph
I have been drawing some industries and I would love to be able to use your vehicles. I've not managed to do anything any good myself. I'm not sure exactly what, but if you permit- I will pm you for approval before anything is done.

Your vehicles would be perfect, and I would really appreciate your permission.

Thanks in advance (hopefully!!)

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 06:46
by Kickme93
If this .grf worked with the long vehicles.grf that would be excellent, and that roadtrain :O its massive!

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 07:02
by andythenorth
mph wrote:I have been drawing some industries and I would love to be able to use your vehicles.
Everything I've posted so far is free for use in any way you choose, including modification. But if you do something ugly or distasteful with them I reserve the right to ask you to stop! Please attribute sprites to me.

I'll put a Creative Commons license on them if I get around to

(EDIT). Most of the vehicles are made with layered photoshop files that separate cab, body, chassis etc. I am also happy to share those on request (PM me).

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:15
by Ameecher
mph wrote:I have been drawing some industries ...
I would just like to confirm that I just wet myself. This is going to be brilliant.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 08:33
by andythenorth
Ameecher wrote:
mph wrote:I have been drawing some industries ...
I would just like to confirm that I just wet myself. This is going to be brilliant.
Hmm. Once I have a first release of the Heavy Equipment set, truck stations might need some looking at. The ideal would be the ability to build a few different kinds of truck station (mineral loaders and unloaders for example) Current stations are a bit limited.

This would need coder support :)

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 09:25
by cmoiromain
that road train is freaky! it would just be so neat to have it in the grf!

there could also be a road train for passengers:

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nb: this has 3 carriages, picture only displays two

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 14:21
by Badger
Ameecher wrote:
mph wrote:I have been drawing some industries ...
I would just like to confirm that I just wet myself. This is going to be brilliant.
Back to potty training for you methinks :wink:

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 20:19
by Ameecher
cmoiromain wrote:that road train is freaky! it would just be so neat to have it in the grf!

there could also be a road train for passengers:

Image

nb: this has 3 carriages, picture only displays two
Under now uncertain terms should this be included in the set. The day one of those makes it in to TTD is the day I remove my eyeballs*

*note, if anyone does create this for TTD I will be highly unlikely to remove my eyeballs, I shall just not add that .grf. I just feel that if a tourist road train makes it into this set it would ruin a really great set.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 20:42
by Zhall
Noob trains... although you gotta admit.. it might balance out the total domination of rail. You would finally have a use for highways!

Mining trains.. i use to own toys like that.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 22:30
by athanasios
I wonder what use could such a tourist road train have in TTD or OTTD. The one in our city doesn't go more that 5 km/hr and goes around the parliament and national park. :roll:
Dude better use this in a MOD of RCT.

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 03 Jul 2008 23:36
by cmoiromain
/me was joking (although I admit when I read my post I realise it is not so evident)

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 04 Jul 2008 23:26
by athanasios
OK. But my proposal is still valid. (RCT addon.) :mrgreen:

Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)

Posted: 05 Jul 2008 06:05
by andythenorth
athanasios wrote:I wonder what use could such a tourist road train have in TTD or OTTD.
How about moving tourists (from ECS vector) from a station to a castle etc?

I'm not adding it to HE though - if any of you guys want it, go and bother George about it ;)