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kamnet wrote: 16 Oct 2021 13:12 Emperor Jake is not only an emperor, he is omniscient. He predicted your need and three months ago forked XIS with a "No Fields" version

All hail the emperor!




It works! It seems that the noFields version can even be used as a drop in replacement in a running save game.

But compiling this source also outputs the same error. And I'd like to know why it is not working for me?
Furthermore: Git marks the noFields version als 'stale'. Does this mean it is an old and in future unmaintained version?
In this case i would prefer to stay on the main branch and make my own version.

by the way: Does the omniscient emperor have the lottery numbers for next weekend? Asking for a friend.

I made the noFields version after a request from the people I play with on a server. Since it seems to be a popular feature I might make it a parameter someday (not any time soon, maybe in XIS 2)

Svensson wrote: 17 Oct 2021 08:32 Furthermore: Git marks the noFields version als 'stale'. Does this mean it is an old and in future unmaintained version?

That just means the latest translation updates haven't been applied to the noFields version yet. I'll get around to it soon

As for the compiling problems, I'm sorry I can't help you much there. FIRS/XIS is notoriously difficult to compile and I had a lot of trouble myself when I started making this, and I can still only do it on my laptop and not on my desktop. Your best bets are to ask Andy for help and make sure you're running the right NML version.

Emperor Jake wrote: 18 Oct 2021 04:35 As for the compiling problems, I'm sorry I can't help you much there. FIRS/XIS is notoriously difficult to compile and I had a lot of trouble myself when I started making this, and I can still only do it on my laptop and not on my desktop. Your best bets are to ask Andy for help and make sure you're running the right NML version.

I ain't using the forums much, but I happened to see this one

So what commands do you use to compile XIS?

I just cloned it from github and ran `make` and it fails for me

UPDATE - compile sorted with Jake.

Issue is same as the one fixed by this: https://github.com/andythenorth/firs/co ... 5baae29090

Thanks to Andy's help, the compile should work for you now. (and it works on my desktop too now, but that was a separate issue)

I have also updated the nofields version with the latest translations, download it here: https://github.com/EmperorJake/XIS/blob ... s_9185.grf

Thank you guys. Problem solved.

I love XIS !! We started a server with it and it's so much more interesting and complex.

Our only feedback is the Peat to Farm Supply Depot chain is way too powerful and easy compared to every other chain in your set. Peat turns into farm supplies, farm supplies boost peat. Perhaps if the peat area used engineering supplies to dig up the peat instead of farm supplies it would add a little more to the chain?

Undivided words at a nitrate mine

Emperor Jake wrote: 19 Aug 2020 07:55 (...) If you want to contribute translations, just say so and I will provide an edited lang file to fill out.

Late to the party but eh... I could do Dutch.

Say, I've a question.

When I check bananas for grfs via the in-game menu, it shows XIS 0.6.2 as the most recent version. I've downloaded it, but when I go to my NewGRF settings I can still only see 0.6.1; the newer version isn't visible.

This is with JGR 0.46.0. Is 0.6.2 not compatible with this version?

Also, what differences are there from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2? I looked for a change log both in the thread and on github and couldn't find anything.

Emperor Jake wrote: 19 Aug 2020 07:55 Languages:
Currently only English is offered, since some industries have changed names and many new strings have been added, this would be confusing for any non-English players. If you want to contribute translations, just say so and I will provide an edited lang file to fill out.

Hello.
I'm joining you.
I want to contribute to the translation.
Can you provide a language file?

Emperor Jake wrote: 19 Aug 2020 07:55 Languages:
Currently only English is offered, since some industries have changed names and many new strings have been added, this would be confusing for any non-English players. If you want to contribute translations, just say so and I will provide an edited lang file to fill out.

Thanks for XIS, it's great, if you want I can translate it into Italian

I would like to help with Chinese (Simplified) if you don’t mind. I really like this GRF and would like to contribute as well

To all translators: Language files are available on Github. The langbak folder contains the original FIRS files so you can work from there but they need to be updated for the changes in XIS.

https://github.com/EmperorJake/XIS/tree/main/src/lang

Completed translations can be submitted here but preferably on GitHub directly since i don't check these forums as much anymore.
Thanks

TLDR; This is awesome.

Since I was child I had the problem to modify every game to the point it is unplayable.

We decided today to play OpenTDD multiplayer again... to my surprise FIRS had no Extreme economy any-more... the sadness... grew...



...until I found this, thanks to FIRS changelog mentioning it...
Thanks for setting it up!

Hello, new to the modding side of things.
I'm trying to make some modifications to the XIS mod but I don't know how to turn the collection of .py files into something OpenTTD can use.

i've never used a makefile before, is there an online resource I could read?

mibadna wrote: 03 Sep 2022 12:16 Hello, new to the modding side of things.
I'm trying to make some modifications to the XIS mod but I don't know how to turn the collection of .py files into something OpenTTD can use.

i've never used a makefile before, is there an online resource I could read?

If you're on Windows, the easiest way to run a makefile is to install Linux first

You'll need various Python dependencies as well as nml to compile it, but those are easy to install (using pip) once you have Python set up.

Just for some perspective, trying to get XIS to compile on my Windows desktop took hours of faffing around and installing WSL, and help from Andy. On my new Mac I was up and running in less than 5 minutes.

Emperor Jake wrote: 04 Sep 2022 10:16

mibadna wrote: 03 Sep 2022 12:16 Hello, new to the modding side of things.
I'm trying to make some modifications to the XIS mod but I don't know how to turn the collection of .py files into something OpenTTD can use.

i've never used a makefile before, is there an online resource I could read?

If you're on Windows, the easiest way to run a makefile is to install Linux first

You'll need various Python dependencies as well as nml to compile it, but those are easy to install (using pip) once you have Python set up.

Just for some perspective, trying to get XIS to compile on my Windows desktop took hours of faffing around and installing WSL, and help from Andy. On my new Mac I was up and running in less than 5 minutes.

good thing i have an ubuntu laptop
thanks for the info.

I like using XIS, but it has one problem...
Sometimes the industry generates very badly
A hotel right next to a factory, that's really weird
Could it somehow be resolved so that the industry does not build so close to each other?

What's the size of your map?

Argus wrote: 26 Oct 2022 20:57 I like using XIS, but it has one problem...
Sometimes the industry generates very badly
A hotel right next to a factory, that's really weird
Could it somehow be resolved so that the industry does not build so close to each other?

XIS has a lot of industries and it's pretty unavoidable that they will sometimes spawn close to each other upon map generation. While it's possible to prevent them from being near each other in the code, I won't do it because it'll lead to arbitrary "no suitable location for X industry" or "too close to another industry" errors, causing a lot more player frustration. All I can suggest is to reduce the industry density upon map generation, or remove unwanted industries with the magic bulldozer.