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Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 14:02
by chrisbryant99
This is going to be such an awesome GRF, I cannot wait to play it. I'm especially excited with the news that it should work well with GRVTS, i'm not a fan of LV4!!
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 20 Aug 2008 14:35
by planetmaker
andythenorth wrote:There's a test grf with a mining truck earlier in the thread, probably around page 4 - it was created and posted by DJ Nekkid (thanks).
Found it. Cheers!
Now I'm looking forward to the "real thing"!
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 08:52
by andythenorth
More four wheel drive tractors: Speedytrac and Super Speedytrac
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- Super_Speedytrac.png (2.4 KiB) Viewed 4410 times
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 12:26
by chrisbryant99
andythenorth wrote:More four wheel drive tractors: Speedytrac and Super Speedytrac
Speedytrac.png
Super_Speedytrac.png
These are going to be brilliant when they're in the completed set!
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 16:14
by cmoiromain
andythenorth wrote:More four wheel drive tractors: Speedytrac and Super Speedytrac
Speedytrac.png
Super_Speedytrac.png
looking really brilliant!
although I have a question about those two:
will there be a carriage behind them? Or else they wil be pretty useless...
what is the difference between those two? I can't see any graphical difference (apart the size of the picture and frame 1)... Maybe it's only the stats that change?
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 23 Aug 2008 18:17
by Pingaware
To me, it looks like the nose in the second batch of sprites is longer.
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 24 Aug 2008 06:56
by andythenorth
cmoiromain wrote:
will there be a carriage behind them? Or else they wil be pretty useless...
There will be a trailer, refittable to pretty much all cargoes.
what is the difference between those two? I can't see any graphical difference (apart the size of the picture and frame 1)... Maybe it's only the stats that change?
The Super Speedytrac is an upgrade to the Speedytrac. It has a longer nose and larger rear wheels, and will be faster and more powerful.
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 24 Aug 2008 16:59
by andythenorth
Updated sprites for large mining truck. This was the first complete TT sprite I drew, and it needed some improvements. The updated version now looks like a smaller truck, and is more in scale with other vehicles.
New:
- mining_truck_large.png (3.61 KiB) Viewed 4070 times
Old:
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I've also drawn the complete chassis without the body. This is needed for a different type of mining truck, which I'll draw next.
- mining_truck_large_chassis.png (3.17 KiB) Viewed 4071 times
Vehicles in this set will generally only be refittable to cargoes they would carry in RL; in the case of the mining truck that could include a tanker body for water and fuel (they are used this way in mines). Should I do a tanker version?
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 24 Aug 2008 17:27
by Zephyris
Looking good! I am afraid I am away for the next week, so no coding
Keep up the good work though, I'll catch up when I get back!
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 24 Aug 2008 20:09
by andythenorth
Belly dump mining truck:
- mining_truck_belly_dump.png (4.07 KiB) Viewed 3991 times
This will haul around 120t - twice the capacity of the four wheel truck, but with the same horsepower, so perhaps a bit slower to accelerate and climb hills (if that's possible with RV code).
EDIT: teaser...
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Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 24 Aug 2008 21:43
by ISA
on You screeny mining truck hauling 120 tons of gold that a lot and shiny!
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 02:54
by athanasios
Isn't it pretty small in scale for so much cargo now?
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 05:47
by andythenorth
athanasios wrote:Isn't it pretty small in scale for so much cargo now?
Yes, you're right. Once I have a test grf from Zephyris, I might increase the size of the trailer sprite, or reduce the capacity.
I can't scale some of these trucks as large as I would like to because they have to share road tiles with other RVS. On the other hand I do want to make certain capacities available in the game.
There will always be points where gameplay beats RL so I may change nothing
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 07:11
by andythenorth
Heavy off-highway truck chassis, carries around 50t, available from 1960. Will be used as a dump truck; possibly also for other cargoes. Inspired by Mack M, Euclid and Oshkosh trucks.
- off-highway-truck-1960.png (3.19 KiB) Viewed 3725 times
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 14:31
by andythenorth
andythenorth wrote:athanasios wrote:Isn't it pretty small in scale for so much cargo now?
Yes, you're right...I might increase the size of the trailer sprite...
Here is a version with a bigger trailer sprite, which I think looks better, but if this causes clipping issues etc, then the smaller one will be used.
New:
- mining_truck_belly_dump.png (2.71 KiB) Viewed 3663 times
Old:
- mining_truck_belly_dump_small.png (2.61 KiB) Viewed 3672 times
Comp showing old 120t, new 120t and 60t mining trucks:
- belly_dump_comp.png (1.35 KiB) Viewed 3674 times
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 14:56
by andythenorth
1960s Off-highway dump truck:
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 15:19
by ISA
To me the mining truck seems right size! Why You think its start clipping in game?
Articulated mining truck would be awesome
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 16:19
by andythenorth
1960s Off-Highway Belly Dump - capacity around 80t-100t
This belly dump trailer will also be used with bulldozers and wheeled tractors.
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- 1960s_belly_dump_comp.png (2.71 KiB) Viewed 3664 times
- bulldozer_belly_dump_comp.png (1.74 KiB) Viewed 3655 times
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 16:33
by Maedhros
andythenorth wrote:Here is a version with a bigger trailer sprite, which I think looks better, but if this causes clipping issues etc, then the smaller one will be used.
You should be fine as long as they're 28 pixels long or less in OpenTTD. I don't know about TTDPatch, but I think it's the same there too. You might be able to get away with more, but it probably won't look good if you're going to articulate them.
Re: NewGRF set proposal: Special Vehicles (Heavy Equipment?)
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 17:06
by andythenorth
Maedhros wrote:andythenorth wrote:Here is a version with a bigger trailer sprite, which I think looks better, but if this causes clipping issues etc, then the smaller one will be used.
You should be fine as long as they're 28 pixels long or less in OpenTTD. I don't know about TTDPatch, but I think it's the same there too. You might be able to get away with more, but it probably won't look good if you're going to articulate them.
Ok, so we'll give it a go and see how it looks