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if you use "block signal" ----> bridge/tunnel with signals on/in it ----> "Path Based Signal" = wrong
if you use "block signal" ----> bridge/tunnel with signals on/in it ----> "block signal" "Path Based Signal" = good

Hi,

I have no experience with using these patches, but can anyone please help me on how to get this patch working on Windows XP?

Thank you very much

Storm8 wrote: Hi,
I have no experience with using these patches, but can anyone please help me on how to get this patch working on Windows XP?
Thank you very much

Patches have to be applied to the source code and recompiled into a working binary.

You can find all information you need here:
http://wiki.openttd.org/Category:Compiling_OpenTTD
There is a sticky at the top of the development section where you can ask questions if you have trouble.

If you browse a bit around you might be able to find a pre-compiled win32 binary.

Compiling it seems too dificult for me. I have found a version with this feature already compiled, but my savegames would not work on that. does anyone please have only this patch compiled for win so I can use it normally?

Also is there a chance it will be included in some of future versions of OpenTTD?

thank you

these are development versions, you can't expect savegames to work like they do in stable versions.

Yeah, I know... Just hoping someone might have a solution for me. I have a savegame I have spend many many hours on and I'd also like to use this feature.

Funny thing is that I have a savegame from about 20 years earlier (many changes has been made since then tough) where the patch works... So, anyone might have a suggestion what change could have caused the error?

Cheers

Hi...
I'm not so good with computers, so...can you tell me, step by step, how to install these files? Have I to unzip the files with a special programme? THX

For the benefit of those who have come to rely on this patch, I've made an attempt at updating this patch so it will apply to later versions of OpenTTD. Please be aware that I'm not a particularly good programmer - I know only enough to be dangerous. I've compiled this patch and it seems to be working for me. Please don't ask for help in applying it to whichever version of OpenTTD you're running - I'm unlikely to be able to help you. If it breaks anything, you get to keep any of the leftover pieces.

joshua peli wrote:Hi...
I'm not so good with computers, so...can you tell me, step by step, how to install these files? Have I to unzip the files with a special programme? THX

http://wiki.openttd.org/compiling

i just tried the one r20176 patch and found a bug ... when removing signals from both bridges and tunnels the game crashes

benom wrote:i just tried the one r20176 patch and found a bug ... when removing signals from both bridges and tunnels the game crashes

Like I said - this is a patch to the patch to allow it to apply to the latest SVN versions. I can't say whether the crash you're getting is a bug in the original patch or something introduced by me.

I have had a problem with the latest version of the patch on the OP - the setting to change the frequency of simulated tunnels is not there. It is currently set too high and is of little use to me. Any help would be appreciated.

Wasila

That option was removed. If I remember correctly because trains will crash on reverse if the gap is too small.

Search for "100 tiles" in the patch and change the "6" you find there to something else. (and the comments too maybe.)
You need to change it in both places else the actual gaps between the signals will not correspond to the signals that are drawn on the bridges.

I have it at 4 for the moment but I also have trains do not reverse when waiting in front of signals enabled.

Strange; I'm pretty sure I changed it in both places but, while the signals are in gaps of two in bridges the trains still wait six tiles before moving, and nothing has changed with the tunnels.

Thanks,
Wasila

That sounds like you have correctly changed "bridge_signal_position += 6;" in tunnelbrige_cmd.cpp but did not change "static const uint8 bridge_signal_block_size = TILE_SIZE * 6;" in train_cmd.cpp.

It has been a while I have changed the patch to my likings but I think that is the only two places to change.

It appears to be working now. Thanks a lot!

Sorry guys...I've downloaded the file "signaltunnel_V2.02_r20363.patch". Lord Aro gave me the site http://wiki.openttd.org/compiling ...but, I don't understand which index have I to chose...please, help me, I want to learn compiling files

Well, what OS are you on? Windows? Mac? Linux? More information needed.

Oh...I use Windows version

* Download "base" from http://lunac.sourceforge.net/, then install it (remember the installation directory)
* Download "useful" sources from http://www.openttd.org/download-openttd-useful, extract it to $INSTALLDIR/home. Once extracted extract all zips/tar.gzs.
* Start bash from $INSTALLDIR/bin
* Navigate to /home/<extracted dir>
* Enter zlib directory
* make -f win32/Makefile.gcc BINARY_PATH=/bin INCLUDE_PATH=/include LIBRARY_PATH=/lib install
* Enter lzo directory
* ./configure --bindir=/bin --includedir=/include --libdir=/lib --enable-static
* make install
* Enter lpng directory
* make -f scripts/makefile.mingw install
* Enter freetype
* ./configure --bindir=/bin --includedir=/include --libdir=/lib --enable-static
* make install
* Enter icu/source (4.4.1 doesn't work, 4.2.1 does)
* ./configure --bindir=/bin --includedir=/include --libdir=/lib --enable-static --disable-strict
* make install
* Enter xz
* ./configure --bindir=/bin --includedir=/include --libdir=/lib --enable-static
* make install