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Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 22 Feb 2013 21:21
by Dave
Dirty filth that.
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 22 Feb 2013 21:22
by SquireJames
You having impure thoughts about screenshots again Worlmeister?

Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 22 Feb 2013 21:33
by JacobD88
I thought Dave W was made entirely of impure thoughts
Thanks all, I'll upload the savegame once done as well as screenies so you can have a playaround
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 22 Feb 2013 21:49
by Jacko
JacobD88 wrote:Stuff about Fruit...]
Because connecting them all to one station would be too easy?
But nice shots too
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 23 Feb 2013 11:04
by JacobD88
Jacko wrote:Because connecting them all to one station would be too easy?
But nice shots too
Connecting everything to a feeder? Pah. The rail gods are not amused! Cover it all with tracks!

Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 23 Feb 2013 19:29
by JacobD88
Harvest Time at Ellesmere Fruits in 1862. Road access to the area has been improved and the stations are stacked high with boxed fruits for the breweries at Rugby.
Little Whimple is the latest addition to the passenger network; a small branch-line now takes passengers to and from the hotels there via Halewood Station, past the many horse drawn carriages that occupy the roads
The trees are dieing out

*Wishes for a "Static Trees" patch*
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 24 Feb 2013 01:17
by Supercheese
Wow, those black horses are
very hard to see against the background of the road surfaces

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Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:02
by STD
JacobD88 wrote:Harvest Time at Ellesmere Fruits in 1862. Road access to the area has been improved and the stations are stacked high with boxed fruits for the breweries at Rugby.
Parker & Co., 1st Aug 1862.png
Little Whimple is the latest addition to the passenger network; a small branch-line now takes passengers to and from the hotels there via Halewood Station, past the many horse drawn carriages that occupy the roads
Parker & Co., 11th Mar 1863.png
The trees are dieing out

*Wishes for a "Static Trees" patch*
Very good screenshots

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Supercheese wrote:Wow, those black horses are
very hard to see against the background of the road surfaces

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I agree. Not immediately saw the black horses.
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 28 Feb 2013 17:17
by JacobD88
STD wrote:Supercheese wrote:Wow, those black horses are
very hard to see against the background of the road surfaces

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I agree. Not immediately saw the black horses.
Thanks all, yep the Black horses really do disappear in the UK Roads; don't know if to report to eGRVTS or UKRoadSet though
Kelvedon lies to the East of Fenny Stratford, Narborough, et al, it's a small village with big plans, recently money was provided from the local authority to upgrade it's station to 4-tracks to cope with the volume of terminus trains from the city, as well as for a new branch to nearby Dronfield Green. It's February 1870 and the tracks are laid down around the station, which remains open to traffic. Kelvedon also is situated next to a freight line running North-South past the station carrying Timber and Wood Products from the vast forests north of the village.
The branch was well planned and preparations were made years before laying the tracks; by April 1970 the new branch is ready for it's first service. Note that Kelvedon Station was not flattened, but extended with a fantastic Arched canopy.
Meanwhile on The Moon...
Posted: 23 Mar 2013 16:48
by JacobD88
Meanwhile on The Moon...
I've taken a break to play a couple of old GRFs, and amongst them i found Pikka's good old Lunar (April Fools???) GRF
I wish this had been expanded upon, as with only four industries; it's a laugh, but shows a lot of promise as a unique set
I love how (unlike Mars) it's REALLY desolate...

- Impact Site
- Slintford Transport, 19th Jan 2051A.png (49.17 KiB) Viewed 2310 times

- Town & Industry
- Slintford Transport, 19th Jan 2051B.png (118.13 KiB) Viewed 2310 times
PS, don't ask me for the GRF, it's not mine to pass around, I'm simply posting these screenies with fond memories. Also the industry chain isn't closed as well as a million other problems and things that are not even started, let alone complete
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 23 Mar 2013 18:38
by kamnet
For those interested, here's the
Lunar page on PikkaWiki. No GRF to download, though. Shame. Graphics look nice.

Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 23 Mar 2013 20:06
by APDAF
Someone should contact Pikka and ask for them to be able to re-make it.
Re: JacobD's Screenshot (And Save-game) Thread
Posted: 23 Mar 2013 21:21
by JacobD88
APDAF wrote:Someone should contact Pikka and ask for them to be able to re-make it.
It'd be nice, but it would be an incredible amount of work to complete it and TBH i'd rather wait to see where TaI and GECKO go.
To complete this project you would need sprites for every aspect of the climate, vehicles and industries as well as the time to code it all. A huge undertaking with a good couple of thousand sprites
That said it does seem a shame that Pikka must have put hours into this then not taken it any further. Maybe one day the community will make something like it as Pikka's creation proves that minimalist and barren climates can work
Some of the unique ideas Pikka had for this climate were that Ships (Dust Crawlers) were the fastest and most powerful vehicles; monorails (The only train type) were slow and underpowered and all aircraft were VTOL and operated as "helicopters". The industry chain would be focussed towards producing "off-world" goods to be delivered to launch pads. Truly a very different style of play to normal (O)TTD
