LAS (Large Airports Set) 5% Complete [ON HOLD]

[Ladis]

I know there´s a lot of work, but if it is possible to change the paths that aircraft follow, would it be possible to change aircraft´s landing speed? Now aircrafts land in their full speed, concorde even in 2330kph ... It would be better if they slowed down, to about 100kph... But the disadvantage of this feature is that it would take more time for aircrafts to land, and that would cause jams on runways....
But if you made two runways for each airport, slowing down while landing wouldn´t affect the fluency of traffic so much!!

And then, while you are working on new airports, I think it would be better to make longer runways, even ascending from the airport surface square. This would make the airports also more realistic... And there is also one disadvantage that you will surely agree with me about: it would cause more difficulties while leveling the terrain for building the airport. But it would also cause the appearance of airports in map more unique, I don´t like when there are like three airports per town... And if there was some city in the mountains, you can always built the airport near the town, and provide it with transfers to the town..

[krtaylor]

Hey, any news on this project? We still want to see it!

[Born Acorn]

Indeed!

[SuperTycoon]

Hey, any news on this project? We still want to see it!

Slow and steady wins the race! i'm doing exams at the moment, so its on hold for a while, but i'm going to take a look at it over the summer, and, hopefully there will at least be a basic version of this in the patch by september when i go back to school...

[krtaylor]

[Wile E. Coyote]

Agree

[Hitperson]

me too

oh will you be adding any landing lights to the end of the run ways to make it look more realistic. For your control tower how about on top of the main terminal/ island terminal airports like Sanfransisco have this set up.

[SkeedR]

*Gets REALLY angry* LIMM! you are going TOO far, any way, we want this to be universal, no? i wouldn't want to build an american style airport in LONDON! any way it's not even finished, give them a chance and ask in about 10 months, (am i correct here?).

[krtaylor]

Temper, temper!!!!

Look people, don't worry about what the airports look like. The Large Airports coding project is intended to change the airport layout. That is, how the planes move, where they park, etc. to make a larger airport that can handle more planes. The issue of what the airport actually looks like, that is, the graphics, is very minor - because if you don't like the test graphics, just draw a new airport. As long as the layout's the same, the appearance can be whatever you like. By that time, I imagine it will be possible to select from various graphic appearances of airports in much the same way as you can do now with stations.

[DSM_TTD]

Hey SuperTycoon

On the Second page of this thread, i did had a look what u suggested about the layout of airport terminal, its good and two run way is good idea too, traffic path between runway and loading dock.

What i'm wondered is the catchment size u know most stations are always four squares from station, do you think its possible to make more catchment area for Airport?

Keep up good work

Cheers

[DaleStan]

What i'm wondered is the catchment size u know most stations are always four squares from station, do you think its possible to make more catchment area for Airport?

- make station coverage depend on size: large airports bigger, small airports normal, similar for train stations.

[MGSteve]

personally, my own advice would be start with something a lot simplier first, then when you've done that, start on something harder.

I've never touched the TTDPatch code at all, but I can see simply from coding experience that the airport you posted a while ago would be very nice too see, but bloody hard work to do as your first project.

Don't try to run before you can walk!

Firstly, perhaps try and add another runway to the existing airport, say to the side or above the terminal, then try and route the planes to take off from that one.

result = improved runway and a lot less stress and work than your mammoth airport!

btw, for a large airport you would be better off with the runways at either side of the airport and keeping the terminal in the middle, that way the plans come on at one end of the airport, move to the terminals in the middle and then carry on in the same direction to leave.

probably a damn sight easier coding too!

[DSM_TTD]

Yeah all staion have four catchment tile away, What i mean is i'd like to see there's more than four tiles of catchment from station eg say 6 or 8 would be good.

Do you think it is possilbe to make more catchment more than four?

[eis_os]

Hey SuperTycoon, as you are posting currently
(exactly here: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=425999#425999)
what is the current status, we (The TTDPatch Team) want some diffs.

[ZxBiohazardZx]

what about a totally new (more logic) big airport

darn cant upload pic


morelike this:

out 5 hangars here control tower/radio here

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[krtaylor]

Read the rest of this thread... It's a huge amount of coding work.

[ZxBiohazardZx]

i know its lot of programming but it shouldn't be more difficult then the standart 2 way as it is now, its only doubled.....

just suggesting it lol, i know its hard, but im very sure i saw a nice picture of it somewhere....

[WWTBAM]

probably in ottd which it is A LOT easier to do this sort of thing in.

[krtaylor]

OTTD already has large airports that actually work, doesn't it? So a diagonal runway shouldn't be insurmountable. It might even be usable.

[Dave]

Like the idea. Seems good. RSpeed actually has some support...

I thought OTTD was written in C tho... which made it easier to do stuff like this? Thought that was the point. And what's TTDP in again? X86 or summat?