UK Gated Crossing

cornelius · **Joined:** Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:11 pm **Posts:** 519

Intended to go (primarily) with Pikkabird's UK Renewal set, I've made some UK-style level crossings with wooden gates. They appear on paved roads, and only in the temperate climate.

The .zip file has what I think might be a DOS version in it, but I'm not able to test it so if someone else can that would be handy

EDIT: 10/09/2005 - zip file updated to v1.1 with DOS version fixed

Purno · PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:17 pm

Looks nice :!:

Marshy · PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 3:38 pm

Looks cool! I was hoping for some old style english wooden gates!

Hyronymus · PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:15 pm

I agree, it looks good. Always found it amusing to see where the British kept their gates when there wasn't a train coming. Pretty inventive.

PikkaBird · PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:45 pm

Hyronymus wrote:

I agree, it looks good. Always found it amusing to see where the British kept their gates when there wasn't a train coming. Pretty inventive.

It stopped people and animals wandering up the line, too. :lol:

Hyronymus · PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:00 pm

Double inventive! I remember first seeing 'british' gates in a Matchbox folder, they had trains too for a while. I'm really getting old...

Davie_UCF · PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:12 pm

Great! thank you!

I've not been around here for a while so i'm wondering if their is a boom/skirted more modern UK crossing around aswell??

Thanks
Davie

WWTBAM · PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:31 am

the dos version has some problems you get purpalish colours instead of the proper colours ill post a screenie when i get to use my pc that has ttdp on it

DaleStan · **Joined:** Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:06 am **Posts:** 10285

Cornelius, for future reference, if both GRF files come out exactly the same size, something is probably wrong.

Code:

grfcodec -em 1 FILENAME.grf

is the way to make DOS grf files from Windows-paletted PCX files.

What is attached should be a DOS version (translation: I didn't test this particular GRF, but I used my shell scripts, which have never produced incorrect output.)

I removed the win GRF, but left the readme.

EDIT: FP has been updated.

WWTBAM · PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:41 am

thanx for fixing the problem and here is a screenie of the old version also i notice trucks fronts just cross the gate

MeusH · PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:24 am

BR railroad crossing gates has been made to use with original road sprites.
You can see there are graphical errors when mixing such a crossing with road set.

Aegir · **Joined:** Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:02 am **Posts:** 2732

MeusH wrote:

BR railroad crossing gates has been made to use with original road sprites.
You can see there are graphical errors when mixing such a crossing with road set.

That has nothing to do with it. It is a Windows/DOS pallete issue.

Can you please atleast know what you are talking about before speaking as if you are an authority on the subject?

A different roadset will just result in the two sets of graphics not matching up.

WWTBAM · PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:02 am

ok sorry

Aegir · **Joined:** Mon Feb 09, 2004 10:02 am **Posts:** 2732

r0b0t_b0y2003 wrote:

ok sorry

That had nothing to do with you Robot Boy, no need to say that you are sorry.

MeusH · PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:26 am

I'm sorry for confusing - similiar error occured to me with various sets (all for windows)

cornelius · **Joined:** Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:11 pm **Posts:** 519

DaleStan wrote:

Cornelius, for future reference, if both GRF files come out exactly the same size, something is probably wrong.

Code:

grfcodec -em 1 FILENAME.grf

is the way to make DOS grf files from Windows-paletted PCX files.

What is attached should be a DOS version (translation: I didn't test this particular GRF, but I used my shell scripts, which have never produced incorrect output.)

I removed the win GRF, but left the readme.

Thanks for fixing it, I thought I'd encoded it with palette 1 but something obviously went wrong somewhere. I'll create an update with everything in it when I get the chance.

And yes, this grf isn't compatible with new road sets.

krtaylor · PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:44 am

Oooh, nice!

I hope someday the full BR set revives. :cry:

cornelius · **Joined:** Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:11 pm **Posts:** 519

First post updated with fixed version of the whole package.

Raichase · PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:16 am

Sorry to be a bother, Cornelius...

I downloaded your crossing grf when I started my game with the UK Renewal Set, and found it rather amusing that the old style gates were only found in the centre of towns, and on the outside of towns, the normal flashing lights prevailed.

I was just curious if you had any plans to make the gates appear outside of towns too, or just in them?

Also, I wonder if it is possible to change gated crossings over to modern boom gate crossings in the later years?

Just some suggestions, becuase it's a really nice level crossing.

c2R · **Joined:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:30 pm **Posts:** 26

Raichase wrote:

Sorry to be a bother, Cornelius...

I downloaded your crossing grf when I started my game with the UK Renewal Set, and found it rather amusing that the old style gates were only found in the centre of towns, and on the outside of towns, the normal flashing lights prevailed.

such crossings are generally only found in urban areas - remember someone has to live there to open and close the gates!

Quote:

Also, I wonder if it is possible to change gated crossings over to modern boom gate crossings in the later years?

I think after a certain date the modern boom ones should be used instead (double gated in urban areas, single gated in rural areas) - but this was not an automatic change - indeed there are still some of the old style gates in use - I can think of one set near Enfield, and another set in Frinton, Essex.

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