New trains with normal wagons?

[Jps]

Hi! I've tried a couple of NewGRF's for trains and wagons, but each of them has the same problem: There are wagons only for passengers, wood, paper and mail. But I need especially the wagon for coal. And at the same time, I'd like to have new trains pulling the wagons.
So, is there a way to have new trains pull normal wagons (that is, those that come along with OTTD)?

[nezzybaby]

You need to be a little bit more specific, which GRF are you using, I am not aware of any which don't allow you to use coal. Check the trailers properly, normally they say something like accepts everything but passengers. Simply attach them to the train and click on the cargo button within the trains window. You should be able to change to pick up coal no problem at all.

[Jps]

I have downloaded one pack. I believe it's #OpenTTDCoop's ottdc_grfpack. The pack includes various grfs from different developers. It contains about 4 different train sets, and when I chooce any of them, say Canadian Trainset v0.2h, I get some new trains and wagons, but almost all of the wagons are for passengers, and I can't change any of the wagons to hold coal. So if you say, that each pakkage should give each wagon, then I must be something wrong.
What I have done, I've first extracted the whole pack to the direction within OTTD installation folder (can't remember the exact location, though), and then I chose those grfs I wish to use from OTTD's NewGRF- selection panel, in this case the Canadian Trainset. Then, I restarted the game and started a map. but with the results stated above...

[ijustlost]

Try the Serbian train set (which is included in the openttd co-op pack I think). that has plenty of wagons for carrying all sorts of cargo..

[Jps]

Yes, that pakage did have more wagons than the others, but sitll no coal... but is it possible to have trains from these packages pull those normal wagons from the originat OTTD? This way I could get all the wagons, but I'd still get new trains to pull them.

[FooBar]

Most wagons from grf sets can carry more than one thing (though not at the same time). Try locating the option 'refit', as that enables you to select what a wagon should carry.

[ijustlost]

From the "Serbian standard guage rail set", wagons such as

"Open Freight Car E"
"Self-Unloading Wagon"
"Dumping Wagon"

all carry coal - I'm using them myself in a game at the moment and they're carrying coal fine!

[Jps]

Most wagons from grf sets can carry more than one thing (though not at the same time). Try locating the option 'refit', as that enables you to select what a wagon should carry.

I checked all the wagons from the Serbian train pack and the Canadian train pack, but neither of them included a coal wagon, nor could any of the wagons be changed to carry coal.

Since I can't get these packs to work, could someone point me out a package that has the coal wagon?

From the "Serbian standard guage rail set", wagons such as

"Open Freight Car E"
"Self-Unloading Wagon"
"Dumping Wagon"

all carry coal - I'm using them myself in a game at the moment and they're carrying coal fine!

As mentioned before, I checked all the wagons. These wagons FooBar mentioned I also tested in a station next to coal, but it didn't take any coal. Those three wagons are said to carry only clay and gravel.

EDIT: Wrong quote

[Ar4i]

try this:
start the game, go to newgrf section, remove ALL newgrfs from there, then ADD only serbian trainset or canadian trainset (preferably the latest version, like the Canadian trainset should be 0.3c) then click apply changes and start a new random map. Then check if you have all the necessary wagons.

[FooBar]

Most wagons from grf sets can carry more than one thing (though not at the same time). Try locating the option 'refit', as that enables you to select what a wagon should carry.

Try reading again. That a wagon carries coal doesn't imply that it carries it by default.

In the vehicle list, when about to purchase a wagon, please look at the information displayed in the lower half of the window. One entry shows what the wagon carries by default, another entry shows to what cargoes the wagon can be refitted. If coal is listed in the "refittable to" list, the wagon can carry it. Just go ahead and buy that wagon. When done with that, open up the train window and click the refit button (the one with the two crates on it), select coal, and send the train out to go and do whatever you want it to do.

[Jps]

try this:
start the game, go to newgrf section, remove ALL newgrfs from there, then ADD only serbian trainset or canadian trainset (preferably the latest version, like the Canadian trainset should be 0.3c) then click apply changes and start a new random map. Then check if you have all the necessary wagons.

Ok, now it works! Thank you! Apparently, I had most of the grf's from the pack added, so had quite a few of them. But the only ones that included vehicles, were 1 airplane pack and 1 or 2 road vehicle packs... Anyways, now i can see that the wagons also carry coal.

Most wagons from grf sets can carry more than one thing (though not at the same time). Try locating the option 'refit', as that enables you to select what a wagon should carry.

Try reading again. That a wagon carries coal doesn't imply that it carries it by default.

In the vehicle list, when about to purchase a wagon, please look at the information displayed in the lower half of the window. One entry shows what the wagon carries by default, another entry shows to what cargoes the wagon can be refitted. If coal is listed in the "refittable to" list, the wagon can carry it. Just go ahead and buy that wagon. When done with that, open up the train window and click the refit button (the one with the two crates on it), select coal, and send the train out to go and do whatever you want it to do.

You must have misunderstood me, or I haven't been clear and exact enough; I do know how to change the wagons to carry something else, but due to those many other grfs, those wagons were somehow bugged and couldn't carry coal.

Anyways, things work now, thank you all for great and fast help!

[lonewuhf]

You probably had multiple train sets loaded by accident. Having more than 1 can really mess things up and give you a random assortment of vehicles.