articulated trams

[cmoiromain]

Hi

Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what the maximum number of wagons is for an articulated tram in either the patch or OpenTTD. I really love those long 4 car trams in eGRVTS, and having even longer ones would be really cool!

[DJ Nekkid]

either 255 or 127, not sure weather of thoose, but it's a limit that none probably can or will ever use...

[cmoiromain]

Thanks for the reply! And a question to the coders: how difficult would it be to have a, say, 10 car tram in the game? This would allow for trams to replace trains, therefore making networks easier (no signals...) and also to transport in-town passengers when there is no more space for a train station.

[MJS]

And what about realism then

[FooBar]

And a question to the coders: how difficult would it be to have a, say, 10 car tram in the game?

Aligning the different parts can be a pain in the ***, as it takes a lot of time and patience. But alignment is not difficult. Once you managed to do a three part tram, a ten part is pretty straightforward. Just a bunch of duplicate yet slightly dissimilar code. If you've never coded articulated trams before, that's probably going to be the hardest part of all.

[DJ Nekkid]

if it's basicly a 3parter (each "head" and the middle car(s)) it's just a matter of changeing a number 2 places, so a 3car or a 10 car is the same in that matter...

[Roujin]

and what about speed then?

[DJ Nekkid]

max 127kmh as other RVs... and slow at curves

[Zephyris]

If you want some code for long trams I can help...

[cmoiromain]

I have started learning nfo coding yesterday evening, I am far from reaching those articulated trams. But I hope in a few weeks' time I will succeed (those trams are what motivated me to learn nfo).

BTW, I have a slight problem; could anyone help?