Tried to Implement ECS but nothing happens in game?

[Adamaland]

So i copied the town vector and wood vector into my data directory of openTTD, and added these grf's in with the NewGrf menu, but nothing appears to have changed in game. Am i missing something? Other grf's have worked fine.

[planetmaker]

So i copied the town vector and wood vector into my data directory of openTTD, and added these grf's in with the NewGrf menu, but nothing appears to have changed in game. Am i missing something? Other grf's have worked fine.

Did you add them in a _running_ game, or did you add them in the newgrf menu at the main level and then created a new game? Read http://www.openttdcoop.org/blog/2008/11 ... -and-maps/ on how to create a game. Never change grfs in an already existing game unless you know 100% of what you do - and even then don't complain, if things don't work out , if you changed grfs on a running game. The red warning box is there for a reason.

[Adamaland]

No i didn't add it to a running game, i did it from the main menu, then created a new game.

I read over what that link said about the order patches should be in, so first i tried modifying the order of my patches, but then i just removed all the patches
except the ECS wood vector. So just to be clear, the wood vector is the ONLY patch on the list now. Still no change.

Any more ideas?

Edit: I have a feeling that there is meant to be a base patch for this that the rest of the patches are linked to? Is this correct? If so, where is this patch?

Edit2: I just checked the settings ingame, and it says the patch is disabled, still not sure why:

[Gremnon]

The ECS vectors don't work with the stable releases anymore, you'll need a nightly to be able to activate them.

Edit: You also MUST have the Town vector loaded for the others to work. It's the only vector that has to be loaded, the others are all optional.

[Badger]

You'd get a better response to this if you'd posted in the right section. This is for TTDP, not OTTD.

[Gremnon]

I think the main problem there is that OTTD has patches, and TTDP is also named a patch, so people get confused.

[Adamaland]

Ah right, thanks. (Sorry about posting in the wrong section)

[planetmaker]

If I remember correctly, the main thing is, that ECS always needs the base vector in order to work: http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php?page=ECSVectors . Whether or not the latest release is playable with 0.6.3 is beyond my knowledge (I play nightlies only).

[wallyweb]

TTDPatch is the original patch and it patches TTD.
OpenTTD is an appication/clone and it uses its own patches that patch OpenTTD.
This is the TTDPatch section of the forums.
Is the problem an OpenTTD problrem? If so, go to the OpenTTD forum.
Is the problem a "George's ECS Industries" problem? Then go to George's ECS thread.
Why do this?
To get a better response to your questions, you should post in the most appropriate section. This is not the OpenTTD section.
To get a better response to your questions for a set problem, you should search the forums for that set's forum thread. Creating new threads creates clutter and there is a good chance your question has already been answered in an existing thread. George does not have time to look for new threads but he does monitor his own threads.

[FooBar]

I think the main problem there is that OTTD has patches, and TTDP is also named a patch, so people get confused.

That's probably also why the first got renamed to 'advanced settings' in the newer nightlies...

[Gremnon]

Ah, but the problem remains with the patches you can apply to the sourcecode.... and people not taking the time to read things fully, to note that it does say TTDPatch...