[OTTD] Valle's Screenshots
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So you wonder what's going on at Châlons?
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- The harbor at Châlons that STT delivers its refinery products to using an El 14 and a JR M250.
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- The single tracked branch line from Agincourt to Châlons was perfectly sufficient back when it was set up. Today, it just looks completely underdimensioned - this BM92 is cruising through the suburbs of Châlons.
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- Just underlining the underrepresentation of railway service at Châlons.
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We are continuing our journey along the main line via Auxerre and Grenoble to the outskirts of Toulon.
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- A (regauged) Spanish freight train on its way to the glass factory is crusing through Auxerre...
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- ... and Grenoble.
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- The glass factory in the outskirts of Toulon.
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Toulon is, after Chateauroux, the second most important station between Cognac and St. Flour and the second of only three go-through stations shared by these largely separated networks.
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- A rare moment of emptiness at Toulon.
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- The industrial area of Toulon - rather cramped and close to the city itself - is serviced by all three companies active on this map. STT's refinery products arrive here by ship.
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- Le Puy - yet another example of a formerly small town that has become a relatively big city.
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Aurillac with the branch to Metz & Angers and the next station along the main line - Bourg, with yet another branch line. The electrified branch to Vichy.
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- Aurillac and Metz are twin cities by now, but they don't share stations. STX is operating a pretty dangerous airport in the outskirts of Metz. A branch railway line operated with SJ Y1 railcars runs from Aurillac via Metz to the (formerly) small town of...
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- ... Angers.
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- The electrified branch line from Bourg to Vichy is a refuge for otherwise retired material. The VR Sm2 EMU left main line service long ago, and apart from the triple unit in service here, all of them are stabled in the Chateauroux train yard. The same accounts for the Sulzer Type 2 diesel operating the mail train here.
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WELCOME TO ST TROPEZ - via Vienne
We are continuing our journey to Vienne and further for a hearty WELCOME TO ST. TROPEZ!
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- At Vienne, the "Villeroy & Boch Glass Factory" is churning out serious amounts of glass for the brewery at St Tropez. It appears that I lost my picture of the passenger station of Vienne unfortunately, so that shall be skipped.
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- St Tropez is not a poor place in this game either - you can see that by the station which is a wild mix of Czech platforms, VAST, MTSS and the Japanese Stations set. A Swedish InterCity pulled by an Rc6 is speeding through St Tropez.
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- The brewery of St Tropez, again in a state that's not completely up to date. The station ended up having 2 platforms, with the dock of STX moved further away.
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We're reaching the holiday city of Tours and skip Compiègne, Charolles and Tulle. A small break shall be had at Montélimar.
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- The station(s) of Tours, with a small freight train cruising through heading north on the main line, and an overnight express accelerating out of the high speed line's station on its way to Cognac.
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- Tours is also home to an exquisite location for tourists from all over the map. It's the Station Balneaire "Les Plutocrates".
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- Yet another short branch exists at Montélimar, connecting the city of Lyon to the main line.
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Let's take a closer look at the Montélimar - Lyon branch.
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- Despite all the intents of growing as fast as possible, Lyon has retained a recreational area right in the city. It's the largest park of the entire map.
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- This railway line is yet another example of a refuge for otherwise surplus rolling stock. The mail train is pulled by an SJ Class Da, while the passenger train...
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- ... consists of a pair of SBB "Mirage" EMUs.
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We're reaching the northern end of the map shortly - cruising through Agen and Lille to Nice, located just south of St Flour.
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- The town of Agen. A mail train is loading in the station while a czech pendolino speeds out of the tunnel of the high speed line below the town, heading for St Flour.
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- This is Lille. You might already have noticed the mixed passenger train consisting of Finnish rolling stock in the previous picture - it's the discount passenger train spanning across the map for whoever has too much time on their hands or simply not enough money to afford a higher priority intercity service.
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- The "old" main line and the high speed line finally merge in Nice, a city of over 50,000 inhabitants, to continue to St Flour on a short quadtracked stretch of railway. The commuter service from St Flour to Nice is the last area on main line serviced by an SBB Mirage EMU.
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The journey across the map comes to an end as we reach the underground terminal of St Flour. I hope you enjoyed the trip!
A few more impressions from the operations on this map are due to follow soon - then it's time to move on to the next game.
A few more impressions from the operations on this map are due to follow soon - then it's time to move on to the next game.
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- The farm between Nice and St Flour is being defended aggressively by the authorities - fences were placed to prevent houses from being built on farmland with excellent ground quality and everything that farmland needs to become a proving ground for new agricultural vehicles.
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- The terminal of St Flour, located directly next to the intercontinental airport.
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Locomotive transfers and when "old" has to make room for "new"...
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- An SJ Class T43 is being transferred from Cognac to the trainyard of Chateauroux as it's shunting capabilities are required over there after the original T43 of that trainyard was destroyed in an accident.
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- In exchange, the BR Class 20 from Chateauroux went to Cognac. The tracks are rather short over there, so it's perfectly sufficient for moving a bunch of other stabled locomotives around there.
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- The introduction of double decker push-pull regional trains rendered the ET-30s used between Cognac and Marseille obsolete. A bunch of them are seen here, on their way into an insecure future at the Chateauroux train yard.
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Relics from the past, withdrawals and small freight trains
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- The SJ Class Y6 operating between La Rochelle and Biarritz is a relic from the past, but still in active service due to a high demand for public transport in the area. Clearly, it's not enough to operate that connection alone anymore, so buses were added for that connection.
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- These Ae 6/6s used to pull mail trains in slightly mountainous areas. Their lack of top speed led to their withdrawal from those services, but they ended up finding a new area of employment on heavy cattle trains.
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- Short distance coal trains meet at Le Mans. A V100 is entering the main line to Montpellier with a fully loaded train, while its American colleague is on its way to pick up a fresh load of coal.
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*Very* nice, so much attention to detail, unbelievable!
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Nice to see somebody using my liveried lorries in their games. Shame we couldnt get a better implementation thus far.
Re: [OTTD] Valle's Screenshots
New game, old thread!
I am starting part 2 of my screenshot thread with a little teaser. For some reason, this double tracked main line down the mountain was cut off east of Kreuzlingen. Do you want to find out why? Stay tuned...
I am starting part 2 of my screenshot thread with a little teaser. For some reason, this double tracked main line down the mountain was cut off east of Kreuzlingen. Do you want to find out why? Stay tuned...
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So now that the teaser is out, it's time to present you my latest game.
I made the transition to OpenTTD CPP h4f8131fc (back when it was released) to try all the awesome features, which, due to bugs, didn't make it into the trunk versions yet. This is also roughly how old my map is. It took quite a few days to get used to the extra features I didn't know yet, this map ended up being a 512x512 one taking advantage of the extra height levels, with the peak being more than 3500 m above sea level. This map has been used online by two friends and me, with the aim of creating an extremely efficient while reasonably realistic looking rail network. Quite a few NewGRFs were thrown out for updated versions, yet so far, no NewGRF-related bugs have been found.
There's a total of 10 companies on this swiss-themed yet generally fictional map (although with German/French/Italian regions), of which two have a special role.
1. EIG/SFI/IAF: (Eidgenössische Infrastrukturgesellschaft / Societé féderale de l'infrastructure / Infrastrutture Autorità federale): Supposed to own all of the infrastructure - thanks to user errors and partially existing necessities, other companies own some infrastructure as well by now. EIG/SFI/IAF is not supposed to have any vehicles at all, it's financed by infrastructure fees.
2. SWISSrail: Largest railway operator active on the network, yet also active on roads. 10 Hovercrafts are also owned by the company. MMC, Company 3, is a 75%-owned subsidiary.
3. Matiatos Maritime Co.: This company, a 75% subsidiary of SWISSrail is the undoubted number one in shipping on this map. Apart from 116 ships, it operates 8 cargotrams.
4. Alpinbahn AG: Second largest railway operator active and largest road vehicle operator active on this map (measured by fleet size).
5. VR-Yhtymä Oy: This company is mainly focused on rail freight activities, earning nearly 60% of its total profit through VR Transpoint, but also operates buses, trucks and a small number of passenger trains.
6. Post.ch: Generally, this company is the mail monopolist
7. LVB (Littauer Verkehrsbetriebe): Supposedly state-owned local bus and train operator, operating out of Littau. Its rail activities span from Rorschach to Auswil, Zürich and even Lausanne.
8. SWISSjet: a small airline, 75%-subsidiary of SWISSrail
9. AlpinAir: yet another small airline, 75%-subsidiary of Alpinbahn AG
10. InterCityBus: a small long distance bus operator
I made the transition to OpenTTD CPP h4f8131fc (back when it was released) to try all the awesome features, which, due to bugs, didn't make it into the trunk versions yet. This is also roughly how old my map is. It took quite a few days to get used to the extra features I didn't know yet, this map ended up being a 512x512 one taking advantage of the extra height levels, with the peak being more than 3500 m above sea level. This map has been used online by two friends and me, with the aim of creating an extremely efficient while reasonably realistic looking rail network. Quite a few NewGRFs were thrown out for updated versions, yet so far, no NewGRF-related bugs have been found.
There's a total of 10 companies on this swiss-themed yet generally fictional map (although with German/French/Italian regions), of which two have a special role.
1. EIG/SFI/IAF: (Eidgenössische Infrastrukturgesellschaft / Societé féderale de l'infrastructure / Infrastrutture Autorità federale): Supposed to own all of the infrastructure - thanks to user errors and partially existing necessities, other companies own some infrastructure as well by now. EIG/SFI/IAF is not supposed to have any vehicles at all, it's financed by infrastructure fees.
2. SWISSrail: Largest railway operator active on the network, yet also active on roads. 10 Hovercrafts are also owned by the company. MMC, Company 3, is a 75%-owned subsidiary.
3. Matiatos Maritime Co.: This company, a 75% subsidiary of SWISSrail is the undoubted number one in shipping on this map. Apart from 116 ships, it operates 8 cargotrams.
4. Alpinbahn AG: Second largest railway operator active and largest road vehicle operator active on this map (measured by fleet size).
5. VR-Yhtymä Oy: This company is mainly focused on rail freight activities, earning nearly 60% of its total profit through VR Transpoint, but also operates buses, trucks and a small number of passenger trains.
6. Post.ch: Generally, this company is the mail monopolist
7. LVB (Littauer Verkehrsbetriebe): Supposedly state-owned local bus and train operator, operating out of Littau. Its rail activities span from Rorschach to Auswil, Zürich and even Lausanne.
8. SWISSjet: a small airline, 75%-subsidiary of SWISSrail
9. AlpinAir: yet another small airline, 75%-subsidiary of Alpinbahn AG
10. InterCityBus: a small long distance bus operator
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- The complete map (2040x1019 px).
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- A quick overview of all companies.
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- The - admittedly - ridiculous recent history of operating profit. The massive dent was caused by several jams on the rail network caused by a combination of too cheap outsourcing of infrastructure works in MP (20-tile electric train: stop at the far end? Better unelectrify the last tile), overall congestion and partially poor design.
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More technical details of the map and part 1 of our guided tour.
[NewGRF list] Since there are interferences in the gauge width: In this game, it's pretended that
1) versions of all rail vehicles used in these sets fit in the same track (1435 mm) and loading gauge, with narrower passenger trains employing extendable doorsteps like the Bombardier Talent 2
2) versions of all electric rail vehicles for 15000V 16.7 Hz AC exist
3) all locomotives exist with the same rail safety systems allowing a simultaneous operation on the entire network
4) all conventional trains are equipped with compatible brake and coupler systems
5) Overhead lines are mounted so high that double stack container trains fit in below them. This shall be the excuse for SWISSrail's army of freight trains comprised of Hector Rail 141s pulling double stack container trains out of a factory in Lancy.
[NewGRF list] Since there are interferences in the gauge width: In this game, it's pretended that
1) versions of all rail vehicles used in these sets fit in the same track (1435 mm) and loading gauge, with narrower passenger trains employing extendable doorsteps like the Bombardier Talent 2
2) versions of all electric rail vehicles for 15000V 16.7 Hz AC exist
3) all locomotives exist with the same rail safety systems allowing a simultaneous operation on the entire network
4) all conventional trains are equipped with compatible brake and coupler systems
5) Overhead lines are mounted so high that double stack container trains fit in below them. This shall be the excuse for SWISSrail's army of freight trains comprised of Hector Rail 141s pulling double stack container trains out of a factory in Lancy.
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- Just the NewGRF list of this game.
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- We are beginning our tour of the map in the Italian part of the map - in Giubiasco, to be precise. Giubiasco is the southern terminus of a small branch line which is also the only local passenger rail transport franchise that was won by VR. VR operates this line with two trains consisting of six FIAT 710 'Svedjanin' railcars (Kalmar/FIAT Y1) each (from the Serbian train set).
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- The branch line meets the rest of the rail network in Monteggio before starting the steep climb to its northern terminus in Savosa. The departure board for Monteggio can be found in the next post.
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Departure boards
Wow, what an awesome little feature! Unfortunately, though, with the builtin vehicle names, they look pretty stupid - I mean: who - as a passenger - will care about what is Train 1, 2 or 154 of a company, other than railfans? Result: I thought up a system I forced upon nearly every passenger train active on this rail network - oh, did I mention that I really dig shared schedules and the adjustable day length factor (that I have set to 4)?
S-Bahn: S (company number)+(S-Bahn network number counted across all companies)+(3-digit train number) <- not quite happy with this system
Regional: RB (company number)+0+(3-digit train number)
RegionalExpress: RE (company number)+8+(3-digit train number)
InterRegioExpress: IR or IRE (company number)+(500+train number)
InterCity: IC (company number)+(3-digit train number)
So - what will these look like? Here are a few examples for you:
Wow, what an awesome little feature! Unfortunately, though, with the builtin vehicle names, they look pretty stupid - I mean: who - as a passenger - will care about what is Train 1, 2 or 154 of a company, other than railfans? Result: I thought up a system I forced upon nearly every passenger train active on this rail network - oh, did I mention that I really dig shared schedules and the adjustable day length factor (that I have set to 4)?
S-Bahn: S (company number)+(S-Bahn network number counted across all companies)+(3-digit train number) <- not quite happy with this system
Regional: RB (company number)+0+(3-digit train number)
RegionalExpress: RE (company number)+8+(3-digit train number)
InterRegioExpress: IR or IRE (company number)+(500+train number)
InterCity: IC (company number)+(3-digit train number)
So - what will these look like? Here are a few examples for you:
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- The departure board of Steffisburg Hauptbahnhof, a slightly bigger station that - as opposed to Monteggio - gets to see InterCitys.
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- You've seen the departure board for Steffisburg, so you shall now see what it translates to optically. Long live the year cheat - Michael's new Bamberg station is unbelievably good-looking.
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Re: [OTTD] Valle's Screenshots
A very interesting scenario.
regards
Michael
Because this station is unsymmetrical, it is not 100% suitable for attaching to itself. I should really provide some modifications to make this look better.Valle wrote: Michael's new Bamberg station is unbelievably good-looking.
regards
Michael
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Thanks, Michael. The asymmetry: it takes a moment or two to realize that at first sight - it could be worse.michael blunck wrote:A very interesting scenario.
Because this station is unsymmetrical, it is not 100% suitable for attaching to itself. I should really provide some modifications to make this look better.Valle wrote: Michael's new Bamberg station is unbelievably good-looking.
regards
Michael
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