Progressive Rail Set README

v.2, 2013-01-12
Copyright © 2012-13 by W. Minchin. For more info, please visit http://minchin.ca/openttd-progressive-rail/

About Progressive Rail Set

The Progressive Rail Set is a NewGRF that serves to make upgrading of larger, advanced rail systems easier. Assuming a progression of Normal Rail -> Electric Rail -> Monorail -> Maglev -> Vacuum Tube, an engine can now run (unpowered) on the generation of rail before it and run powered on its "normal rail" and the next generation of rail.

Requirements

The Progressive Rail Set requires OpenTTD, which is a free download from http://www.openttd.org/. The Set has been tested on OpenTTD 1.2.3, but will likely work on earlier versions.

If you want to use Vacuum Tube tracks, you'll use a separate NewGRF to provide them.

Installation

The easiest (and recommended) way to install the Set is use OpenTTD's Check Online Content interface. Search for Progressive Rail Set. This also makes it very easy for me to provide updates.

Manual installation can be accomplished by putting the progressive_rail_x.grf file you downloaded in the ..\OpenTTD\newgrf folder.

Once installed, the Set can be selected through NewGRF Settings on OpenTTD's main interface.

Settings

There are no settings for the Set.

Version History

• Version 2 [2013-01-12]
  • Different colours for different railtypes on the minimap
• Version 1 [2012-11-03]
  • Initial implementation
  • Supports normal rails, electrified rails, monorail, maglev and vacuum tube

Roadmap

At this time, I think the Set is feature complete, so I am not adding any additional features.

Known Issues

• Vacuum Tube tracks have to be supplied by a separate NewGRF

Compile It Yourself

To compile it yourself, you'll need NML. Then run from the command line (after fixing the paths as needed):

nmlc progressive_rails.nml --grf=progressive_rails.grf

Help! It broke! (Bug Report)

If the Set brakes or doesn't work the way you'd expect, please report the bug to: https://github.com/MinchinWeb/openttd-progressive-rail/issues

Helpful Links

• Get OpenTTD!
• TT-Forums - all things Transport Tycoon related
  
• The Set's thread on TT-Forums: release announcements, bug reports, suggestions, and general commentary .. http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=63182
• The Set on GitHub:
  • source code
    
  • To report issues
    
• My other projects (for OpenTTD):
  
  • WmDOT
    
  • MinchinWeb's MetaLibrary (for AIs)
    
  • Alberta Town Names
    
  • MinchinWeb's Random Town Name Generator
    

Licence

The Progressive Rail Set is licensed under a Creative Commons-Attribution 3.0 licence.