Useless Tracks v6184 (237a211ece59) =================================== Lifted tracks and planning tracks. ---------- 0 Contents ---------- 1 About 2 General information 2.1 Requirements 2.2 Installation 2.3 Parameter settings 2.4 Usage 3 Known issues 4 Background information 5 Frequently Asked Questions 6 Credits 7 Contact information 7.1 Bug reports 7.2 Other problems 7.3 General enquiries 8 License 9 Obtaining the source ------- 1 About ------- Lifted tracks only show ballast and can be used to keep your old and disused rail lines visible in the landscape. The planning tracks allow plotting new rail lines. Both railtypes do not allow vehicles. Useless Tracks v6184 (237a211ece59) MD5Hash: {{GRF_MD5}} Version: 6184 GRF ID: FBFB0A01 --------------------- 2 General information --------------------- 2.1 Requirements ---------------- OpenTTD: OpenTTD 1.3.0 (r24367) or newer is recommended. The set should work from 1.2.0 (r23166), but then some features will be disabled. Anything lower than r24367 is unsupported and for use at own discretion. TTDPatch: Not compatible. 2.2 Installation ---------------- OpenTTD: see http://wiki.openttd.org/NewGRF This NewGRF is available from the ingame Online Content 2.3 Parameter settings ---------------------- You can set the parameters via the ingame parameter settings window. In this section an overview of the available settings. Interface style NewGRFs cannot detect what base graphics set you're using. You can use this setting to make the buttons and cursors provided by this set match your base graphics. Custom signals Custom signals are provided for the tracks in this set. With this feature, electric signals will be "off" (show no aspect) for lifted and planning tracks. This requires OpenTTD 1.3.0 (r24367). Then there are settings for each individual railtype. This allows to disable railtypes that you don't want. 2.4 Usage --------- Tracks are always available for construction. They do not allow vehicles (unless you have a specially prepared vehicle set, which is unlikely). -------------- 3 Known issues -------------- No known issues. ------------------------ 4 Background information ------------------------ The idea for this set is shamelessly stolen from NuTracks. NuTracks originally featured the "blue dashed planning tracks", which were later replaced with bare track beds. This set provides both, to be added to any other track set of your choice. ---------------------------- 5 Frequently Asked Questions ---------------------------- Q: Will this set be developed further in the future? A: It is planned to add objects to make disused bridges in the landscape without actually having a bridge there (think foundations and such). It is unlikely that other track types will be added any time soon. --------- 6 Credits --------- Code: FooBar Graphics: FooBar OpenGFX Developers Makefile build system: planetmaker --------------------- 7 Contact information --------------------- 7.1 Bug reports --------------- Please report any bugs you find at bug tracker: http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/uselesstracks/issues or forum topic: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=61595 Always included a detailed description of the bug, preferrably with screenshot and savegame. Also state the exact game version you're using, as well as the version of this NewGRF. If you have a savegame that includes NewGRFs not available on OpenTTD's Online Content, then please try to reproduce the bug in a new game which has all NewGRFs easily accessible. If you're using a patched version of the game, please try to reproduce the bug on an official game build. If you can't reproduce the bug, then don't report it here but in the forum topic of the patch(pack) instead. 7.2 Other problems ------------------ If you have any problems using this NewGRF that are not covered in the Frequently Asked Questions above, then you can ask your questions in the forum topic: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=61595 7.3 General enquiries --------------------- If you have any queries that cannot be asked in the forum topic, then contact FooBar via Private Message at www.tt-forums.net or send an email to foobar at jaspervries.nl. --------- 8 License --------- Useless Tracks - Lifted tracks and planning tracks. Copyright (C) 2012 Useless Developers This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. ---------------------- 9 Obtaining the source ---------------------- The source code can be obtained from the #openttdcoop DevZone via source browser: http://dev.openttdcoop.org/projects/uselesstracks/repository or via mercurial checkout: hg clone http://hg.openttdcoop.org/uselesstracks or via a source bundle download (releases only): http://bundles.openttdcoop.org/uselesstracks/ How to build from source and the requirements for that are included with the source in the file /docs/building_from_source.txt.