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Article #27835Re: bigger maps, distributed services, was: 2.0.1 alpha 31
From: Michael Blunck
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:30
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:30
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Ronnie Clark wrote: > I think it's a crying shame that the playing area cannot be > made larger (I'm not for one moment criticising the Patch team! I > fully understand the reason for the current limit!). Well, AFAIK this has been done with that (rather illegal) OTTD undertaking. However, simply enlarging the map size is just half the meal, because you need numerous additional enhancements then, from new cargo prices (or a different timing model) to a bigger number of industries ... > Then cities > could be of a more realistic scale, with separate mail / goods > terminals, with dedicated mail services I donΒ΄t see any reason why not having a separate station for mail (e.g., you could set the number of cities to "small" giving more room to built). Or you could have dedicated patforms for mail and direct your trains with the help of waypoint stations. > (not that I don't try to do > that anyway, but it'd be more fun on a bigger scale!) Of course. :o) Michael
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