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Ronnie Clark wrote:

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>>> About six months ago, I had an email pointing out that the
>>> BR Set is not compatible with the new industries.

[moreindustries]

> Rather, "more industries". The paper wagon over-rid my "Mk.2"
> carriage.

Yes. The patch uses veh-ID 26 (paper wagon in arctic) to transport paper in
temperate too (with "moreindustries" set).

> Annoying, as the set pretty much relies on it! :)

Just don´t use veh-ID 26 by your own vehicles. In addition, if you have own
freight wagons which are to carry paper you could sent that ID 26 to toyland ...

[callbacks]

> These are the things making me glazed eyed at the moment! I'm
> trying to get my head around "callback.grf" at the moment.

If you have still problems don´t hesitate to ask ... :o)

> Definitely. I may, as I hinted at early, find it to be an idea to
> make correct unit operation mandatory via the articulated engines
> callback, too. I'll see what the jury says on that.

Well. At first I had the same idea resp. that feature had been set on the to-do
list once with making fixed train sets in mind. But as Josef pointed out
recently, it´ll make much more sense to keep the possibility for people to
choose between coaches (for passengers) and vans (for mail) when building MUs.

> Otherwise, the set might have to come with a large manual...

Hehe. Apparently, *nobody* reads manuals. :)

ATM, I´m using a different approach with the DB set XL. If a particular engine
stands for a DMU (or EMU), newly bought coaches/mail vans are attached the word
"more" on it if the MU needs still more vehicles and the word "stop" if you
added too much coaches ...

The set also decides on appearance and powering of its constituent vehicles by
rank of a vehicle in the consist when assembling MUs. (Hint: take a look on the
ET-87 or the BR420 EMUs of the DB Set XL)

> Also, is it possible to use callbacks to change the capacity /
> weight / price of a wagon?

Unfortunately, this seems very hard to implement and hasn´t been done yet.

> If it does, it'd be a neat trick to save
> veh-ids, needing eg. only one mail van to exist, that changes to
> whatever is required when put behind a corresponding engine.

Yeah. It´d also allow for a correct handling of MUs.

Michael