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Re: How to improve features - ttdpatch.cfg (Part II)

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From: Josef Drexler
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:34
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Carlos Correia wrote:
> And this is my ttdpatch.cfg. i also liked to know if i can alter anything to
> improve my games features: (sorry about the size of the post):

That really depends on what you consider an improvement...

But here are a few comments...

> // `cheatscost' (-Xo) makes sign cheats cost money when used.
> cheatscost off

I like to turn this on, so that it feels less like cheating when I use 
"Cht: Renew" occasionally.  I don't use "Cht: Tracks" so much nowadays 
but do occasionally upgrade my regular rails to electrified that way; 
then I want to pay for that properly.

> // `enginespersist' (-P) keeps engines around for as long as they are in
> use.
> enginespersist on

It's better to turn this off if you use any of the new vehicle sets, 
since they have so many engines in the list that it can be unwieldy, and 
also there's currently a bug in relation to the use of the "early 
retirement" option in the grf files.

You can leave it on if you still want to be able to buy steam engines in 
the later years, but otherwise I'd turn it off.

> // `feederservice' (-Xf) modifies forced unload and profit on a station
> accepting that cargo to leave the cargo at the station, not cash in.
> feederservice off
> 
> // `fifoloading' (-YF) enable FIFO loading.
> fifoloading off

You have these off, I have them on, but there's really no setting that's 
"better" than the other, it depends on how you want to play the game.

> // `fullloadany' (-F) makes a train leave a station if any type of cargo is
> full.
> fullloadany off

Same here.

> // `largertowns' (-XT) makes each one out of a given number of towns grow
> faster and larger (also applying `towngrowthlimit' selectively).  Range
> 1..70.  Default 4 (one out of four towns).
> largertowns 1

This makes all towns grow faster, I'm not sure if that's what you want.

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