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Article #28420Re: Another nice feature option?
From: Boudewijn Dijkstra
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:32
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:32
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"Stevie D" <stevieinyork@yahoo.co.uk> schreef in bericht news:6ka5m1haffb08qvu0lq312affhhmqmr8lj@4ax.com... > Tony Polson wrote: > >> Anything is *possible*, even if it means rewriting much of the code. >> >> The issue here is whether it is *practicable*, and whether enough >> people would buy the revised game to make the cost and effort >> worthwhile ... I suspect not. I would buy it, but I suspect there are >> not enough TTD users who are willing to pay to make it worth doing. > > One issue is that most buildings only have two visible sides. And > while it would look a bit odd if most houses were the same on opposite > sides, it wouldn't be a problem. But for airports, it _would_ make a > different to the pattern of air traffic. It might also make a > difference to the catchment area around some industries. No it wouldn't, if implemented The Right Way. You don't want to change the coordinates and directions of every object, you would 'just' interchange some sprites and change the location on which they get drawn on the screen.
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