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Article #28549Re: TTDPatch 2.5 beta 1 is out!
From: sean
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:12
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:12
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Why is it that I am getting errors with the DB Set XL with invaild sprites #42 how do i fix this? sean "Josef Drexler" <nospam0206@joesbox.cjb.net> wrote in message news:pan.2006.02.27.04.52.54.134787@joesbox.cjb.net... > > Hi all! > > It seems not mentioning the beta in the last announcement actually worked, > and I am proud to announce that TTDPatch has finally gone beta again. It > only took 29 months! > > To properly appreciate the vast amount of changes that have gone into it > since 2.0, the new version will be 2.5. And the first beta is now > available at http://www.ttdpatch.net/src/ > > Compared to 2.0, the number of switches has nearly doubled, and especially > the new graphics set capabilities have greatly increased. If you haven't > been following the alpha releases, you can find the up-to-date manual at > the TTDPatch wiki, simply go to > http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-index.php?page=Manual to read about all the > new switches. > > I have added one experimental feature that may initially cause some > problems. If you find that a large number of your .grf files suddenly > have "invalid sprite" problems, you have probably accidentally enabled > "mandatory GRF Resource Management" mode. This is mainly useful for > graphics authors to test that their .grf files conform to the GRM specs, > for most other people it should be turned of with > "experimentalfeatures.mandatorygrm off" in ttdpatch.cfg. Note that if > you're upgrading from 2.0, some grf files need to be updated too. If, > after turning off mandatory GRM, they still have invalid sprites, try > downloading the latest version of them. That should fix most problems. > > There were again a lot of bug fixes since the last alpha, and some more > newgrf features by Csaba. Enhanced tunnels (track over tunnel entrances) > should now work fine even in PBS junctions. Also, I believe I have fixed > the problem regarding the persistent engines feature and newgrf sets that > use the "early retirement" property of vehicles. Please report it if this > is not the case. Finally, the font problems from alpha 72 on are fixed > now too. > > From now on, the next few beta releases will be essentially bug fixes. If > you know of a bug in TTDPatch, please make sure that we're aware of it > too. The first place to check is the TTDPatch bug tracker at > http://wiki.ttdpatch.net/tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=1 . It's fairly > new, and I haven't yet imported all the "old" known bugs from the todo > list at http://www.ttdpatch.net/src/todonow.txt so check that too. If the > bug isn't in the tracker, feel free to make a new ticket there (even if > it's also in the todo list; that way it's less likely to be forgotten). > After creating the ticket, make sure to attach the relevant configuration > files, crash logs and savegames to help us reproduce the problem and fix > the bug. > > I will start the translation process to get all the various translations > up-to-date in the next few days. If you would like to volunteer for > translating TTDPatch, please email me. I'll try to contact the previous > translators first, but if they decline or (as is often the case) can't be > contacted I can always use someone to fall back to. > > In conclusion, enjoy the new version, and let's hope that the release of > 2.5 isn't too far away now! > > Have fun, > Josef > > > All changes in 2.5 beta 1: > - fix problems/crashes related to town grfs (fixed text problems too) > - fixed crash with rv/tram tunnels with abandonedroads off > - added missing switches to grf var 85 > - new experimental switch "mandatorygrm" to require that grfs reserve the > IDs they use (will break many old grf files; only for authors) > - fixed PBS with enhancetunnel bridge pieces > - by Oskar: show reserved PBS pieces on enhancetunnel bridges > - fixed newsounds crash if no sound hardware present > - allow autoreplace to choose model with wrong refittability as long as > default cargo type matches > - by stevenh: fixed tunnel lockups when a tunnel was placed on top of > another tunnel > - by Csaba: > * fixed newcargo price factors being calculated incorrectly > * new global variable 10: snow line height table (give a snow line > height for every day of the year) > * (devel) renamed gethouseterrain to gettileterrain since it works > for all tiles, not just for houses > * industry variable 61 now contains the terrain type as well > * added var. action 2 global variable 20 to get the snow line height > * added action 5 type 0C * snowy versions of temperate trees > * the snowline variable is now set to FFh for non*snowy games to make > GRF coders' lives easier > * (revert) industry variable 61 no longer contains the terrain type > * added parametrized industry variable 62 to get landscape info about > nearby tiles > * bugfix: callback 3B didn't work correctly for effect 0; it was > always planting fields no matter what the callback returned > * bugfix: callback 22 is now enforced when building the industry as > well > * new industry variable B3h (byte), shows how the industry got built > * industry variable A7h (byte) now contains the funder of the > industry > - fixed bug with plane colour schemes not considering cargo classes for > passenger/freight determination > - fixed early retirement for planes and ships setting train retirement > instead > - by Lakie: added train props 0B and 1F to callback 36 > - fixed(?) early retirement property breaking persistentengines > - made ai boost and moreindustriesperclimate obsolete > - fixed font size and newhistory problem in utf8 mode > > -- > Josef Drexler | http://jdrexler.com/home/ > ---------------------------------+--------------------------------------- > Please help Conserve Gravity | Email address is *valid*. > Give up downhill skiing. | Don't remove the "nospam" part. >
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!ken-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "sean" <sean.spam@bigpond> Newsgroups: alt.games.microprose.transport-tyc References: <pan.2006.02.27.04.52.54.134787@joesbox.cjb.net> Subject: Re: TTDPatch 2.5 beta 1 is out! Lines: 119 Organization: Wlaptop X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: <pkOMf.17671$yK1.9785@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 02:12:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.51.82.86 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1141092757 203.51.82.86 (Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:12:37 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:12:37 EST MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit