[New way] Cast iron track

[jamespetts]

Having done some research for various different types and weights of tracks, I have found a type of track not yet represented in Pak128.Britain - the cast iron track. Adjusting the .png file from the plateway seems to give an acceptable image for tracks of this type. See below for the .img file:



Edit: Fixed the link to the image.

and here for the .dat file.

Translation texts are as follows:

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cast_iron_track
Cast Iron Track


Note, however, that the track on the Liverpool and Manchester was actually wrought iron "fishbelly" track. A possible alternative translation is therefore:

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cast_iron_track
Fish-belly Track


The research comes from here.

I also suggest modifying the wrought iron track as in this .dat file.

[The Hood]

Thanks - no image though...

[jamespetts]

Oops - fixed the link!

[wlindley]

At first I had reservations but now this seems to fit the gameplay -- The "Rocket" engine for example is available 1829 until October 1835 and has a top speed of 48 km/h, but now until February 1835, the only track available is the cast iron track with a top speed of 27km/h.  The "Planet" is available 1830 - 1839 with a top speed of 59km/h but for its first half decade will be limited to 27km/h ... Those top speeds are mostly theoretical anyway, I suppose. In my previous 1830 game, a Planet pulling nine passenger carriages routinely averages 38km/h, with a line of two trains pulling in 15,000.00 a month... so the lower speeds would probably make these first few years more realistic.  Cheers.

[The Hood]

May I ask how you created this? I'm looking to include this and the plateway but it needs half height slopes. I was thinking a simple recolouration of the existing tracks would do the trick, but the sleepers/rails are different. Any chance of some half-height graphics?

[jamespetts]

I think that it was re-coloured from the plateway .png if that helps at all (it seems to have had its saturation and lightness reduced). I can't remember exactly what I did now, as it was some time ago - sorry!

[The Hood]

Hmm, that was done by Inkelyad, and I'm not sure how. I might investigate other ways to adapt the existing ways to look more like those and therefore have half heights. Unfortunately making tracks that tile nicely with existing ones is a nightmare in blender, but my GIMP layer strategy is working nicely for bridges and elevated ways...

[greenling]

Hello
The new Cast iron track looks good out.

[The Hood]

OK, so I've done an update to include half heights and ended up recolouring the images. This is what I came up with:



The brown one on top is the replacement for the plateway (max 15km/h in standard - horse only really)
The next is a cast iron track (max 30km/h in standard, so just about up to the Rocket)
The bottom one is the existing wrought iron track.

[greenling]

Cool. The Hood You have make good job.

[jamespetts]

I much prefer the new colours - a great improvement!