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Simutrans Extended => Simutrans-Extended future development discussion => Simutrans-Extended development => Implemented feature ideas => Topic started by: jamespetts on August 23, 2021, 11:07:41 PM

Title: Fords
Post by: jamespetts on August 23, 2021, 11:07:41 PM
I have just implemented a small feature to take advantage of some lovely graphics produced by W. Lindley for Pak128.Britain-Ex some years ago: fords.

Crossings of rivers by roads has always been possible in Simutrans, but what was not possible is confining those crossings to non-navigable rivers. Previously, if any road/river crossing at all were defined, all rivers and canals  could be crossed using that crossing, even the widest and deepest rivers.

Now (from to-morrow's nightly build), if, in the definition of a crossing, the second waytype is water and it has a maximum speed of zero, the crossing can only be built on non-navigable rivers (i.e., ones with a maximum speed of zero), and cannot be built on waterways with a maximum speed of > 0.

I have also removed the limitation in which only roads with a zero maximum axle load could ford streams, since this is not reflective of reality.

I have accordingly implemented the ford type crossing in Pak128.Britain-Ex, which will be available for use from to-morrow's nightly build.

Happy fording!
Title: Re: Fords
Post by: Yona-TYT on August 24, 2021, 02:17:23 AM
But how beautiful is how beautiful.  8)
Quote from: wlindley on August 02, 2019, 04:07:54 PMA matching bridleway ford datfile and images for Pak128.Britain-Ex  are here (http://wlindley.com/simutrans/bridleway-ford.tgz)
(http://wlindley.com/simutrans/fords.jpg)