Topic: New stations for Pak128

[Fabio]

Considering that the tracks have been lowered, so must the platforms.
I want to take advantage of this repainting a few of them and editing the other.
I plan to stick to VS's vision to lower station capacity considerably (and making them cheaper as a bonus) and increase the capacity of extension buildings, which should become a must for high traffic stations.
Also, I plan all stations to have only one platform (much like in the British Pakset).

Here two pics of a new model:

[kierongreen]

Remember you can now alter capacity cost and maintenance for each station too!

[mEGa]

Good idea ! More realistic IMHO

[Fabio]

Should I add any further detail to this one? Suggestions?


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[mEGa]

Cold drinks distributor ? Tickets distributors...

[Zeno]

What about kind of an info panel, fabio? Something small if it's in the middle section, as long as it's gonna be repeated allong all middle tiles.

Remember you can now alter capacity cost and maintenance for each station too!

Does it work like in experimental?? That would be great, allowing empty platforms to be very cheap, and charge it to the extensions giving capacity. That was the original plan...

[Sarlock]

I love it!  Nice work.

It would make double track stations look so much better if we could add a central platform too

[kierongreen]

Does it work like in experimental?? That would be great, allowing empty platforms to be very cheap, and charge it to the extensions giving capacity. That was the original plan...

It works exactly like experimental as code was merged in. There's potential for a number of options - you could have a choice between low maintenance, high cost stations and high maintenance, low cost stations as well for example.

[Tazze]

Brainstorming...
More kind of platform
1. Island platform (same as Sarlock's suggestion)


2. Bay platform

(e.g.)
Britain London Paddington station
           London King's Cross railway station (Famous for Hurry potter ) ;http://www.iam-architect.com/western-concourse-at-kings-cross-by-john-mcaslan-partners/

France Paris-Gare de Lyon

Germany München Hauptbahnhof
             Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
              Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof ; http://polpix.sueddeutsche.com/polopoly_fs/1.489376.1357480153!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/900x600/image.jpg

Italy Roma Termini railway station ;http://www.roma-termini.com/images/termini2.jpg

Japan Hankyu Umeda station ,Osaka ; http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Rail_Tracks_map_between_Hankyu_Umeda_and_Juso_Station.svg
           JR Kyoto station ,
           Odakyu Shinjuku Station ,Tokyo ; http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Rail_Tracks_map_Odakyu_Shinjuku_Station.svg

Spain  Barcelona Estació de França ;http://www.trenscat.com/renfe/images/linia15/sch-estaciodefranca.gif
And more...

3. Curved Platform

I think that it isn't rare. Dou you think about it? Difficult?

More Decorations on the platforms
Waiting pax ,the station staff ,Running in board ,Dust box, Crock , Commercial board , Elevator ,Escalator next to stairs, Waiting room ,Timetable board,Platform screen doors ,Some Vending machines ,small store ,overpass , foliage plants...

[sdog]

you can have central platforms already. The first station tile you place has the platform on the same side. Depending on the order you place station tiles on a double track you'll get either two platforms facing each other, or one platform joined in the middle.

[Tazze]

Oh,that's right.

[VS]

Is the height final? I could help by scaling some other platforms... (meaning the goods ones, mostly).

[Fabio]

Thank you for your offer, VS! I plan to release soon a basic platform template.
OTOH two more things in TODO list are lowering (and adding snow) to all station extensions and transforming the buildings in village and office stations in station extensions.


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[VS]

Yup, I guessed as much

It would be good to make a list of what should happen to each station type...?

[ӔO]

I don't know how common this is, but certain stations have different foundations from the rest of the track.

example:
Track beyond platforms: ballast and sleepers
Track at platforms: ballast-less

There may also be some extra stuff sitting in the middle, like an emergency shelter/maintenance walkway.

or maybe some extra ballast to make the station look more like a single piece?

[Fabio]

maybe some extra ballast to make the station look more like a single piece?

I actually think of something like that... Thank you for the suggestion.
Instead I'm rather skeptical about other kind of objects, but we'll see.


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[VS]

Other objects can be only at ends of platform, or they would repeat...

[sdog]

there are a couple of repeating objects at stations. For example at german stations in the space between tracks there were often regularly spaced pipes, where hoses could be connected. In Japan i've seen structures similar to small step ladders. I've seen old stations that had planked walkways for workers between the tracks.

Such things might help to fill up the space between tracks, which being green looks a bit strange. This is much more visible for pak128 than for pak128.britain. Reason for this is, i think, the much duller ground of the latter.

To fill the gap up with ballast, might cause some ugly colour differences? Perhaps this could be ameliorated by newer stations having lighter ballast, so it fits several tracks from the same aera only?

[Fabio]

I  think about a light ballast. The tracks have color (lightness and saturation, but same hue) variants of the same ballast. I think I could find a neuter version going along with most tracks. Also, I have half an idea to cover the existing ballast leaving place only for tracks and sleepers. I just need to experiment a little.


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[Fabio]

Just an update...



I still need to find the right ballast nuance...

[sdog]

I completely forgot, the consequence thereof is also that single platforms and island platforms have such ballast protruding towards the open. That might look worse than having a lot of green in the centre.

Maybe the way of one of the japanese paks and Carl Baker would be preferable. They have ballast types that fill all/most of the tile.

I think some of the devs said they'd like to look into Carl's approach to see if it could be generalized. In such a case it would be resovled all by itself, or if not, mibht be easier to check if platforms are in such a configuration and select a different rail png.

[Fabio]

I'll test also the island platform configuration, but I don't think the result is gonna be that bad. After all also fastest tracks have the tile completely covered in ballast and here I used the same ground tile with jagged sides.


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[sdog]

here's Carl's post:
http://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=7367.msg120521#msg120521

Couldn't find who put it to the bottom of their very long todo list. (most likely Kieron)

[kierongreen]

Most likely!

[ӔO]

Don't railway platforms also allow an extension end piece?

I know the ramps in pak britain are not part of the platform itself, but an extension.

That could be used to taper the filling so that it doesn't look jagged.

[Tazze]

I unsure it is ballast at a glance.
You need to change the color :same color as rails is better.

By the way, almost Japanese paks edited from 589's work. he doesn't forbid your remodeling and redistribution.(picked up from a Read me.txt )
http://japanese.simutrans.com/index.php?Addon128%2FRailTools%202

I'd like brown one....

[sdog]

@AEO
here's the pak128.britain version:


Stations can have graphics for end tiles and single tiles. It's defined as extra rotations, when i'm not mistaken. Here's a snippet from the dat file to the png posted above

Code: [Select]

FrontImage[8][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.1.1
FrontImage[9][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.0.1
FrontImage[10][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.1.3
FrontImage[11][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.0.5
FrontImage[12][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.1.5
FrontImage[13][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.0.3
FrontImage[14][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.1.7
FrontImage[15][0][0][0][0][0]=brick-platform.0.7

Most likely there would be a nice transition to the start of the ballast covered area, using transparency. I think that is part of what Fabio had in mind when he wrote above it wouldn't be that bad. (As always his work is flawless and marvelous, when it comes to release.)

[Vladki]

I like the first version without ballast more. The second looks like the old double sided platform.

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[Fabio]

I improved the ballast:



For me it's pretty final now, I'll just add some snow and commit (in the next days) so that everyone can test.

[ӔO]

nice

[Sarlock]

That looks really nice!

[Tazze]

Very good job!!

[tonu]

It looks very nice! And the platform looks consistient with the extension building
Maybe you can do something simillar with a covered station, something like this japanese addon:

[Fabio]

Thank you all!

Maybe you can do something simillar with a covered station, something like this japanese addon

Yes, it is planned, although only spanning 2 tracks wide, much like pak Britain's one


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[VS]

One important question for my part is - is the new height the standard for freight stations, too?