Tropic Station Set [WIP]

m3henry · Post by **m3henry** » 15 Oct 2006 10:25

one thing: is that CC? if it is, well good, if it isnt, i suggest you put some in somewhere

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 15 Oct 2006 10:30

Yeah, there are some CC accents (cargo and water tower), and I will add more there.
Each building will have some CC, also the semaphore will have CC.

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 15 Oct 2006 10:31

That looks much much better with the water tower and the other thingies in grey rather than the brown, this is really starting to get there

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lobster · Post by **lobster** » 15 Oct 2006 13:45

highly impressive! this is a great idea, there's few stations at the moment truly suitable for the tropical climate. it's looking really good.

Website · Post by **Lakie** » 15 Oct 2006 14:06

Note to self must prod Josef (or look at doing it myself?) about 2cc support on stations...
Looks great though, MeusH. 8D

~ Lakie

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 15 Oct 2006 15:43

How about animation support (like on mines' shafts)?
Can station tiles detect a train and change sprite?

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 15 Oct 2006 16:00

Would be nice, you could simulate a departure signal then

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Marshy · Post by **Marshy** » 15 Oct 2006 16:08

That looks great! I'm eagerly awaiting some newer stations.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 15 Oct 2006 16:34

Hyronymus wrote:Would be nice, you could simulate a departure signal then .

Yeah, or a copper ore being loaded on a train with a steamshovel

But is that supported?

lobster · Post by **lobster** » 15 Oct 2006 21:33

MeusH wrote:But is that supported?

apparently it is, but you gotta ask MB, who´s using it on the upcoming NewStations. i might be wrong though.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 15 Oct 2006 22:00

A maize loading station, loosely based on

The big silo has probably better colour and shading, but it was too thick to be able to fit between rail, so I started working on the thinner one.
Please, think of the texture of the silo - which one is better?
Also, what do you think of texture of the building?

Take a look at a building and see how is next city station going to look like

The roof and fence of the building are based on a lumber mill, but it's not copy-paste, of course - I only picked the right colours.

Seems like I've got problems with aligning the <corridor-like structure located over a silo> building. To show you what I mean, I put second building, and you can see the <thing> doesn't fit. Could you please point me the problem?

P.S. I realized the only TRS wagon capable of hauling maize are boxcars, and I realized that after I made a station. However, it shouldn't be a problem with kind of a loading pipe (see image above)

Website · Post by **Lakie** » 15 Oct 2006 22:10

You could give a version where it holds 3 tiles which are non-usable by trains for the size effect...
Otherwise looking good for a starting point.

~ Lakie

Marshy · Post by **Marshy** » 15 Oct 2006 22:13

Yeah I agree with what Lakie said, but other than that the drawings look v good.

lobster · Post by **lobster** » 15 Oct 2006 22:14

that looks awesome! it would fit as multiclimate station as well though.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 18 Oct 2006 20:20

How about new silo?
How could I improve the loading pipe (how should it look like)?
What do you think of shadows?

Villem · Post by **Villem** » 18 Oct 2006 20:24

The silo's look to dark, and out of place compared to the building, imo. The silo variant wich you have a CC colour stripe on looks much better to me.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 18 Oct 2006 20:28

Since the tanks are so large, it may be best to put them on non-track tiles.

skidd13 · Post by **skidd13** » 18 Oct 2006 20:33

@MeusH: awesome work!

Born Acorn wrote:Since the tanks are so large, it may be best to put them on non-track tiles.

Agreed. That will look much better.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 18 Oct 2006 20:49

You mean a big silo like the one at the bottom-right?

What to do if player doesn't use non-track tiles? How should the station look like? Plain platforms?

skidd13 · Post by **skidd13** » 18 Oct 2006 21:09

MeusH wrote:You mean a big silo like the one at the bottom-right?

yes

MeusH wrote:What to do if player doesn't use non-track tiles? How should the station look like? Plain platforms?

No plain platforms are ugly. Maybe for track tiles just the filling plant.

Or use the smaller/larger ones and put an angular platform under it.

As you see here.

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