19-02-2002 23:00									#1
	Railroads/Highways Support Apolyton

Hi everyone,

there have already been a couple of mods that change the railroads appearance so it seems that some of you do not like the originals. While I think that the main problem is that railroads are too strong in the default rules so that everyone is forced to railroad every square in one's territory to stay competitive (and even worse - this is hardcoded) which leads to a really ugly look of the screen, I also tried to make my proposal of making the railroad graphics better looking.

So here it is: I have combined both railroads and highways in the railroads.pcx file. Highways are oriented vertically and horizontally (dark grey with white dotted centerline) and railroads are limited to diagonal directions (light grey with brown edges). There are also some buildings added to the tiles with many crossings to simulate nearby villages or suburbs. This is probably not enough but I am afraid of making the tiles too full of stuff. I might add some more buildings after some testing.

To install simply [backup and] rewrite the original railroads.pcx in the \Art\Terrain\ folder.

I am not a graphics guru so there is a lot to improve. Feel free to do so if you like the idea. I also thought about combining this mod with the urban city sprawl someone else already created.

Let me know what you think.

Kuratko.

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	19-02-2002 23:07									#2
	Original railroads Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

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	19-02-2002 23:09									#3
	New railroads/highways Increase Your PM Length

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	20-02-2002 01:06									#4
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

looks good. PITY cant download
Halp

	20-02-2002 19:57									#5
	Version 2.1 Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

Added some more buildings...

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	20-02-2002 19:58									#6
	Version 2.1 screenshot Enter the AD-FREE zone

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	20-02-2002 21:47									#7
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

sorry thats is not just for me... but a good try

	22-02-2002 11:47									#8
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I'm gonna try these next game, currently I am using blueO's railroad mod, but I put railroads everywhere so it's absolute chaos. This will be a nice break from that, maybe I'll like these better.

Anyways, if you are having problems unzipping files downloaded from apolyton, check this thread for the link to pkzipfix on my website. I just used it to fix this zip and I got the pcx from it just fine.

	06-03-2002 22:56									#9
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

can u please make a version where the rr are the same but with those cool factories, please

	17-03-2002 09:01									#10
	Cant use mod Got spare money?

When I download the attachment all I get is an empty file which I can't extract, how can I get the hiway mod?

	07-05-2002 01:56									#11
	version without buildings Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

Made a version of Kuratko's highways/railroads for myself WITHOUT any buildings. I think this could be much better for people using modified mine/irrigation graphics which also place buildings on the fields.

I hope Kuratko don't mind...


There's a newer vesion present one post below.
This version was removed on 03.08.2002 after 49 downloads !

Last edited by kettyo on 04-08-2002 at 00:44

	04-08-2002 00:46									#12
	prettier highways Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

I've made highway lane drawings of a softer white color (kuratko used the brightest white possible) which blends much better.
I think highways look and blend better with this setting than before (and on the pictures above).

I can't attach images so please download and try when interested.

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	04-08-2002 00:48									#13
	Support Apolyton

quote: Originally posted by tishco can u please make a version where the rr are the same but with those cool factories, please

You could simply do it yourself with any photo editor.
I just don't like when railroads 'update' roads.
It's just too silly.