A couple of new terrains for the main are getting close to completed. As soon as we're ready to go with them, we'll implement the new terrain rotation system that swaps out terrains when the war is won instead of every month.[/b]
Work on 1.08 is going well. We have the switchover to DX8 in beta. The purpose of that is to lay the foundation for a number of graphics improvements.
An entirely new terrain editor is being written. This runs as a separate Windows style app that will be easier to use and contain more functionality. Related to that is a new road/railroad system. As it sounds, that will allow us and terrain builders to put roads and trains into their terrains. We're going to focus on getting trains implemented first. Woo-woo.
The other new stuff for 1.08 we'll talk about once we get to working on it and can see where it stands.
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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations
Originally posted by hblair:
Train, Train, help me get outa this town!
I'm just a raggedy hobo! (or something like that)
:D
Originally posted by Sachs:
Its a good thing people post that in here, damn it really is hard to find out the new toejam when it is posted. This BBS is getting better by the week
one of the largest and most powerful types of steam locomotives ever built. Designed primarily to handle heavy freight traffic in the United States during World War II, 25 Big Boys were produced from 1941 to 1944 exclusively for the Union Pacific Railroad. They were gradually replaced by the diesel-electric locomotive; the last one was taken out of regular service in 1959.Now that would be some more 'splosion!
The Big Boy along with its tender weighed about 604 tons and measured more than 40 m (132 feet) in length. It had a maximum power capacity of more than 6,000 horsepower and could exert 135,400 pounds of tractive force. The locomotive could haul a 3,600-ton train unassisted up a 1.14 percent grade, such as was found on a stretch of Union Pacific track in the Wasatch Mountains. It could achieve a speed of 112 km (70 miles) per hour pulling freight on level track.
The Big Boy had an articulated design; the frame of the front engine was hinge-connected to the rear engine under a single boiler. Its wheel arrangement was designated 4-8-8-4--i.e., a set of 4 pilot wheels led a set of 8 coupled driving wheels, which were compounded by another set of 8 coupled drivers, with 4 trailing wheels.
Looks like a job for the 56th
Originally posted by JoeMud:
<looks at AH> humm <looks at ww2OL> hummmmmm
<looks at prices>hummm
<looks at performance> hummm
IM SO CONFUSED!!!!!!
:eek:
:An entirely new terrain editor is being written. This runs as a separate Windows style app that will be easier to use and contain more functionality. Related to that is a new road/railroad system. As it sounds, that will allow us and terrain builders to put roads and trains into their terrains.[/i]