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We must be consistent about it, otherwise it won't be of much use.īK Enhanced Tunnels has been the guinea pig. Should this service feature be welcomed by players and we don't get too much adverse reaction, I will make available a set of instructions about 'How to go about creating an informational graphic file'. This service should benefit both the OpenTTD player community as well as GRF authors that only make available their graphic files from a location other than the Content Download Service. The 'real' GRF is available for download from the usual location (e.g. It can be searched for via any or more of the following tags : newgrf, !!, oztrans, simuscape, canada, canadian, infrastructure, tunnel, tunnels. TAR file, can be placed directly into the newgrf directory and will be available for play without unpacking.įor 'BK Enhanced Tunnels v1.5' an informational graphics file has been created and uploaded onto the OpenTTD Content Download Service.
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The 'real' GRF may come packaged too with ReadMe, Changelog and License files. Once they have satisfied themselves that the 'real' GRF is something they must have, they can click on 'Visit Website' to go directly to the download location of the 'real' graphic file. Players can search for such informational graphic files via the Content Download Service they can read the DoNotReadMe for more detailed information about the 'real' graphic file they can check the Changelog to see whether an update has been made available (when and what has been changed). The iGRF can be packaged together with ReadMe, Changelog and License files, thus a lot of additional information can be provided to OpenTTD players right into the middle of their living room, the OpenTTD game. The iGRF has otherwise no use within a game although it could be downloaded and activated too, but it has no impact on a game. The iGRF contains nothing but an Action-8 (GRF ID, Name and Description) and associated Action-14 (Static GRF information for OpenTTD). iGRFs are identified with two exclamation marks (!!) at the beginning of the GRF name, whereas 'real' GRFs are not. The informational graphics file (iGRF) is uploaded to the OpenTTD Content Download Service (aka Monkey Supermarket). The 'real' graphics file is ONLY available from the GRF Author's preferred download location (e.g. like many of us here at Simuscape.Įach entry comes in the form of an informational graphics file (iGRF), that reflects a 'real' graphics file (GRF). It is intended for GRF authors that do NOT make available their wares via the OpenTTD Content Download Service e.g. Now, that service can be made available from within OpenTTD itself. The Information System Service (ISS) provides OpenTTD players with information about available graphic files (GRF) within the game think along the line, as if GRFCrawler were accessible right within the OpenTTD application.įor quite some time, GRFCrawler has been available for players to search for graphic files they may not be aware of or to check whether there have been any updates for their favourite graphic files. Information System Service for OpenTTD players