# GermanRV

v0.1 July 18th, 2008

by Daniel Böhme, Uwe Domaratius, Roland Kahlert, Stephan Krause

## Introduction

The German Road Vehicle Set is (as the name implies) a vehicle set for Transport Tycoon Deluxe. It includes a variety of busses, trucks and trams from 1921 to the present and is compatible to the Extended Cargo Scheme.

Further information on the set and its vehicles can be found on the homepage http://uwe.s2000.ws/ttdx/germanrv/index.php.

## Installation

The set is available as windows version only for the moment (sorry Michael ;-). The GRF-ID is 44 55 00 01.

### TTDPatch

In order to play with this set, you will need a recent nightly version of TTDPatch (version number 2.6.xxxx) which supports the following settings of your ttdpatch.cfg (these are checked upon startup):

newrvs on, articulatedrvs on shortrvs on

In addition, it is checked that the driving side is set to right, since that's where road vehicles drive in Germany. You can use the set with left-hand traffic, but it will look awkward to have busses opening their doors to the middle of the street.

Due to a bug in TTDPatch's handling of articulated vehicles, it is also necessary NOT to use realistic acceleration for road vehicles, so you have to set the fourth bit of the mountains and curves switch to 0, so it would look something like this (x denotes one number):

mountains xxx0, curves xxx0

When not setting these switches, articulated vehicles will behave erratically, with trailers uncoupling and lots of other unpleasant surprises.

To install the set, just copy the file germanrvw.grf into the newgrf-folder of your TTDX installation and add the line "newgrf/germanrvw.grf" (without quotes) to your newgrfw.cfg file.

### OpenTTD

The set has been tested with the trunk version 0.6.x and should run without any further fiddlings.

To install, copy the the file germanrvw.grf into the data-folder of your OpenTTD installation and activate the set in the in-game menu.

## Compatibility with other sets

The set has been developed to be a complete standalone replacement for all road vehicles in the game. Therefore it cannot be combined with any other road vehicle set. Mixing sets (though technically possible) leads to wrong behaviour with vehicles missing and costs wrongly set.

When using this set, the following cost multipliers will be modified:

road vehicle purchase (x2), road vehicle running costs (x4)

These changes are necessary to make sure that the newest vehicles have somewhat realistic prices (a modern bus easily costs half a million EUR). In case you have other sets running that change these cost multipliers as well, you may end up with wrong costs!

## Vehicle overview

Since this version does not yet contain any new trucks, the original trucks have been modified to allow transportation of ECS cargos. In order to make this work, the vehicle IDs of the new vehicles are not the same as noted on the set homepage.

This version of the set offers 33 busses, 18 trams and 33 (original) trucks, for a total of 84 vehicles. The vehicle table lists them with their most important features.

The types written in italics are the original trucks with their modified properties. Speeds are given in km/h. If no industry set offering tourists is installed, all busses will carry passengers instead.

ID | Name | Type | Availability | Speed | Capacity | Cargos
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
00 | Vomag P20f | bus | 1921-1926 | 40 | 18/9 | passengers, tourists
01 | Benz 2CNb | bus | 1925-1930 | 45 | 39/20 | passengers, tourists
02 | Büssing-NAG D2 | bus | 1928-1938 | 55 | 61 | passengers
03 | Vomag OV 57 | bus | 1928-1938 | 70 | 44/22 | passengers, tourists
04 | Daimler-Benz OP 3750 | bus | 1935-1941 | 110 | 45 | tourists
05 | Opel Blitz | bus | 1935-1949 | 75 | 35/17 | passengers, tourists
06 | Daimler-Benz O 4500 | bus | 1941-1950 | 60 | 60 | passengers
07 | Balogh coal truck | truck | 1921-1966 | 45 | 15 | coal
08 | Uhl coal truck | truck | 1954-2002 | 70 | 25 | coal
09 | DW coal truck | truck | 1988- | 100 | 35 | coal
0A | Daimler-Benz O 3500 | bus | 1949-1960 | 82 | 30 | tourists
0B | Büssing D2U | bus | 1951-1965 | 77 | 91 | passengers
0C | Büssing/Kässbohrer | bus | 1951-1960 | 70 | 140 | passengers
0D | Ikarus 66 | bus | 1955-1973 | 80 | 70 | passengers
0E | Neoplan NH 12 ``Hamburg'' | bus | 1961-1973 | 90 | 44 | tourists
0F | Büssing Ludewig Aero | bus | 1961-1973 | 68 | 130 | passengers
10 | Witcombe oil tanker | truck | 1921-1954 | 45 | 14 | liquids, limestone, rubber
11 | Foster oil tanker | truck | 1952-1987 | 65 | 24 | liquids, limestone, rubber
12 | Perry oil tanker | truck | 1985- | 95 | 34 | liquid cargo, limestone, rubber
13 | Talbott livestock van | truck | 1921-1966 | 52 | 16 | livestock
14 | Uhl livestock van | truck | 1953-2001 | 75 | 26 | livestock
15 | Foster livestock van | truck | 1986- | 100 | 36 | livestock
16 | Balogh goods truck | truck | 1921-1969 | 47 | 15 | mail, goods, bricks, vehicles, glass, ceramics, wool
17 | Craighead goods truck | truck | 1954-1988 | 74 | 37 | mail, goods, bricks, vehicles, glass, ceramics, wool
18 | Goss goods truck | truck | 1987- | 100 | 35 | mail, goods, bricks, vehicles, glass, ceramics, wool
19 | Hereford grain truck | truck | 1921-1967 | 50 | 15 | cereals, sand, oil seeds, sulphur, fibre crops
1A | Thomas grain truck | truck | 1957-1966 | 77 | 25 | cereals, sand, oil seeds, sulphur, fibre crops
1B | Goss grain truck | truck | 1988- | 95 | 35 | cereals, sand, oil seeds, sulphur, fibre crops
1C | Witcombe wood truck | truck | 1921-1966 | 48 | 15 | wood, wood products
1D | Foster wood truck | truck | 1952-2000 | 74 | 25 | wood, wood products
1E | Moreland wood truck | truck | 1989- | 97 | 35 | wood, wood products
1F | MPS iron ore truck | truck | 1921-1954 | 45 | 15 | iron ore, copper ore
20 | Uhl iron ore truck | truck | 1953-2001 | 70 | 25 | iron ore, copper ore
21 | Chippy iron ore truck | truck | 1991- | 95 | 35 | iron ore, copper ore
22 | Balogh steel truck | truck | 1921-1958 | 47 | 15 | steel
23 | Uhl steel truck | truck | 1954-2002 | 76 | 25 | steel
24 | Kelling steel truck | truck | 1990- | 100 | 35 | steel
25 | Balogh armored truck | truck | 1921- | 50 | 14 | armored cargo
26 | Uhl armored truck | truck | 1955-1992 | 75 | 24 | armored cargo
27 | Foster armored truck | truck | 1989- | 100 | 34 | armored cargo
28 | Foster food van | truck | 1921-1958 | 50 | 15 | refrigerated cargo
29 | Perry food van | truck | 1956-1990 | 75 | 25 | refrigerated cargo
2A | Chippy food van | truck | 1988- | 100 | 23 | refrigerated cargo
2B | Uhl paper truck | truck | 1921-1969 | 50 | 15 | paper
2C | Balogh paper truck | truck | 1957-1989 | 75 | 25 | paper
2D | MPS paper truck | truck | 1987- | 100 | 35 | paper
2E | Daimler-Benz O 305 | bus | 1968-1987 | 76 | 114 | passengers
2F | MAN SÜ 240 | bus | 1973-1992 | 74 | 94 | passengers
30 | Ikarus 260.02 | bus | 1974-1990 | 70 | 98 | passengers
31 | Ikarus 280.02 | bus | 1974-1990 | 60 | 142 | passengers
32 | Daimler-Benz O 303 | bus | 1974-1992 | 100 | 51 | tourists
33 | MAN SD 200 | bus | 1974-1985 | 74 | 100 | passengers
34 | Setra S 215 UL | bus | 1983-1994 | 80 | 100 | passengers
35 | Daimler-Benz O 405 | bus | 1985-2001 | 75 | 98 | passengers
36 | Daimler-Benz O 405 G | bus | 1985-2001 | 75 | 142 | passengers
37 | Setra S 328 DT | bus | 1992-2002 | 110 | 70 | tourists
38 | Neoplan N4032 Megashuttle | bus | 1993-2001 | 63 | 180 | passengers
39 | Setra S 315 NF | bus | 1995-2005 | 100 | 83 | passengers
3A | Daimler-Benz Citaro G CNG | bus | 1997- | 91 | 144 | passengers
3B | MAN A 21 (NL263) | bus | 1998- | 88 | 98 | passengers
3C | MAN A 23 (NG313) | bus | 1998- | 80 | 148 | passengers
3D | Neoplan Skyliner L | bus | 2002- | 120 | 78 | tourists
3E | MAN Lion's City DD | bus | 2005- | 85 | 128 | passengers
3F | Setra S 419 UL | bus | 2006- | 100 | 130 | passengers
40 | Daimler-Benz Citaro Fuel Cell | bus | 2006- | 90 | 70 | passengers
41 | Daimler-Benz CapaCity | bus | 2007- | 80 | 192 | passengers
42 | PSB TW21 | tram | 1921-1930 | 40 | 36 | passengers, mail
43 | Berlin T24 | tram | 1924-1936 | 40 | 59 | passengers
44 | Großer Hecht | tram | 1929-1940 | 70 | 111 | passengers
45 | Westwaggon T2 | tram | 1939-1951 | 60 | 136 | passengers
46 | Gotha ET+EB | tram | 1950-1965 | 50 | 174 | passengers
47 | Duewag GT6 | tram | 1956-1970 | 67 | 112 | passengers
48 | Tatra T4D+B4D | tram | 1967-1987 | 60 | 214 | passengers
49 | Duewag GT8 | tram | 1970-1991 | 70 | 264 | passengers
4A | Tatra KT4D | tram | 1974-1997 | 65 | 130 | passengers
4B | Duewag B80 C/D | tram | 1981-1999 | 80 | 182 | passengers
4C | Tatra T6A2/B6A2 | tram | 1988-1999 | 55 | 230 | passengers
4D | Duewag/Siemens MGT6D | tram | 1992-2003 | 70 | 180 | passengers
4E | Adtranz GT8N2 | tram | 1997- | 60 | 208 | passengers
4F | Bombardier Flexity Classic NGTD12 | tram | 2003- | 70 | 260 | passengers
50 | Alstom RegioCitadis | tram | 2005- | 100 | 222 | passengers
51 | GTw21 | tram | 1921-1936 | 35 | 24 | all but passengers and tourists
52 | GTw35 | tram | 1935-1955 | 40 | 40 | all but passengers and tourists
53 | CarGo-Tram | tram | 2000- | 50 | 60 | piece goods, goods, mail

## Known bugs/problems

When using the "paper in temperate" grf, the GTw21 and GTw35 display the wrong wagons. You can carry paper flawlessly, though.

GTw21 and GTw35 are not using dual company colours for technical reasons

Articulated vehicles do not show the correct capacities in the buy menu. To get the correct capacities, multiply the value shown there with the number of articulated parts. For a three part tram, the real capacity is three times the value shown in the buy menu. The correct capacities are shown in the vehicle details.

Sometimes vehicles get stuck in each other. Turning one of them around usually solves the problem.

Articulated busses cannot access the standard bus stations, they have to use drive-through bus stops. You can still put bus stations into their order list (for example when you sell an old vehicle and replace it with an articulated one), but that might lead to erratic behaviour problems which can only be resolved by deleting the vehicle.

Goto depot does not work with articulated vehicles.

Sometimes articulated vehicles get stuck in a depot. This is usually caused by some corruption within the vehicle structure. If you encounter this problem, tell the patch devs - the ARv code is somewhat unstable still.

## History

v0.1 July 18th, 2008: first release version, new trucks still missing

## Acknowledgements

Special thanks go to Michael Blunck for various cargo sprites and general help with the development. The existence of this set is furthermore based on the hard work of all TTDPatch and OpenTTD-developers, who constantly add new edges to the gaming experience.

## Copyright notice

German Road Vehicle Set - © 2008 Daniel Böhme, Uwe Domaratius, Roland Kahlert, Stephan Krause - All Rights Reserved.

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