MiscellaneousModifications/2.5

Modify some aspects of the generalfixes and other switches

2.5 beta 1 or later

Switch

Configuration file: miscmods <setting>

Command line: -Yo

Description

For a description of this feature in the 2.6 alpha series, please see MiscellaneousModifications:Alpha.

This switch controls various minor changes to how the patch works.

It is a bit switch, with the following bits:

Bit	Text name	Meaning
0	nobuildonbanks	Towns don't build on coasts/riverbanks
1	servintonlyhuman	servint setting does not apply to AI
2	noroadtakeover	prevents cities from taking over roads when importing a savegame into the editor
3	gradualloadbywagon	Gradual loading goes wagon by wagon instead of the whole train
4	dontfixlitres	Don't change litres display such that a ton is equivalent to 1000 litres, instead of 100
5	dontfixtropicbanks	Don't prevent temperate-climate banks in other climates
6	dontfixhousesprites	Don't try to fix the bug with shops and offices displayed as churches
7	oldtownterrmodlimit	Don't make raising/lowering terrain for town expansion be affected by inflation
8	nozeppelinonlargeap	Prevent zeppelins from crashing on large airports
9	nodefaultoldtracktype	Don't remember the railroad track system you've used previously
10	usevehnnumbernotname	Vehicle messages (getting old, lost, etc.) use vehicle number instead of name
11	norescalecompanygraph	Don't rescale company graph windows when a company is deselected
12	noyearlyfinances	Don't show company finances window on Jan 1st
13	notimegiveaway	Do not release CPU time slices when idle
14	nodesynchwarning	Do not warn when multiplayer games get desynched
15	noworldedgeflooding	Water at the edge of the map will not flood with generalfixes on
16	doshowintro	Don't skip the game intro
17	nonewspritesorter	Don't use new sprite sorting algorithm
18	nodiagonalflooding	Turns off flooding of tiles diagonally
19	noenhancedcomp	Don't enhance savegame compression algorithm
20	breakdownatsignal	Don't fix trains breaking down while waiting on red signals
21	smallspritelimit	Don't increase the sprite limit
22	displaytownsize	Display town size in the name
23	noextendstationrange	Don't increase the maximum allowed distance between station sign and industry for cargo to be delivered
24	nooldvehiclenews	Don't generate news messages when vehicles get old
25	dontfixpaymentgraph	Don't fix the X axis of the cargo payment rate window
27	dontshowaltitude	Don't show altitude in tile info window
28	nogrfidsinscreenshots	Don't show active grfids in screenshots
29	dontchangesnow	Don't change how sloped tiles determine whether they are above or below the snowline

Bit 3 modifies Gradual Loading, most of the other bits modify General Fixes.

Bit 28: Normally the active grfids are encoded in pixels at the toolbar, you can find a tool called grfidextractor on bytetransfer under projects TTDPatch, if you don't want to store the active grfids there, you can disable it with this bit switch.

This switch was originally contributed by Marcin Grzegorczyk; some features have been added by Josef Drexler, Csaba Varga, Oskar Eisemuth, Marijn Kruisselbrink, and Steven Hoefel.