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I am in the process of experimenting with creating ****ets for Pak128/PakBritain using makeobj, but I am having some difficulty in getting it to work. I managed to find an excellent .dat file template on the old forum for pak128, and I have looked at the Wiki pages, but whenever I try to create a .pak file using Makeobj and PakHelper, I end up with a rather useless 69byte file with the correct name that does not come up with a vehicle in the game. PakHelper does not produce any error messages (I can find none in the logs), so I am somewhat confused as to whether the problem is the .dat file or the .png file. I cannot find detailed information on exactly how to interact with the image files. I have not created my own image file, but am trying to use a generic image file just to test the various properties of the .dat files. So far, I have tried using one of the Czech trolleybuses, and the "vehicle-template.png" files, without any success on either occasion.

My testing .dat file is as follows:

# Generic 'bus template
# For testing purposes.
#
#
obj=vehicle
name = Generic_Bus
copyright = jamespetts
waytype = road
engine_type=diesel
freight = P****agiere
payload = 24
speed = 50
power = 100
gear = 100
weight = 4
cost = 10000
runningcost = 65
intro_year = 1750
intro_month = 1
retire_year = 1940
retire_month = 6
constraint[next][0] = none 
constraint[next][1] = none
constraint[prev][0] = none
emptyimage[w]=Czech_trolleybus.0.1
emptyimage[nw]=Czech_trolleybus.0.2
emptyimage[n]=Czech_trolleybus.0.3
emptyimage[ne]=Czech_trolleybus.0.4
emptyimage[e]=Czech_trolleybus.0.5
emptyimage[se]=Czech_trolleybus.0.6
emptyimage[s]=Czech_trolleybus.0.7
emptyimage[sw]=Czech_trolleybus.0.8

Can anyone render any ****istance? I should be most grateful.

retire_month = 6
constraint[next][0] = none
constraint[next][1] = none
constraint[prev][0] = none

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under Linux filename case sensitiv

the extension of image file must .png not .PNG

Frank,

thank you for your reply. I deleted the line as suggested, and changed the entire image filename to lowercase (and reflected that change in the .dat file), but I still get the 69 byte file.

maybe
name = Generic_Bus
name=Generic_Bus

don't use break

obj=vehicle
cost=560000
payload=72
speed=46
weight=7
good=P****agiere
runningcost=39
name=skoda 1 tr
intro_year=1930
intro_month=1
retire_year=1938
retire_month=1
waytype=road
freight=P****agiere
engine_type=electric
power=66
copyright=TommPa9
Constraint[Prev][0]=none
Constraint[Next][0]=none

emptyimage[w]=tr.0.1
emptyimage[nw]=tr.0.2
emptyimage[n]=tr.0.3
emptyimage[ne]=tr.0.4
emptyimage[e]=tr.0.5
emptyimage[se]=tr.0.6
emptyimage[s]=tr.0.7
emptyimage[sw]=tr.0.8

TommPA9 - thank you for the suggestion. I tried that, with, I am afraid, the same 69 byte result...

please upload the png and dat file

The images need to go from 0.0 to 0.7 - not from 0.1 to 0.8

is size of your .png correct?
yes and no too!

i have the 0.0 not fuel.

Ah ok, when you left a blank space in the graphic, then it's correct.

I know it.
Im sorry but I don't have picture of posited trolleybus yet, is't czech fire truck Škoda 706 RTHP

I just tried this

# Generic 'bus template
# For testing purposes.
#
#
obj=vehicle
name=Generic_Bus
copyright=jamespetts
waytype=road
engine_type=diesel
freight=P****agiere
payload=24
speed=50
power=100
gear=100
weight=4
cost=10000
runningcost=65
intro_year=1750
intro_month=1
retire_year=1940
retire_month=6
constraint[next][0]=none 
Constraint[prev][0]=none
emptyimage[w]=Czech_trolleybus.0.1
emptyimage[nw]=Czech_trolleybus.0.2
emptyimage[n]=Czech_trolleybus.0.3
emptyimage[ne]=Czech_trolleybus.0.4
emptyimage[e]=Czech_trolleybus.0.5
emptyimage[se]=Czech_trolleybus.0.6
emptyimage[s]=Czech_trolleybus.0.7
emptyimage[sw]=Czech_trolleybus.0.8

Together with the .png from TommPa9's post above (of course renamed to Czech_trolleybus.png) and it worked (file size 10kb). So the .dat seems correct. That leaves either the picture or makeobj (which version do you use, by the way?)... or  pakhelper (which I've never used) as the problem...

I am still having trouble, I am afraid. I have downloaded MakeObj 49. I have downloaded the image very helpfully supplied by TommPa9, and renamed it "generic_vehicle.png". I have set makeobj to run from the commandline with the command: makeobj pak128 generic_bus.dat generic_bus.pak, and it still produces a 69 byte generic_bus.pak file. DirrrtyDirk - how did you get it to work?

Try
makeobj pak128 generic_bus.pak generic_bus.dat

First .pak then .dat(s)!

or simple

makeobj pak128

or PakHelper. There is no problemm. You can download it here: http://minami-fukuoka.simutrans.net/english/pakhelper/PakHelper_3.2.zip (http://minami-fukuoka.simutrans.net/english/pakhelper/PakHelper_3.2.zip)

Ummmmm... you do use makeobj version from release, not a home-baked latest trunk?

Are both files (png and dat) in the same folder?

What does makeobj say - does it output anything at all?

Can you try just "makeobj pak128" ?

I think that I've managed to make it work - the problem might have been that I had saved the text file as unicode. Thank you all for your help!