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‎Diesel and Electric Locomotives

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	In addition to modifying the running cost based on phase of flight, I also modify costs based on the planespeed setting. I use the same multipliers as the planeset; 1, 0.9, 0.8 and 0.5 for planespeeds 1/1 to 1/4 respectively.		In addition to modifying the running cost based on phase of flight, I also modify costs based on the planespeed setting. I use the same multipliers as the planeset; 1, 0.9, 0.8 and 0.5 for planespeeds 1/1 to 1/4 respectively.
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		+	Running costs for the buy menu also, obviously, need to change according to planespeed. I either do this with an action 0 blocked off by an action 9, or for the generational vehicles I have to do it by callback.

	====NFO: Av8 subroutine====		====NFO: Av8 subroutine====

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 *2A/4C30 for locomotive running, multiplier 0B
 *2B/4C36 for wagon running, multiplier 05
 *2D/xxxx for aircraft running, multiplier 0C
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 * 14	 02 00 11 81 0C 00 FF 01 21 00 36 36 11 00 // cb36
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 *2A/4C30 for locomotive running, multiplier 0B
 *2B/4C36 for wagon running, multiplier 05
 The NFO looks like this:

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 ===Running Cost===
 '''(Horsepower * EffCost) / (SuspCost - MaxSpeed)'''
-*''EffCost'' is the efficency of the design, where a higher number is worse; 5 for early locomotives, down to 4.5 for the latest post-WWII designs.  4 for early diesels, with 3.75 for production diesels from the 1960s down to 3.5 for modern designs.  3 for most electrics.  Very powerful locomotives may need lower numbers and very underpowered vehicles (eg railbusses) may need higher numbers.
+*''EffCost'' is the efficency of the design, where a higher number is worse; 5 for pre-WWI steam locomotives, down to 4.5 for the latest post-WWII designs.  4 for early diesels, with 3.75 for production diesels from the 1960s down to 3.5 for modern designs.  3 for most electrics.  Very powerful locomotives may need lower numbers and very underpowered vehicles (eg railbusses) may need higher numbers.
 *''SuspCost'' represents the wear and tear on the traction system and track, and is a number roughly imagined as the speed at which the vehicle will fall apart.  I use 200 for steam locomotives and 300 for modern electric locomotives, 225 for first generation diesels and 250 for modern diesels.

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 *''SuspCost'' represents the wear and tear on the traction system and track, and is a number roughly imagined as the speed at which the vehicle will fall apart.  I use 200 for steam locomotives and 300 for modern electric locomotives, 225 for first generation diesels and 250 for modern diesels.
-*Example:  [[4-6-0 Jubilee]], (1550 * 5) / (200 - 90) = 70
+*Example:  [[4-6-0 Jubilee]], (1550 * 4.75) / (200 - 90) = 67
 *Example:  [[EE Type 3]], (1750 * 3.75) / (225 - 80) = 45

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 ====Diesel and Electric Locomotives====
-'''Weight in Tons * Prodcost * (Horsepower / BaseHP )'''
+'''Weight in Tons * ProdCost * (Horsepower / BaseHP )'''
 *''ProdCost'' starts at 0.4 for early experimental diesels, 0.3 for 1960s production units, down to 0.22 for 21st century designs.  Again, these numbers are fudgable if you think a particular vehicle should be more or less expensive.  For electric locomotives, early vehicles are 0.5, and is down to 0.4 by the end of the century.
 *''BaseHP'' is a "typical" power output for engines of that type/era.  For diesels, I use 2000 for models designed before 1975, 2500 from 1975 to 1990, and 3000 after 1990.  For large electrics, I use 4000.