Aviators Aircraft Set

The Aviators Aircraft Set is an aircraft replacement set for OpenTTD, with legacy TTDPatch support. The latest version is 1.81, released on the 14th of January 2011.

GRF Parameters

Number	Function
0	Alternative graphics. Add the numbers in the table below together.
1	Optional aircraft in TTDPatch. Add the numbers in the table below together to get the aircraft you want.
2	Optional aircraft in TTDPatch. Add the numbers in the table below together to get the aircraft you want.
3	N/A
4	GRF Features. Add the numbers in the table together to get the features you want.

Alternative graphics

Aircraft	Variant	Number
Airship	Longer airship. More realistic shape, but clips in the horizontal views.	1
Lockheed L-100 Hercules	Use the old (pre 1.8) hand-drawn sprites instead of the new rendered ones.	2

Optional aircraft

Since TTDPatch has limited vehicle IDs, you have to choose between various optional aircraft. To load optional aircraft, add the numbers in the table below together, and put the values in parameters 1 and 2.

These parameters are not used in OpenTTD; since OTTD allows more vehicle IDs, all aircraft will be available regardless.

Parameter 1

Aircraft	Replaces	Number
ATR-72	deHavilland Dash 8	1
Airbus A340	Boeing 777	2
Fokker F100	BAe 146 / Avro RJ	4
British Aerospace BAC 1-11	Douglas DC-9	8
Airbus A330	Boeing 777	16
Douglas DC-8	Boeing 707	32
de Havilland Dragon Rapide	Lockheed Electra	64
Boeing 767	Airbus A300	128

Parameter 2

Aircraft	Replaces	Number
Handley Page Type W	Fokker F.VII	1
Junkers JU 52	Lockheed Electra	2
Bristol Freighter	Lockheed Constellation	4
de Havilland Comet	Sud SE-210 Caravelle	8

So for example, newgrf/pb_av8w.grf 0 69 5 in your newgrf.cfg would give you the ATR-72, Fokker F100 and Dragon Rapide instead of the Dash 8, BAe 146 and Electra, and the W8 and Bristol Freighter instead of the Fokker F.VII and Constellation.

GRF Features

Feature	Description	Number
Safeguard Override	Allow planeset or other conflicting grfs with engine pool if set to 1.	1
Seaplane Preview	Allows seaplanes and float-refitted planes to operate from normal airports. OpenTTD only.	2

Vehicles

Sortable Statistics List
See the links in the template below for more details on each aircraft.

Website and Download

Website
TTD Forums Discussion Thread

You can also download the set from the OpenTTD in-game content delivery service, BaNaNaS.

Planned Development

2.1

Additions:

• Added Skylift 80, BB Metrocity, Econoliner AX-3, eAe Planchet 100, Centac Osiris and SCS Cygnet (all OpenTTD only).

Statistic Changes:

• Delayed introduction date of the Skylift 150 by 10 years.
• ATR-72, de Havilland Dash 8, Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 747, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 now expire.

2.01

Additions:

• Added Short S.8 Calcutta seaplane.
• Added de Havilland Twin Otter, NAMC YS-11, Ilyushin Il-62 and Airbus A400MCT (all OpenTTD only).
• Lockheed L-100 now expires in 2035 in OpenTTD.

2.0 (5th Anniversary Edition)

Additions:

• Added Short S.26 Empire seaplane (OTTD with "seaplane preview" parameter set only).
• Added Handley Page Type W as optional replacement for the Fokker F.VII.
• Added Junkers JU 52 as optional replacement for the Lockheed Electra.
• Added Bristol Freighter as optional replacement for the Lockheed Constellation.
• Added de Havilland Comet as optional replacement for the Sud SE-210 Caravelle.
• Added Noorduyn Norseman, Antonov AN-2, Yakovlev Yak-40, Ilyushin Il-76, Beech 1900, Pilatus PC-12, Orville Sub-Orbiter and Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane (all OpenTTD only).

Bug Fixes:

• ATR-72 no longer expires (again).
• Fixed running costs for Embraer ERJ 145.

Statistic Changes:

• Delayed introduction dates of the Boeing 2100 and J-Tech J-1 Roku by 10 years.
• Slightly decreased purchase costs for Farman F.60 Goliath, Fokker F.VII, Handley Page H.P.42, Lockheed Electra and de Havilland Dragon Rapide.
• Reduced passenger capacity of the Fokker F100 to 97.
• Reduced goods capacity of the Farman Goliath and Fokker F.VII to 10.
• Reduced freight capacity of the Boeing 747 to .5x the goods capacity, to match other aircraft.

• New generation for Boeing 747 (747-8 from 2012).

• Generational stats for the Lockheed Constellation (Super Constellation from 1952, Starliner from 1957).

• Added 15 years to the model lifespan of the Lockheed Constellation.

• Added 5 years to the model lifespan of the Handley Page H.P.42.
• Added 5 years to the vehicle lifespan of the Farman Goliath.
• Speeds of Westland Whirlwind, Sikorsky S-61, and Boeing-Vertol 234 reduced from Vno to realistic cruise speed.

• Purchase and running costs of above helicopters altered slightly to compensate.

• Boeing-Vertol 234 no longer expires.
• Decreased purchase and running costs, and capacity, for the Lockheed L-100 Hercules.

• Re-rendered slightly smaller sprites for the Lockheed L-100.
• Lockheed L-100 can no longer carry passengers.

• Added increased cargo decay times for luxury, small, and early aircraft (OpenTTD nightly builds only).

Feature Changes:

• Special refits (Combi, Airliner, Oversize, Sling, No tip tanks, and Float) can now be any of the four colour refits too.
• Added a newgrf warning message if planespeed is not 1/1.

Changelog

1.81 - 14th of January 2011

Additions:

• Added de Havilland Dragon Rapide as optional replacement for the Lockheed Electra.
• Added Boeing 767 as optional replacement for the Airbus A300.

Statistic changes:

• Generational stats for the Douglas DC-8 (Super 60 from 1967).
• Generational stats for the Douglas DC-9 (MD-80 from 1980).

Feature changes:

• Added "upgrade" information text in buy menu for generational aircraft.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed the set not working in TTDPatch.
• added a space to the name of the de Havilland Dash 8.

1.8 - 11th of January 2011

Additions:

• Added Embraer ERJ 145 (OpenTTD only).
• Added Douglas DC-8 as optional replacement for the Boeing 707.

Graphics:

• New rendered version of Lockheed L-100 Hercules.

Bug Fixes:

• ATR and Dash 8 no longer expire.
• Running costs of extra aircraft (TTDP optional aircraft) now show correctly in purchase menu in OpenTTD with planespeed other than 1/1.
• Running costs of the Lockheed L-100 Hercules now show correctly in purchase menu with planespeed other than 1/1.

Feature changes:

• Refits now have 0 cost, to match my other grfs' behaviour.
• Added OpenTTD action 14 newgrf information and parameters.

Statistic changes:

• Reduced (or in one instance increased) capacity for several 1960s era aircraft, to reflect typical rather than maximum loads:

• Bristol Britannia: 99/30/100 (was 139/30/90)
• Lockheed L-188: 80/20/80/40 (30/60) (was 104/30/90/45 (35/65))
• Sud SE-210 Caravelle: 80/20/60 (was 90/20/60)
• Boeing 707: 147/30/120 (was 189/40/140)
• Boeing 727: 94/25/80 (45/50) (was 145/25/100 (45/70))
• Douglas DC-9: 72/20/60 (was 90/20/60)
• Boeing 737: 97/20/70 (40/60) (was 115/20/70 (40/60))

• Boeing 707 circuit and takeoff speeds slightly reduced (250kt below 10000ft rule).
• Boeing 727 running costs reduced.
• Douglas DC-9 running costs slightly increased.

1.7 - 22nd of April 2010

• Added Airbus A330 as optional replacement for the Boeing 777.
• Allowed the BAC 1-11, F100, ATR-72 and Airbus A340 to use extended IDs in OpenTTD. The Av8 extra aircraft GRF is no longer required.

Graphics:

• Added BT-67 graphics for the Douglas DC-3.
• Added Combi graphics for the Boeing 727 and Boeing 737.
• Visually stretched the 737-NG.

Statistic changes:

• Generational stats for the Douglas DC-3 (BT-67 from 1990).
• Douglas DC-3 now never expires.
• Boeing 737 later generations now carry 80 and 90 crates of goods.
• Airship now has 20 years longer model life (1959).
• Sud SE-210 Caravelle now has 10 years longer model life (1989).
• Vickers Viscount now has 10 years longer model life (2003).
• Added Combi refits (fewer passengers and more mail) to the Lockheed L-188, Boeing 727, Boeing 737 and BAe 146 / Avro RJ.
• Balance tweak: reduced running cost of the ATR and Dash-8 and increased running cost of the L-188, increased the purchase cost of the Boeing 2100, and a few other little tweaks.

Bug fixes:

• Running costs for the generational aircraft now display correctly in the buy menu when using planespeeds other than 1:1.
• Fixed the set not working in TTDPatch.

1.6 - 7th of March 2010

Additions:

• Added Zeppelin (OpenTTD only).
• Added the World Aircraft Set and the Russian Planeset to the incompatible GRFs list (av8 will deactivate on detection unless parameter set).

Statistic changes/fixes:

• Pre-1920 start dates for the Airship and Farman F.60 Goliath.

Confirmation:

• Variable capacities for the Boeing 737, Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 now work correctly in OTTD 1.0.0 and trunk.

1.501 - 25th of April 2009

Statistic changes/fixes:

• Reduced purchase cost of the Airship.

Cargo changes:

• Boeing 234 can now carry all cargos.
• Added cargo liveries for the Boeing 727.
• Added Livery Colour refits for all aircraft. You can now fit all aircraft to one of 4 different livery styles (Company, Reverse, Alternative, Blank).

1.5 - 15th of April 2009

Additions:

• Added Lockheed L-100 Hercules.

Statistic changes:

• Variable running costs implemented. Aircraft are now cheaper to run when on the ground and when fitted to cargo and flying empty, and more expensive when taking off or broken down.

• Running cost base doubled.

• aircraft with generational graphics (737, 747 and DC-10) now have variable purchase cost, running cost and pax capacity. (Note that capacity changes on purchase are not supported in either game yet).
• 737, 747, Dash-8, and ATR no longer expire. Increased model life on DC-3 and DC-10.
• balance tweak: decrease in cargo/mail capacity of large aircraft.
• balance tweak: increase in purchase price of large aircraft.
• balance tweak: decrease in running cost of smaller/slower aircraft and helicopters.

Cargo changes:

• Airship, DC-3, Stratocruiser, L-188, RJ, and 747 can now carry all cargos.

• Added cargo liveries for the DC-3, Stratocruiser, L-188 and RJ.

Loading changes:

• Disabled the optional aircraft (BAC 1-11, F100, ATR-72 and A340) in OTTD if multiple engine sets are allowed. OTTD users will get a new addon grf containing the extra aircraft.
• Added a check for conflicting grfs (planeset) if multiple engine sets are allowed, and a parameter to disable the check.

1.331 - 14th of July 2007

• Unknown Changes.

1.33 - 1st of June 2007

Code changes:

• added action 2 check for altitude on takeoff (so planes won't skid along nose-up after taking off from high-altitude airports any more).

Cargo changes:

• Added cargo livery for the Boeing 777.

1.32 - 30th of May 2007

• Unknown Changes.

1.31 - 18th of April 2007

Additions:

• Added Fokker F100 and British Aerospace BAC 1-11.
• Redesigned and renamed the Boeing 797 to Boeing 2100.
• Remodelled the Airbus A320.

Statistic changes:

• A few stats tweaks that I can't even remember.

1.3 - 27th of February 2007

Additions:

• Added McDonnell Douglas DC-10

1.15 - 8th of February 2007

Additions:

• Added Lockheed Electra, Lockheed L-188, Boeing 727, ATR-72 and Airbus A340.
• Redesigned the graphics for the eAe Coronet 80.

Statistic changes:

• Changed intro date on the Douglas DC-3 from 1935 to 1936.
• Changed passenger capacity on the Boeing 707 from 200 to 189.

1.1 - 18th of January 2007

Additions:

• Added Zeppelin NT and Skylift 150.
• Replaced the disaster helicopter with the Apache.

1.02 - 21st of October 2006

• fixed the tail in the vertical views for the Britannia.
• fixed the clipping in the horizontal views for the 777.

1.01 - 21st of October 2006

• balance tweak: slight increase to the purchase price of the 747.
• balance tweak: slight increase to the purchase price of the 777.
• balance tweak: decrease in the running cost of the 777.
• fixed graphic glitch in the S-92's rotorblade sprites.
• Added "Roku" to the name of the JTech J-1 Roku.

1.0 - 20th of October 2006

• Initial release.