Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5596770-20131110231601/@comment-5275054-20131112171514

I agree with Pella in that the Train template was a great re-work and this endevor will have the same success I'm sure.

I also like the idea of four letter abbreviations except for where we have already established and acceptable short form (XP for example). Even though it breaks the convention of 4-letter for the template I think it is even stronger to be consistant accross all templates where commenality exists.

Again agree with Pella that Wagon Bonus is short and simple and equally applies to all types.

As for dual wagons could they just be wagon_type = dual for cargo and PAM for pass & mail? such an entry would then light up a second set of description fields (bonus, amount, etc.). OR keep the wangon_type and have a switch feild dual = no (default) or = yes enables second set of description fields. So for a dual cargo wagon:

wagon_type = glass; dual = yes; type2 = rubber; bonus2 = 25%; etc.

wagon_type = pass; dual = yes; type2 = mail; bonus2 = 35%

Not being a templet master is it possible even to combine the type2 field and dual such that no entry means no and a type entry automatically means yes?

The other aspect of the loco template should be adopted like the specialpurchase or vintage being a table with multiple possible entries. Origianlly all vintage offers were the same as the special in terms of cost but they seem to be dropping the prices and requirements recently.