Alpha: Version 1.9.1 alpha 50

The next alpha version of 1.9.1 is out, and unless something goes seriously 
wrong, it'll be the last alpha version before the beta test.

Aside from a bunch of bug fixes, there are two new features.  The first one 
by Oskar Eisemuth is for now part of the "experimentalfeatures" switch.  It 
allows you to switch between several sets of graphics for train 
stations.  To switch between the sets, use the "Cht: SetSet" 
cheat.  Unfortunately, currently there are no graphics files available with 
this capability but I'm sure that will change soon.

The other feature is one that has often been asked for, and now you can see 
why I didn't like to do it at first.  The `planespeed' (-YP) switch make 
planes move at their "real" speed.  If you've ever compared planes and 
trains running at supposedly the same speed, you'll have noticed that the 
planes were actually running four times slower than other vehicles.  With 
this new switch, both planes and trains going at 296 mph will have the same 
speed.  However, this makes planes extremely fast, and especially the 
supersonic planes are practically invisible because they are so 
fast.  Enable this switch if you can't live with planes and trains having 
different speed factors, but otherwise it's probably better to leave the 
plane speeds the way they are, and leave the switch turned off.


All changes in 1.9.1 alpha 50 (July 8, 2003):
- removal of industries no longer enabled by default with
   "morebuildoptions on"
- add trackcostdiff changes to cht: tracks
- morecurrencies bits for using commas (8) or dots (16) as thousand
   separators
- new variational sprites 0x83 depending on engine properties, not
   waggon properties
- new switch `planespeed' (-YP) makes planes fly at their real
   speed, and limits the speeds for breakdowns to 5/8 of the top
   speed.
- included changes from Marcin
   * tweak Makefile
   * wait for key before displaying settings, otherwise messages
     are scrolled off
- included changes from Oskar
   * morebuildoptions (-YB): Fixed
     MOREBUILDOPTIONS_REMOVEINDUSTRY, now you have to use Ctrl to
     remove them
   * experimentalfeatures (-XF): Railstations can have different
     graphic sets now. Add mstation.grf to your newgrfw.txt. You
     can switch between spriteset with cht: setset [value] then
     build the station. 0 means first set and so on.
-- 
Josef Drexler ([email protected])
http://publish.uwo.ca/~jdrexler/

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