tab lots

[Gn_leugim 853]

How do we make to lots change with TAB? like in NAM.. we select one think (like pedestrial tiles) and then we press TAB to change betewn the diferent ones.. how can we do that with or lots?

[Ryan B 35]

Only transit-related items can do the TAB-switch feature, unfortunately.

[Gn_leugim 853]

outch!.. only?? that's sad..

[Karybdis 34]

Yea. Specific answer is that the TAB functionality is actually part of the transit rules ini files, as opposed to other parts of the game that define objects.

[Azure Skye 0]

Could you make them pretend to be transit related?

-Azure Skye

[Andreas Roth 605]

No, lots are excluded of this functionality. It might be possible to create puzzle pieces that look like lots, but they would be pure eye-candy (no building models, no RCI functions) and share the features of the transit network they are based on. Apart from that, they would have to be included in the NAM, and that's definitely not what the NAM team is planning to do.

[Azure Skye 0]

Hrmmm... well thats not fun... Although most of the pieces that need to be tabbed are pure eyecandy anyways (like trails and stuff... those might actually become useful, then...)

Also, why would it have to be included in NAM?

-Azure Skye

[Andreas Roth 605]

Look at Karybdis' reply above - all TAB stuff has to be defined in a single file, and this file is part of the NAM. Whenever a new puzzle piece is created, this file has to be updated, or other things become incompatible. BTW, the latest NAM does include some basic trails - they are in the PedMall puzzle piece TAB ring. They don't look that fancy, but they can be used as functional trails.

[Gn_leugim 853]

the world is not fair... lool so if I make a large amout of lots related, they must be in the menus one by one and can't be in just one where I could use tab to change betwen then..

[mittfh 7]

One workaround is to develop an MML for your lots. An MML is a Menu Management Lot. This is a custom lot that is relatively easy to create, and has a unique property: until this lot is plopped, all your other lots remain hidden. When it is plopped, your custom lots become visible in the menus after a few game days. Removing the construction lot greys out your lots, and when you save and reload the city, your custom lots will have disappeared again.

See here for more details: http://simpeg.com/forum/index.php?board=84.0