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Take a close look at boiler-W-idle.png, hr-boiler-W-idle.png, heatex-W-idle.png and hr-heatex-W-idle.png, specifically at the pipe that runs along the right hand side of the chimney. (unrelated note, why does the heat exchanger even have a chimney?)
Now compare that to the same pipe in every other angle, most easilly seen in the East version, because of the pipe location in it, but it can be seen from every angle.

In the W version, it's an iron pipe
in the N, E and S versions, it's a copper pipe.

Okay, this is a trivial issue, agreed, but still an inconsistency.


Top row: N, S, E: Copper
Bottom row: W: Iron

bobingabout wrote: ↑

Wed May 20, 2020 12:45 am

(unrelated note, why does the heat exchanger even have a chimney?)

I hope somebody will write a book about development of this game one day ...

posila wrote: ↑

Wed May 20, 2020 5:02 am

bobingabout wrote: ↑

Wed May 20, 2020 12:45 am

(unrelated note, why does the heat exchanger even have a chimney?)

I hope somebody will write a book about development of this game one day ...

I know why it does, you(one of the development team) edited the boiler.
but why does does it still use those edited boiler graphics?

Either way, it was (and still is) a Rhetorical question.

bobingabout wrote: ↑

Wed May 20, 2020 12:12 pm

but why does does it still use those edited boiler graphics?

Because it's not bad enough to prioritize making new graphics for heat exchanger over making new graphics for normal-res entities or other art work. (sorry for responding to your rhetorical questions)