Self explanatory title. Patches other cities into subway builder. You need to own the game already and have it on your machine. I might extend this to add features and such to subwaybuilder. I don't know. Its 9pm on a thursday as I type this. I don't even know what I'm having for lunch tomorrow; I definitely don't know where this project will be within a week.

This tool will patch an appimage (linux) or create a modified version of the install directory. I would add support for macos, but the best I can do is generate a folder that macos users should be able to bring into their install folder. I have no clue though. The vodka lemonades are speaking to me.

I'm just getting all of the data from OSM. Job and population data are incredibly limited due to this. Everything else is fine. Don't worry about it.

Git, wow. You know the drill. Or maybe you don't. I am assuming you have some experience with git and nodejs to use this tool. I'm sorry if you dont (I'll try to make an in depth video tutorial at some point on how to install node and run this if you aren't super technical).

1. git clone https://github.com/piemadd/subwaybuilder-patcher
2. cd subwaybuilder-patcher
3. npm install

Additionally, the following tools are required to be installed:

• gzip
• appimagetool (LINUX ONLY)
  • Go here
  • Download the latest version for your chip type (most likely appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage)
  • Rename the file to appimagetool.AppImage and copy it here

Well, the program needs to know what cities you want to download and patch in. Gotta configure that. To do so, you can modify config.js. Within this file, you need to add places. Most of this is self explanatory I want to say. Code (ie the city's main airport code), Name, Description, and Bounding Box. To get a valid bounding box:

1. Go to bboxfinder.com.
2. Select your city with the tools in the top left.
   a. For the simplest, just press the rectangle and drag.
   b. You can have multiple combined shapes and arbitrary polygons. Go fucking wild.
3. Select the text next to 'Box' at the bottom.
   a. Should look like this: -79.405575,43.641169,-79.363003,43.663029
4. Paste that into the bbox field for this place in your config.js.

Additionally, you need to insert the location of your SubwayBuilder install (if on linux, the appimage location, if on windows, the install directory) and you need to specify what operating system you're using (either windows or linux).

There are valid sample configurations for windows and linux at config_windows.js and config_linux.js respectively.

This is a valid config.js:

const config = {
  "subwaybuilderLocation": "./Downloads/Subway-Builder/Subway-Builder.AppImage",
  "places": [
    {
      "code": "YYZ", // not sure if required, but I would use all caps for the code
      "name": "Toronto",
      "description": "sideways chicago. da windy city babayyyyy",
      "bbox": [-79.405575, 43.641169, -79.363003, 43.663029],
      "population": 2700000, // this doesn't really matter, it just pops up on the map selection screen
    }
  ],
  "platform": "linux"
};

export default config;

There are many scripts. Great scripts. Wonderful scripts. You don't need to run them all, but you certainly can.

node ./scripts/download_data.js

Takes the array of places within config.js and downloads OSM data from the Overpass API.

node ./scripts/process_data.js

Processes the previously downloaded data into folders that SubwayBuilder can understand. These will be located in the folder named processed_data/.

node ./scripts/patch_game.js

Patches the places into an appimage (linux) or the install folder (windows). In both cases, the patched version of the game will appear here under a folder named subwaybuilder-patched-sbp/. Your original installation will not be overwritten.

NOTE: If you already have a built map, you can skip the first two scripts and place your built map within processed_data/. You will still need to create a valid configuration for this map within config.js, but can avoid having to run the downloading and processing scripts. After doing so, you can run the Patch Game script as normal.

ok thats all thanks for reading this readme