Changelog

Version: 0.0.15
Date: 01AUG2023
  Bugfixes:
    - reduced trail ballooning for trains at low speeds
    - fixed random palette selection sometimes showing only white trails
    - fixed random palette constantly changing in main menu simulations
  Optimizations:
    - limited trail segment drawing to a maximum of 1 per tile
  Changes:
    - modified colors of the "natural" palettes
    - removed navy blue from India flag palette
    - added 22 additional national flag palettes
  Locale:
    - changed random palette locale scheme from "Random: Type" to "Type: Random"

Version: 0.0.14
Date: 01JUL2023
  Bugfixes:
    - fixed drawing trails on some surfaces when other surfaces with active trains were not visible
  Optimizations:
    - adjusted train length is now precomputed on active train registration and stored in the train data table
    - moved random[type] color palette lookup table creation to file scope
    - moved global registrations to mod initialization
  Changes:
    - updated mod description

Version: 0.0.13
Date: 30JUN2023
  Bugfixes:
    - moved automatic train painter unpainted locomotive default value configuration to data-updates

Version: 0.0.12
Date: 29JUN2023
  Optimizations:
    - performance update: now only active trains are processed, and trails for only drawn for trains on visible surfaces. huge thank you to BurninSun on github for the ideas :)
    - reduced render preparation and script update time with refined trail smoothing for trains at all speeds; implemented limit of 3 trail segments drawn per tile
  Major Features:
    - added pride flag color palettes for animated train trails
    - added seasonal color palettes for animated train trails
    - added railway company color palettes for animated train trails
    - added natural color palettes for animated train trails
    - added national flag color palettes for animated train trails
    - added random color palette option for each category
  Minor Features:
    - increased variable trail length to + 0.5 seconds per carriage
    - added variable trail scale based on train speed, with minimum of 2/3 the scale specified in mod settings
    - combined color and glow toggle mod settings into a single dropdown selector
  Locale:
    - renamed rainbow palette and rainbow speed mod settings to animation palette and animation speed
    - modified setting descriptions for clarity
  Modding:
    - added integration with automatic train painter mod to set the default unpainted locomotive color to empty. with both mods using default options this allowed unpainted trains to use the animated color palettes
    - added compatibility for other mods that add update functions to the main menu simulations
  Changes:
    - updated license year to 2023

Version: 0.0.11
Date: 14AUG2022
  Changes:
    - added train trails to the main menu simulations
    - fix crash when loading a save with the trans pride palette setting enabled

Version: 0.0.10
Date: 31JUL2022
  Changes:
    - trail length is now somewhat affected by train length
    - removed info tooltip from mod setting names since it is now added automatically
    - fixed crash when trans color trails were selected while the trans train trails mod was enabled

Version: 0.0.9
Date: 30APR2022
  Changes:
    - trains with no color now generate rainbow trials by default
    - significantly reduced script impact when passenger mode is enabled
    - rewrote mod settings tracking and storage to slightly increase performance
    - rewrote train tracking and storage to slightly increase performance
    - slightly improved trail smoothing for trains at low and very low speeds

Version: 0.0.8
Date: 28JAN2022
  Changes:
    - implemented custom tracking and storage of train data to reduce the number of API calls required
    - trail color is now smoother for trains at low speeds
    - minor changes to trail generation script to reduce the number of calculations needed on maps with trains mostly traveling at higher speeds
    - minor change to mod description

Version: 0.0.7
Date: 20JAN2022
  Changes:
    - minor change to trail generation script to reduce the total number of calculations needed at runtime

Version: 0.0.6
Date: 16JAN2022
  Changes:
    - minor change to rainbow generation script to reduce the total number of calculations needed at runtime
    - added setting to allow trains with the default color to create trails (disabled by default)
    - updated mod description

Version: 0.0.5
Date: 15JAN2022
  Changes:
    - hotfix to allow passenger mode to work even when train has default color

Version: 0.0.4
Date: 15JAN2022
  Changes:
    - fixed spelling in some setting descriptions
    - train trails can now be the locomotive color when using passenger mode

Version: 0.0.3
Date: 15JAN2022
  Changes:
    - fixed that trains moving slowly would cause very bright glow. trail creation now considers train speed as a factor
    - added setting to only make trails for trains with passengers on them

Version: 0.0.2
Date: 14JAN2022
  Changes:
    - increased the default scale size
    - added "performance mode" option to change the performance impact the mod demands of the game

Version: 0.0.1
Date: 11JAN2022
  Changes:
    - initial release on the mod portal