Better Auto Line Namer

Better Auto Line Namer (BALN) gives every line in Transport Fever 3 a consistent, readable name with a stable number. Examples: BS-CT-001 | London: Station – Center BS-IC-001 | London – Oxford RL-RE-002 | London: Ring BS-IND-001 | Oswestry – Chemical Plant TRK-GLS-001 | Glassworks → Furniture Factory SHP-FSH-003 | Fishing Grounds → Port Passenger lines: CT (one town, named by stops), IC (two towns), RE (three or more towns), IND (a town to an industry stop). Out-and-back routes are named by their real endpoints; a confirmed loop through three or more towns is a Ring. Express (EX) only when you set it. Freight lines: cargo codes (COAL, FSH, GRN, STL, MULTI and more). An arrow appears only when industries prove the direction, otherwise a neutral dash. Within one town the town name is dropped; between towns only when the name is too long. Long names are shortened without cutting words or losing their meaning. Readable abbreviations: Street - St, Road - Rd, Lane - Ln, Station - Stn; North - N and so on in industry names. Town names are never abbreviated. Stable numbers: a line keeps its number while its class stays the same; manual names are never changed. Commands (type as the whole line name): r or reload - recalculate the name; ex - mark an intercity or regional line as express; normal - undo ex. Settings (in the mod list when starting or loading a game): auto update interval, max name length, street abbreviations with or without dots, compass abbreviations, IND class, cargo arrow, short or full transport and cargo codes, number digits, city line format, separator, ring detection and label, cargo diagnostics. Installation: back up your save and disable the original Auto Line Namer - both mods rename lines. Upgrading from v0.6 or earlier with a manual copy: delete the old custom_line_namer_private folder first. Removing the mod keeps the current names. Known limitations: an industry stop is recognised only when its name matches the industry; the Line Manager's one-off Auto-Rename button does not update the mod's saved state (use r instead); routes with ambiguous data get neutral names. Independent modified derivative of Auto Line Namer for Transport Fever 3 by Dave W (BeautifulCheez), based on the original Transport Fever 2 Auto Line Namer by Erkan Ercan. MIT license. Not affiliated with Urban Games or the original authors.