Recent content by ModelerMJ

Hello all, A few years ago I started a route project representing operations on the D&H in the summer of 1982, in the area around Binghamton NY. The route includes all 3 major yards at Binghamton, and then extends east to Bainbridge NY via Belden Hill, Belden Tunnel and Nineveh Junction. It...

Hello All, As some of you may be aware, the newly-released TS2014 (aka RailWorks) includes direct integration of Google Earth overlays in their route-building tool. This video on YouTube briefly shows how the feature works; the relevant section starts around 4:10. Long story short, this would...

Hi All, My route uses DEM terrain generated with TransDEM and data from the USGS Seamless Server. I have a few major rivers, and have noticed that they are very flat and shallow. After a bit of thought it occurred to me that the DEM data might be reflecting the height of the surface of the...

Hello all, I'm starting this thread to hopefully get some input from the more learned folk here about ways in which realistic road traffic can be achieved in Trainz. I fully recognize that Trainz is first and foremost a railroad simulator; but I feel that realistic road traffic adds greatly to...

[original post text and images removed by OP] After much consideration, and with sincere apologies to the Trainz community, I have decided not to release the "RubyTMAP" basemap tool at this time. Having now had time to use the tool quite extensively on my own route, I have found that, while the...

RubyTMIX is a plug-in for Google™ SketchUp® that provides direct export of SketchUp models to Trainz, with all geometry, materials and textures intact and the polygon count minimized. Using a combination of its own built-in functionality as well as fully-automated interaction with various...

Hi all, I've been asked to create a tutorial and am looking for some pointers as to the proper way to get it to the interested parties here in the Trainz-forum world. I write technical materials for a living, and would normally approach a task of this kind by developing the document in...

Hello all, I've been using TransDEM to create the map for my prototypical route. Like many, I have Google Earth images that I would like to use to help me place items with some degree of accuracy. I was not, however, impressed with the way UTM tiles work in TS12. What I really wanted was a way...

Hello all, I've been using TransDEM to create the map for my prototypical route. Like many, I have Google Earth images that I would like to use to help me place items with some degree of accuracy. I was not, however, impressed with the way UTM tiles work in TS12. What I really wanted was a way...

I'm trying to lay down a U.S. Interstate highway, 2 lanes in each direction, with (obviously, I think?) all the cars going the same way on each side. The sides do not run exactly parallel to / same distance from each other (they wind back and forth), so I am looking for freeway 'sides' that can...

Hi all, I'm using TransDEM to set up a map and, as I have no 3D vector data, I am tracing the rail lines and roads using the TD Simple Route Editor. Instead of having TD emit track to my map, I have it emit object splines that act as markers for where the track and roads should go, so that I...

Hello all, I have been coming to grips with TransDEM over the last few weeks (and what an awesome piece of software it is), and am getting close to the point of generating baseboards. I know that TransDEM provides functions that allow a route to be created in sections, which can be joined...

I hope this is not a 'stupid' question, but a reasonable amount of searching has not turned up an answer - although as a new user I am sure that I do not yet know all the 'right' places to look for my answers. My question is: What is the policy regarding installing the same copy of e.g. Trainz...

I am interested in exploring an idea that I have for a utility program that will work with Trainz 12 routes, and am wondering how I might obtain information about reading and writing the binary files that are produced/used by Surveyor. This could be information about the raw file structure...

Hi all, just wanted to pass on a slight hitch that I encountered in the process of downloading Trainz 12 after purchase. When I attempted to download the 'setup.exe' from the last of the 6 links that were e-mailed to me, I selected the primary site, and was asked for an FTP User Name and...