Recent content by RJPugh

Thanks! I've found some that may work, but am still looking. Are there any keywords I should try, other than "transfer?" (Still over thinking this.)

SG to NG transfer "industry" I'm looking for a scenery or industry object that can permit transfer of freight from standard gauge equipment to narrow gauge. The route I'm building has two, perhaps three locations, where it would make sense for this to occur. I'm assuming that any such object...

One of my routes has developed some strange graphical issues. First, the nearby water body flickers like a failing lightbulb. Were I an epileptic this would be a danger! Second, there are a few areas where the ground texture seems "phased." I tried to paint over one of these areas, but no...

Is there a tutorial or FAQ about how to use portals in TS12? What I want to do is set up a series of sessions where a train can start rolling on one layout, go through a portal, and continue rolling on a different layout. What I am hoping to simulate is a very long freight or passenger run...

I suspect this has been covered elsewhere, but… I am preparing a large layout in TS-12, and I’m using TranzDEM to set up the map. I’ll be exporting the map in pieces (easier to catch and correct problems), then stitching it together using the merge function. Last night I exported the first...

People who use TranzDEM to build layouts and routes may enjoy this collection from the Library of Congress (USA): https://www.loc.gov/collection/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/about-this-collection/ I strongly suspect that this collection has been mentioned here before, but even so, it bears...

I have a strange question, related to Surveyor. How long, in real-world units, is one vertex unit? To elaborate, when you select a vertex on a spline, you get a number showing the height of the vertex relative to an elevation of zero (the lowest point on the layout). Can this number be...

Greetings, all. Is there a size limit for a Trainz-2010 route? I ran a route through TranzDM yesterday that was only partially successful. Near as I can tell, the eastern end of the layout was chopped off, as if with a guillotine. The rest of the route rendered perfectly, but it is a long...

I’m curious as to what kinds of things people are doing in the Trainz world these days. This is just for fun, though it may spark some fun conversations. I came from the world of conventional plaster and plywood model railroading. One of the things I like about Trainz is the ability to work...

For a variety of reasons[1], I've decided to re-start my "layout" from scratch. I am currently using TS2010, and until now I haven't had a compelling reason to upgrade. But, the warnings about out-of-date content are becoming more and more common, and some of the new content I want to try...

This probably isn't the correct place to post this, but it may be a good place to start. I'm having problems recovering and changing passwords. Do these forums, Simulator Central, and MyTrainz (Planet Auran) all require separate, distinct passwords? They seem to be interconnected, or at least...

I'm going out on a limb (spur?) with this, but it's worth a try. I have a DEM file that has many of the terrain features I like, but there is one minor problem: it's pointing the wrong way. I would like to take the contents of the DEM file, which is easily 70 or 80 baseboards, and "rotate" the...

Hello, trackers. I'm experimenting with my new copy of TrainzDEM, and I've hit a snag. Not with TranzDEM (that appears to be running just fine!), but with gdal_translate. I think I forgot to do something, because I'm not getting any results from this utility. I downloaded the package of...

Hello, fellow Trackers! I’m wondering about something. Last night my wife and I were chatting about computer gaming in general, and somehow we came up with the idea of running a railroad across the island of Vvardenfell. For those who don’t know, that’s the setting of one of the Elder Scrolls...

Hello, trackers. I'm trying to implement a Galloping Goose on my layout, but part of it isn't loading correctly, and I'm at a loss as to why. The Goose in question resembles the D&RGW "#5" Goose, and came in two parts. According to the download area, most goose components, including the one...