any opinions on Railworks2??
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sorry to have upset a few people by "starting yet another thread" on this topic..... I had never heard of Railworks until yesterday and just thought that people who wanted to help me with a comparison would reply to the thread, and people who were sick of reading threads like this would just skip over it rather than enter the thread they are sick of to comment about being sick of those threads.... it wasnt my intention to annoy people, i was just looking for some friendly help.....
thanx so much to all of you who have given me such a great deal of information...... I think i might buy it and have a look based on a few of those replies..... i just might not go crazy with the add-ons until im sure i like it
thanx so much to all of you who have given me such a great deal of information...... I think i might buy it and have a look based on a few of those replies..... i just might not go crazy with the add-ons until im sure i like it
The graphics are the best there is...
It looks so real.
I realy don't care the scenario's and stuff.
Building a virtual route is easy. Building a real route is easy.
Building scenery is easy and it's easy to import it in the game.
sorry to have upset a few people by "starting yet another thread" on this topic..... I had never heard of Railworks until yesterday and just thought that people who wanted to help me with a comparison would reply to the thread, and people who were sick of reading threads like this would just skip over it rather than enter the thread they are sick of to comment about being sick of those threads.... it wasnt my intention to annoy people, i was just looking for some friendly help.....
thanx so much to all of you who have given me such a great deal of information...... I think i might buy it and have a look based on a few of those replies..... i just might not go crazy with the add-ons until im sure i like it
I know one thing: building an existing route is as easy as it can get's
You need only Google Earth and a spreadsheet.
All to find for free....
The graphics like scenery, the trains, terrain, everything look so real.
With Trainz it' s not the case... sorry to say.
If you say so. But apparently the makers are targeting a different market then. The creative route builder is not the user they focus on, as prototypic route building seems close to non-existent, compared to Trainz. That's what I can tell from my perspective and the sector I am dealing with.
zatovisualworks
Veteran but blossoming
That's my AJ!!!! :Y: Not pushing anybody out of iterative threads... 
The thumbs-up side of Alberte :wave:
The thumbs-up side of Alberte :wave:
I don't see the problem
You and I can create what we want he.
But to be creative is a gift, creativity is a talent.
Few people have this talent.
In a certain way, it's a bit easyer to build an existing route.
Creating the existing scenery is a different matter: the real stations, houses etc.
A big help is "RWDecal" by Jim Nobbs, to use with Google Earth.
Have a look http://www.rwdecal.co.uk/
NO!! NO!! NO!!... and herein lies the misguided perception about the original post. Maybe an understanding of basic English is required before attempting to shovel that garbage down everyone's throats.
The original poster asked for some feedback and opinions on RW2... nowhere did he/she make it a comparison vs Trainz/TRS/TS.
Typically, members evolve the thread into a comparison because they become so narrow minded and moronically precious about their favourite sim. Notice how it's certain members who repeatedly do this? (rhetorical).
I notice it was you who recommended two posts that did just such a comparison. A case of "Do as I say, not do as i do", hmm?
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So why seem all the people with talent stick to Trainz then? Browse the forums here and get an impression of how many people are involved in route building and how many prototypic route projects are going on.
Be assured I have a vague idea of what is going on in the Railsimulator/Railworks world concerning route-building and tools. :wave:
Every route in Railworks look the same, the palette of terrain vegetation and trees is very limited.
So not very real at all in my opinion.
Now just hold on Mr. Fox, I haven't given MY opinion yet!
Well, actually I don't have Railworks, but I do listen to Kraftwerk so I think that qualifies me to form an opinion. Did you know that Kraftwerk never really covered Popcorn, but some recordings were mislabeled to credit them? But I digress...
Anyway, I've read that the scenery in Railworks isn't very impressive, and it obviously is expensive to accumulate new content. All in all I think I'd rather take my chances with a First Class Ticket.
Eat what you want...bop 'till you drop!
zatovisualworks
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Really, Ed, we have some common vices!
:Y: Trans-Europe Express, for instance. For absent-minded trainzers: They aren't a dairy product company :hehe:, just one of the most imaginative German musical ensemble ever heard! Quite a Kraftwerk (Power Plant).
The Autobahn side of Alberte :wave:
Just listened to "Autobahn" on Radio Caroline half an hour ago. However, "Radioactivity" is played more often these days.
Wow, "a tool for RailWorks that allows you to quickly and accurately create decals using data from Google Earth. These decals are essential for the accurate positioning of scenery items and where complex track laying is required."
Simple question however, what good is having a highly detailed and complex track layout with scenery that's positioned accurately, all sitting on a flat baseboard?:hehe:
Fortunately enough for us Trainz fanatics geophil had some brain cells crash together and from the wreckage we now have TransDem. A marvelously clever program that not only does everything the program described above does, but it also accurately creates the environment using DEM's…
It can use Google Earth as well, it's actually a marvelous program. Is it free? No, is it worth more than what he is asking for it? I'm sure just about every user would answer in the affirmative…
I've also tried rail works, found its route editor rather rudimentary and lacking compared to surveyor. It's pretty when you're running Trains in their prebuilt routes. Even I will admit that…
But if you think it's easier to build a flat route using Google Earth pictures as decals, rather than create a highly detailed geographically correct map using Google Earth pictures as UTM tiles, I guess you just want to build flat maps…
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IsambardKingdomBrunel
Joined June 2001
DEM data can be placed directly into RW, mrscsi.
No need for a third party tool to generate the terrain.
Just press the "T" key in the route editor and it self generates the terrain from the DEM files.
That is actually the best part of the editor, everything else is like getting blood out of a stone.
IKB.
No need for a third party tool to generate the terrain.
Just press the "T" key in the route editor and it self generates the terrain from the DEM files.
That is actually the best part of the editor, everything else is like getting blood out of a stone.
IKB.
DEM data can be placed directly into RW, mrscsi.
No need for a third party tool to generate the terrain.
Just press the "T" key in the route editor and it self generates the terrain from the DEM files.
That is actually the best part of the editor, everything else is like getting blood out of a stone.
IKB.
Well when I was messing with it the only option was redem and it was (and may still be) rather flakey
IsambardKingdomBrunel
Joined June 2001
It has had the terrain generation feature since the extra editors were released for Railsimulator, after the initial release in 2007.
It is just a matter of downloading the free DEM files online and placing them in the appropriate folder. Create your basic route template and away you go.
I hate the game it has nothing at all to do with "railway simulation". But as i said earlier, terrain generation is easier than using TrainzDEM.
IKB.
It is just a matter of downloading the free DEM files online and placing them in the appropriate folder. Create your basic route template and away you go.
I hate the game it has nothing at all to do with "railway simulation". But as i said earlier, terrain generation is easier than using TrainzDEM.
IKB.
Not any easier then you can in Trainz. If anything its a lot harder. From what I'm told (I don't have RW) you need to know a bit of hacking to get your own models into it; hence why addons are more expensive.
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