Calendar update
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I do the same
You can set the Environment calendar to always show the same date - although it is the month that actually matters not the day. This allows you to set a session or a route to permanently be in the same season of the year but you must also have the correct N-S latitude set in the Environment World Origin.
For example: to set a loaded session in Surveyor so that it will always be summer then set the calendar to a summer month for your hemisphere (e.g Jan for the south or Jun for the north) and make sure that you have the World Origin also set to the correct hemisphere. Change a session setting (e.g. a commodity number) and then save the session only. Exit Train and then load and run the session in Driver. It should be summer.
For example: to set a loaded session in Surveyor so that it will always be summer then set the calendar to a summer month for your hemisphere (e.g Jan for the south or Jun for the north) and make sure that you have the World Origin also set to the correct hemisphere. Change a session setting (e.g. a commodity number) and then save the session only. Exit Train and then load and run the session in Driver. It should be summer.
I cheat - While the shadows on buildings are very good, those on the ground are not sufficiently transparent. So I moved my Trainz to the equator to reduce the size of the black ground shadows.
If you have 10 or 20 minutes choose a set of the "usual "downtown buildings strips" and fiddle the Environment control for the proper shadows (in your opinion). I feel that you will find that setting that meets your expectations. Note: the overall settings of your system's video parameters must also be correct. I set my system display to provide proper skin tones on live TV news shows.
If you have 10 or 20 minutes choose a set of the "usual "downtown buildings strips" and fiddle the Environment control for the proper shadows (in your opinion). I feel that you will find that setting that meets your expectations. Note: the overall settings of your system's video parameters must also be correct. I set my system display to provide proper skin tones on live TV news shows.
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Help! I do everything as described here: https://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/How_to_Use_Environment_Tools#Set_the_Date
Can't change the time of year in the session or route. I change January to June on the calendar or vice versa, date changes after saving but the environment remains the same.
For example, session 01 for "West from Denver" route how do I make summer instead of winter?
Thanks.
Can't change the time of year in the session or route. I change January to June on the calendar or vice versa, date changes after saving but the environment remains the same.
For example, session 01 for "West from Denver" route how do I make summer instead of winter?
Thanks.
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I just tried it and the snow is still present in summer (June).
A check of the other environmental settings revealed that the snow altitude is set to 0.0m. I changed it to an arbitrary value (2000m) that was above the altitude of the area I was looking at (about 1800m) and all the snow disappeared. So I suspect that it may be a problem with how the route/session was created (but that is a guess).
I've checked several other routes and it works the same way.
It is necessary to change the snow altitude from 0.00m to 2000m along with changing the month or vice versa depending on the chosen route.
Thanks for the help.
My understanding of seasonal textures, based on my experiences, is that they contain a snow layer that is only activated if the season is winter and the terrain height is above the minimum snow altitude. So, from that, the season (date and latitude), the snow altitude and the ground height would all have to be set correctly for the snow to appear.
But, I have come across ground textures that suddenly displayed a snow layer at an altitude of 0m at the start of the southern hemisphere summer. Clearly, not all texture creators got the memo!
I have now had a look at each of the session in the "West from Denver" route and they have the following Environmental Settings:
Those with no snow present - the month is set to Spring (Northern Hemisphere) and the snow altitude is set at 4000m (the highest terrain you can create in Trainz is 3000m so snow will never appear).
Those with snow present - the month is Winter (Nth Hemisphere) and the snow altitude is set to 0.0m.