Competitive Route Building Registration
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It doesn't have to be prototypical. Also you could use portals at the end of layouts to have somewhere to run to.
I'll enter but my time has seriously been cut due to work experience starting today for two weeks. I'll still have a go! I also thought that I'd put my name down before in an earlier post...
CoolMatty
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hi, i cant believe it is possible to create a layout that is more than 15 baseboards long and be worthy of entering into a competition, i always find that creating a scenario to prove that a route works as it should, can take weeks itself when Alister and co are let loose and do a great job of finding your faults for you.
cheers
Gav
tommylommykins
KUID 224131
I didn't want to drag the subject further into this thread than my one post, but I feel compelled to reply.
Rockster: You'd be surprised; 15 baseboards equates to 10.8 km, or 6.7 miles. straight across. That is painfully small. I wouldn't imagine you could fit many British branch lines in that distance, let alone a relatively short American or Australian themed route. 6.7 miles is simply not enough for a prototypical route. The fact that you can lay portals down at the ends is beside the point. It's the shortness of the route.
CoolMatty: Note that the first rule is an 'open theme' If I wanted to, I ought to be able to construct a prototypical railway if I wanted. That rule is contradicted by the 15-board limit, which means I cannot choose any theme I want and model it well.
I suggest we count up the no. of boards on some of our downloaded/default routes:
Rosworth Vale, Clichfield II and Tidewater are ones which I've just counted. Each of them comes up to more than 200 boards each! I feel that even with that many boards per route, we will still have time to go over all, if not most of them well enough.
Rockster: You'd be surprised; 15 baseboards equates to 10.8 km, or 6.7 miles. straight across. That is painfully small. I wouldn't imagine you could fit many British branch lines in that distance, let alone a relatively short American or Australian themed route. 6.7 miles is simply not enough for a prototypical route. The fact that you can lay portals down at the ends is beside the point. It's the shortness of the route.
CoolMatty: Note that the first rule is an 'open theme' If I wanted to, I ought to be able to construct a prototypical railway if I wanted. That rule is contradicted by the 15-board limit, which means I cannot choose any theme I want and model it well.
I suggest we count up the no. of boards on some of our downloaded/default routes:
Rosworth Vale, Clichfield II and Tidewater are ones which I've just counted. Each of them comes up to more than 200 boards each! I feel that even with that many boards per route, we will still have time to go over all, if not most of them well enough.
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hi i dont disagree with your point, but i dont think it possible to create a longer layout in the time allowed, not to a good standard at least, and im sure a proto-typical layout would need researching meaning less time to build
cheers
Gav
tommylommykins
KUID 224131
That would be for the judges to decide at judging, not before judging.
I wasn't saying you can't create a prototypical route, I was suggesting maybe a fictional route. I'm sorry if I caused offence.
CoolMatty
The KWVLR would fit, although I concede you would need to straighten it out to get it under the limit.
Myself, I've decided on modelling a (fictional) tramway, with a railway to support it, so I don't think that I'll trouble the board limit.
Perhaps you could suggest a better value? Alan has said elsewhere that the previous competition didn't even allow 15, but I'm happy to extend it if competitors can agree (not to 200 mind).
Myself, I've decided on modelling a (fictional) tramway, with a railway to support it, so I don't think that I'll trouble the board limit.
Perhaps you could suggest a better value? Alan has said elsewhere that the previous competition didn't even allow 15, but I'm happy to extend it if competitors can agree (not to 200 mind).
Tonnie_Kram
The NS driver
i gif t a shot to, mine will not be to big couse i dont have the time to build big.
John Allen crammed the Gorre and Daphetid into a space little over one baseboard according to Trainz HO scale measurements. If that can be done with one, it should be amazing what can be done with 15.
I have already started my entry
I have almosy finished the draft of the main center point
Small station & Goods Yard plus approches each side
Have only used 3 boards so far so it can be done
I would sooner have a small number of boards well detailed than many boards with miles of open green spaces !
I have almosy finished the draft of the main center point
Small station & Goods Yard plus approches each side
Have only used 3 boards so far so it can be done
I would sooner have a small number of boards well detailed than many boards with miles of open green spaces !
Guys --
I'm not entering the competition, but I'm interested in the comments that:
a. The number of baseboards is too small, and
b. The time to construct the route is too short.
For anybody interested, here is a seven baseboard layout that has enormous operating interest, packs a mighty punch in a small space and maintains good frame rates:
http://www.users.on.net/~pskene/PortSwitchingCo 1a.zip
All the track and structures are in place, and terra-forming complete; all that remains to do is texturing and foliage.
I started the layout this Monday, but work and family commitments only let me work on it evenings.
All the assets needed by the layout are on the Download Station. Those who have my "Yard Switching Company" will have almost all of the assets already.
To install, unzip the file and place the resulting folder in Program Files/Auran/TRS2004/World/Custom/maps. Well, that's for TRS2004 users anyway. I suspect that CMP might install it in the correct place automatically?
It is a long weekend here in Australia, but I probably wont have time to finish the layout until the week after next.
In the meantime, feedback and comments are most welcome.
Phil
I'm not entering the competition, but I'm interested in the comments that:
a. The number of baseboards is too small, and
b. The time to construct the route is too short.
For anybody interested, here is a seven baseboard layout that has enormous operating interest, packs a mighty punch in a small space and maintains good frame rates:
http://www.users.on.net/~pskene/PortSwitchingCo 1a.zip
All the track and structures are in place, and terra-forming complete; all that remains to do is texturing and foliage.
I started the layout this Monday, but work and family commitments only let me work on it evenings.
All the assets needed by the layout are on the Download Station. Those who have my "Yard Switching Company" will have almost all of the assets already.
To install, unzip the file and place the resulting folder in Program Files/Auran/TRS2004/World/Custom/maps. Well, that's for TRS2004 users anyway. I suspect that CMP might install it in the correct place automatically?
It is a long weekend here in Australia, but I probably wont have time to finish the layout until the week after next.
In the meantime, feedback and comments are most welcome.
Phil
Not me! I've got a GeForce 6150 LE; which can hardly display two or three high-detail models at once.
I need a new graphics card...but I can't afford one...
nothing to stop you just making a small layout/Route and lowering your specs a bit, just for the hell of it, you never know, could be fun and complete new outlook on life
