Creating A Seat

[flewy69er]

I've just finished making this seat for trainz and i need some help.
I want to make it so you can write a name for a station on the seat while you're in trainz, this is so it is customizable for every user.

Can anyone help me?
Also i want to know how to change the font aswell.

Thanks,
Michael

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Michael

 

[S301]

Best place to look would be the content creation guide.
http://www.auran.com/TRS2006/uploads/Image/files/CCGTC.pdf

Look under 'effect: name', or something like that.
Unless your using TC3/TS09, you can't change the font. If your using TC3/TS09, you should look in http://www.trainzdev.com/ in the wiki.
Zec

 

[flewy69er]

Ummm that does not help really......




Any help to do this please....



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Michael

 

[Mike10]

In what way doesn't it help? What is it exactly you are not able to do following the instructions in the CCG?

You've got about 10 times as many Polys as you need in the legs BTW, I'd reduce the height segments to one and reduce the number of sides if it were me.

Mike.

 

[flewy69er]

How does it know where to put the text?
What should the config.txt look like?




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Michael

 

[Mike10]

You haven't looked at the CCG that Zec linked to have you. Try page 12.

Mike.

 

[S301]

it tells you how to allign the attachment point, and what to put into the config.txt for an 'effect name' effect (which allows you to make text appear when you 'name' an object in surveyor). I can't remember off hand what direction you need to set the attachment point to for text, and can't access the .pdf file as my laptop (which I'm on, since the PC is packed so that we can quickly leave if the fires get too bad), since I don't have adobe reader installed yet. I also can't remember the exact config.txt entries.

And, as Mike said, way too many polys. Make the 'planks' out of planes (then 'flip' a clone of the plane to make it look 'solid' on the other side), then make the posts out of a 6 sided cylinder with 1 height segment and 1 cap segment. The bracket for the back of the steam could be done with a set of planes (I would use a 3 segment plane, then convert the object to an editable mesh an move the various vertices to the spots they need to be to give the correct shape). This will allow the model to work a lot better in game

Oh yes, and don't forget to apply some textures to it. If you can, use 1 texture with a couple of different colours on it... The more textures, the poorer the object will perform in game

Zec

 

[flewy69er]

Thanks, i already fixed the poyls up after mike said it,

Sorry to be a annoying, its just i'm trying to understand the codes and what they mean. i know where to place them in the config.txt



thanks again,
michael



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Michael
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