Disoriented

[SAR704]

For some reason, I cannot make out the origin point in a newly created baseboard. It is essential to find it, in order to start placing track. I am essentially lost in the route. It has literally nothing in it. Not even track or roads. The landscape/hills alone are not enough to indicate where I am. As they're all too similar at a distance. I am still unfamiliar with the 'surveyor'

And for the record, it is an attempt at a slightly more modern version of a route that is roughly 330kms in length. Or around 600km or more, if one counts the distance from the capital. I have no intention of adding this portion for now.

How do I find the start point of the route please? When I get the camera too high above the ground, the FPS count becomes 1 per 15 minutes (IE continuous freezing and large amounts of memory usage). I assume it is a sign that the intended route may be too large. Is this game only good for routes smaller than 50kms in length?

 

[martinvk]

No, routes can be much longer, it all depends on the number of the objects placed in the route and their size. You didn't mention the version of Trainz and the computer it is running on (CPU, memory, GPU).
If your new baseboard has landscaping / hills, that sounds like a DEM created route otherwise new baseboards are flat.
From 330 km to 600 km is a big jump and not slightly longer or is that what you plan is for the final length? How wide is it? That is still a lot of scenery to add, hope you are patient.
Why the need to find the origin? Unless you're trying to follow a prototype route / layout, the actual locations of tracks is not that important as long as the relative distances along the tracks are maintained. Start from an existing location and if the next location is 10 km away, place 10 km of track in that direction. If absolute coordinates are important and if the original route has a World Origin placed, use it to calculate other locations using a handy lat-long reader available from the DLS.

 

[afe_uy]

Short answer:
In Surveyor, go to Edit Environment ... there are 3 tabs: Lighting, Environment and Location (the one you want).
Under Location: Under World Origin, 3 more tabs: Add, Edit and Go to (the one you want).
If it doesn't exist, it will take you to the starting point, at a vertex on the grid , then Press Add and it will appear if you wish.
If you have placed it, it will take you to where it is located.
With EDIT, you can adjust the geographic coordinates and the cardinal points (especially on a real route). In this case, Google Earth bring you this data ( N, S and Latitude & Longitude )