Eastland Rocket Progress
- Thread starter Kris94
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What suggestions? I did change the radius you just can't see it. Also added some barns and 1947 Buick's as in my earlier shots. And an elevated strip that the tracks are on. Plus a river and a couple of roads winding through and under my bridge. I can't really show all that much I can only get so much plus I'd like to add more but no one has ever created what I'd really like to use. Plus I've asked on the cars but no one has responded.
William0d0
Active member
@Kris94
You are afflicted with what a supervisor back in my Air Force days called "tunnel vision" (the comment was directed at me and my sometimes way of thinking). In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, General Honore commented to a reporter to not get "stuck on stupid".
I have found myself at times "stuck on stupid" or "tunnel vision".
It's when you look at something very closely, but only from a narrow viewpoint, and thus you miss a whole lot. It's focusing in on specific aspects yet missing the bigger picture.
A forest is made up of individual trees, and so they are added to the route. It's easy to see that I've added the trees and I like them, but to someone else they see the forest and it doesn't look right. Because I'm too focused with the individual trees.
Farms are neat rows, so I add neat rows of crops. But how big are these farms? And surely there must be some imperfections about. Dirt roads, transitional textures and fences are what I see when driving my car in the real world. With "tunnel vision" it's easy to just envision only those aspects needed. And much is missed. And the whole picture experience is missed.
I don't claim to know the treatise for the ultimate route but I try to learn from others.
You are afflicted with what a supervisor back in my Air Force days called "tunnel vision" (the comment was directed at me and my sometimes way of thinking). In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, General Honore commented to a reporter to not get "stuck on stupid".
I have found myself at times "stuck on stupid" or "tunnel vision".
It's when you look at something very closely, but only from a narrow viewpoint, and thus you miss a whole lot. It's focusing in on specific aspects yet missing the bigger picture.
A forest is made up of individual trees, and so they are added to the route. It's easy to see that I've added the trees and I like them, but to someone else they see the forest and it doesn't look right. Because I'm too focused with the individual trees.
Farms are neat rows, so I add neat rows of crops. But how big are these farms? And surely there must be some imperfections about. Dirt roads, transitional textures and fences are what I see when driving my car in the real world. With "tunnel vision" it's easy to just envision only those aspects needed. And much is missed. And the whole picture experience is missed.
I don't claim to know the treatise for the ultimate route but I try to learn from others.
Hi Kris,
This is a nice start. Use what the others have shown you here, and you'll have an awesome route.
Here's a couple shots from my route that I've built over the years and one from an earlier version that no longer exists.
These sections were built using a combination of displacement maps, and hand sculpting.
Note the track raised up to form a grade just as Hert does.
The last picture is from a sadly no longer available route that was done in TRS2006. This was damaged when I lost a hard drive a few years ago. I have an older version, but it's not the same.
As others here have pointed out here, the Great Plains are far from flat. They consist of rolling hills with deep cuts or valleys where rivers have etched into the soft soil. These hills are not large like they where you are in the west, or where I live in New England, but the ground is not flat as a plate, except in the western portion of the Texas Panhandle.
What you might find helpful is getting down to eye-level and surveying along. With this you can then visualise where you want to place hills, and other land features.
Anyway, the thing is don't be afraid to experiment. Remember there's no waste here unlike an old model trainset where you've spent a lot of money on plywood, glue, plaster, and track. You don't like a section here, rip it out and try again.
The only thing you've wasted is time.
No one is judging you on what you're doing. We're only helping you when you show us your progress.
John
By jcitron at 2012-01-05
By jcitron at 2012-01-05
By jcitron at 2009-08-12
This is a nice start. Use what the others have shown you here, and you'll have an awesome route.
Here's a couple shots from my route that I've built over the years and one from an earlier version that no longer exists.
These sections were built using a combination of displacement maps, and hand sculpting.
Note the track raised up to form a grade just as Hert does.
The last picture is from a sadly no longer available route that was done in TRS2006. This was damaged when I lost a hard drive a few years ago. I have an older version, but it's not the same.
As others here have pointed out here, the Great Plains are far from flat. They consist of rolling hills with deep cuts or valleys where rivers have etched into the soft soil. These hills are not large like they where you are in the west, or where I live in New England, but the ground is not flat as a plate, except in the western portion of the Texas Panhandle.
What you might find helpful is getting down to eye-level and surveying along. With this you can then visualise where you want to place hills, and other land features.
Anyway, the thing is don't be afraid to experiment. Remember there's no waste here unlike an old model trainset where you've spent a lot of money on plywood, glue, plaster, and track. You don't like a section here, rip it out and try again.
The only thing you've wasted is time.
No one is judging you on what you're doing. We're only helping you when you show us your progress.
John
By jcitron at 2012-01-05
By jcitron at 2012-01-05
By jcitron at 2009-08-12
I know exactly what you mean. Run in compatibility mode, and your trees will look okay. My last pic, with the bridge and the big lake, actually wored fine in TRS2009. That was compatibility mode there.
John
No!! Never again will I run TS2009 in compatibility mode, it slows down the game and degrades the overall performance and graphics as well.
cascaderailroad
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Looks like the beginning of a very exciting route to run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUWIqWSthA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUWIqWSthA
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Yes. Ten Characters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVrd36qcRzQ
I hope you like the appetizer I'm feeding you guys.
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I hope you like the appetizer I'm feeding you guys.
:clap::Y:cascaderailroad
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Very nice ... Tracklaying curves is an art all in itself.
Thanks, man.
