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[fsbrown]

Can anyone explain how you can create new blocks of terrain in surveyor at a specific heigth? For instance I have a block of mountainous terrain at an average of about 255 feet and I want the next block of terrain to be created at 265 or 270 feet.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Trainz is measured in Meters.

You can use the paste height to make a baseboard a flat height, or apply displacement maps in terrain.

What you will achive is steps, if you apply heights as you mentioned.

Many many repetitive tracks, placed at 20m (two grid lines apart) will help level the two different height baseboards, by hitting the "Smooth Spline" tool.

It seems the magic number to divide by, is roughly @ 3.28
Numbers rounded off to simplify things.
Imperial height elevation (ft) above sea level = Metric in Trainz (m):

2200' = 671 m
2180' = 665 m
2160' = 659 m
2140' = 652 m
2120' = 646 m
2100' = 640 m
2080' = 634 m
2060' = 628 m
2040' = 622 m
2020' = 616 m
2000' = 610 m
1980' = 604 m
1960' = 598 m
1940' = 591 m
1920' = 585 m
1900' = 579 m
1880' = 573 m
1860' = 567 m
1840' = 561 m
1820' = 555 m
1800' = 549 m
1780' = 543 m
1760' = 537 m
1740' = 530 m
1720' = 524 m
1700' = 518 m
1680' = 512 m
1660' = 506 m
1640' = 500 m
1620' = 494 m
1600' = 488 m
1580' = 482 m
1560' = 476 m
1540' = 469 m
1520' = 462 m
1500' = 457 m
1480' = 451 m
1460' = 445 m
1440' = 439 m
1420' = 433 m
1400' = 427 m
1380' = 420 m
1360' = 415 m
1340' = 408 m
1320' = 402 m
1300' = 396 m
1280' = 390 m
1260' = 384 m
1240' = 378 m
1220' = 372 m
1200' = 366 m
1180' = 360 m
1160' = 354 m
1140' = 347 m
1120' = 341 m
1100' = 335 m
1080' = 329 m
1060' = 323 m
1040' = 317 m
1020' = 311 m
1000' = 305 m
980' = 299 m
960' = 293 m
940' = 286 m
920' = 280 m
900' = 274 m
880' = 268 m
860' = 262 m
840' = 256 m
820' = 250 m
800' = 244 m
780' = 236 m
760' = 232 m
740' = 226 m
720' = 220 m
700' = 213 m
680' = 207 m
660' = 201 m
640' = 195 m
620' = 189 m
600' = 183 m
580' = 177 m
560' = 171 m
540' = 165 m
520' = 159 m
500' = 152 m
480' = 146 m
460' = 140 m
440' = 134 m
420' = 128 m
400' = 122 m
380' = 116 m
360' = 110 m
340' = 104 m
320' = 98 m
300' = 91 m
280' = 65 m
260' = 79 m
240' = 73 m
220' = 67 m
200' = 61 m
180' = 55 m
160' = 49 m
140' = 43 m
120' = 37 m
100' = 30 m
95' = 28.96 m
90' = 27.44 m
85' = 25.91 m
80' = 24.39 m
75' = 22.87 m
70' = 21.34 m
65' = 10.82 m
60' = 18.29 m
55' = 17.77 m
50' = 15.24 m
45' = 13.72 m
40' = 12.20 m
35' = 10.67 m
30' = 9.15 m
25' = 7.62 m
20' = 6.10 m
15' = 4.57 m
10' = 3.04 m
9' = 2.74 m
8' = 2.43 m
7' = 2.13 m
6' = 1.82 m
5' = 1.52 m
4' = 1.22 m
3' = 0.91 m
2' = 0.61 m
1' = 0.30 m
6" = 0.15 m
3" = 0.91 m

 

[Approach_Medium]

If there is a prototype terrain that closely matches what you want, you can create your terrain from DEM's, using an app like TransDem Trainz Edition.

FW

 

[Satyr]

G'day,

There is a great tool around. It's called "AC MWM Contour Tool" It is used in the same way as you would use track to eliminate the cracks that appear when joining terain of different heights, but is much wider rhan tracks, thus smoothing a larger area.

Not quitre sure where I downloaded it from, maybe someone on the forum might be able to tell you.

Have a good one,
E.C.