Irish stock for trainz?

I'm not promising anything regarding a "route in your own country" because I am doing the NIR only basically. I don't live in N. Ireland but holiday occasionally but it is hard enough from here in Scotland. I have said that when i ever finish this Ulster project I would probably extend the Border route beyond Newry all the way to Dublin. But even that is quite a thought. If I do manage to stretch to that it would be an addition with probably less scenery as my interest is as said the NIR. It would just be too difficult a perception being so far away but if I did do something even elemntary down to Connolly |Station folk could add more scenery. It would also give someone the chance to build something say from Connolly so other possibilities surface. If I do extend the track I have laid as far as Dundalk to date even in skeleton fashio I would still feel obliged to add that nrothern DART branch off it.

I reckon it will be a time yet before I get to much south of the Border. Just some more passing observation as a break from building this loooong Londonderry Line!
 
Hmm... well, If it's available on the DLS soon, I can do the line to dublin, and possibly even go on as far as Greystones, maybe Gorey. ;)

EDIT: Theres a link which I found someone was actually working on a IÉ 201, but I don't know whether he's given up or he's still doing it, he hasnt given any dates in which that screenshot was posted on his website: http://www.freewebs.com/trainz-biddle/projects.htm
 
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I won't be south of Newry for some time. I have done three and a half NIR routes and two and a half to go. Feel free to do the Dublin Line if you want but I will probably still add it to my build when I complete the NIR and then have a look at Dundalk and south of that. Once I finsish this Londonderry line and the Portrush Branch off it I will then go back to the other half of the Larne Line still outstanding and that will be everything north of the Border completely done.
 
Okay, so it sounds like no one seems to be willing to actually start an Irish Route for at least a few months except me. Which is what I'm doing :P

Which is easier for creating stock btw: Blender or gmax?
 
SamFarnon.

Someone did make a passing comment not to hold the breath waiting for someone to build an Irish route and that has been the case on Trainz for a long time. Probably a bit awkward being an island and mentality thinking it is too far away? I know it is challenging enough to do a Northern Irish build living where I live even if I do go to Ulster for occasional breaks. You should feel free to do the Dublin-Belfast or wherever as it would be slightly easier for you. I dare say when I continue beyond Dundalk your effort may be more credible and I wish the best with that as I won't be spending as much effort on that route as I have with my existing project which is do the whole of the NIR. Then we will have two modern Irish items on the same route. Routes don't appear that quickly they can take months for builders inbetween breaks by the way. Indeed this has been a challenge for me with covering the whole system there. My addition is because just stopping over the Border at say Dundalk would frustrate me a little leaving something unfinished!

ps. On Sunday I am going to make a point of going back to my ,ong ignored Trainz NIR website and have up to date pics of the Bangor, PortadownNewry, Crumlin Lines. Might add the parts of the Londonderry and Larne so far too.
 
There is a bit of a problem actually. its to do with the fact that I have recently moved from Ireland into London. (Just after the last post actually) and can't really go on the Enterprise route again for a reference. But that doesn't mean I'm giving up. Is there anything I can use as a reference while Im' builing the route?

- SF
 
Video125 a commercial firm has a driver's view in the cab from Dublin (Connolly) all the way to Belfast (Central) and is quite reasonably priced.

Not a Microsft train fan but there is again a commercial offering there too. It is in two parts. The first was from Belfast-Dundalk then they brought out part two from Dundalk to Dublin (also includes the North Dublin DART Branch).. However once you have part 1 installed you can add 2 quite simply without any break. You might not want to be bothered getting MTS then buying those 2 parts of the Enterprise route so the Video125 offering may be a help. I have it as doing things from Glasgow is awkward enough re the NIR and even more so further south!

Might be some help?.
 
rjhowie said:
Video125 a commercial firm has a driver's view in the cab from Dublin (Connolly) all the way to Belfast (Central) and is quite reasonably priced.

Not a Microsft train fan but there is again a commercial offering there too. It is in two parts. The first was from Belfast-Dundalk then they brought out part two from Dundalk to Dublin (also includes the North Dublin DART Branch).. However once you have part 1 installed you can add 2 quite simply without any break. You might not want to be bothered getting MTS then buying those 2 parts of the Enterprise route so the Video125 offering may be a help. I have it as doing things from Glasgow is awkward enough re the NIR and even more so further south!

Might be some help?.
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I Have the MSTS version, but it's quite buggy, like MSTS always is. A trainz version would be far less buggy. The Video 125 won't work for me either, as I like an outside view as well.

- SF
 
I've heard of a wondrous device on the electrical web office called 'Google'. Apparently it finds all manner of things including satellite images, street level images, maps and so forth. It's even been known to find pictures of things.

You can't expect to be handed Trainz related items on a plate and you seem to think that is going to happen. Unfortunately, a decent route in Trainz takes months to create, as do assets such as locos and buildings. Everyone has to start at the beginning and unless you're happy with built in routes, or those already available for download, you're going to have to start route creation yourself.

Fortunately Trainz provides a very user friendly method to do this but it does require your time. There is plenty of content out there which is suitable but sadly there is a lack of rolling stock. You can address some of this shortfall by reskinning similar items, just as I did for my DART stock. It seems nobody is going to create a route for you so that leaves you with the option of doing it yourself, or doing without.
 
Must say that pfx is so right there about routes and the building of them. They DO take months and in some case folk here have been off an on for a year or two. No-one should expect routes to appear fast. It is only now I am realising what I have taken on doing the NIR in Ulster. It's not easy as I don't live there and will be even harder if I try to add the Dublin line so SamFarnon you have a chalenge on your hands as you will find if you try actually building that route you are on about. Indeed I will have to depend on maps and perceptions away from the track myself. You seem to have a notion that because TRS is easier to work with than MTS that a route will appear in next to no time?! I know someone on the Forums who has admitted he has started and then gave up a route due to the perseverance needed.

Meanwhile I will continue to build my effort to represent something from across the Irish Sea at my pace until it is done. I now have 3 lines completed and two half done and one not started yet (short line that is connected to one of those a help!). Then I will decide on the coross-border situ.
 
Slightly OT but Video 125 productions do have selective helicopter views, usually when cutting less interesting parts of the cab ride. In fact talking of Irish routes they just released on Blu-Ray a driver's eye view of Waterford to Limerick plus the re-opened Western Rail Corridor, Limerick - Ennis - Galway. Over three hours and totally fascinating.
 
Certainly sounds fascinating. Earlier I have said here that if I was to add the Dublin extension to my Border route then that could open up other possibilities for someone else out of Connolly Station? It is certainly more challenging to do something over the Irish Sea as the vast majority of Trainzers are here on the mainland or elsewhere in the world. At the same time it is not the first time I have seen someone do a route then say the perception of the surrounds was wide! I have tried to stay generally keeping the actual road layouts, towns, etc in a reasonable situation even if the housing is different.

I'm crawling up the Londonderry route and have now reached Cullybackey north of Ballymena. My hope is to get on through Ballmoney and on to Coleraine (junction with the Portrush Branch) by the end of the month.
 
Pfx: I agree, but every time I start one, I tend to give up. I don't have a head for creation. As for creating the stock, I don't have a head for that kind of thing either. I can lay down miles of track, but when it comes to scenery, I just give up. I'd love to be good at these kind of things, but I just dont have the head to do it with. P.S I wasnt expecting it to be "handed to me on a plate". I realize they take months, I was just asking if anyone agreed with helping me to create an Irish route, that's all I'm saying.
 
Maynooth line in Trainz

Hello,

I am currently in the process of creating a Irish route. I am trying to build from Dublin Connolly to Maynooth / M3 Parkway. It is quite difficult as there seems to be very little Irish content on the download station. If anyone knows of any Irish buildings on the DLS please post here. Thanks!
 
edmundhobbs said:
Hello,

I am currently in the process of creating a Irish route. I am trying to build from Dublin Connolly to Maynooth / M3 Parkway. It is quite difficult as there seems to be very little Irish content on the download station. If anyone knows of any Irish buildings on the DLS please post here. Thanks!
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Search under username domsarto. He has tonnes of stuff on the DLS.

Slán.
 
I'm now a few miles south of Ballymoney so think it wille just after the end of the month when I get by the town so fairly near my target! Then on to Coleraine junction and have the town inplace then the Portrush Branch. Then by October beavering away at the final long stretch from Coleraine to Londonderry. This is one of the lines I will be glad to see done. A bit of sorting out just beyond Newry on the Portadown Line then half the Larne to complete and that will be the NIR almost complete apart from adding signalling and cameras. Still think I may continue south seeing I have track over the Border to Dundalk and continue down to Dublin Connolly with les scenery as it has been difficult sticking to this project -although I may change that assertion! Now if we only had an Enterprise Express it means that this well known Belfast-Dubli service can be on Trainz as well? As I have waffled on about the NIR railbus I still intend to have that got to be run on the Portrush seeing that was where it briefly served and then ditched.
 
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