Issues fixing Prowler's K-27 #464 tender

[UnionPacificFan1005]

I've been spending about 2-2 1/2 hours trying to fix Prowler's model of D&RGW #464. I was able to fix the engine, but I'm stuck on the tender. I've had 2 errors come up, one that involved the shadow mesh which was fixed upon me getting rid of a line from there, but I still have one about being unable to load an alpha image. The specific error is:
VE40: Unable to load alpha image 'd&rgw k-27 464 tender art/d&rgw k-27 463 tender art 512.tga' for texture file 'd&rgw k-27 464 tender art/d&rg...

What do I need to do?

 

[Forester1]

You will want to post the entire error. Is d&rgw k-27 463 tender art 512 a ".texture" file, or a ".texture.txt" file? The search for a ".tga" file would indicate to me it is a ".texture.txt" file that is referring to the ".tga" file that is not there. If, however, it is a ".texture" file, it needs to be converted by PevSoft's Images2TGA utility so itis broken into the other two file types.

 

[Frank_Dean]

After downloading the K-27 locomotive #464 from Prowler, it has a writing error in a .tex file.

Edit the tender, open the folder: d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art
Open: d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_512.texture.txt

where it says: Alpha=D&RGW_K-27_463_Tender_art_512.tga
there is a writing error and you have to put:

Alpha=D&RGW_K-27_464_Tender_art_512.tga

 

[UnionPacificFan1005]

The error I gave is as much as I can, I typed it out the exact same is shows in CM. When I check the tender art folder(d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art) I see d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art.texture, d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art marked as a GIMP 2.10.30 file(???), d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_icon.texture, and d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art also for GIMP. The .texture files are text files.

 

[UnionPacificFan1005]

After downloading the K-27 locomotive #464 from Prowler, it has a writing error in a .tex file.

Edit the tender, open the folder: d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art
Open: d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_512.texture.txt

where it says: Alpha=D&RGW_K-27_463_Tender_art_512.tga
there is a writing error and you have to put:

Alpha=D&RGW_K-27_464_Tender_art_512.tga

THANK YOU!!! It worked! Getting this locomotive in Trainz means so much to me, 464 is the first steam locomotive I ever saw and the one I grew up with. I didn't even know a model existed out there until today..

 

[JAGG]

Delete Shadow subcontainer in the config, delete d&rgw_k-27_464_shadow folder and all its content, edit d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_512.texture.txt by deleting entire Hint line, adding line AlphaHint=Semitransparent, adding line Alpha=d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_512.tga, changing file name on Primary line to FULL lowercase, commit, run! ;-)

 

[UnionPacificFan1005]

Delete Shadow subcontainer in the config, delete d&rgw_k-27_464_shadow folder and all its content, edit d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_512.texture.txt by deleting entire Hint line, adding line AlphaHint=Semitransparent, adding line Alpha=d&rgw_k-27_464_tender_art_512.tga, changing file name on Primary line to FULL lowercase, commit, run! ;-)

Thank you!!!!!

 

[wreeder]

FYI, when Todd made his locos and tenders Trainz required a fake shadow shape as it was unable to produce real shadows. As Jagg's instructions show, deleting the fake shadow shape and letting TANE produce the shadow in game is the best technique to use. In game shadows are more detailed and cast shadows on the mesh itself like real world shadows.

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