Just a little help with the SP Daylight, please

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johnmactsf

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Well, I have managed to get most of Jeff"s (magicland) Sp Daylight consist working in TS12, brought in from my saved TS2004 files.

However...I can not find in my archives either the Daylight SP-4, nor the Daylight Pa units.

I have done a search of the DLS...no joy...perhaps it is my phrasing in the search engine.

Would be most happy for any direction to either freeware or payware for both steam and diesel locos for the consist. Just doesn't look right behind red-nose or black widow units!

Regards:

JohnMac
 
Thats a hoot! I just fixed them for TS2010 today. Gave them the new Billboard style shadows, does them justice.

The SP PA and PB is on RRMODS.com under ANL's creations.

The Daylight GS4 is on the DLS, I will have to look for it myself. I think Lilb made one, I will have to check his forums.

If you ask, someone here has Landrvr's SP Daylight E7As and B, only available thru email. Might need to give them the new style shadows and adjust the specualr lighting using PEVs tools.
 
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American Freedom:Class GS-4 Steam Engineauthor,<kuid:59906:4459>
USA SP Class GS-4 Steam Engine,<kuid:59906:4449>
They're both on the DLS for TRS2004.

Bob Weber
 
Thank you!

Would you be so kind as to instruct me in the shadow creation....I used PEV's tool to create mine....but shadows are no big deal to me.

I don't think Lilb ever released his Daylight GS-4...he had to deal with a lot of adverse feedback, and then get back into his school studies. Tried to register on his site, but no success.

I have a lot of Landrvr's stuff archived on a back-up hard drive....guess I'll mount it as an external and look thru it. I worked with him on some ACL and SAL/SCL E-units many years ago, and think I still have the beta's on disk.

The GS4's by mrtrain seem to have vanished from the DLS...unless my search syntax is too confusing for it to understand.

Now...I shall be off to RRMODS....

Regards:

JohnMac

PS: Just found the Pioneer Zephyr in a back-up file....guess that's my next project!
 
n8....
Got a kick out of your download hosting site!!! But...it works!

Ron: Thanks!..You seem to have encyclopedic knowledge about the DLS.

Is slugsmasher still active? I have a couple of his beta's in my archives from TRS2004. Still cannot locate my TRS2006 archives....only about 6 more external HD's to check. Gotta get his logging NG route and content back.

Did Landrvr do the California Zephyr? Think I have it on disk somewhere.

I have had to make a lot of compromises to get old content working in TS12....but, as you can see from the red-line...I have been away for a while.

Regards:

JohnMac
 
johnmactsf said:
n8....
Got a kick out of your download hosting site!!! But...it works!

Ron: Thanks!..You seem to have encyclopedic knowledge about the DLS.

Is slugsmasher still active? I have a couple of his beta's in my archives from TRS2004. Still cannot locate my TRS2006 archives....only about 6 more external HD's to check. Gotta get his logging NG route and content back.

Did Landrvr do the California Zephyr? Think I have it on disk somewhere.

I have had to make a lot of compromises to get old content working in TS12....but, as you can see from the red-line...I have been away for a while.

Regards:

JohnMac
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Yep, I had to take a lot of pains to ensure that **I** was the only one whose stuff was there...

Yep, slugsmasher is still here, has his own site:

http://steammachine.com/slugsmasher/

Landrvr1 did indeed make the Cal Z cars. When he left, he allowed people to have his content with the provision that it would not be hosted on the DLS or any other site. Email trading is permissable.

I know that those ACL and SCL E7s are still extant and being passed around.

Search for Landrvr1's content here on the board, there is a thread where people can see the list of his stuff available and you can request the content.

I usually make shadows using PEVs Shadow Maker, then make the change in the Config file if it is listed there, otherwise I go into Content Creator and change it there.

Been away awhile? No problem. Welcome back, there's an extra stall in the roundhouse.......

EDIT: might as well download all of PEV's tools, you wil end up converting .PM to .IM alot, as well as making shadows and converting Textures to .TGA
 
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Fair warning, the DLS is... well..... having some difficulties sometimes, and yes, it is annoying.

Sometimes it will sit on a blank page for a bit because there are a LOT of users accessing it.

Good/bad thing, but that just tells me there are a lot of people now using Trainz.
 
No luck there either....searched by kuid back thru UTC...
Tender is D/L'd, with errors...but no can get loco.
See some items that may be dependencies...bogies, etc...but no loco body.
Maybe give it a shot on different browser....MSN sometimes picky.
JM
 
johnmactsf said:
Thank you!

Would you be so kind as to instruct me in the shadow creation....I used PEV's tool to create mine....but shadows are no big deal to me.
Click to expand...

The problem is that TS2012 does not have a compatibility mode (TRS2010 did) that would allow the program to ignore errors with older content to still allow you to use it.

If something is missing from a piece of content (like a shadow mesh) it may not show up in game.
 
johnmactsf said:
No luck there either....searched by kuid back thru UTC...
Tender is D/L'd, with errors...but no can get loco.
See some items that may be dependencies...bogies, etc...but no loco body.
Maybe give it a shot on different browser....MSN sometimes picky.
JM
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I checked all the boxes and using description searched for Southern Pacific , they show up on page 2, 4rth and 5th entry :

USA SP Class GS-4 Steam Engine

and

USA SP Class GS-4 Tender

EDIT: If you scroll down from there on the left, you can also get it in the AFT scheme. They are below the entries for the American Flyer version.
 
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If I get all the things I am working on to show only yellow exclamation points, then I am happy to go. Sometimes I have to delete attachment points...sometime I substitute textures from a collection I have....mostly it is sorting thru what needs a texture.txt file....or correcting syntex errors, spelling, or / instead of \...and....Im doesn't cut it in a config file, gotta be .im.
Sometime i think I will go blind doing this.
And that does not include correcting kuid tables, invalid tags, etc,etc....

But....since I'm still here...must be having fun!

JM
 
Welcome to the club.

Things HAVE gotten a lot better, earlier this year (it might still be ongoing) was/is a program to update all of the older content and bring it up to at least TRS2009 levels so people wouldn't have to spend so much time fixing content.

Believe it or not, there are fewer things to fix than existed in the past.

Also, PEV's tools are a blessing. Without them, I am not sure that a lot of the older content could be fixed.
 
OK...I give up for tonite...or morning...or whatever it is
Many TNX for all the help...
Will get back on this when the sun is up...
Maybe load up the Pioneer Zephyr also, and see how I get along with it.

Remind me to send a donation to PEV....his tools are a blessing, though at times not a cure-all. If the original mesh is borked beyond belief, there is no public fix....like a few of Nikos things.

Bedtime for Bonzo. Toes-up!

Regards:

JohnMac
 
With many thanks to n8phu and rweber, the Daylight GS4 and PA's are now working error-free in TS12. All cars in the consist are also now working.

A HUGE thank-you to PEV for the wonderful tools that made it possible!

Don't have a website, so can't put up pics, but I am quite happy with their appearance.

Regards:

JohnMac
 
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