Merging to Big Routes

[trainman8999]

I want to merge the Indiana Western & Watseka & Kankakee Railroad.
I got a good understanding of the process. What I'm have trouble with is I wanted merge them as directed but the maps overlap or I will need to add several tiles to bridge the gap. It looks like to me the easiest way is to take the most northern tip of WKR and place next to the south-central tip of the IW. I am hoping several of you guys have already merged these two and can tell me how you did it to come out with the best layout of both maps. I like to here all comments, opinions, ideas and anything else regarding what to do.
thanks in advance. :wave:

Bill
trainman8999
trainman8999@yahoo.com
Trainz Kuid :456881

 

[davesnow]

I had trouble merging these two routes, also. I tried for a long while, but just couldn't get them to line up correctly. What I finally did was merge the two as close as I could, then added a connecting line. Seems I also remember I added the line through a small canyon. It's been a while since I messed with this. It's a beautiful route though! Good luck.

 

[gfisher]

This is my screw up, guys. I designed the southernmost edge of the Indiana Western to align with the the north edge of the most easterly baseboard of the Watseka route. However I also decided to merge a small route I was doing seperately into the Indiana Western and I never went back to check on the original merger concept. You will have to add one or two baseboards to fill the gap once the overlap is removed.

 

[trainman8999]

Thanks Guys !!
Thanks George for some really swell routes !!! :udrool: :udrool: :udrool: :udrool:






Bill
trainman8999
trainman8999@yahoo.com
Trainz Kuid : 456881

 

[cascaderailroad]

I need some serious advice on huge DEM route merge.

I have a mainline from Huntingdon Pa, via Altoona, to Johnstown Pa. I have several branchlines: Petersburg to Hollidaysburg, Hollidaysburg (Muleshoe Curve) to Tunnelhill, Tyrone to Phillipsburg, Phillipsburg to Cresson, Cresson to NantyGlo, the Wopsononock RR, Johnstown Flood area, and several other small branch lines including another mergable route from Phillipsburg to Bellefonte (Drainlick,Grassflat,Snowshoe,Gumstump,Bellefonte RR). The Tyrone to Williamsport route is a whole different line.

If I merge all the routes it is 687mb and growing fast. 10,000 baseboards, but I am eliminating un-needed ones.

If I leave the the DEM whole and intact it gives a great long run.

However if I split it up into 7 or more segments, the run would be requiring closing the mainline route, just to open up and run one of the branchline routes.

Should I split it up...or leave it intact as a huge route ?

Who would be able to host this huge route intact ?

And what % of downloaders would find this huge of a route to stall their lower end PC's ?


The DEM was created in Trainzbuild 2.4
The WIP Cloned route is built in Trainzbuild 2.6
The route is built in TRS2006 build 3337

 

[nfitzsimmons]

If it will run in 2009 I'd run it. And I'd prefer it in one piece instead of multiple sugments..

You might be able to upload it to trainsim.com.

 

[nfitzsimmons]

If it will run in 2009 I'd run it. And I'd prefer it in one piece instead of multiple sugments..

You might be able to upload it to trainsim.com.

 

[davesnow]

10,000 baseboards???!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! My biggest route is like 408 baseboards! And That taxes my high-end computer! Good luck!

(Hey, why not model the whole USA! I wonder how many baseboards that would take!! LOL!:hehe: )

 

[xero]

I don't fully understand the whole merging routes thing. Its like every route I try to merge with another, one of the two routes is always too low and it never works out for me! Anybody got any ideas here?

 

[xero]

I need some serious advice on huge DEM route merge.

I have a mainline from Huntingdon Pa, via Altoona, to Johnstown Pa. I have several branchlines: Petersburg to Hollidaysburg, Hollidaysburg (Muleshoe Curve) to Tunnelhill, Tyrone to Phillipsburg, Phillipsburg to Cresson, Cresson to NantyGlo, the Wopsononock RR, Johnstown Flood area, and several other small branch lines including another mergable route from Phillipsburg to Bellefonte (Drainlick,Grassflat,Snowshoe,Gumstump,Bellefonte RR). The Tyrone to Williamsport route is a whole different line.

If I merge all the routes it is 687mb and growing fast. 10,000 baseboards, but I am eliminating un-needed ones.

If I leave the the DEM whole and intact it gives a great long run.

However if I split it up into 7 or more segments, the run would be requiring closing the mainline route, just to open up and run one of the branchline routes.

Should I split it up...or leave it intact as a huge route ?

Who would be able to host this huge route intact ?

And what % of downloaders would find this huge of a route to stall their lower end PC's ?


The DEM was created in Trainzbuild 2.4
The WIP Cloned route is built in Trainzbuild 2.6
The route is built in TRS2006 build 3337

Where did you find all those routes you listed above?

 

[cascaderailroad]

Most simple routes are built with a baseboard elevation of 0.00m.

DEM's vary greatly. Mine has a highpoint of @ 600m (2000'), and a lowpoint of @ 250m (800') elevation. Merging them with ramps is a possibillity, or by adding lots of baseboards for the ramps, building an actual helix, or by portals.

If you want to hand build a route to match a DEM, measure the DEM height where the merge will be, then use the cut and paste absolute height in conjunction with the "use elevation" tool to raise the baseboard height of your route so it matchs the DEM. Raising or lowering the baseboard height will flatten a mountainous route, or DEM. The mountains can not be raised or lowered.

 

[geophil]

To be able to merge two routes in a seamless manner they need to be aligned both vertically and horizontally. A DEM may guarantee vertical alignment at any specific horizontal point. But "any" does not suffice here. This brings us to horizontal alignment which means that he edge of a particular baseboard of one route must match the opposite edge of another baseboard in the second route. The only way to achieve this is by using global and absolute coordinates for both routes, quite a challenge for route builders using the MicroDEM/HOG approach. Easiest solution in such cases is to add one or two transition boards in between, as mentioned above.

 

[cascaderailroad]

I was going to try merging my 3 seperate segments of my Horseshoe Curve routes together...but now I think I will keep them separate routes, because of each of their monsterous sizes.

I used "Iportal Tunnel" and it worked great...I sent a train from one of my other routes into the tunnel, and then I closed that route. When I opened up my "New Route", one minute later the same train from the previous route, now emerged from the new route "Iportal".

This means that I can now divide my Massive PRR Horseshoe Curve DEM route into many, many seperate routes...and for example: Send trains up the East Slope into the Tunnehill Tunnels...close that route...and open up the West Slope route and the same train now emerges from the West Slope-Galitzin Tunnels.

IM me if you need information how to do this: Iportal thing