Hi guys, nice work, keep it up.
As you see Gordon has uploaded a control tower and invisible camera loco. It reminded me that I had not finished an update to my early release control tower, so I thought I would get back to that project. The model is now on the DLS, Airport Module 18 Control Tower 2,<kuid2:60238:38674:1>
Rob had suggested I might make the Vancouver control tower, this is a nice structure to try, and is now finished and ready for upload. A few picture to explain:
It is 63 metres high, has an interior with new figure models (not Auran attached passengers), operating radar and night lighting.
To be able to see the tower interior and aircraft I suggest you place a tracking camera in the middle of the top control room, up near the ceiling, pointed down at the runway. It is not easy to finely adjust camera positions, so place it at near the right height, then slide the tower over to center it and adjust the tower height. There is 10 meters of tower below ground to cover height changes.
This is the view from the camera placed inside the tower, tracking the KLM:
And a night view:
I thought I would try Gordon’s camera loco model. At first I thought you would place the loco on an invisible track in the center of the control room and then be able to rotate around the center to look out, however it works opposite to this, you are always looking inwards at the center of the invisible camera loco. However, it will give some nice views of the interior. This is how I used it:
Place an invisible track at 59 metres high passing through the tower control room, this seems to suit the tower height. Make sure it is long enough so you do not drive the camera off the ends of the track.
Place another spare helper track at the same height close by and drop the invisible camera on to the first track that passes through the tower, and just behind the tower, this is so it is easy to select later to move it over to the spare track so you can fiddle the track height passing through the tower.
In Driver, you can now drive the camera into the control room and using the navigation arrows you can rotate around the room to view it. If the camera is too high, go back to Surveyor, move the camera over to the spare track and adjust the track height through the control room. Move the camera back to the first track. This is the view you can get in Driver, zooming in and out as you wish.
Drive the camera to get other views.
The model is Airport Module 19 Control Tower Vancouver,<kuid2:60238:38675:1>, awaiting approval.
Because of the complex shapes it has a few polys, but hope you like it.
Ian
As you see Gordon has uploaded a control tower and invisible camera loco. It reminded me that I had not finished an update to my early release control tower, so I thought I would get back to that project. The model is now on the DLS, Airport Module 18 Control Tower 2,<kuid2:60238:38674:1>
Rob had suggested I might make the Vancouver control tower, this is a nice structure to try, and is now finished and ready for upload. A few picture to explain:
It is 63 metres high, has an interior with new figure models (not Auran attached passengers), operating radar and night lighting.
To be able to see the tower interior and aircraft I suggest you place a tracking camera in the middle of the top control room, up near the ceiling, pointed down at the runway. It is not easy to finely adjust camera positions, so place it at near the right height, then slide the tower over to center it and adjust the tower height. There is 10 meters of tower below ground to cover height changes.
This is the view from the camera placed inside the tower, tracking the KLM:
And a night view:
I thought I would try Gordon’s camera loco model. At first I thought you would place the loco on an invisible track in the center of the control room and then be able to rotate around the center to look out, however it works opposite to this, you are always looking inwards at the center of the invisible camera loco. However, it will give some nice views of the interior. This is how I used it:
Place an invisible track at 59 metres high passing through the tower control room, this seems to suit the tower height. Make sure it is long enough so you do not drive the camera off the ends of the track.
Place another spare helper track at the same height close by and drop the invisible camera on to the first track that passes through the tower, and just behind the tower, this is so it is easy to select later to move it over to the spare track so you can fiddle the track height passing through the tower.
In Driver, you can now drive the camera into the control room and using the navigation arrows you can rotate around the room to view it. If the camera is too high, go back to Surveyor, move the camera over to the spare track and adjust the track height through the control room. Move the camera back to the first track. This is the view you can get in Driver, zooming in and out as you wish.
Drive the camera to get other views.
The model is Airport Module 19 Control Tower Vancouver,<kuid2:60238:38675:1>, awaiting approval.
Because of the complex shapes it has a few polys, but hope you like it.
Ian
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