New Route

[angelah]

Blackheath Down is about finished and will be coming in two versions, one with Norfolk track available from the DS and one with VSR track available from http://www.vsr.org.uk. This route was once Rosworth but there is virtually nothing left of the original now and I believe it is just about unrecognisable, it has taken me long enough, so everything has been changed. All trees removed/replaced, the terrain has been altered dramatically as well as the texturing making it a brighter and 'livelier' layout. More industries and stations (some having Royal Mail facilities), new track, the tunnels have gone as have long single line runs, apart that is, from a new 3-station branch Line I installed. There are more baseboards too so this creates a longer run and with a 4-track main line and the Priority Markers on the centre tracks set to 1 it is easily possible to separate local and fast traffic and expresses run one end to the other non-stop, great fun. The main lines are 4-track the whole length of the route but reduce to 2 for the circuit along the coast. New docks and a naval facility and a China Clay working are just a few of the innovations included.
I have used red Markers to ‘aim’ at some industries so look out for those, this will speed to train (consist) to very near its target, otherwise they grind to a halt about a mile and a half away and crawl along at 20 mph! Using these markers will speed up running on main lines.
The Priority Marker in the Lake Valley Flour complex might be best set to 3, otherwise trains tend to run there instead of the slow main line. And apart from those few things that need doing, Priority Markers always change back to 2 when a route is saved as new, all you have to do is place your stock and enjoy.

The route has been created in TRS2004 btw, so will be available for all versions of Trainz after that.

Both routes sent up with successful uploads (I am told....)

Angela

 

[colhad]

Look forward to it Angela, I will certainly download it.

 

[angelah]

Pictures

Here are a few shots, firstly of the VSR track version.

Blackheath Down station is a terminus.

Blackheath MPD, a bit void of locos! Note the aircraft landing....

Broadacres station, fast tracks through the centre platforms.

Magpie House station with the Market Garden in the background.

Appletree Moor station, the Moor in the background.

Thanks to Photobucket for hosting my images.

Angela

 

[angelah]

More pix

And here is Foxfields station, this has a yard and a Creamery.

And Lake Valley mainline, a lot of industry around here including Flour and China Clay.

The branch and the end, Farleigh End in fact.

And another station on the branch, High Wood and it's market day!

The long curve to the viaduct at Foxfields Creamery, on the left.

The last shots have the Norfolk track. This is available from the DLS while the dark VSR track needs downloading from the site mentioned in the first post.

Thanks again Photobucket.

Angela

 

[titaniclover]

Very well done. Going to download now.
Thank you very much.

Cheers,
Adam

 

[angelah]

Just sent

Very well done. Going to download now.
Thank you very much.

Cheers,
Adam

Hang on there, I have only just sent them up to Auran. Maybe in a couple of days if I am lucky....

Angela

 

[angelah]

Hiicup

It seems there is a hiccup at the Auran end. Tony Hilliam has kindly responded to a post I put up on another thread (shows you he does look!) about it so I hope we can sort out the problem.

I checked my drive and it went up as a straightforward asset on 30th of last month.

Angela

 

[colhad]

Awesome Angela, this route does look terrific and I look forward to downloading it.

 

[angelah]

Tony Hilliam

I wondered if you had found the problem why my routes are not getting to the DLS now?
As I said, this is the second one that has this problem and it is very frustrating after spending months working on them.

Do I need to resend?

Angela

EDITED: West Country Days sent on4/3/08, WCL2 Part Done sent on 14 and 17/3/08
So the last 3 sends have failed.

Angela

 

[stovepipe]

A possible reason is the file is too big - I think 40mb is the limit. I've read Vern say something about a limit somewhere, which is why he has hosted his Crianlarich route elsewhere. Your WCL2 part done is 80+mb I think.

Hope to see your new route soon, I'm a big fan of your old ones.

SP

Edit : see this thread http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=27735


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[Tony_Hilliam]

Hi Angela. We're looking into the problem. Testing today has shown that not all uploads are making it into the Approvals area. Meanwhile, a couple of questions:
Are you submitting using the Planet Auran Upload link?
Do you have a correctly sized thumbnail image?
Is the thumbnail info entered into the config file?
Thanks

 

[angelah]

Answers

Hi Angela. We're looking into the problem. Testing today has shown that not all uploads are making it into the Approvals area. Meanwhile, a couple of questions:
Are you submitting using the Planet Auran Upload link?
Do you have a correctly sized thumbnail image?
Is the thumbnail info entered into the config file?
Thanks

Many thanks for coming back on this.
I use the Planet Auran upload link, a standard upload, and get 'Upload successful' and the end. Uploads do take quite a while. File size as a cdp is 38.958.
Thumbnail size us the same as all the other thumbnails for my other routes on the DS, 180x240 if I remember correctly.
As I send as a cdp there is no config in which to put the image. I checked other routes and none have a picture listed in a config, so I am unsure what you mean by this.
I use Content Dispatcher and fill each screen in fully with an image name selected from the route folder on my second drive, and a write-up, exactly the same as all other routes of mine on the DS, I don't know any other way of sending a cdp to you at Auran.

Hope that helps you.

Thank you for trying to help again.

Angela

 

[angelah]

not 40 mg

A possible reason is the file is too big - I think 40mb is the limit. I've read Vern say something about a limit somewhere, which is why he has hosted his Crianlarich route elsewhere. Your WCL2 part done is 80+mb I think.

Hope to see your new route soon, I'm a big fan of your old ones.​

SP​

Edit : see this thread http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=27735​

Thank you for posting and your help.
As you will see my cdp is 38.958 (actually stated as 38.04Mb on the DS), so under 40 Mb. Admittedly this is the largest route I have sent to Auran but it is within their limits.
In Maps it is 88 Mb but once saved as a cdp this drops to within the 40Mb. Don't ask me how, I can only read off the numbers of the files.... There is plainly a lot of compression when creating a cdp.
On my own site the cdp's are zipped so require unzipping before installing.

Angela

 

[angelah]

Very frustrating

Still no new routes showing! After months of work on the second section of my WCL and Blackheath Down they are STILL not on the DS.

As of the moment it is pointless me creating anymore routes to upload, it is a lot of time simply wasted. I am stopping work on the present one.

To Tony Hilliam:- Can you please possibly remove these routes because the first two refuse to download and the third has no external connection any more, I changed server.

WCL2 Part Done
WCL2 Part Done_2
Cranby New Town (ext)

The download on Cranby New Town directly from the DS is working fine as far as I know.

I would appreciate some sort of conclusion to this mess, it has been going on for a while now and I am not getting anywhere.

Thank you,

Angela

 

[meatloaf747]

Hang in there.....

Hang in there Angelia!!! I'm sure Tony/Auran will get it sorted. I would imagine the last thing that Tony's would want to do is '_iss off' a great route creator like yourself.
I'm sure it's probably one of many high priority matters that they are looking into right now...
(If it helps, count to 10, then yell out a few naughty words). Works for me!!! - New route look's great. Luv all your routes, so please keep up the great work...
Your a very highly valued & respected member of the Trainz community.
Cheers, Mac.

PS; With routes sizes getting bigger & bigger by the month, maybe it's time for Auran to have another serious look at increasing the route size upload limit. In my opinion, it's far to small. (Increasing the limit may encourage more people to buy FCT's)...

 

[GreatEastern]

Still no new routes showing! After months of work on the second section of my WCL and Blackheath Down they are STILL not on the DS.

As of the moment it is pointless me creating anymore routes to upload, it is a lot of time simply wasted. I am stopping work on the present one.

To Tony Hilliam:- Can you please possibly remove these routes because the first two refuse to download and the third has no external connection any more, I changed server.

WCL2 Part Done
WCL2 Part Done_2
Cranby New Town (ext)

The download on Cranby New Town directly from the DS is working fine as far as I know.

I would appreciate some sort of conclusion to this mess, it has been going on for a while now and I am not getting anywhere.

Thank you,

Angela

Hey Angela, see you're getting frustrated there, luckily I haven't had to touch the DLS upload in a while.

If it helps as a temporary measure I can stick the routes on my space with your others if you want.

Andy

 

[angelah]

Route sizes

Hang in there Angelia!!! I'm sure Tony/Auran will get it sorted. I would imagine the last thing that Tony's would want to do is '_iss off' a great route creator like yourself.
I'm sure it's probably one of many high priority matters that they are looking into right now...
(If it helps, count to 10, then yell out a few naughty words). Works for me!!! - New route look's great. Luv all your routes, so please keep up the great work...
Your a very highly valued & respected member of the Trainz community.
Cheers, Mac.

PS; With routes sizes getting bigger & bigger by the month, maybe it's time for Auran to have another serious look at increasing the route size upload limit. In my opinion, it's far to small. (Increasing the limit may encourage more people to buy FCT's)...

Hello Meatloaf, (wasn't that a pop group's name?),
I don't say naughty words.... keeping frustration in doesn't help either so I let it go via meditation. I just felt a little forgotton so decided to mention the fact that I am still here....

I also agree about the size limit on routes. This was made when donkey's wore high hats and things have change markedly since then, especially in the plethora of great assets people spend their time producing. This in turn means more detail and can 'lift' a route out of the UTC era into the wonderful world of near realism.
I think Trainz in all its forms, I started with Trainz and worked my way through to 04, has been incredible, the best in fact. But times move on and things progress and layout users are upgrading their PCs to take on board more detail, detail that comes via the Download Station and the wonderful amount of terriffic assets we now have at our disposal.
So routes folder sizes are expanding and will continue to do so. Thos who attempt to create actual routes will find themselves up against 'it' because of the distances involved and the sheer amount of assets needed to produce a realistic route.
Maybe 100 Mb would now be a better folder maximum size? Even 80 Mb would help enormously.

So thanks for your support, it is appreciated. I just hope Tony H and Auran can sort all our problems out soon in this area because I know that I am not alone with the upload problem.

Sincerely,

Angela

 

[angelah]

GreatEastern

'Quote' Hey Angela, see you're getting frustrated there, luckily I haven't had to touch the DLS upload in a while.

If it helps as a temporary measure I can stick the routes on my space with your others if you want.

Andy

Hello Andy,
As you will see from my reply previously I try not to get frustrated. Getting tied up in knots inside doesn't help at all and I advise people who do to let that go, it only effects them, nobody else so does not solve anything, in fact it makes matters worse for them.

Thank you for offering your help yet again, you are a kind man. If you would be so kind to host Blackheath Down until such times as Auran can resolve the upload issue that is affecting several members then I would appreciate it. I will need your mail address again though, I seem to have forgotten it, don't get old....

At present I am trying to find time to work on my own site but time seems to pass me by somehow. I haven't even been in Trainz this week at all! What with meditation and practicing my spiritual healing and reading books on the subject, time flies.
My eyes are fairly good now. I use drops morning and evening that the specialist says are keeping the back pressure in check, hence I am able to read and stay on the PC for longer periods although I do stop if I feel an ache coming on, then it's tea and biscuit time.

One day and if Auran sort out the uploads I may have another bash at the WCL2. It holds some painful memories for me but I am becoming calmer and more settled within now so feel that I may be able to go back to it at some point.

Many thanks for posting such a nice offer.

Sincerely,

Angela

 

[angelah]

Found!

'Quote' Hey Angela, see you're getting frustrated there, luckily I haven't had to touch the DLS upload in a while.

If it helps as a temporary measure I can stick the routes on my space with your others if you want.

Andy

Hello Andy,
As you will see from my reply previously I try not to get frustrated. Getting tied up in knots inside doesn't help at all and I advise people who do to let that go, it only effects them, nobody else so does not solve anything, in fact it makes matters worse for them.

Thank you for offering your help yet again, you are a kind man. If you would be so kind to host Blackheath Down until such times as Auran can resolve the upload issue that is affecting several members then I would appreciate it. I will need your mail address again though, I seem to have forgotten it, don't get old....

At present I am trying to find time to work on my own site but time seems to pass me by somehow. I haven't even been in Trainz this week at all! What with meditation and practicing my spiritual healing and reading books on the subject, time flies.
My eyes are fairly good now. I use drops morning and evening that the specialist says are keeping the back pressure in check, hence I am able to read and stay on the PC for longer periods although I do stop if I feel an ache coming on, then it's tea and biscuit time.

One day and if Auran sort out the uploads I may have another bash at the WCL2. It holds some painful memories for me but I am becoming calmer and more settled within now so feel that I may be able to go back to it at some point.

Many thanks for posting such a nice offer.

Sincerely,

Angela

Dear Andy,
It's okay, I do have your mail address, just found it, so I'll send off only 1 of the 2 routes, this will be Blackheath Down VSR. Which means it uses VSR track. The other one uses Norfolk. I'll send zipped if I can.

Angela

 

[meatloaf747]

Angela,
Great to read that your not letting the frustration "get you down" Hang in there!!! - Pleased that Andy can help out...

Andy,
Can you please post a link once you have Angela's latest route on your site, ready to download. Thanks.
Cheers, Mac..