Pikkabird's warships

[angelah]

Hi all,
Just been through my content 'box' holding all the 2004 stuff and I seem to have lost Pikkabirds Warship diesel-hydraulic locos. Must have happened in the drive crash a few years back.

Can anybody help please? I have the Maybach sounds and a few other files but not the actual locos.

Very annoying. And now they are classed as 'Not Available' on the DS.

Angela

 

[clam1952]

Try BR Class 42 Maroon, Blue and Green.

 

[p-dehnert]

These are the links to some D800 warships

https://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS_viewasset.php?AssetID=6842
https://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS_viewasset.php?AssetID=6840
https://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS_viewasset.php?AssetID=6838
https://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS_viewasset.php?AssetID=6807

Peter

 

[RRSignal]

Angelah, if you have speciific kuids or names, I recommend contacting Helpdesk. Apparently a lot of content has gone missing on the DLS - and the second time just this week somebody has brought this issue up - so Auran needs to know what's going on.

 

[clam1952]

They are there in content manager under the names I posted, 4 of them, or as posted on the black pages, they are under the class number not Warship, most of pikkabirds stuff was under BR Class xx took me a couple of seconds to find them in CM, helps if you know the class number though.

Just to confirm, just downloaded one of them, there isn't a problem other than they need fixing for 2010 upwards.

 

[angelah]

Wowee, thanks everybody for the help. I couldn't remember the class number so that issue is solved now.

I am building a small route in the west, fictitious, the main aim being to get my hand back into the process before going back to my WCL sections after being so long away making content. I wanted period diesels for it and I knew about and have the Westerns but my old and fading memory buds forgot the rest.

I'll go get them now.

Thanks everybody,

Angela

 

[angelah]

Tis me agin....

A slight problem. I have them on route now and working but the horn sounds seems to be an American one to me, but then I am no expert on hornsounds.
I found a Class 42 hornsound and swapped that for the existing one in the config but it didn't change as they do on the Westerns.
The one working is a two-tone but the tones sound at the same time, not seperately.

Can anybody advice me as to the correct one for Pikkabird's BR Class 42's please?

Blessings,

Angela

 

[Driver_Col]

Hoping that this thread is still alive and kicking........ does anybody know how to fix the texture issues which prevent Pikkabird's Warships from showing up in TS12? I can simply remove the problem file but then the Warship shows up with a white square against a green body background!

Thx. Colin.

 

[JCitron]

Hoping that this thread is still alive and kicking........ does anybody know how to fix the texture issues which prevent Pikkabird's Warships from showing up in TS12? I can simply remove the problem file but then the Warship shows up with a white square against a green body background!

Thx. Colin.

Hi Colin,

Post the error you are getting and someone can help.

John

 

[Driver_Col]

Hi Colin,

Post the error you are getting and someone can help.

John

Good idea! For example:

kuid 2512:1425
Unable to load primary texture 'warship_green_body/digit_5c.tga' for texture file 'warship_green_body/digit_5c.texture.txt
Binary conversion failed for texture resource 'warship_green_body/digit_5c.texture.txt

Thx. Colin.

 

[angelah]

This might be the very same problem I had with my last 2 warships (the wet type) when using a single texture. 2010/2012 now reject single textures out of hand whether or not they are correct. A rotten nuisance...
So maybe that green is a single texture, it would make sense.

Angela

 

[clam1952]

Several problems with them.
1. digit_5c.tga does not exist common error with several assets and as the locos worked OK in the version they were made for presumably digit_5c isn't required. Clears error however no numbers displayed in SP1, moving on........

2. In the config the entry Fonts 3 is wrong, this is supposed to be the path to the fonts folder eg.

fonts                 warship_green_alpha_numbers

Now we have numbers but with blue background, names are unreadable and just a red block of colour this is I'm pretty sure due to 3.

3. alpha_numbers are using embedded alphas, they are not pure black and white, need to make new alphas for the digits and replace the embedded ones. Curiously the d.tga has a pure black and white Alpha so that displays ok.

 

[Driver_Col]

Several problems with them.
1. digit_5c.tga does not exist common error with several assets and as the locos worked OK in the version they were made for presumably digit_5c isn't required. Clears error however no numbers displayed in SP1, moving on........

2. In the config the entry Fonts 3 is wrong, this is supposed to be the path to the fonts folder eg.

fonts                 warship_green_alpha_numbers

Now we have numbers but with blue background, names are unreadable and just a red block of colour this is I'm pretty sure due to 3.

3. alpha_numbers are using embedded alphas, they are not pure black and white, need to make new alphas for the digits and replace the embedded ones. Curiously the d.tga has a pure black and white Alpha so that displays ok.

Hi Malc. Thx for the comments. Changing Font 3 to Font "3" appears to resolve the numbering issue however, removing the digit_5c file causes a white square to appear on the roof edge at approx centre (lengthwise/between some vents). Any suggestions?

Regards. Colin.