Pssssst! Don't tell Phil!

[philskene]

Multiplayer session

Jim --

I've just uploaded the multiplayer session for Downtown.

If you want to try it:

http://www.humyo.com/FXghCLn/Sharing/?a=cWowNZ7YV2Y

You will, of course, have to edit the session to remove the Multiplayer rule.

The folder containing the route has three jpg files:

1. Map of the route
2. Commodity flows
3. Freight cars to use

You will certainly need to print out the last two.

Phil

 

[sniper297]

So where would I get a printer? :hehe: I haven't forgotten about this, still waiting to hear back from Justin on the cab window transparency for the box cab, and for some odd reason the V41 dependencies have been stuck in the upload unprocessed area for five days.

 

[PWeiser]

Waiting Out the Logjam

Also caught in the logjam is an update to the freelance BLW traction switcher with rotating trolley pole and a couple of other goodies. (And waiting on a siding for a clear-to-proceed signal is this strange GE variant with heterogeneous current pickups...)

 

[sniper297]

Cool! Well, I looked today and the bogies and cabviews are finally there, so I'm packing up the V41s. Will the rotating pole for the BLW be retroactive to the locos that use it?

 

[PWeiser]

Update, Sort Of

Cool! Well, I looked today and the bogies and cabviews are finally there, so I'm packing up the V41s. Will the rotating pole for the BLW be retroactive to the locos that use it?

At the moment, the BLW update/variant has not yet floated free of the jam. But when it does, the answer to retroactive is, "Not exactly." The update is not a KUID2 but a fresh KUID (so is the pole). The new pole can be installed on the original model just by substituting it in the config, but to make everything look right you will have to also copy the spark script (spark.gs) and spark attachment points (sparks.im) from the new version to (your clone of) the old. This is because, unlike a regular pantograph or pole, the rotating version has two different places where it contacts the wire (different spark locations) depending in a non-standard way on "pantograph" state (hence the modified script). Texture mapping is nearly identical except for the roof (about which there were complaints ) and handrails.

It will not be possible to install the heterogeneous pickup set on the original GE switcher because that model includes two panto attachment points where the hetero uses only one. Which is to say, if you substituted the new set for each pole on the old model, you'd get two pantos and two poles all on the same loco sword-fighting with each other in a somewhat unpredictable manner. And the sparks would be wrong, anyway:hehe: .

 

[PWeiser]

Fatal Logjam?

It appears that content submitted between 10 and 13 June is sitting in unprocessed while submissions from 14 and 15 June are already posted on the DLS. I will resubmit the rotating-pole Baldwin and see if that takes it out of the "lost" category. (There was a note from Zec that there might be upload trouble over weekend, but no update message specifying the final damage or that service had resumed... perhaps the reminder to post an update was lost along with 3-4 days' content submissions - sunk without a trace, as the saying goes.)

 

[sniper297]

Dates are a rather slippery concept when dealing with Australians, gotta remember they're upside down and in the future. The three I uploaded were shown as early morning June 9, I actually uploaded them late night June 8 my time (CDT). Currently 7:15PM June 14 here, 8:15AM June 15 at N3V HQ. Anyway they did bust loose and appeared, June 14 Aussie calendar. The locos themselves in the unprocessed section show;

Date Received: 15th Jun 2011, 07:47:27 (AEST)

Which from my perspective ain't here yet, it's still yesterday to me. Does this mean I haven't actually uploaded them HERE yet? :hehe:

 

[PWeiser]

Time Warped

Dates are a rather slippery concept when dealing with Australians, gotta remember they're upside down and in the future. The three I uploaded were shown as early morning June 9, I actually uploaded them late night June 8 my time (CDT). Currently 7:15PM June 14 here, 8:15AM June 15 at N3V HQ. Anyway they did bust loose and appeared, June 14 Aussie calendar. The locos themselves in the unprocessed section show;

Date Received: 15th Jun 2011, 07:47:27 (AEST)

Which from my perspective ain't here yet, it's still yesterday to me. Does this mean I haven't actually uploaded them HERE yet? :hehe:

See what you mean about the time warp. They're starting to get a bunch of locos up that are dated the 15th... wonder what time the clock and calendar said at the time on the planet where they were submitted?

Oh, well, waiting must be good for something - they make so much of it!

 

[sniper297]

Currently 7:35AM on the 15th here, so I apparently will be uploading the V41 locos in a few minutes. :hehe: Seriously, that's 13 hours in the unprocessed section, must be something clogged lately because I remember getting the confirmation emails within 2-4 hours saying it would be available within 6 hours. Maybe the upload 'bot is on vacation this week.

 

[PWeiser]

Spinner is Up

Dates are a rather slippery concept when dealing with Australians, gotta remember they're upside down and in the future. The three I uploaded were shown as early morning June 9, I actually uploaded them late night June 8 my time (CDT). Currently 7:15PM June 14 here, 8:15AM June 15 at N3V HQ. Anyway they did bust loose and appeared, June 14 Aussie calendar. The locos themselves in the unprocessed section show;

Date Received: 15th Jun 2011, 07:47:27 (AEST)

Which from my perspective ain't here yet, it's still yesterday to me. Does this mean I haven't actually uploaded them HERE yet? :hehe:

The BLW with rotating pole (can be applied to earlier versions, but see previous this thread) is up and available (black pages) - announcement thread at

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=74747

 

[sniper297]

Her pretty. me like.

Got some nough and improughved (been getting flak for typing "thru" instead of "through" from pedantic spelling weenies) features in addition to the poles;

Vented hood doors and a ZAP! sign. Anyone ever figure out what actually IS under the hoods on these things? Batteries? Big rectifiers or resistors? Jimmy Hoffa?

 

[SD45T-2]

rectifiers

 

[sawyer811]

my vote...Jimmy Hoffa:hehe:

 

[SD45T-2]

my vote...Jimmy Hoffa:hehe:

Rec-ti-fiers !

 

[PWeiser]

Beats Me

Contents of the hoods on electric switchers:

I am not an engineer of any kind, nor do I play one on TV. With that in mind... seem to recall seeing a cutaway view somewhere which had compressors for the airbrake system in there - it was a GE, IIRC. Saves room and noise in the cab. It would also make sense to put in cooling fans for the traction motors, which can extend up into the hoods depending on size - on the EY-2, a super-sized BLW product, they took up most of the hoods.

 

[sniper297]

Compressors makes the most sense, altho if any of these ever had dynamic braking they would need resistors and cooling radiators somewhere.

Tycoon, rectifiers are possible but highly unlikely for that era - in the olden days trolley wires carried 500-750 volts DC for the 600 volt DC traction motors. It was only in modern times that the Euro bullet trains and Acela express type started using catenary wires pumping 25,000 volts AC, which needs both a step-down transformer and a full wave bridge rectifier.

 

[PWeiser]

Two-Ways GE is Up

Compressors makes the most sense, altho if any of these ever had dynamic braking they would need resistors and cooling radiators somewhere.

Tycoon, rectifiers are possible but highly unlikely for that era - in the olden days trolley wires carried 500-750 volts DC for the 600 volt DC traction motors. It was only in modern times that the Euro bullet trains and Acela express type started using catenary wires pumping 25,000 volts AC, which needs both a step-down transformer and a full wave bridge rectifier.

(And before solid state bridge rectifiers there were ignitrons, motor-generators and multi-tap transformers.)

You're quick, Sniper297: a little under 2 hours to reskin the rotating-panto locomotive... ever work for Earl Scheib? (American in-joke, unleas Earl has franchises world-wide by now.)

And: The GE variant with both panto and trolley pole is up. Careful reskinning around the cab corners: it's the Sacramento Northern dark scheme with wrap-around safety striping, and a few added color chips. Announcement thread is at

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=74779

 

[sniper297]

Paint Shop Pro, Worth The Dough

I spent $100 bucks for PSP 7 10 years ago when I traded in my model railroad for MSTS, ever since then I haven't painted a single one of my grandkids Pullman green or tuscan red. Lot easier to use than a real airbrush. Besides I got the Three Blind Mice in the paintshop to do all the hard work.

Hey guys, you're painting each other again. Where did you get that pink paint?! There ain't no pink in railroads! :hehe:

 

[philskene]

Under the hood?

Certainly not rectifiers 'cause all the systems used DC.

Most likely a whole series of shunts, resistors and relays to vary the current flowing to the traction motors, and fans to keep the whole kit from melting.

Ever stand next to a DC electric loco when stationary? The fans are obviously moving masses of air.

 

[Bhorton]

Yeah, need some dual powered interurban and dual powered 4000 series L cars WITH PERMISSION TO RESKIN AND REDISTRIBUTE, this nonsense of "share by email but never upload anywhere" makes them useless for sessions. That's the primary reason I snagged these, don't have the usual "may not be modified or redistributed, if you reskin you must credit yadayada", is that permission denied or permission granted with provisions? This guy, PWeiser, says "Free for any use whatever - reskinning encouraged." That's what I like to see on freeware, it's a hobby, not a job.

I think that's pretty much what the final color scheme and logo will be, now on to weathering. Probably gonna clone and rust up the bogies while I'm at it.

Not to be a gimmie pig, but where can I get the locos? Thanks in advance!