Restrict Ballast Spray

[boleyd]

When applying ballast to a new track the spray (coverage beyond the track) and often extends into tree lines and hillsides. This is with the smallest radius of the Spline Mode tool. Is there a method to restrict the coverage area of this tool to less than its current minimum setting?

 

[JCitron]

Unfortunately not really due to how the textures are painted on the grid. The textures are applied from the vertices causing the spikes to spread out when using a smaller brush. To get around this, I paint grass or ground texture first then paint the ballast. Once the ballast is put down, I go back and hit the spikey areas of ballast again with the dirt and grass.

The alternative to ballast texture is one of the many ballast splines found on the DLS. These are very thin roads textured as ballast that the track is placed on. These work fine in flat places, but when there are grades, it can be tricky.