I'm building a route but I'm struggling with the laying out of the track with elevation change.
For my first attempt, I started at my yard which is flat and then I set the gradient value and built my track out from there. I continued to build for a few baseboards and my track was elevated as expected.
Then I selected the entire length of new track and used the "smooth ground under selected" option. This worked OK but I did get some weird topology on the inside of curves that I had placed. I wanted to fix them and also add some elevation changes to the parts of the map that are surround the tracks. I used the brush tool and was able to get some changes to the elevation but the changes in the elevation were very abrupt. Plus when changing the terrain my tracks would some time not be in contain with the ground, both underground and floating.
What's the best method to smooth out the elevation of the terrain? I tried the grade option but really couldn't figure out what it was doing.
For my second attempt, I did the opposite and created the terrain first and then put the track down on the terrain. I used the "Settle on ground" option but ended up with a roller coaster instead of a train line. I could not figure out if there was an option to smooth the track out. Is there a way to smooth out the track?
I'm open to any other suggestions on better ways to create a route of a fictional hilly terrain. Any videos of methods would be extremely helpful.
Thank you.
For my first attempt, I started at my yard which is flat and then I set the gradient value and built my track out from there. I continued to build for a few baseboards and my track was elevated as expected.
Then I selected the entire length of new track and used the "smooth ground under selected" option. This worked OK but I did get some weird topology on the inside of curves that I had placed. I wanted to fix them and also add some elevation changes to the parts of the map that are surround the tracks. I used the brush tool and was able to get some changes to the elevation but the changes in the elevation were very abrupt. Plus when changing the terrain my tracks would some time not be in contain with the ground, both underground and floating.
What's the best method to smooth out the elevation of the terrain? I tried the grade option but really couldn't figure out what it was doing.
For my second attempt, I did the opposite and created the terrain first and then put the track down on the terrain. I used the "Settle on ground" option but ended up with a roller coaster instead of a train line. I could not figure out if there was an option to smooth the track out. Is there a way to smooth out the track?
I'm open to any other suggestions on better ways to create a route of a fictional hilly terrain. Any videos of methods would be extremely helpful.
Thank you.