No problem mate. I'm gonna be pretty busy, I have a math exam today followed by chemistry lab (kill me), tomorrow I need to head out fairly early so I can get some more supplies for my girlfriend so she can finish up some crafts, then I run the Christmas train from 3:30 until late. Saturday I'll be with the girlfriend again in the morning helping her at a craft fair/sale type thing, then Christmas train again, so earliest I can get anything meaningful done on them will probably be Sunday afternoon, so I should be able to get the test pack out for testing around Monday-ish.
So far my to-do list for the route is as follows:
-Fix the Power Plant curvature. The curves need to be big enough to preferably take an SD40.
-Get the content pack finished and put that out.
-Fix the signalling on the route as needed.
-Make all of the industries interactive.
-Add detail to the Coldwater and Heather areas. I still feel they are lacking in detail.
-Add lights to some of the industries so they can realistically operate at night.
That's the to do list for now. Also Blue you may want to update your version of the NCNO to the final release, I can tell you're still running on the final beta and while that is still a functional route, some things have been made better in the release. In the final release those crossing gates would be down, however they are up there because I didn't realize the crossings on that side were broken before I sent out that beta version.
Doesn't look like you have enough going on over there, shoot, if you blink, you might miss Xmas!
Kidding of course,
Hey, Good Luck with those Exams, and this project can wait a bit for you to catch up, The Layout is out there to play with, WIP.
I'm sure having fun with it.........I think it is a Marvel of Engineering on your part, so much to play with in 2 Baseboard Squares, Phenomenal for sure!
My plate is full too, with tons of Honey Do's around here, I'm refinishing our Shower and Bathroom items, Lights etc. While cleaning out Garage and bunch of other stuff to get rid off.......
Your To Do list:Looks good, and I would say, Texture Etc, evolves as like a Painter, you take a minute as your impression develops, things stand out, and/or new ideas come to mind you'll create your OBJECT DE ART Masterpiece for all to see.
Curiosity about something and I keep forgetting to ask you,
I noticed on the outside edges to your Baseboard (like by the Large Rail Yards, you have them Terrain and Wallboards set in a bit from Baseboard Edges, it's were your Sky Boards are Etc, looks like 2 Grid Rows wide of unused space, was there a particular reason?
That would give you some breathing room for changes?
Agree on Night Lights that would look awesome.
On the interactive, I wanted to see how the Power Company worked out, so temporarily I dropped Industry Load/Unload to see the operation. The Mining Coal Plant works fantastic as it comes with interactive Track already, in fact I wish all industries came with Interactive Tracks attached, it makes things much easier as everything is lined up for you, no centering of Tracks needed. Just Pie in the Sky wishful thinking of course.
I deleted the Layout and will download your latest tonight.
I have a bad habit which I need to change, when I look for inventory Cars and Locos, I grab a bunch of stuff and don't pay close enough attention to the Detail of the objects, sharpness etc, like a kid in a candy store, so what I'm doing now is getting rid as I can all the items that are not clean looking as they should be.....
Yesterday for example, after downloading all the shortcut free items you suggested ( I like them a lot too!) I deleted all my CSX and NS Locomotives I had, lots of them where versions 1-3 more or less, and of Course T:ANE is a stickler for anything below 3.5, it gives you a faulty Asset error on Version as well as all the other cornucopia of other things it finds wrong.
We'll take it slow on the curves then, didn't want to derail our nice Power we got this week........Thanks for Quick Reply......
