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[USSc1798]

That, my friend, looks amazing. Keep it up!! I'm feeling the urge to dig out my FEF-1 diagrams now!

-Ben

Too late, I got there first! https://forums.auran.com/trainz/sho...gram)-screenies-renders&p=1609824#post1609824
But hey, nobody says you cant make one.. it would probably be better than mine if your CA&L locos are anything to judge by...

I would reduce specularity even more, and at least darken the color a touch. A few tips to making models look nice I've found over the years:
-Make the specular color a little off-white, because pure white seems "plasticky" no matter what.
-for Blender, a hardness of about 300-500 should serve you well.
-m.tbumptex textures are useful, because a properly formed normal map will help give the effect of wavy or imperfect shine on a model. This is essential for realism. If you can spare the investment, CrazyBump is your friend. I can send you a picture of the settings I prefer if you decide to get it. Otherwise you can try and use Blender's normal map baking function (note this requires a "difference" mesh that probably isn't worth your time to build) or any other number of programs designed to help create normal maps.

Thanks Trainboi1! These tips are more than appreciated!

Currently, I have just been baking the ambient occlusion, then using that for the majority of the textures on the loco. And as for hardness, I put it all the way up at 511. Perhaps thats too high.

As for my normal maps, Im using a normal map plugin for gimp. Perhaps I should start using something like crazy bump. Might make my life a lot easier...

 

[wpn96]

 

[cressjl]

Great shot, wpn96! Thanks for bringing this thread back to its purpose (so much here lately needs to be handled elsewhere, I'd say...).

 

[daylightrain]

Never enough UP!

 

[Trainz_12_fan_100]

In the second screenshot, how did you get the track like that?

 

[PBY357]

how did you get the track like that?

In TANE you can superelevate track. In the track splines tab, hit advanced and hit the "?" . You'll see a changeable super elevation value that you can change.

 

[wpn96]

Great shot, wpn96! Thanks for bringing this thread back to its purpose (so much here lately needs to be handled elsewhere, I'd say...).

Thank you! Here's some more:

 

[USSc1798]

Never enough UP!

You got that right!

The old-style compressor shield is complete. Yay! Oh, the stack has been enlarged a little bit as well.
Note: It should be obvious that the tender is not mine...

 

[daylightrain]

 

[logybear]

LOL Star Wars Memes in Trainz!

 

[Trainz_12_fan_100]

(snip)

Holy mother of UP.

 

[normhart]

Looking pretty good there DaylightTrain!

They're back!

Pencil42's Virginia and Truckee Moguls



The complete V & T collection (so far) by Pencil42, BDANeal, TBryson2, and Trainboi1



So far as I know the most extensive collection of wood burning locomotives from one railroad.

 

[wpn96]

I am really inspired by your collection!!

As for the V&T engines from bdaneal, how did you get them to work in T:ANE?? Because I always end up getting faulty dependencies. How did you fix them??

 

[normhart]

I am really inspired by your collection!!

As for the V&T engines from bdaneal, how did you get them to work in T:ANE?? Because I always end up getting faulty dependencies. How did you fix them??

One step at a time. I did it so long ago that I'm not sure I remember all the steps. You will need PEV's tools and AssetX. It's late here now but drop me a PM listing the errors you're getting and maybe we can figure it out.

 

[wpn96]

One step at a time. I did it so long ago that I'm not sure I remember all the steps. You will need PEV's tools and AssetX. It's late here now but drop me a PM listing the errors you're getting and maybe we can figure it out.

Check your PM box.

 

[normhart]

ProtoClinchfield, I've gotten the first 4.5 square miles planted.









Only 60 or so miles to go. :hehe:

 

[tbird8923]

HOLY TOM THUMB, If you release all that the Trainz and serious UP fans will probably faint

 

[daylightrain]

Only the first 5 1/2 rows are mine. After that we have Trainzitalias Challengers, ANL's TTT-6/CSA Challengers/FEF's/UP Mikado skin, The Cowboys 9000's, Normharts UP 4000/4004, Ben's original UP Atlantic, and a couple more small engines.

 

[normhart]

 

[normhart]