Well, I found this works for me and thought maybe some new creator might like to know an inside (at least for me) secret.
OK so you've got the land form just right you've laid your track, and if you are like me when I first started laying track you have used the track smoothing tool to flatten and smooth the track.. OK thats great but what about the those ugly little humps where your smoothing just didn't get it right. or went too low or the ridges you have from raising the track beside the one your working on and smoothed it to get the perfect incline?
the image to the left the damage the smooth track tool leaves behind the dip at the track joint. --------------------------- The image on the right if you look closely you will see how the track joint is not flush..
You can see from images above there are some may things that just don't sit right...
on your land mass tools F1 there are a number of tools the tools I use to fix all these problems is the Adjust hight "A" and the Plateau "P" tools
OK so select one of them and adjust the radius to 2 dots and the sensitivity to 2 dots.
using the "P" Plateau tool run along your track and slowly you will see the land below being smoothed out without effecting you track.. OK now this is great but what about those big holes beneath your track you could drive a train under so to speak..
well using the "A" Adjust hight tool slowly (thats why we use 2 dots on the sensitivity) bring the land up a little in a few places and then switch back to the "P" tool and smooth it out again, with practice you'll see what I have been doing along my track.. this will allow you you to have earth beneath your tracks and fill those track to the level that makes you happy..
I hope this helps someone...
The images above are after I have used the tools on the section of track now you can see the track sits nice and the land beneath looks right. you can play with the effects of these tools and get some great results
P.s. I forgot to mention that pushing the mouse away from you will raise the land and pulling back to you will lower .. I normally do this looking down the track...............
OK so you've got the land form just right you've laid your track, and if you are like me when I first started laying track you have used the track smoothing tool to flatten and smooth the track.. OK thats great but what about the those ugly little humps where your smoothing just didn't get it right. or went too low or the ridges you have from raising the track beside the one your working on and smoothed it to get the perfect incline?
the image to the left the damage the smooth track tool leaves behind the dip at the track joint. --------------------------- The image on the right if you look closely you will see how the track joint is not flush..
You can see from images above there are some may things that just don't sit right...
on your land mass tools F1 there are a number of tools the tools I use to fix all these problems is the Adjust hight "A" and the Plateau "P" tools
OK so select one of them and adjust the radius to 2 dots and the sensitivity to 2 dots.
using the "P" Plateau tool run along your track and slowly you will see the land below being smoothed out without effecting you track.. OK now this is great but what about those big holes beneath your track you could drive a train under so to speak..
well using the "A" Adjust hight tool slowly (thats why we use 2 dots on the sensitivity) bring the land up a little in a few places and then switch back to the "P" tool and smooth it out again, with practice you'll see what I have been doing along my track.. this will allow you you to have earth beneath your tracks and fill those track to the level that makes you happy..
I hope this helps someone...
The images above are after I have used the tools on the section of track now you can see the track sits nice and the land beneath looks right. you can play with the effects of these tools and get some great results
P.s. I forgot to mention that pushing the mouse away from you will raise the land and pulling back to you will lower .. I normally do this looking down the track...............
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