TRAINZ PAINT SHED FOR 2009 WORLD BUILDER
- Thread starter yoschie
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...yea, mine is now stuffed up under my bed...
...I whipped PaintShed out the other day & knocked the cob-webs off, to see if by chance a MagLev was included...
It's not...
All someone has to do is create meshes(.im), texture-maps including a bump-map, config file, shadow mesh .im & art files & we can have whatever we want to produce in TS2009 using PaintShed...
How long could that possibly take?
What law says Auran has to do it?
...I whipped PaintShed out the other day & knocked the cob-webs off, to see if by chance a MagLev was included...It's not...
All someone has to do is create meshes(.im), texture-maps including a bump-map, config file, shadow mesh .im & art files & we can have whatever we want to produce in TS2009 using PaintShed...
How long could that possibly take?
What law says Auran has to do it?
Stationbeem
Over 60's Club
yoschie..
Dont use CAPITALS it is classed as shouting on the forums and is one sure way to get your self ignored.
illinoiscentral
SARM Volunteer
Thank You Stationbeem!
whistlehead
Lurking
Making two threads on the same thing generally doesn't help either, or was the first on closed before this one was started?
Obviously you've never tried. The one experienced creator who tried this (Whitepass) concluded that the hassle is too great and it is far easier to create from scratch or make reskins using normal paint packages. I too tried it and gave up as you have to be pixel perfect to get any decent results.
How long could that possibly take?
What law says Auran has to do it?
illinoiscentral
SARM Volunteer
teddytoot,
I know backyard fairly well, and I can say that indeed he does know what he is talking about. Search the DLS for his items and you will find that he is very handy with Paintshed.
Cheers,
Woody
I know backyard fairly well, and I can say that indeed he does know what he is talking about. Search the DLS for his items and you will find that he is very handy with Paintshed.
Cheers,
Woody
teddytoot IS correct regarding templates for paintshed , Whitepass I believe made two and then gave it up as too much work for the results !
Paintshed is NOT available in TS2009 , and has most likely been retired as far as newer versions are concerned ?
TRS2006 paintshed content can be made to work in '09 , but not created in '09 .
My thoughts --- ,DLR
Paintshed is NOT available in TS2009 , and has most likely been retired as far as newer versions are concerned ?
TRS2006 paintshed content can be made to work in '09 , but not created in '09 .
My thoughts --- ,DLR
...to hard for who...?
Some 50 different assets were originally created for PaintShed, for Auran Trainz...It can't be that hard...
It's the "for-free" part that keeps folks from creating content for PaintShed...the software part is done & done & includes a neat amount of "weathering."
I understand that & use payware items made for me...I don't expect free...but the point is PaintShed is just like Auran Jet...always catching heck, something to slap the face of the giver with, not even close to being fully-realized...what an insult...& I wonder how many "extras" have been dropped for our use because of how PS was so totally ignored by the community...
You said yourself, you gave up...on something that others have already accomplished.
I don't doubt it was difficult to do...once done, each item became available to style as the user wishes...& fact, will always be available to Trainz Legacy users, re-skins will continue to be available on the Download Station no less...
PaintShed was an adventure for me, I've counted over a dozen apps that I had to learn to do to make my efforts as close to professional at the time for content not available at the time...
Check my DLS link at the bottom of this page...
Paint Shed is a complete stand-alone graphics utility that uses the simple tools necessary for content creation...not a visual studio for every need, but just the thing for producing customized styling for pre-made(generic) assets for Trainz & MSTS.
Normal mapping, does not require the texture map changes from one road-name to the next...they just lay low in the body folder.
In fact, if the Content Creator included 4 maps for the 4 views, the rest is pretty much editing those four views for the masks.
Here's Dru's PaintShed Frame Page.
Some 50 different assets were originally created for PaintShed, for Auran Trainz...It can't be that hard...It's the "for-free" part that keeps folks from creating content for PaintShed...the software part is done & done & includes a neat amount of "weathering."
I understand that & use payware items made for me...I don't expect free...but the point is PaintShed is just like Auran Jet...always catching heck, something to slap the face of the giver with, not even close to being fully-realized...what an insult...& I wonder how many "extras" have been dropped for our use because of how PS was so totally ignored by the community...
You said yourself, you gave up...on something that others have already accomplished.
I don't doubt it was difficult to do...once done, each item became available to style as the user wishes...& fact, will always be available to Trainz Legacy users, re-skins will continue to be available on the Download Station no less...
PaintShed was an adventure for me, I've counted over a dozen apps that I had to learn to do to make my efforts as close to professional at the time for content not available at the time...
Check my DLS link at the bottom of this page...
Paint Shed is a complete stand-alone graphics utility that uses the simple tools necessary for content creation...not a visual studio for every need, but just the thing for producing customized styling for pre-made(generic) assets for Trainz & MSTS.
Normal mapping, does not require the texture map changes from one road-name to the next...they just lay low in the body folder.
In fact, if the Content Creator included 4 maps for the 4 views, the rest is pretty much editing those four views for the masks.
Here's Dru's PaintShed Frame Page.
backyard,
I could be totally wrong , but I was under the assumption that the original post was regarding TS2009 and it's Paintshed program , it does not exist .
If you were to write a "simple progam" for TS2009 , ( your words ) , there would be several kudos sent to you by a large amount of members ! I do not see it happening , but the challenge is open .
My thoughts --- ,DLR :wave: !
I could be totally wrong , but I was under the assumption that the original post was regarding TS2009 and it's Paintshed program , it does not exist .
If you were to write a "simple progam" for TS2009 , ( your words ) , there would be several kudos sent to you by a large amount of members ! I do not see it happening , but the challenge is open .
My thoughts --- ,DLR :wave: !
...your ready...
Start by downloading the Trainz PaintShed Setup
PEVSoft, has a .pm converter file however it won't(yet) convert the PaintShed files...but your content will still work...
Start by downloading the Trainz PaintShed Setup- Download to your desktop & scan for virus.
- Run the installer with Administrator privileges.
- Install PaintShed to your Program Files.
- Run PaintShed & setup you preferences(type of interface, location of your TS2009.exe file, etc).
- Create something & save it to your TS2009/World/Custom folder, in a folder called "trains."
- You will have to install your content using CMv2/File/Import Content.
PEVSoft, has a .pm converter file however it won't(yet) convert the PaintShed files...but your content will still work...
...re-skins & meshes...
If you can use any paint program that applies layers & has a wand tool, you don't need PaintShed.
PaintShed was supplied with low poly meshes & a texture script that allows you to take a given asset, style it as you wish, then applies a little weathering.
It is an open-end software that allows adding meshes created from gmax through the Trainz Asset Creation Studio & masks to be added for "quick skinning."
Thanks to Drucifer for carrying the PaintShed Frame Page page on the web.
If you can use any paint program that applies layers & has a wand tool, you don't need PaintShed.PaintShed was supplied with low poly meshes & a texture script that allows you to take a given asset, style it as you wish, then applies a little weathering.
It is an open-end software that allows adding meshes created from gmax through the Trainz Asset Creation Studio & masks to be added for "quick skinning."
Thanks to Drucifer for carrying the PaintShed Frame Page page on the web.
dieseldash7
Trainz Veteran
where do you get paintshed 2004 free 
:udrool: cascaderailroad
New member
http://www.gaurc.us/index_files/software.htm
Paintshed is very limited program and only paints @ 20 Paintshed Templates, and can not paint anything else. If you have 2009 it will not even work.
You can however paint stuff using 40 & 06...and import that stuff into 09.
But again, Paintshed doesn't paint much at all.
Paintshed is very limited program and only paints @ 20 Paintshed Templates, and can not paint anything else. If you have 2009 it will not even work.
You can however paint stuff using 40 & 06...and import that stuff into 09.
But again, Paintshed doesn't paint much at all.
On the other hand, If there is no rolling stock for your favorite RR or your personal RR done by the elite that can make it happen in elaborate/complex non Auran programs, we regular Trainzers can manage to paint some stuff of our own. In my case there is little usable in locomotives for Western Pacific so I painted me some SW7s, GP35s (actually GP38s but who can tell the diference) and F7s for WP. I have not figured how to do the silver and orange scheme or the very last scheme of orange and green (see above) but the all green and the all orange schemes were easy enough. I found the WP logo on the internet and, with the help of Irfanview, was able to use them in Paintshed.
It was much easier to create a scheme for my personal (ficticious) Fiddletown & Copperopolis RR.
It was much easier to create a scheme for my personal (ficticious) Fiddletown & Copperopolis RR.
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