Hello All,
I wanted to share a way of which I do "landscaping" in trainz. In some situations route builders may want to have their trains ride through rolling hill like areas, (like in the photo below), and there are many ways to do this, some may like to just use the default land altering tools and then run the track through, and use the smooth tool, which is a basic and effective way to do so. Some may like to use splines to create hills, like I, and this basic tutorial will help you to do so, in a few easy steps.
(Photo of trackside hills)
Now, for the tutorial.
Step #1:
Step one, have your track plan set up, with the heights you want to use, and then lay invisible track along side the tracks you want to use, in a similar route of which your trackage goes.
(Shown Below.)
Step #2:
Step 2, raise the placed track to the height you want your hills to be, weather you want the hills to go higher than the tracks, or lower, pending on weather you want, even hilltop trackage, cuts, or embankments.
(As shown below.)
Step #3:
Use the smooth tool, delete the track, and it may look like you have spiky hills, that really look more like contour lines on a topographical map. That is good.
(As shown below)
Step 4:
Step 4, lay new track down every two or three grid lines, and set one for every path that you had originally set for the first set of tracks you created.
(As shown below.)
Step 5:
Step 5, smooth the second set of track that has been set, and with a little tweak of track placement in some areas, and playing with the height of the invisible track, you end up with what is seen below
(Finished Product.)
Hope this helps some,
-Taylor.
I wanted to share a way of which I do "landscaping" in trainz. In some situations route builders may want to have their trains ride through rolling hill like areas, (like in the photo below), and there are many ways to do this, some may like to just use the default land altering tools and then run the track through, and use the smooth tool, which is a basic and effective way to do so. Some may like to use splines to create hills, like I, and this basic tutorial will help you to do so, in a few easy steps.
(Photo of trackside hills)
Now, for the tutorial.
Step #1:
Step one, have your track plan set up, with the heights you want to use, and then lay invisible track along side the tracks you want to use, in a similar route of which your trackage goes.
(Shown Below.)
Step #2:
Step 2, raise the placed track to the height you want your hills to be, weather you want the hills to go higher than the tracks, or lower, pending on weather you want, even hilltop trackage, cuts, or embankments.
(As shown below.)
Step #3:
Use the smooth tool, delete the track, and it may look like you have spiky hills, that really look more like contour lines on a topographical map. That is good.
(As shown below)
Step 4:
Step 4, lay new track down every two or three grid lines, and set one for every path that you had originally set for the first set of tracks you created.
(As shown below.)
Step 5:
Step 5, smooth the second set of track that has been set, and with a little tweak of track placement in some areas, and playing with the height of the invisible track, you end up with what is seen below
(Finished Product.)
Hope this helps some,
-Taylor.
