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[JimDep]

I can't believe some people are still using billboard trees.....

There are some, if placed strategically, that can fill in some woods nicely, without looking like a billboard tree.

 

[hiawathamr]

Eastbound train driving into the rising sun...

Cheers

 

[WangHalen]

I can't believe some people are still using billboard trees.....

Make some better trees then, Dave.

 

[DARTrider]

I can't believe some people are still using billboard trees.....

Almost like if you use too many SpeedTrees, the route becomes unplayable due to the frame loss.

 

[railroader86001]

Hopefully, the new Plant Factory trees that are being tested work much better without the frame loss!

 

[steve180]

All of the Fall speed trees that I have been able to find for this game are too vibrant in their color or have a lack of realistic color variation / shading. I don't really care about the performance factor as much as I care about how realistic the trees look. I understand that we are talking about trees that are just pixelated images copy and pasted to form a tree-like structure, however, I have found that these fall trees, specifically the forest autumn and JVC Autumn Blueprint trees, have more realistic coloring when it comes to not being neon colored and actually looking like trees do in the fall. I understand that these trees are outdated, and trust me it shows (Especially in 19 and 22) because the trees only look decent from one direction. I (and several others I presume) continue to use these 2d trees on our fall based routes for this reason. I however don't have the skill set required to make my own fall trees for Trainz or I would have already done so. It is also still likely that there are people out there that still use 2d trees on their routes exclusively due to them using lower end pcs to run the game. I'm just trying to say that the majority of fall routes would feature almost all or all 3d trees on them if we had more realistic ones available for the program. As for those who still majorly use 2d trees on summer/spring routes, I can only assume that they want to save performance or have to save it for their own pc's sake. I am hopeful that whenever Plant Factory trees are implemented into the program, they will be helpful with maintaining better performance on routes than speed trees.
Apologies for my Yapping.

Everything above are my thoughts / opinions and don't reflect those at Nugget Trainz in any way.

 

[steve180]

Anyways, back to some screenshots:

 

[Wowwowpow]

KCS white ghosts on the UMR

 

[john2002]

that GN hopper is definitely a custom repaint

 

[NBandW]

Switching the interchange:

 

[hiawathamr]

Part 1 of 2

 

[hiawathamr]

Part 2 of 2

Cheers

 

[WangHalen]