Walker Lead Pedestrian ... etc ... Animated Drivable People

[cascaderailroad]

I experimented with Walker Lead Pedestrian, making him a drivable loco.
http://s525.photobucket.com/user/cascaderailroad/media/trainz2009-12-1715-33-38-07.mp4.html

He can be used to throw turnouts, and install/remove FRED's.

Possibly someone with great talent can help develop an animated drivable Conductor/Switchman ?

 

[johnwhelan]

Very nice.

Cheerio John

 

[mp202]

Oh so this is a people simulator now, huh? First it was a train simulator, now a plane simulator, and now a PEOPLE simulator? What will we come up with next?

 

[Gandalf0444]

Oh so this is a people simulator now, huh? First it was a train simulator, now a plane simulator, and now a PEOPLE simulator? What will we come up with next?

Last I checked having a crew on the train and interacting with it was apart of how trains actually work..

 

[ccowan2126]

Animated conductor/switchman would be a cool addition. He could ride on the side ladder to the switch, jump off and throw the points and hop back on to ride to the drop off point to uncouple the cars! Someone pleeeessse make that happen! Maybe TS2013?

100th post. Wooo hoooo!

 

[JCitron]

Well if that ain't cool or what!

I'm interested in seeing how this plays out.

What's that little red thing following the guy around?

John

 

[cascaderailroad]

Thats the FRED Flag only, which is the actual loco (in my experiment only), that drives him, via a 10m Spacer

 

[JCitron]

Very interesting.

If the walker is used as a conductor, you may need to have two guys. One will be riding on the engine or car and the other is invisible. The guy on the car then becomes invisible after the guy climbs down on the ground and does his stuff. When he then climbs back on the car, he disappears and the guy on the train reappears.

John