Water Levels?

Forester1

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Greetings. I am trying to work with Dinorius Redundicus' Patagonia DEM, which is actually the Columbia Gorge area near Mount Hood. There is a water level for the Columbia River itself, which I can adjust so that the banks provide the space for the highways, freeways and track rights-of-way for the trains along the river. But is the water limited to one level? I had hoped to go up the hill and create a stream flowing down to the river, but when I try to add water in the DEM channel, nothing shows up, so I am guessing it is putting it under the surface level where it matches the river? There are also ponds in the low spots along the tracks, but it does not appear that I can control the level of those in order to look correct? Or I guess I need to terraform the ground in order for it to look correct? Still left with the original issue which is putting water in higher up in elevation. Is there a way to start higher up and bring water down to the river? Being the Columbia gorge there are going to be plenty of these. Thanks for any tips!
 
Just installed Patagonia to have a look hoping that it was a Water Effect Layer in which case the solution would be simple. But no joy there.

Switching into Surveyor Classic it is the old Legacy Water Layer so it seems that just "one height to rule them all" applies.
 
Thank you for the response PWare. Is there anything is Surveyor 2 that would allow adding of any other kind of water? Or am I pretty much stuck with water splines or textures, none of which look very real to me.
 
The route was made in what I guess is now called Surveyor Classic mode. It allowed water at different levels provided their planes don't touch. To see what you're doing, it's best to alternate between regular and wireframe views (F9 in TRS19).

This example is from the copper mine area of the Patagonia route, showing 2 bodies of water at different altitudes.

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Is there anything is Surveyor 2 that would allow adding of any other kind of water?
There most certainly is.

Surveyor 2.0 gives you multiple Water Effect Layers, each can have different surface effects (colours, smooth/rough) - for example a "dirty" water layer for farm dams, a "clean" layer for rivers, a deep blue wind wave layer for the ocean, etc. The Classic Legacy Water Layer allows you only one surface effect.

See the Trainz Wiki at How_to_Use_S20_Tools#Water_Effect_Layer for the details
 
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