I didn't want to post this again but I posted a message over at the TransDem forums if someone can help me in their experience.
https://forum.transdem.de/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=582&p=2971#p2971
Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is using Bing Images that start with lower levels with higher levels on top. I'm happy with the images because they look realistic and give me something to enjoy while I build up scenery.
Unfortunately they are very resource heavy when your dealing with a rail system that is 30 x 20 miles. The distant hills of the escarpment should be visible as well as Lake Erie or Lake Ontario in different locations.
If I use just UTM alone it grinds my system to a standstill with 13 UTM wide and 10 baseboards wide for all mainline sections. So I tried a compromise and that was to pain the orthoimages on the baseboard with TransDem. I could only do up to Bing level 15 but I was able to pile up levels 12 to 15 (the idea is it's not as detail the further you look away) then UTM's from Level 16 with up to 19 stacked on top. This allowed me to get a much reasonable 2 UTM wide along the mains.
Unfortunately it didn't work as I had planned (as with most of my attempts at pushing the limits here). The UTM's were never visible yet installed. Apparently you can't have UTM's with orthoimage baseboards (or at least it didn't work for me). In fact the painted baseboards was even burying some of the ground scenery such as the track roadbed.
Any assistance or pointing me in the right direction is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sean
https://forum.transdem.de/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=582&p=2971#p2971
Basically what I'm trying to accomplish is using Bing Images that start with lower levels with higher levels on top. I'm happy with the images because they look realistic and give me something to enjoy while I build up scenery.
Unfortunately they are very resource heavy when your dealing with a rail system that is 30 x 20 miles. The distant hills of the escarpment should be visible as well as Lake Erie or Lake Ontario in different locations.
If I use just UTM alone it grinds my system to a standstill with 13 UTM wide and 10 baseboards wide for all mainline sections. So I tried a compromise and that was to pain the orthoimages on the baseboard with TransDem. I could only do up to Bing level 15 but I was able to pile up levels 12 to 15 (the idea is it's not as detail the further you look away) then UTM's from Level 16 with up to 19 stacked on top. This allowed me to get a much reasonable 2 UTM wide along the mains.
Unfortunately it didn't work as I had planned (as with most of my attempts at pushing the limits here). The UTM's were never visible yet installed. Apparently you can't have UTM's with orthoimage baseboards (or at least it didn't work for me). In fact the painted baseboards was even burying some of the ground scenery such as the track roadbed.
Any assistance or pointing me in the right direction is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Sean