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Today, 02:23 AM

eolesen replied to a thread How to unlock shapes ? in Microsoft Train Simulator

We don't require real identities here. Posts have been deleted... Please stick to the topic.

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Today, 02:14 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Load Map issue in Goku's Route Editor

Glad it's working for you, and I know you'll love the outcome. What I've done is load them as Z17, and then run a batch file on the Terrtex...

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Yesterday, 01:06 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Custom TSM Shape Kate Shelley bridge in Items Wanted

Send me the height & width at the base of each of the supports, and also the type of track sections you're using on the bridges, and I'll see what I...

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Yesterday, 01:01 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Large bodies of water? in MSTS Scenery Object Design

This is the type of shape I was describing.... three layers with the bottom layer opaque. The shape I zipped above has a transparent bottom layer. ...

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Yesterday, 01:00 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Large bodies of water? in MSTS Scenery Object Design

Here's a 100x100 shape... three transparent layers. You can try to edit the .S file and change all the 100's to 250's and that should work to create...

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Yesterday, 09:21 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Question about modifying a current existing route. in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

There's a hack for tricking a small TDB change to let an activity resume... change the TDB and RDB serial number. It increments with each...

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Yesterday, 07:05 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Custom TSM Shape Kate Shelley bridge in Items Wanted

I've got a deck that's close. Supports.... nothing in my library, but might be possible.

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Yesterday, 03:18 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Large bodies of water? in MSTS Scenery Object Design

Not difficult at all. Make a plane in the shape of your lake, copy that plane downward with two or more layers separated by 6-12", and then apply a...

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01-26-2021, 08:50 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Load Map issue in Goku's Route Editor

The difference is huge. You do pay a bit of a price in terms of the size of your Terrtex folder -- my CNW-Chicago has about 10Gb of Terrtex right...

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01-26-2021, 03:38 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Load Map issue in Goku's Route Editor

Is there anything in the TSRE log.txt file? My MapBox key URL looks pretty much the same as yours. No quotes around the string, though. ...

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01-24-2021, 12:36 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Tracks on all routes look like they're laid in concrete, ( no ballast texture). in Open Rails Discussion

Start by reinstalling the tracks you're using. If it's X-Track, only re-install X-Tracks. You need that subset of shapes and textures. ...

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01-23-2021, 10:52 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Tracks on all routes look like they're laid in concrete, ( no ballast texture). in Open Rails Discussion

I'm not blind, Charles. But it looks like the same symptom thus probably the same cause -- a change to Global\Textures files *or* Global\Shapes...

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01-23-2021, 06:28 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Tracks on all routes look like they're laid in concrete, ( no ballast texture). in Open Rails Discussion

I had a similar problem after installing the ORTS sample route. New shapes were loaded which used DDS textures, which is why they said to install as...

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01-21-2021, 02:39 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Placing signals (complex junction) in MSTS Route Design

Absolutes are what I use, but it all depends on the railroad you're modeling and what level of AI traffic you're expecting. Sent from my SM-G981U...

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01-21-2021, 01:45 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Placing signals (complex junction) in MSTS Route Design

What signals you use isn't critical, but I see a need for three and four head signals: A to C = one head B to C = two or three head - Head 2...

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01-21-2021, 12:39 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Question about modifying a current existing route. in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

You'll want to remove the interactives if you're moving track. Dragging existing track isn't a problem as long as you use the Z key to remove it...

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01-21-2021, 11:25 AM

eolesen started a thread Tangent 3.0 Now Available in Goku's Route Editor

For those who have used Tangent in the past, it's now been updated to work with TSRE. http://www.digitalrails.com/2020/04/tangent.html As with...

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01-20-2021, 12:39 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Missing Edit Property in Goku's Route Editor

The code is there, but he's using some customized widgets for the GUI as opposed to standard Windows forms. The code will load into Visual Studio,...

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01-18-2021, 03:52 PM

eolesen replied to a thread MSTS Bin Patch in Microsoft Train Simulator

Duly Sticked.

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01-18-2021, 03:40 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Siskurail Update Information in Open Rails Discussion

And a friendly note from your somewhat cranky & irritable moderating staff.... If you don't have something nice or constructive to say, then...

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01-17-2021, 07:01 PM

eolesen replied to a thread How to unlock shapes ? in Microsoft Train Simulator

You don't need to decompile the .S file. Shape viewer will show the textures used.

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01-17-2021, 01:54 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Conversion to Unicode in Microsoft Train Simulator

There are probably hundreds of alternatives. Notepad2.exe is what I've used forever. Open it up in whatever form you're in, and save as Unicode. ...

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01-14-2021, 03:55 PM

eolesen replied to a thread SectionIdx issues or...? in MSTS Route Design

If that worked, then it's clearly not the sectionidx or the shape... it's how the vector is being calculated. Sent from my SM-G981U using...

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01-14-2021, 08:57 AM

eolesen replied to a thread SectionIdx issues or...? in MSTS Route Design

I've done vectors on other routes of 15+ miles with TSRE, but those don't have any significant changes in the Y rotation. It's when the rotation...

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01-14-2021, 01:46 AM

eolesen replied to a thread SectionIdx issues or...? in MSTS Route Design

It might be TSRE, then... I've reported a couple oddities with vectors that were having trouble after using the transform function, but haven't seen...

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01-14-2021, 01:09 AM

eolesen started a thread Missing Edit Property in Goku's Route Editor

Looks like there's a property missing from the edit panel when you're working with the Signal object type. StaticDetailLevel is a valid property...

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01-13-2021, 04:11 PM

eolesen replied to a thread SectionIdx issues or...? in MSTS Route Design

Hard to tell, but with the tsection line not matching, my guess is that you've got a shape that's the wrong geometry or tsection declaration that's...

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