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Yesterday, 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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Yesterday, 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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01-13-2021, 05:33 AM

eolesen replied to a thread World file format in MSTS Route Design

Here is an example of QD... it's not a clean math formula, you need to do tangent, cosine, sine, etc... Here's the formula that Tangent uses...

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01-13-2021, 04:03 AM

eolesen replied to a thread World file format in MSTS Route Design

These are my definitions, not necessarily those of Kuju or other route developers... feel free to correct me if you know otherwise. World File...

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01-12-2021, 02:11 PM

eolesen replied to a thread World file format in MSTS Route Design

Well, QD is a quaternion value and I wish it were easy to explain. It defines the 3D vector that the shape takes starting at the XYZ position value....

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01-12-2021, 08:39 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Run8 Multiplayer Popularity in Run8 General

Moderation ain't the courts or parliament. Move on, or take it up with Nels.

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01-12-2021, 05:14 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Run8 Multiplayer Popularity in Run8 General

Yeah, no. If someone complains, we act in the RW/TS/ORTS/MSTS/Trainz areas as well.

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01-12-2021, 04:47 AM

eolesen replied to a thread World file format in MSTS Route Design

Yeah, that's how I first noticed the bug. Was taking a screen grab and found some whiskers where they didn't belong... went to the world coordinates...

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01-12-2021, 12:51 AM

eolesen replied to a thread World file format in MSTS Route Design

I also found a bunch of track underground and floating... Showed up plain as day in TrackViewer but couldn't find it in TSRE without diving hundreds...

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01-11-2021, 09:56 AM

eolesen replied to a thread World file format in MSTS Route Design

I've suspect a problem with the QDirection calc in TSRE for a couple weeks. If I manually calculate the QD in Tangent, I come up with different...

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01-11-2021, 01:28 AM

eolesen replied to a thread CNW Chicago Division Progress - 2021 in MSTS Route Design

Side note... I've had requests to get a copy of the route.... It's partly complete right now.... There are 230 miles of track complete (closer to 500...

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01-10-2021, 09:15 PM

eolesen replied to a thread CNW Chicago Division Progress - 2021 in MSTS Route Design

Given the proximity to the West Line, and I'd already done Yard Nine as part of the Harvard, I couldn't *not* model a little more of the southern...

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01-10-2021, 10:59 AM

eolesen replied to a thread CNW Chicago Division Progress - 2016 in MSTS Route Design

To be continued: https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showthread.php?335770-CNW-Chicago-Division-Progress-2021

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