I am curious, I am trying to view a cabview using 1024x1024 ace file using the Editors & Tools program that comes with MSTS and the program keeps crashing. I check the cab in Conbuilder and it says all is ok and the cab loads in the Train Simulator. Have I missed something or is that Editors and Tools does not support large ace files yet? Also, is it a difficult process to set up the passenger view inside the cab of an engine? Thanks for your time and good day!Michael
RE: Using 1024x1024 cab vies with TS Editors & Tools
You can't use 1024x1024 - it's not a valid resolution. You must render your cabview to be 1024x768, then open the file in photoshop or your paint editor, and add extra pixels to the bottom of the image to make it 1024x1024 (but your render is still in the top part). Save the file, then use makeace like this :makeace cabfront.tga cabfront.ace -bmp -width:1024 -height:768That will crop the image to 1024x768.The problem is that makeace doesn't handle non-square images
RE: Using 1024x1024 cab vies with TS Editors & Tools
Thanks for the reply. Now that I think about it, the larger cab views are not square. Guess that is what I get for staying up too late trying to fix things. Also, are you able to view the large res. cab views with the cab view editor in train simulator editors and tools? Thanks again and good day!Michael
RE: Using 1024x1024 cab vies with TS Editors & Tools
LAST EDITED ON Jun-28-02 AT 02:58 PM (EDT)
In my experience, 1024 x 1024 works just fine.I render in 1600 x 1200 Downsample (and distort) to 1024 x 1024 Run it through MakeACEWin with 8-bit alpha without any cropping (don't bother using the clunky makeace command line!)The cab editor doesn't mind and displays everything correctly. (but I hate the cab editor, wordpad works better a lot of the time)Works like a charm, and looks better in the game under 1280 x 960.Have fun,
