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AngliaTrainsMember since Aug-29-03 · 112 posts

hi Guys, Right i've made the curves in switch and the .b3d files for the curves are placed into my objects folder. Now im stuck! I've tryed adding the curves into the route but BVE doesnt seem to do what i wont it too do.what I've done is the following,.Rail(0)
.....
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.rail(4) yarmouth\trackpack\curve1.b3d
.rail(5) yarmouth\trackpack\curve2.b3d
.rail(6) yarmouth\trackpack\curve3.b3d
blah blah.....
..With Track<Skiping To Distance 125>125
.freeobj 0; 13;-4;-0.1
.curve -500;0;14
.railtype 0;4140
.freeobj 0; 8; 7
.freeobj 0; 8; 16150
.freeobj 0; 13;-4;-0.1
.curve -275;0
.railend 4
.railtype 0;5175
.Tr 3; 0
.freeobj 0; 13;-4;-0.1
.curve -900;0
.railend 5
.railtype 0;6
.freeobj 0; 8; 7
.freeobj 0; 8; 16190
.freeobj 0; 13;-4;-0.1
.railend 6I've obviously done something wrong here, please can anyone help me out?Thanks In Advance again,Zane Saxton
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RE: Smooth Curves, SachaD, Jun-08-04, 04:52 PM, (1) RE: Smooth Curves, AngliaTrains, Jun-08-04, 06:10 PM, (2) RE: Smooth Curves, TomBoyRacer, Jun-08-04, 07:28 PM, (3) RE: Smooth Curves, Stooopid_person, Jun-09-04, 06:06 AM, (5) RE: Smooth Curves, Technical Numpty, Jun-08-04, 08:15 PM, (4) RE: Smooth Curves, AngliaTrains, Jun-09-04, 06:32 AM, (6) RE: Smooth Curves, Technical Numpty, Jun-09-04, 06:33 AM, (7) RE: Smooth Curves, AngliaTrains, Jun-09-04, 06:48 AM, (8)

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SachaDMember since Apr-21-03 · 72 posts

RE: Smooth Curves

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>.rail(4) yarmouth\trackpack\curve1.b3d
>.rail(5) yarmouth\trackpack\curve2.b3d
>.rail(6) yarmouth\trackpack\curve3.b3d
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>With Track
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>125
>.curve -500;0;14
>.railtype 0;4
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>150
>.curve -275;0
>.railtype 0;5
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>175
>.curve -900;0
>.railtype 0;6 Zane,Apart from putting an additional '14' at the end of the curve command on line 125, I can't really see any other problem, but what are you getting exactly? Does the route load up? Are you getting an Error message? are the curved rails going in the opposite direction?We need some more info if you need help trying to solve this.Sacha

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AngliaTrainsMember since Aug-29-03 · 112 posts

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Heres whats happening, I forgot to put this screenie on the last post Also some reason the curved track seems to be a different width Bugger! i cant upload the image because of this service pack 2 beta.Heres an address instead!
http://www.railnetwork.chicsystems.com/screen.htmRegards
Zane SaxtonBVE Railnetwork
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http://therailwayphotocollection.zandreweb.comPlease contact my throught MSN Messager or via Email
bvetrains24@hotmail.comSmooth Curves – image 2

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TomBoyRacerMember since Apr-19-03 · 274 posts

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I don't see why you need to put railends in every time you want to change a railtype. The reason the track width's don't add up is those made in switch differ slightly from those made by some previous developers.
also make sure the radius of the tracktypes adds up to the ones you have called in the routefile. If all else fails remove some of the graduation from the curve Radii to simplify matters.
Finally when generating curves in switch to be used as railtypes and not as freeobjects make sure you have the 'turn angle to outside' option selected.

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Stooopid_personCharter Member · 3809 posts

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>I don't see why you need to put railends in every time you
>want to change a railtype.But they are useless as well! Looking at the screenshot, there doesn't even seem to be another rail 4, rail 5 and rail 6!

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Technical NumptyMember since Apr-16-03 · 195 posts

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Hi Zane!!When creating curves in Switch it asks;Shall the curve be turned it's own angle to the outside (y/n)?
This is required if you want to use the curve as a rail(x) type.If you didn't select "yes" the first time around, re-make your curves remembering to say "yes" at this point and let us know what difference it makes.Technical Numpty

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AngliaTrainsMember since Aug-29-03 · 112 posts

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Yes that was partly the reason why it didnt work! I've also taken out the .railend at every .railtype and now its working fine thanks guysKind RegardsZane SaxtonBVE Railnetwork
http://railnetwork.chicsystems.com
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http://therailwayphotocollection.zandreweb.comPlease contact my throught MSN Messager or via Email
bvetrains24@hotmail.comSmooth Curves – image 7

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