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longislandmikeMember since Sep-22-03 · 169 posts

First let me say these are well done engines. I really hate to criticize someone’s work, so here goes. I made a consist with engines # 6863, 6867 and 6854, when running in view #2 I lose the side of the cab at window level of just the lead engine at a certain angle, the main problem is at the #4 view. At this view first as the train is approaching there are blank number boards, as the engines go past, again I lose the cab walls at window level all around on each engine plus the rear number boards. This doesn’t happen with any other engine or car and I have a lot of each, so I really don’t want to touch any settings. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks.Mike

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RE: Conrail SD60s, bnsfcsxup, Feb-10-04, 11:00 PM, (1) RE: Conrail SD60s, Claude350, Feb-11-04, 09:19 AM, (2) RE: Conrail SD60s, Stumbl, Feb-11-04, 09:27 AM, (3) RE: Conrail SD60s, Richard, Feb-11-04, 02:15 PM, (6) RE: Conrail SD60s, Cell0518, Feb-12-04, 08:36 AM, (12) RE: Conrail SD60s, BLW_1946, Feb-11-04, 09:51 AM, (4) RE: Conrail SD60s, Railfan727, Feb-11-04, 01:45 PM, (5) RE: Conrail SD60s, BNSFLADY, Feb-11-04, 03:21 PM, (7) RE: Conrail SD60s, Railfan727, Feb-11-04, 03:57 PM, (8) RE: Conrail SD60s, BNSFLADY, Feb-11-04, 06:03 PM, (9) RE: Conrail SD60s, Richard, Feb-11-04, 09:06 PM, (10) RE: Conrail SD60s, BNSFLADY, Feb-11-04, 10:21 PM, (11) RE: Conrail SD60s, longislandmike, Feb-13-04, 04:35 PM, (13) RE: Conrail SD60s, BNSFLADY, Feb-13-04, 06:29 PM, (14)

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bnsfcsxupCharter Member · 66 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Hey Mike,
I have the same problem with those SD60's.I emailed Bruce Bridges to let him know about the problem.I haven't heard from him yet.I do believe he is working on the problem tho.
Eddie

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Claude350Charter Member · 1869 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

If I'm not mistaken Bruce said there would be an update when he releases the SD50 withthe flexicoil trucks.

Claude350 NS Piedmont Division Raleigh East

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StumblCharter Member · 871 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Take this with a grain assault...
I had a similar issue with (some loco) (some time ago) turned out that it was because I was running the sim at 16 bit color depth.
Remember that this was something that happened quite some time ago and I am NOT sure if it was the exact problem.
Let us know."I do what my Rice Krispies tell me to do"

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BLW_1946Member since Sep-9-02 · 484 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

I encountered the same phenomenon last night with a pair of the CR units on the Columbia Gorge route. I then replaced them with a pair of Dick Cowen's kit units, and no such anomaly occurred. Strange!Tim Baldwin
Buffalo NY

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Railfan727Charter Member · 922 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

I'm sorry you're all having this problem with my SD60s.Unfortunately, I'm unable to reproduce the problem on my system... everything looks perfectly fine to me. I'm really at a loss as to how to fix what's going on.It seems like an alpha channel issue with *-02.ace (insert the loco number for the *)... all the parts that are disappearing have this texture in common. However, I checked the version that I uploaded with TGATool2 and it looks normal. Beyond this, it's really hard to say.Wish I had better news for you... Bruce Bridges
P.S.
Is there anyone who has been able to get these locos to display properly?And is there anyone who has had this problem and been able to fix it?If either situation applies to you, please speak up. I want to get to the bottom of this ASAP, and I would really appreciate your help.

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BNSFLADYMember since Aug-7-03 · 255 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Bruce:
I downloaded these units out of curiosity from this thread. I am no expert in these matters, but the problem may be in the eng.s and body.s files. Looking at them with SView, they show the following: eng.s; no low hood in front of cab is visible nor is the roof. body.s; no cab is visible but the low front hood in front of
it is. the back < with rear lites > is not visible.Hope this helps.Cyndi

Am I the only 1 who loves BNSF Great Pumpkin 38s?

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Railfan727Charter Member · 922 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Cyndi,That's really strange... do they look OK in the sim?I know that the whole locomotive isn't visible in the Activity Editor... but that's because part of it is done with the FreightAnim tag so you can see it from the cab.All I know is it looks good as gold on my computer... which pretty much rules out a problem in the files themselves.Would you mind opening up some of the 02.aces in TGATool and tell me what the alpha channel looks like? I wonder if something didn't somehow get corrupted when I uploaded the files.If you have Shape File Manager, let me know how they look with that too...Thanks!

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BNSFLADYMember since Aug-7-03 · 255 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Hi Bruce:
I am sending e-mail to your address shown in the redme.txt. Attaching some screenshots. Looks ok in sim except for missing cab walls.
My system is Window Me with nvidia running MSTS @1024X768X32.Cyndi

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RichardCharter Member · 563 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Cyndi,
There are two pieces for this unit. When you load the first piece in Sview, let's say "CR6841.s" after it loads, select file, then select, open second shape. Then select "6841body.s" and you should see the whole unit. I hope this explanation makes sense? Take care,
Rich S.

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BNSFLADYMember since Aug-7-03 · 255 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Hi Rich:
Yep, looks alot better that way. But unfortunately it doesn't show up in the sim that way. Sent Bruce the .ace files and some screenshots, so see what happens. Thanks for the reminder.Cyndi

Am I the only 1 who loves BNSF Great Pumpkin 38s?

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longislandmikeMember since Sep-22-03 · 169 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

I see there are new Sd60s in the library. Thank you Bruce! Again they are such fine looking engines.MikePS: Cyndi, thanks for the heads up. Well maybe those Pumpkin 38s are starting to grow on me.

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BNSFLADYMember since Aug-7-03 · 255 posts

RE: Conrail SD60s

Mike:>PS: Cyndi, thanks for the heads up. Well maybe those Pumpkin
>38s are starting to grow on me. I hope so. Lonely being the only one Cyndi

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