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wpfan (78 posts)
Dec-15-01, 10:25 PM (EST) "new hopper cars" Okay here is some pictures of my project. I've got two different versions here one is the lite version and the other has got more detail. The lite model has weighs in at 960 polys and is missing such details as grab irons, some braces, and the coupler is just a black box. The other version weighs in at nearly 1400 polys but has the details listed above plus the couplers look like couplers. The question to the train sim community. How much demand would there be for one version over the other? What I have done in test consists is place two of the more detailed cars at the head of the train, a number of the lite cars in the middle, a couple of the detailed versions at the rear and then the caboose. I plan on uploading these shortly; however since the textures on the trucks and the wheels are not mine I have to contact their creator first and ask permission. Also could somebody tell me how to package my file for upload so that the file_id.dz and the readme.txt files can be read before downloading. Anyways here are the pics.
The lite version

and the detailed version
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: new hopper cars DKlemm Dec-15-01 1 RE: new hopper cars NickF Dec-16-01 2 RE: new hopper cars tryagin Dec-16-01 3 RE: new hopper cars SD80MAC Dec-16-01 4 RE: new hopper cars dyvach Dec-16-01 5 RE: new hopper cars patm41 Dec-16-01 6

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DKlemm (828 posts)
Dec-15-01, 10:58 PM (EST) 1. "RE: new hopper cars" Nice work. I've been needing some hoppers to place at a cement plant!David Klemm
Illinois Central Route
Illinois and St Louis Divisions
Ver 0.6 uploaded
Working on Decatur IL
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NickF (526 posts)
Dec-16-01, 00:02 AM (EST) 2. "RE: new hopper cars" I'd vote for the detailed version for myself. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
tryagin (502 posts)
Dec-16-01, 03:48 AM (EST) 3. "RE: new hopper cars" I like the Idea of both versions, for just the reasons you gave. I've been waiting for a good ol' two-bay to come along, since way back when.Thanks!Tim Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SD80MAC (424 posts)
Dec-16-01, 07:40 AM (EST) 4. "RE: new hopper cars" Definately the "Detailed" version...What's a few more Polys? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dyvach (1 posts)
Dec-16-01, 09:00 AM (EST) 5. "RE: new hopper cars" >Definately the "Detailed" version...What's a few more Polys? That's almost five hundred, not 'a few'... and it means quite 'a few' fps less when you're driving with say, twenty of these things in your consist... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
patm41 (436 posts)
Dec-16-01, 09:18 AM (EST) 6. "RE: new hopper cars" yes when you have alot of those highy detailed cars your framerates suffer
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