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jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-25-01, 09:34 PM (EST) "Track Textures" OK..i have made new track textures for use with NYCTA subways...i saved it as a BMP and converted it and it works fine BUT now the texture appears on the railhead?!?! help! Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Track Textures aptman201 Aug-25-01 1 RE: Track Textures sniper297 Aug-26-01 2 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-26-01 3 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-26-01 4 RE: Track Textures Xacto Aug-26-01 5 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-26-01 6 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-26-01 7 RE: Track Textures Xacto Aug-26-01 8 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-26-01 9 RE: Track Textures CactusBoy Aug-27-01 10 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-27-01 11 RE: Track Textures Mrscotti Aug-28-01 12 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-28-01 13 RE: Track Textures wewain Aug-28-01 14 RE: Track Textures jerseycentral Aug-29-01 15 Interesting, but it doesn't always ... Omellette Aug-30-01 16

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aptman201 (14 posts)
Aug-25-01, 11:53 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Track Textures" Hi,
Into what program & what file extension did you save your BMP as. I have several pics of as well and would like to know.
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sniper297 (301 posts)
Aug-26-01, 00:45 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Track Textures" ACLEANTRACK1.ACE is the ties and ballast, I think ACLEANTRACK2.ACE is the rails. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-26-01, 01:02 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Track Textures" that must be the problem, i must have replaced files i shouldnt have! thanks! i'll post pictures... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-26-01, 01:28 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Track Textures" comments please Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Xacto (355 posts)
Aug-26-01, 01:38 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Track Textures" Looks good so far JC. You should probably make every 6th or 8th tie longer on one end to support the third rail. Has anyone with a 3d program and experience getting objects into the sim attempted to make a 3rd rail object yet? Adding a 3rd rail to your nice track texture would look great.Cliff Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-26-01, 02:12 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Track Textures" yes..people have in fact, they wont distribute it though..i just realized something..my tieplates are set too-wide...probably because i used that texture in the techo-docs...shouldnt be too hard to correct...will also fix the 3rd rail thingy..also..Xacto...i saw your pic of an R-26/28 at the MSTS Transt site on MSN...NICE...now only if i would get the e-mail saying i was accepeted into the community Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-26-01, 02:54 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Track Textures" OK...here is the probably-unless-someone-finds-something wrong final product featuring: Comments? Suggestions? You know where to post!
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Xacto (355 posts)
Aug-26-01, 04:55 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Track Textures" Everything looks good except maybe the concrete, it looks a bit too textured. Here's a generic dirty concrete texture, not sure if you can use it, but maybe it would work if you put the dirty strip in the center.Here's the BMP version, no compression problems.http://www.erols.com/true2scale/concrete.bmpCliff Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-26-01, 06:01 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Track Textures" thanks...looks ALOT better than my concrete...though...using PRINTSCRN and compression problems made it look bad but in the route ediotr with textures quality all the way up it looks great! one thing however, the textures are MUCH larger than the stock MSTS ones..stupid faulty makeace.exe....Improved track with texture from Xacto:
Anything else?
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CactusBoy (147 posts)
Aug-27-01, 07:13 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Track Textures" cool. Listen, I'm working on an NYC branch. (ok lirr) and might have use for that tex. Mind bouncing a bmp sample my way? (tk2109@yahoo.com) Please?
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jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-27-01, 11:03 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Track Textures" ok...im doing a release by e-mail only for the .ACE files so if you need it just holler! this is so i dont have to pack it up and put in read-me's and stuff, plus i dont think the average user, nor route builder will even use this... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Mrscotti (19 posts)
Aug-28-01, 08:15 PM (EST) 12. "RE: Track Textures" Where are the rats and debris?(candy wrappers from 1950's, cig butts,water bottles and the odd homeless man), It just needs to look grimy Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-28-01, 10:35 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Track Textures" hey..it's not done yet..i may be on version 5 (maybe i should change that to version 0.5) but that dooesnt mean im done...so...anybody have some good garbage pictures? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
wewain (72 posts)
Aug-28-01, 11:23 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Track Textures" Don't forget that the NYC Subways often have a trench, about 6 to 8 inches deep, in the concrete betweeh the rails for drainage. Every so often, there are also wire-mesh boxes over the drain holes, to keep trash out of the drain. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (320 posts)
Aug-29-01, 10:04 AM (EST) 15. "RE: Track Textures" what i can do is limited with only a 2d image only deal. if i had a 3d editor id do much more. also, this is supposed to be a generic texture... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Omellette (36 posts)
Aug-30-01, 05:09 PM (EST) 16. "Interesting, but it doesn't always work..." ...in at least two specific cases:1.) The local tracks look like your texture, but ONLY in station. Between stations, and the entire unterground length of EXPRESS tracks are standard: black wooden ties on a dark grey gravel ballast.2.) What about the el tracks, such as the 7 train in Queens? Those are a wooden tressle design. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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