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nw_fan (128 posts)
Dec-03-01, 12:48 PM (EST) "How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" I have created a coaling tower of N&W design... more or less like at Farm and Iaeger (started out as Walther's HO model) I would like to make it a useable fueling stop. I also believe that it can be animated. I'd like the coal chutes to move up and down. Even thought about some type of coal discharge that disapears into the model when they are up, and comes out the chute when down. Anyone know how? I realize having two chutes may create a problem. While I'm at it, any way to add lights to buildings? Here's the money shot.And another of the front (before weathering)
Thanks for any help
Mike
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... TOPDOG5184 Dec-03-01 1 RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... nw_fan Dec-03-01 2 RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... TOPDOG5184 Dec-03-01 3 RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... tryagin Dec-03-01 4 RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... nw_fan Dec-04-01 5 RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... liwile Dec-04-01 6 RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower?... nw_fan Dec-04-01 7

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TOPDOG5184 (33 posts)
Dec-03-01, 02:06 PM (EST) 1. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" Hi Mike. (is it ok if i call you Mike?). i don't know how to use it as a coal loader. e.g. like the one in the settle route. but i think i found a way to put lights in buildings though i haven't tested it yet cause for some reason my PC won't let me run TS and the internet at the same time. anyway try this: go into any .eng file you like and copy the light line that you want to use. e.g. like say the front bright headlight of the dash 9. copy that line (the one you want) and paste it into the file for your new coal tower.very very nice by the way. i have a similar one on my HO layout. never though of importing a pic of it into TSM. or whatever your using. anyway as i was saying then after you paste it int there just modify where the light will go. e.g. modify the height and whether yu want it more to the right or left. (i forget what the left and right is called in the .eng file) then it should work. just make sure that you backup the original as this thing has a few bugs. lol. let me know if this works. i plan on trying it tommorrow. if it does work that'll be great cause i'll be able to put lights in my HO freight station that i want to model into TS thanks to you for showing me that you can with that coal tower. or at least recreate it if i can't scan it into TSM. Craig ShortinoLONG LIVE STEAM!!! lol Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nw_fan (128 posts)
Dec-03-01, 05:23 PM (EST) 2. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" Where do I put the light command? In the .S file?
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TOPDOG5184 (33 posts)
Dec-03-01, 08:30 PM (EST) 3. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" Hi. i'm not sure where to put the light command. i just though of this idea myself. haven't though of that. good question though. try putting up a post about it. maybe someone will know. i'm gonna try this idea tonight so if you want to wait till tom. i'll let you know.
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tryagin (477 posts)
Dec-03-01, 09:23 PM (EST) 4. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" All I can tell you, is WOW! abso-flippin-lutely beautiful! Nice work! Are you going to upload this much-needed bit of Americana?
Please say yes Tim Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nw_fan (128 posts)
Dec-04-01, 00:39 AM (EST) 5. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" I will upload it. I have several items like this to upload. I only recently figured out how to get transparencies to work the way I want them to. Right now the .S file is BIG... About 900K. I am working on ways to make it smaller. I think I saw something regarding compressing .S files. If anyone has any advice I'd sure appreciate it. I may upload a stripped-down version for now with just the cement tower for all the crazy people who run diesels and not steam!
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liwile (35 posts)
Dec-04-01, 01:16 AM (EST) 6. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" LAST EDITED ON Dec-04-01 AT 01:22 AM (EST)Run ffedit on the .s fileffeditc_unicode file.s /c /o:file.s Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nw_fan (128 posts)
Dec-04-01, 01:45 AM (EST) 7. "RE: How do I animate Coaling Tower? Help Me Please" Thanks, haven't had to do that yet. Most of my stuff has been small buildings.
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