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Should be uploaded pending installation formation, and beta testing. Here's a preview to wet appetites, if any still exist.-Chris
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Sorry, nobody has any appetite for that old thing anymore (drool).
Seriously, looks outstanding, inquiring minds wanna know;
1. Xtracks 3.1 compatible, or you still using your own tsection.dat?
2. Them EL cars look a lot better than what I got currently, have they/will they be uploaded too?
3. Do you really think you need 8 hours of sleep every night? Couldn't you drink 55 gallons of coffee and keep working on it, and get it done faster?
Man, look what you did now!

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Looks great!
I really like running on the Chicago elevated rr.
It's fun to run commuter trains.Keep up the great work!
Thanks

Rob.
Mile 21.0 CN Oakville Sub.

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Oh Man!If it weren't for the funky stiping on the roadway, I would *swear* that was an actual snopshot of the freeway that I drove down during our visit to Chi-town last November!You keep taking it a notch higher, Chris! Thanks for the screenshots!Henry

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You are going to take care of that double-yellow line in the middle of the freeway right?------------------------------------------------------------I'll never let go of the railroad that inspired me to be involved with trains, the Union Pacific!John Ekhoff
14 yr. old Train Sim Reskinner from Abilene, Texas.A member of the Yonder Locomotive Works.

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LAST EDITED ON Aug-18-02 AT 00:42 AM (EDT)

Awright, that did it, you nitpickers are gonna get yours now. I'm grabbing a paintbrush and painting a yellow stripe down the middle of the lanes on the Eisenhower, make Chi-town look like MSTS!

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*Criticizes CTA* Why did they have to make it elevated everywhere? That bridge is truly the ugliest thing I've seen for a median!------------------------------------------------------------I'll never let go of the railroad that inspired me to be involved with trains, the Union Pacific!John Ekhoff
14 yr. old Train Sim Reskinner from Abilene, Texas.A member of the Yonder Locomotive Works.

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Wow Chris!Heck of a job. All those car spawners are very impressive. Do they cause much of a frame rate hit?Traffic sure looks like it is flowing smoothly. To be prototypical, you are going to need some traffic jams. Bill Burnett

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They didn't make it elevated everywhere, some places it runs on the ground, some places underground, some places on other railroad's embankments. There are enough miles of those iron girder elevated sections of all different types and stages of antiquity to keep you counting rivets for the rest of your life, tho. Better get busy! Carspawners? What in the world do you need carspawners for? Just place a whole bunch of tightly packed vehicles as static objects on the expressways, not moving at all, and pretend it's rush hour!

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AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to operate it! I love subways and transit systems as they are action packed tons of trains to meet and stations to stop at.very cool!Bob

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By slowing the traffic, all that happened was a gap increase, it won't let me cram any more cars into the area without placing static objects. Though I'm already reaching object limits, and don't dare do that.-Chris
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The only problem with MSTS is that it can't do justice to the Chicago freeway during rush hour. The last time I was there and heading West down that section I had to leave and hit back roads to get where I was going in time. As noted the track is up, on the ground and under. Your shots remind me of exactly how it looks. Now the question is how much detail you are giving it in the Loop. I spent most of my last business trip staying there near the company office where I was working and walking around the downtown tracks while heading out to eat. Excellent work.Richard
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whoa!! now that's traffic!! and the route is looking superb!! please keep up the good work!
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I still don't have any carspawners at all, primarily cuz I haven't layed any real roads yet, only a few parked cars here and there as static objects. Somebody noticed that Van den Hoven had some cars scattered about the streets, but they didn't see any in Sundermeyer. The unfortunate explanation is that in spite of this sleepy pastoral little town having two churches preaching against the evils of the Demon Rum, everyone who has a car is parked down at the Railway Tavern.
The mopeds don't count as traffic, that's just the local chapter of Heck's Angels passing thru.

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Hey SniperAre those Heck Angels going to the Hoover Darn???HaHa
Cya,JMan

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Hi ccyko!How is the route coming along?
Do you have some new screenshots for us?

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Hey ccyko,Beautiful work. Impressive.L8r,JMan

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When is the train going to be released?-------------My favourite LUL train-------------

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(First I saw this... I oughta stop being so... erratic with my visits to the messageboard...)My god, man. Put a concrete barrier down along the yellow stripe to separate the express and local lanes, and that *is* the Dan Ryan at about mid-morning on a Saturday! Bravo!RDF

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Hey, Jim, thought you'd like to see this.It's the first run of the v4.0BETA CTA 2400 series cars, the v3.3 is tagging along behind. v4.0 still needs a lot more work done on it, but the main body is thankfully.....completed.Kurt

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At this moment the release of the version of route completed Early/Mid August is being held up by the completion of the cars for the route.-Chris
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Christopher! Man, you're still alive! And here we already held the funeral services, thought you got fried fooling around with them 3rd rails.
I dunno, TriRail, for some reason that car looks too short. Might be just angle distortion or something, what are they supposed to be, something wierd like 48 feet, right? The shape looks great with the rounded top tho.
Great to see ya back, Chris, say hi to Lisa for me! Can't wait for L3, hurry-hurry-hurry!

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-13-02 AT 02:08 AM (EDT)

Kurt, you're missing that big ugly platey-thing the the 3rd rail pickup is attached to. Been playing sardines twice daily for over a year now and I still haven't gotten a good look between the wheels. Edit: of course, I'm tired, and failed to notice that you said only the main body was completed. Tra la la...

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As Kurt has shown the latest Beta version of the BV2400 train, and as Chris has now "blessed" the related cabview I've been working on as being close to realistic, here's two 3DC Pro/POV-Ray test renderings of the front and left views. Four lighting sources used - 2 area lights outside for sunlight (in Chicago?) and 2 point lights inside - to generate the lighting and shadows. Still some details to finish (alter the side windows a little, wiper smears, etc.), then build the ACE files and control animations...FRONT VIEW
LEFT VIEW
Regards, Jimi

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Sniper... I sent you an email, did you recieve it?-Chris

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WIL TAHT ROUTE WORK WITH XTRACKS!!!??(looking like a maniac with too much coffee?) I would like to know how do you get the hird rail option to work? what do you put in the .eng files? I would be thankful if anyone would be so kind as to tell me. Thanks!-NHtrain

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The 3rd rail option is done in the route files, not the .eng file. Unless you're talking about the shoegear, that is done by the modeller.-------------My favourite LUL train-------------

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New in-sim shots of the BV2400 Series "L" train cab posted here:
http://www.train-sim.com/dcforum/DCForumID10/273.html#14/Jimi

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