This is prompted by a question on UKtrainsim about the cabviews being scaled when running in resolutions other than 3x4 aspecct ratio.
What I have done is to do the cabview in the normal way at the ratio of 3x4. A new background image for the cabview is then done at a ratio of (in my case) 5x8 to suit 2560x1600 or 1920x1200. This is scaled to 1024x1024 and saved and converted to ACE format. Or is then used as a viewer and the cvf file is edited by hand to get any gauges or controls into the right place. This produces a correctly scaled cab no problems.I have so far done 3 cabviews, all Australian rolling stock, an SAR Bluebird DMU, an SAR 830 class DE and Victorian railways steam loco Heavy Harry (H220). I am currently doing two more cabviews for OR a VLine N class DE and one for a NSW railways 60 class garrat. It would be nice to do a cabview for the Union Pacific's 4000 class Bigboy if I could get my hands on some decent cabview photos, not an easy task here in Aus.
I must admit I was pleased it worked so well (or even at all), that OR developers managed to get the code to work correctly at another aspect ratio without anyway to test it.
Good work OR :-)
Lindsay
What I have done is to do the cabview in the normal way at the ratio of 3x4. A new background image for the cabview is then done at a ratio of (in my case) 5x8 to suit 2560x1600 or 1920x1200. This is scaled to 1024x1024 and saved and converted to ACE format. Or is then used as a viewer and the cvf file is edited by hand to get any gauges or controls into the right place. This produces a correctly scaled cab no problems.I have so far done 3 cabviews, all Australian rolling stock, an SAR Bluebird DMU, an SAR 830 class DE and Victorian railways steam loco Heavy Harry (H220). I am currently doing two more cabviews for OR a VLine N class DE and one for a NSW railways 60 class garrat. It would be nice to do a cabview for the Union Pacific's 4000 class Bigboy if I could get my hands on some decent cabview photos, not an easy task here in Aus.
I must admit I was pleased it worked so well (or even at all), that OR developers managed to get the code to work correctly at another aspect ratio without anyway to test it.
Good work OR :-)
Lindsay
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