Track flickering - Help

[rodrigoville]

I will appreciate any help to remove the flickering of tracks.. I am trying to find the solution in the forum but I cant

in some parts of my route the ballast is flickering (see pictures as reference)

I will appreciate some help in how to remove this effect

thanks

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[slipperman]

Hi rodrigoville,
You haven't specified which route or track system you're using.
The track flickering problem is evident on the Open Rails UK Demo route which uses UKFineScale (UKFS) tracks. If you are also using UKFS, my utility UKFS-Fix (ukfs-fix2.zip) will modify the shape files to eliminate the flickering.

Cheers,
Ged

[geepster775]

I think he is referring to the ballast edges which are behaving like the track textures on the Milwaukee routes behave, where it intermittently goes missing on one side and straight-edge on the other. At least that is the only difference I see in the screens.

[R. Steele]

I think he is referring to the ballast edges which are behaving like the track textures on the Milwaukee routes behave, where it intermittently goes missing on one side and straight-edge on the other. At least that is the only difference I see in the screens.

my emphasis

I've been curious about that, did a little forum searching and did not come up with much...to my naive knowledge of route building, it must be how the original textures (?) were laid down, the method or routine the route creator used to make or apply the ballast. OR does not like it, or maybe it is something that OR can be coded to cope with.

[Rick-MONON]

I have played with shapes flickering a lot, I know OR does not like textures like the 24 bit+trans and I have fixed grass shapes that have an ace file that is too small, increasing the size of the ace file stopped the flickering for me.

[baldwin]

The changing ballast edges I think are caused by how OR is interpreting the LODs for each track section. I know it looks ugly.

[dcarleton]

Try the ACleanTrack1.ace from this download and see if it helps: milw_track_textures_for_or.zip

[rodrigoville]

HI thanks to all for the response,

Yes this is the issue that I am facing "where it intermittently goes missing on one side and straight-edge on the other"

But it happens just in some parts of the route...

I will appreciate your recomendations...

[rodrigoville]

Hi,

I am not for sure what track system I am using.. attched is the picture of the track list, I appreciate if you let me know if these are the UKFS?

Thanks

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The condition of "where it intermittently goes missing on one side and straight-edge on the other" is less notable using the following track textures but it still happening.

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In a previous route that I created with this issue I made less noticiable "where it intermittently goes missing on one side and straight-edge on the other" by painting with TSRE the areas where the track is passing using the color of the ballast, but it will be increase the size of the Route folder and a lot of work painting all the areas with this issue.

I will be pending for future suggestions

Thanks!!!

[dcarleton]

Based on everything posted so far, you should really try the ACleanTrack1.ace from this download - milw_track_textures_for_or.zip - and see if it helps.

[slipperman]

Hi rodrigoville,
They are definitely NOT UKFS tracks!!

Cheers,
Ged

[rodrigoville]

Hi. I tested the mill_tracks and the condition of "where it intermittently goes missing on one side and straight-edge on the other" desepeared...


I will keep using the following track texture showed below, and trying to cover the issue with some paint in the terretex due this track textures are very realistic (us_track2s_ace_converted_to_acleantrack1_ace.zip)

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US_Track2s-1.jpg


So I assume that this behavior is related to the textures used in the tracks, I also noticed that this is more common in the areas with long piece of track straight ahead or long curves 2000mts or more...

Thanks for the support...

[Bagpiper]

Hi rodrigoville,
You haven't specified which route or track system you're using.
The track flickering problem is evident on the Open Rails UK Demo route which uses UKFineScale (UKFS) tracks. If you are also using UKFS, my utility UKFS-Fix (ukfs-fix2.zip) will modify the shape files to eliminate the flickering.

Cheers,
Ged

I know this is an old(ish) thread but having searched this forum this was the answer I was looking for. I followed your instructions and it worked a treat on the Ayr to Stranraer route. MSTS was fine but the tracks were flickering like crazy in OR.
Really just wanted to say a huge thank you for creating this patch which worked splendidly.
Cheers
Jim

[slipperman]

Hi Jim,
Many thanks for your message
It's always good to receive reports that utilities one uploads actually solve problems! They are just as useful as those messages reporting errors!!
Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year

Cheers,
Ged