I have a question to see if anyone know where to get this locomotive to download or else. And here is the link below and you will see the leading locomotive with the route of CN Ruel Subdivision by geepster775.
I forgot all about the new site of TrainSimulations because I was looking at their old website with streamlines.ca and did not see anything like this. Anyway want to say thank you to Mike and Curt for your replies.
On that vid I was attempting to show my elimination of more TMT/TT wagon stock whose running gear never seems to blend well with the other vendor's offerings, while retaining more of the unique flatcar loads nobody else has produced alternatives for. I did this previously for the tractor flatcar loads.
Wasn't that pleased with the results, given the container pedestals missing completely on the TS empty version of the skeletal flat, and the 'too simplified' versions on the loaded car with the containers stripped off. I'm afraid it's going to need a container pedestal F/A placed on the empty version with the loads F/A on top of that F/A. All the TT loads needed to be stretched on the Z axis, either 1.03 for the full sized loads and 1.02 for the other skeletal-ended loads.
"Can't all wheelsets just get along?" - Rodney King
I also weathered the extreme bright white a bit, toning it down. Original on the right on the original flat, reworked on the left on the TS flat
The re-worked neon gas car between regular boxcars
The TS empty missing container pedestals
The TS load with the containers stripped off showing their "too simplified" pedestals
The full TT loads hide the pedestal imperfections. This was stretched 1.03, but still needs to be raised a bit. In the conversion from ACE to DDS textures for the loads, I accidentally lost the alpha, which "closed up" the open top trash bin originals. But I liked it better, so I kept it. Not sure if I'll keep the tarped versions or not.
Well-blended wheelsets.
The loads with more skeletal ends presented a problem with the "too simplified" container pedestals. These were only stretched 1.02 to keep the normally hidden pedestal excess from "swallowing" the relevant parts of the load.
I also used the CV boxcar shape to properly do the CNW ex-Rock boxcar right. The CNW 716xxx series are ex-Rock 300xxx series boxcars that should have been on an FMC shape. The CNW set used what was essentially an FMC car hacked and stretched to look like an Evans car, and did a bad job representing one in the end. I was hoping to simply replace the shape will all other things falling into place, but nope, the airhose/airbrake mapping areas were different, so it took about 4 copy/paste operations to bring the core elements of CNW car texture over to the CV texture. All the ribs lined up without issue.
Geepster,
I was wondering if you were going to release the updated ace for the CNW ex-Rock boxcar to the file library? I understand the TT ones can not be but it would be nice to have the correct box car. If not I understand.
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