Open Rails Sky textures (domes?)

[scfe_fan]

Back in the old days of MSTS, there used to be a utility (For the life of me I can't remember the name of it) that allowed me to change what the weather looked like in game. For instance, I could change the default rain to look more like an actual severe thunderstorm. Is there a way to do that with Open Rails? While working on my Chicago area routes, I'm noticing that setting the weather to rain doesn't QUITE capture the nasty thunderstorms we are getting here in Northwest Indiana this year.

[R. Steele]

Back in the old days of MSTS, there used to be a utility (For the life of me I can't remember the name of it) that allowed me to change what the weather looked like in game.

Kosmos?

You can script weather/sky changes into activities in Open Rails. For example: Clear sky gradually changing to cloudy, then rain -- and back to clear skies during the activity. How to is in the manual.

I have a dozen different sky domes I can load into OR, before starting the simulator. OR is not coded to use Kosmos at this point. afaik.

[scfe_fan]

Kosmos?

You can script weather/sky changes into activities in Open Rails. For example: Clear sky gradually changing to cloudy, then rain -- and back to clear skies during the activity. How to is in the manual.

I have a dozen different sky domes I can load into OR, before starting the simulator. OR is not coded to use Kosmos at this point. afaik.

I found a couple here in the library that I like but I also have no idea how to install them. One says to replace the skydome.png in my main open rails folder but I don't have that file in there at all


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[R. Steele]

but I don't have that file in there at all

Sure you do, it is in the Content Folder....screenshot is from my install of the latest stable version ---- all versions/branches of OR have a content folder. Make sure the new skydome is also named "SkyDome1.png" ---- move the old one to a folder and keep it --- in case you want to change back.

skydome1.jpg

[scfe_fan]

Sure you do, it is in the Content Folder....screenshot is from my install of the latest stable version ---- all versions/branches of OR have a content folder. Make sure the new skydome is also named "SkyDome1.png" ---- move the old one to a folder and keep it --- in case you want to change back.

skydome1.jpg

Thanks that helped a lot. I was able to find it though I'm STILL not satisfied with the new domes I found, but thats a personal preference.

[ftldave]

... but I don't have that file in there at all

Windows Search is your friend, is useful, even more so as Microsoft makes user interfaces less helpful in finding things than they used to be.

[scfe_fan]

Windows Search is your friend, is useful, even more so as Microsoft makes user interfaces less helpful in finding things than they used to be.

I did use the Windows Search but I was looking in the completely wrong Open Rails folder. I was looking in MY content folder. Not the content folder with all the necessary files to run the route.


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