Do we need more random scenery or no?

[scottb613]

Hi Pete

Tree It's last update was 11/29/2024, I don't think it's been abandoned. (Pulling this info from the steam release of Tree it)

I've also had an interest in Trees and here are a few things I've found:

Similar to Tree it:
Plant Factory and Plant Catalog are both free now.
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Documentation seems sparse on these though what I could find, they appeared to be well respected.

Another source of Trees is BlenderMarket.
There's a bunch of them there, and while I suspect even the "Low poly" ones are too many polygons for inclusion in a train sim, They could be worth a look.

Yeah, at the time I posted that ... updates to tree-it were stagnant.

Hi Pete,

First off - absolutely gorgeous building - your attention to detail is unsurpassed.

Hi Jack,

Wow - great find - I've spent a massive amount of time creating my own vegetation.

Even if you can't use the trees as mesh - you could make incredible renders on a "green screen" to make textures. Ideally - perhaps leave some of the foreground trees 3D - and - transition to 2D as you move to the background. I'll have to give this a try when I get some time.


Regards,
Scott

[pwillard]

Ok, well, an initial version of this is now available at my github location:

sampl.jpg

https://github.com/pwillard/MSTS-replacement

[pwillard]

Practice object...

Gotta keep trying stuff.

BRIDGE2.jpg

[CSRX]

Geeze Pete, you keep this up, I may need to recruit you to do custom shapes for the MEC Mountain Division for buildings I can't find "good enough" as a placement.

[pwillard]

In progress... 2-door engine maintenance shop with inspection pits

2DoorEngine repair with inspection Pits.jpg

[CSRX]

Reminds me a bit of the Rutland, VT shops, but instead of that little building on the side, it was the piping for the diesel fuel to be added to the locomotives from the underground holding tank.

[pwillard]

To be clear. This one is loosely based on the nearby engine maintenance building in Tate Ga along the Georgia Northeastern Mainline. I'm honestly not sure how someone could place tracks along the service pits though.

[eric]

Scalerail has what are called Eng tracks, which are rails without ties. Don't recall if ATracks have something similar.

[oper190]

XTracks has Bridge Tracks without ties that would probably work.

Don't recall if ATracks have something similar.

I checked and it appears they are part of ATracks.

[pwillard]

Slight Update..

[frliss]

Pete,

Thats beautiful! I can't make routes, but I like to modify them. Thats going in my next modification.

Fred

[oper190]

I can easily see a Hart Rail Lines logo on that.

[TrainSimJack]

Pete what do you use for Texturing?

[pwillard]

I've mentioned it in the past, and you will cringe as it is a paid product. I use Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. But, considering I accidentally paid Adobe $600 for something I don't own, the price of Affinity products (buy once, and you own it) is much more preferable. I can get by without Photo since there are other options, but not Designer. (Compare to Adobe Illustrator or InkScape)

[CSRX]

Yeah, this would be ideal for my WMRC version of the Mountain Division, considering Guilford/Pan Am demolished the old Portland Terminal roundhouse..