Help with scenery object construction

[dlfrenchmd]

Got two buildings installed and look great in daytime, but at night are solid gray (no textures). I made a dds file for night by taking the daytime texture sheet and darkening etc in Photoshop. I placed this dds file having the identical name as the day file in the NIGHT textures folder. I adjusted the ESD_Alternative_Texture line in the .sd file to 257. What am I missing? Thanks!
Dan

[dlfrenchmd]

So I have the building set in place and looks great in day, but no night textures. After some searching I took my day texture sheet, painted it up, and placed it as .dds in NIGHT texture folder. Building has day colors rendered in dark. Changed .sd file Alternative_Texture_file line to 257. The building is there, but totally gray. What am I missing? Thanks.
Dan

[rdayt]

I's not seeing the night textures. The .sd's right because it's looking for an alternate texture but it's not finding it.
Double check the file name and location.

Randy

[dlfrenchmd]

This is what I have(4 files): FireStaAnnex.s and FireStaAnnex.sd in SHAPES, FireStaAnnex.dds in TEXTURES, FireStaAnnex.dds (the night one) in Textures/Night. Still gray. Going back to zero in .sd fiile returns the day textures to all.

[rdayt]

Rename the FireStaAnnex.dds in the daytime folder to something like FireStaAnnex.ddsold then copy the texture from the night folder to the day folder and see if it'll show as a daytime texture.
Did you remember to save it as a .dds1, 3, or 5?

Randy

[eric]

Is it not showing up in ORTS or in TSRE?

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[dlfrenchmd]

I am using Open Rails. Will try the switchout. Never heard of a dds1, 3, and 5! Which do I use and how do you convert? I have been using Model Converter X to convert JPEGs and TARGAs to dds and it offers no options (that I know of). Thanks SO much guys for your time and trouble. I'm getting there!
Dan

[dlfrenchmd]

Switching the .dds night texture to day folder works great. Would appear it is not picking up the night texture in the night folder. Other buildings night textures are working fine, but they are all .ace files.

[rdayt]

Ca you post the .sd file?

[dlfrenchmd]

Sure. Attached. (Had to change file type to .txt to upload. My computer won't "allow" uploadind a .sd file). At 257, it has day fine, night solid gray. At zero, it has day textures fine both day and night. Putting night texture in day slot shows good night textures, but with same pattern. Try 256? Forums suggest crashing with that.

[rdayt]

Can you attach the whole thing? Day, night, .s, .sd.
I don't see anything wrong with the .sd but it's out of context.

[dlfrenchmd]

Sure. Sorry. Attached

[rdayt]

It works here.

I made no changes to the file.
This is using ORMG 147.

Randy

[dlfrenchmd]

Well, thanks! Maybe my computer?

[rdayt]

I doubt it.
I made a depot a couple years ago with interior lighting that wouldn't work for some people. I don't know.
I know this works on other's computers see if it does on yours.
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