Signal cases & bungalows

[landnrailroader]

I see where one of our folks has put some bungalows and cases in the library that use PSD files. I don't have photoshop (expensive) but I do have paint shop (less expensive) but I wonder if these could not be provided in some format that can convert to a .ace or other common format. There is a real old similar item that may still be in the library which I have used a lot. In my upcoming 2nd version of the Knoxville Div. there are nearly 200 such items, all the same kind of bungalow, but all with different names. By renaming the .tga or .bmp files and then converting them to .ace, at the same time renaming the file required in the image section of the .s object file it is relatively easy to do this but it would be nice to have other types of cases etc. as well. As for example, most control points have a bungalow, the size depending on the complexity of the location as well as the climate conditions, but road crossings may have either a bungalow but more often a large case.

In that old version, the creator provided 8 different .s & .sd files and a texture file with 8 locations for the name. I just created a list, in groups of 8, to keep track of what I was doing. Each group of 8 had a different .ace file named in the .s file.

Jerry Sullivan

[yellowdog]

I see .ace files included for both the bungalow and the nameplate

[SD9043MAC]

Jerry, Paint Shop should be able to open a Photoshop file without an issue according to the Google. I have attached a file below in the link that also includes the sign board texture file in TGA which is blank and can be copied into whichever editing program you wish and also GIMP format which is a free editing software as well. These files are set up like the ones you talk about with the sign board being a separate texture to eliminate needing to uncompress the .s file and rename stuff all the time. Below is also what the sign board texture looks like with 26 slots to match the 26 different bungalow shapes that were included in the file uploaded.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/8uq3x...tures.zip/file

[landnrailroader]

Yes, I had not opened the zip file but I see that there are. Well it is not hard to convert a .ace file back to a .tga or .bmp file so this may be what we need. I have the KD almost ready to upload but I am working on the line from Corbin to Cincinnati (Covington, KY) and I will see about using these in that route.

Jerry

[CSRX]

Speaking of these, are these style available by chance? Only ones I found are from TrainSimulations older routes, and they are very dated. These are more so for routes in the NorthEast I think, based in the 1970's to 1990's time frame.

[ebnertra000]

Speaking of these, are these style available by chance? Only ones I found are from TrainSimulations older routes, and they are very dated. These are more so for routes in the NorthEast I think, based in the 1970's to 1990's time frame.

I've had some in the works off and on for a while, and at least one design does look a bit like those. Maybe I'll have to sit down and finish them one of these days

[eric]

I have some standard ones somewhere, need to dig them up to see if they match what Shawn is looking for.

For my newer era ones, I made a 'freight animation' for CP nameplates that share the same axis as the cabinets and are situated an inch away from the cabinet itself to avoid z-fighting... same thing with my freestanding CP signs. Since my beloved CNW used the same station design, that same freight animation approach works for station signs as well...

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