Updating older routes to modern day Open Rails standards

[Tonya37]

Many old routes would benefit from a facelift, a great suggestion from Brandon, but as was pointed out, this could be a huge undertaking even for just a single route. However Eric has hit on solution with his suggestion of adding A-tracks - a huge improvement for very little effort (except for the not inconsiderable effort put in by Eric. For Open Rails users, the Openrails folders could be leveraged. For example Openrails folders can contain instructions to substitute objects in the .w files (I haven't tried this myself but it is in the manual). Many older rotes use MSTS objects, or objects constructed at a time when low graphics resolutions were the rule. Better looking objects could be constructed on a piecemeal basis without any individual author having to put in an extreme amount of work, and without a great deal of co-ordination required. As has already been pointed out on these forums this would avoid any copyright violations.

A number of older routes are by authors who have passed away, and it is next to impossible to obtain consent to publish an existing route that has been modified - is there any way around this?

Tony

[superheatedsteam]

... is there any way around this?
Tony

I don't know the answer to historical routes, but for existing or new route builders, choosing to adopt a community collaboration project could be considered?

Starting or uploading an existing route to a git repository allows contributors to upload their updates to the route and download the updates of others as the route evolves. This could be closed to just the contributors or open to the public like Open Rails.

Cheers,

Marek.

[pwillard]

Additionally, with a repository-style solution, you could make lists of "what is needed" so people could possibly create the missing scenery items, for example.

[Jdark34]

love the small town kenny. awesome

[eric]

Kenny, when I have a minute, I'll spin this up into its own thread.

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[BrandonS261]

Thank you for doing that Eric.