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  • landnrailroader
    4000 Post Veteran



    • Nov 1999
    • 4171
    • Jacksonville,, FL, USA.
    • ORTS

    #1

    Odd looking rails in dynamic piece

    Help! I have seen comments about some extra files that correct this issue and I have looked at them but they are just gibberish to me. I am using default, xtrack, and Mtracks in routes I am creating the track and roads for. Can someone provide me with a link to a file that specifically handles this group -- which does not include scale rail, or other variants like that. I only use out of the box default, xtrack, or mtrack pieces. I would like to provide this definition file or whatever it is called, so the track looks correct. I don't use much dynamic track but for example in the Chattanooga route that I piddling with, I had already done the Chattanooga area for a lad that requested I do the AGS north end for him, so I copied those world files into the new route. Fine, but I used two pieces of dynamic to link the double tracks together at point near Wauhatchie, colloquially referred to as the Hooker curve. This is a 6 degree curve and although the connection is a little sharper than that it is easiest to link pieces in, or at the end of, a curve. I have completed the 152 mile mainline portion but now there are several branches, some as long as 60 miles to add.

    Jerry Sullivan
  • eric
    9500 Post Veteran and Administrator



    • Dec 2002
    • 9583
    • NS MP245.4 CNO&TP South District
    • English, SQL
    • General

    #2
    Dynamic track gets rendered in TSRE and ORTS differently.

    In TSRE, it is currently the square profile like old XTracks/MTracks, however you can adjust the rail top to be narrow like what is in ScaleRail, UKFineScale, USTracks, and ATracks by adding the following line into your settings.txt:

    Code:
    railProfile = 0.7175, 0.7895      // rail edges for dynamic track
    The numbers represent the inner and outer edges of the railhead from the centerline of the track. For those who do narrow gauge or meter gauge, you can adjust those accordingly to match your track system.

    In ORTS, you will need a TrProfile.stf file that matches the rail being used. There are several of these in the library, and I included one in ATracks that would match that profile.
    If you like what you see here at Trainsim.com, be it the discussions and knowledge in the forums, or items available in our library, I hope you'll consider a paid membership to help support keeping the site operating.... Thanks!

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    • landnrailroader
      4000 Post Veteran



      • Nov 1999
      • 4171
      • Jacksonville,, FL, USA.
      • ORTS

      #3
      I did everything according to your instructions in the "ATracks" file but then my Mtrack shapes looked like they had double rails, so I just reverted back to what I had but I did add the line to the settings.text. This aberration does not affect operation in ORTS just appearance, so I'll let downloaders play with that. Soon I expect to release 2 or 3 into the incomplete area. And someone needed track charts for some Milwaukee Road branches and those are in the NorthMontana route documents folder so he is grabbing that.

      Jerry

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