Friends,
Travis Ebner has come out with some excellent passive crossing signage but in most cases he gives us the parts we want to do them with. I have tried to use TSM to create one of the modern passive crossing signs that has a octagon stop on top, then a sort of painted on crossbucks with a two-direction arrow at the bottom and the word LOOK. Lastly there is a blue identification plate at the bottom. For some strange reason TSM does not let me handle polygons correctly and in the past I have simply created a box that has large sides on two sides, and very thin otherwise. I have used the transnormal material setting, and correct tga files, and I have created hundreds of items this way, no problem. Now for some strange reason I can get a correct image on only one side, No matter what I try, the other side is black.
Since the set which Travis sent me has the correct signs, post, etc. I know that I can assemble a passive sign, then select the various parts, starting with the post, and then place it where it needs to go but the issue is that to do the whole route will require nearly 100 of these signs, so does TSRE have any capability of saving the assembled sign and then selecting and placing it elsewhere.
I intended to use Travis' textures although whatever program he uses must allow more than square textures, like 256x512 whereas TSM wants square, like 256x256. I have no problem creating the textures I need. I have let Travis know that I plan to use his textures and footnote this in the route text files on release.
Jerry Sullivan
Travis Ebner has come out with some excellent passive crossing signage but in most cases he gives us the parts we want to do them with. I have tried to use TSM to create one of the modern passive crossing signs that has a octagon stop on top, then a sort of painted on crossbucks with a two-direction arrow at the bottom and the word LOOK. Lastly there is a blue identification plate at the bottom. For some strange reason TSM does not let me handle polygons correctly and in the past I have simply created a box that has large sides on two sides, and very thin otherwise. I have used the transnormal material setting, and correct tga files, and I have created hundreds of items this way, no problem. Now for some strange reason I can get a correct image on only one side, No matter what I try, the other side is black.
Since the set which Travis sent me has the correct signs, post, etc. I know that I can assemble a passive sign, then select the various parts, starting with the post, and then place it where it needs to go but the issue is that to do the whole route will require nearly 100 of these signs, so does TSRE have any capability of saving the assembled sign and then selecting and placing it elsewhere.
I intended to use Travis' textures although whatever program he uses must allow more than square textures, like 256x512 whereas TSM wants square, like 256x256. I have no problem creating the textures I need. I have let Travis know that I plan to use his textures and footnote this in the route text files on release.
Jerry Sullivan
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