Is there anything new in MSTS1 left to discover?

[decapod]

There might be (thanks to RS work I've been doing) X

Blobby shadows under objects - the "shadow" is part of the bench, it darkens anything under it.



Proper light glows at night (works identically to the RS light glows - I just used an odd shape here)

[ARG706]

Hmm, the images don't seem to show. I am interested in what the catch is with the first one

[Lad491]

Ive mentioned the image problem here to Matt earlier and it seems to be down to a DNS issue. Its should resolve itself eventually but might take up to 24 hours.

[decapod]

Definitely a problem with the atomic album.

The first one has no real catches - basically it is just a texture that blends with the final frame buffer so it will darken anything it is put on top of.

RS uses a similar technique to darken areas under rollingstock with the SubtractATexDiff shader - I had to use the BlendATexAlphaDiff shader in MSTS1 which requires a slightly different texture layout.

The Lamps use an identical technique to the platform lights in Rail Sim, the same shader AddATex exists in MSTS1 already.

A few more experiments needed and minor tweaks but there should be an upgrade to a few of my MSTS1 scenery items at some point.

Also:
Using ToAce that comes with Rail Sim you can create Version 1 ACE files, 32bit colour, DXT5 format that support translucency too.

[NeutronIC]

If the images aren't showing for you, can you do "ping album.atomic-systems.com" and let me know what it says?

Those images don't exist on the old server as far as I can see, they're only on the new server - if I access this page from directly on the server itself it all loads just fine, however there might be another issue with the DNS configuration... let me know what that ping says and i'll probably see the problem a lot easier

Thanks!
Matt.

[decapod]

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Pinging album.atomic-systems.com [209.85.59.35] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.85.59.35: bytes=32 time=104ms TTL=105
Reply from 209.85.59.35: bytes=32 time=109ms TTL=105
Reply from 209.85.59.35: bytes=32 time=106ms TTL=105
Reply from 209.85.59.35: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=105

Ping statistics for 209.85.59.35:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 104ms, Maximum = 113ms, Average = 108ms

[NeutronIC]

Ok apologies looks like I missed a couple of addresses from the DNS change-over. I've done those changes now so a DNS Client, browser and cable/adsl router restart might sort you out, failing that it might be up to another 24 hours or so.

Regards
Matt.

[Tonysmedley]

Imgetvthis message if I tryb to,mopen the images

Warning: stat() [function.stat]: Stat failed for c:/web/album/userPics/d/decapod/blendatexalphadiff.jpg (errno=2 - No such file or directory) in c:\web\album\objects\Picture.php on line 67

[NeutronIC]

Ok both those images now coming up ok for me, anyone else having problems do a restart and then see if they persist. - let me know if they do.

Cheers
Matt.

[Easilyconfused]

Just did a restart 15 minutes ago and I still don't see the pictures. My network properties are set to use OpenDNS DNS servers rather than my ISP since Virginmedia DNS is not that great.

So I am using :

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

I see the rest of the screenshots in the screenshot forum.

[NeutronIC]

What IP do you get for album.atomic-systems.com now?

Matt.

[dorlan]

I haven't restarted anything, but I can now see the images!

[dorlan]

I haven't restarted anything, but I can now see the images!

I can't see the images in the post that John edited here though!

[Lad491]

I can see both sets of images, both these here and the ones Jon posted earlier.

[Tonysmedley]

If you are interested in how far MSTS 1 can go it is worth looking at the SBB-Gotthard Luzern item in the Europe and Surrounding areas forum. And all the work of one man!