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Could someone be a dear and tell me how to get track to follow the terrain instead of going straight on either into a hill or over one where it floats serenely in mid air. I know 45XX praries have a low axle loading but I think unsupported track may be too weak to hold them

Spitfiresrbest

You use the rotation button to either move the track up or down. And press 'Y' to build an embankment or cutting.

Hope this helps

It helps to an extent thankyou but where u have land and track bed constructed I cant get the track to sit flat and follow the terrain. Instead if I press Y it lifts some of the trackbed on which I hope to place the track. Is there no way to lay track directly on the ground and to get it to follow the terrain as it is rather than having to destroy it with embankments under which even bridges can disappear?

Spitfiresrbest

You can chage the terrain on the terrain thing. the maxium is can go to is 88.0 not sure what the minimum is, It's best to leave bridges to last.

If your doing bridges over rivers than you can try my way and thats to use a road or track section under the bridge to get the terrain sorted out.

You may have to use different track lenghts to get the the track sorted out over the terrain and try different angles.

Don't worry if your a beginner, I'm in the same position as you, building my first route. Mine is hard, I have to go though the South Downs National Park and I haven't used that program that creates the contours.

spitfiresrbest wrote:Could someone be a dear and tell me how to get track to follow the terrain instead of going straight on either into a hill or over one where it floats serenely in mid air. I know 45XX praries have a low axle loading but I think unsupported track may be too weak to hold them

Spitfiresrbest

1. If you have not already done so, buy Michael Vone's book 'Step-by-Step guide for building routes' which can be downloaded from Abacus for $15 (about 10 quid).

2. To get track to follow the contours, you have to angle it up and down, lay the track piece, select it and press F4. You can then move the mouse back and forward and raise/lower the far end of the track piece.

Do not make sudden angle changes, it is easier to follow a drop in the terrain by using several short pieces of track each with a progressively steeper angle, say 5 50m lengths at slightly steeper angles rather than using a 250m length with a sudden drop.