Changing WCMLN track

[msdejesus]

An interesting thing. Manuel maybe you can chime in too since you did this track change.

Hi, Bill

I will let this vid do the talking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z2S3RdKNUc

[styckx]

Awesome. Only thing we need is a repaint so the ballast matches the track bed. Hmmmmmm.

[msdejesus]

Awesome. Only thing we need is a repaint so the ballast matches the track bed. Hmmmmmm.

By all means, feel free to oblige

Manuel

[jevon]

Awesome. Only thing we need is a repaint so the ballast matches the track bed. Hmmmmmm.

Exactly, Bill. The camber looks great in small stations, but when seen against a wider expanse of track bed, the contrasting colors look, IMHO, awful.

I think Mike Simpson did a greyish makeover that might blend better with the track bed color. There's a pic of it in this post: http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 8#p1223608

[styckx]

About 3 months ago I went out and photographed a bunch of track and ballast.. Never used it till now.. So I "started" the reskin of the ballast on the camber track using my own source photos.

[chrisiveson]

Is there no end to your talent Bill
Looks absolutely superb.

Chris.

[styckx]

Thanks! It's not over yet... Now that I have the grey ballast down (besides editing out the subtle hints of repeating texture) I need to make my new gray ballast brown. That's easy.. Now.. I need to clone the camber directory and re-edit the tracks.bin and put the grey camber in place where it belongs, and the brown camber where it belongs since the track bed goes from gray-brown throughout the route.. I need to check the author of the camber tracks rules readme about repaint distribution too. Should be fun!

[styckx]

Holy cow batman.. I managed.. Somehow to pull it off.. I'm kinda of just going about this on the fly.. I've changed track before.. But never got this heavily involved with perfecting an entire route to transition the ballast seamlessly. Done for the day.. This is pretty involved.. I need to sit on this before I continue on.

Brown Camber Ballast



Brown Camber Ballast successfully blending in, and over to Grey Camber Ballast.



Top set of track (bottom is still default)

[secludedsfx]

That is mindblowing, looks absolutely amazing.

[styckx]

I just went... There.. I'm beyond being able to write a tutorial now.. I'm in full on ridiculous territory.

[Griphos]

WAIT! Those are wooden ties!! Man!! Is this going to be something us mere mortals are going to be able to use at some point?

[jevon]

I just went... There.. I'm beyond being able to write a tutorial now.. I'm in full on ridiculous territory.

Will it blend? Yes! (Letterman) Stunning, Bill. I had a feeling you'd keep working on this tonight.

Thanks.

[styckx]

Me too. I'm going to move over to the WIP screen shot thread.. This thread served its purposes enough.. It's an entirely different beast now.

[msdejesus]

Thanks a lot for this. It's really gone beyond my wildest expectations. Looking forward to seeing more

Manuel

[michaeldono]

Would it be allowed to give out the 'Tracks.bin' file? As such, you couldnt do anything with it as you'd need a few other files for anything to appear.