Convert from MSTS to RW

[92212]

Oh yes that would be fantastic! We need a Merchant Navy! Thats a great lookin model as well. I hope he lets you. If so, come to me for sounds!

[gavo01]

I'd love to see Ben Law's Adelante 180 converted to RW for use on the Paddington - Oxford route.

[mikesimpson]

i upload on the filebeam, here is the new link.

Thanks Anej, I got it fine this time.

Mike

[mikesimpson]

...I have not used 3D Canvas for a long time, and could not work out how to fix the inverted faces. I could not find anything in the instructions on how to change these? Any help would be appreciated...
Mike

Hi Mike,
Maybe this will help you:

Hi Vlado,

Many thanks, just what I needed.

Mike

[rwaceyw]

Hi All,

Having a quick play with this and have hit a snag. Sorry mods if this isn't in the right area - please feel free to move/make a new topic.

I've followed the first video tutorial as far as 03:30 (texturing the model) however I find that my building is 'one piece' as opposed to being several selectable pieces, and ends up with this:



The original MSTS building is made up of five textures rather than one. Could this be the issue?

I confess to being an absolute newbie with 3DS Max - so is this something I should just leave to other people or keep persuing?

Dave

[phill70]

Sorry mods if this isn't in the right area - please feel free to move/make a new topic.
Dave

Dave, its fine, as long as the msts model is yours,(which I am sure it is) or you have the necessary permission to do so, and that does include screenshots.

I have a couple of msts models that I would like to see in RW, so carry on.

Glyn

[AnejTS]

I can do video tutorial how to convert houses that have more than one texture on same object.

[rwaceyw]

I can do video tutorial how to convert houses that have more than one texture on same object.

Please! I'd really appreciate it

Dave

[AnejTS]

here you have tutorial how to convert from TSM to Railworks one object in my case is station.

[moranb]

I successfully converted the freight vehicle in the video tutorial for use in RailWorks, using 3DC Canvas 7.1.2. Unfortunately, for some reason, I am having problems with 3DCrafter 8 - I am getting an error when I import the 3DS object. There appears to be a 'bug' in the import plug-in for 3DS objects.

I also converted a coach with 3DC Canvas 7.1.2. However, this seems to be more complicated, as I used alpha textures for the windows of the coach in MSTS rather than the 'punch-out' procedure recommended for Railworks, so even after the conversion, a lot of additional work will be needed to get the vehicle ready for Railworks. New couplings will also be needed.

Many MSTS assets also used alpha channels for the wheels and bogies to avoid extra polygons. An advantage of 3D Canvas is that 'real' wheels can now be modelled and thereby avoid the rotation problems that occasionally occurred when alpha channels were not applied with 100% accuracy in the original MSTS model.


BFM

[dick8299]

I have installed Shape Converter on my new computer running Windows 7 64 bit, and also have Microsoft TrainSimulator installed and it runs OK.

When I try to convert an s file on my new computer, I get a message "Error can't convert to Unicode".

Every thing worked fine on my old computer which ran Windows XP. What do I need to do to get it to work on a computer running Windows 7 64 bit?

[dick8299]

It turns out that the Shape Converter wants MSTS to be in the C:Program Files folder, even though I had it pointed at the actual install in the C:Program Files (86).

So I just copied the MicrosoftGames>Trainsim folder from C:Program Files (86) and pasted a duplicate copy into C:Program Files, and everything works fine.

[alan2]

It turns out that the Shape Converter wants MSTS to be in the C:Program Files folder, even though I had it pointed at the actual install in the C:Program Files (86).

So I just copied the MicrosoftGames>Trainsim folder from C:Program Files (86) and pasted a duplicate copy into C:Program Files, and everything works fine.

It seems you only actually need the FFedit folder from the msts install.

it also looks like it wants to use the Registry keys for msts to find the folders. (I do not have the registry keys on my Windows 7 system.)

[transadelaide]

I'd love to see Ben Law's Adelante 180 converted to RW for use on the Paddington - Oxford route.

There is a Class 180 being built from scratch for RW currently, so probably no need for a conversion from an older MSTS model.

[xguerra]

Anyone who is good at this willing to have a go at these

K1 Tasmanian Garratt [1808960 bytes] - k1install.zip File ID: 5985 Date: 23 Jun 2003 - 1338 Downloads

Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) Saloons Nos. 2040-2 [643126 bytes] - whrsaloons.zip File ID: 6045 Date: 04 Jul 2003 - 700 Downloads

Welsh Highland Railway (Caernarfon) Semi Open Coaches Nos. 2021- [809762 bytes] - whropen2021-22.zip File ID: 12981 Date: 05 Sep 2005 - 524 Downloads