[dedgren]

What the...?

When I do it, here's what happens.

First


Then


and

First


Then


What's on my computer (retexture-wise, anyway) should be what's on yours at this point, folks.  When you get something weird showing up like this, see if different drags or configurations of existing trackage change anything.  I tried dragging every way I could think of, and couldn't duplicate these issues.  Are others out there having the same problem?

This is good practice for the STR beta, my friends.  Thanks for your help!

Night.


David

226941 - Over 1,000 page views today.  Thanks so much!

[JoeST]

maybe its flipped/mirrored/different ways of dragging?

[Jonathan]

David, I just checked that texture isn't in the download you attached a few pages back, neither is it in the list of Rail textures thread.

Jonathan

[choco]

Believe it or not, that's actually a game bridge.

i actually thought that was a bit more of your handy work....   wish i'd have paid attention to it earlier.....thats the sleeper effect i was going for on a couple models....

[dedgren]

Well, nobody's perfect...

...least of all, me.

I altogether missed one of the retextures



both in the reference table [linkie] and in the last beta release.  I've fixed that now.  There's a new beta version at the bottom of this post.  Please be sure to look at the readme.  Also, please delete the previous beta file from wherever you installed it.

The beta this time also includes an unofficial update of the NAM Controller that will address #1 in the pic below (the addition of the texture takes care of #2).



Here's what a default "wye" will look like now.



I think we may be getting down to the end of the trackage issues- if things seem pretty solid in a few days, I will begin correcting the remaining glitches, such as the tie misalignment in the above pic.

Here's the updated texture upgrade beta [download linkie].

Later.


David

227240 - 22,000 page views with 12 hours to go!  Woo-hoo!

[inspecter]

The download link is not working for me.

EDIT:  Should be now, my friend. -DE

[girlfromverona]

Thanks, David. Look forward to trying it out. 

[CaptCity]

David,

I know you're going to 'hate' me...  , but I'm still getting the glitch in the ortho-diagaonal rail with the new texture download...



The 'Y' now appears as shown in your last post, but the curve does not.

From your last post,

The beta this time also includes an unofficial update of the NAM Controller that will address #1 in the pic below (the addition of the texture takes care of #2).

Does 'address #1' mean the same as 'fix #1'?

Wanted to give a heads-up...
CaptCity

EDIT:  Nope, don't hate anybody.  I kicked myself, though- after moving the needed file into the DAT this morning, I forgot to click "Save" in the Reader.  Grrrrr!  As for "address" versus "fix"- the former is one of those words I surcharge my clients fifty cents in a brief for- hey, just trying to add a little extra value here.  Fix it is (and it is now, in fact, fixed).  Have fun! -DE

[inspecter]

David,

I know you're going to 'hate' me...  , but I'm still getting the glitch in the ortho-diagaonal rail with the new texture download...



The 'Y' now appears as shown in your last post, but the curve does not.

From your last post,
Does 'address #1' mean the same as 'fix #1'?

I have been getting the same problem too.

[Tarkus]

That appears to be texture IID 0x03002204.

-Alex (Tarkus)

[BigSlark]

That appears to be texture IID 0x03002204.

-Alex (Tarkus)

...and solved.

Cheers,
Kevin

[dedgren]

Yep, screwed up again.  In my haste to get the fix on the air this morning, I apparently forgot to save the texture DAT file after I added 0x03002200 through 4 to it.

Fixed [download linkie].

Sorry for the inconvenience.


David

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[deathtopumpkins]

Looking great David... I'm just about to go try the new textures out.

[BigSlark]

Thank you for the quick fix. Does this include the RULs for STR?

Cheers,
Kevin

[CaptCity]

Good news this time...



All is well. Thanks for the quick work.

CaptCity

[sithlrd98]

After only messing with them for a couple of minutes....



I think you nailed em!

Jayson

EDIT:  Nope, Jayson- not nailed yet.



I want to comment out the ability to create the completely unrealistic "trident" switch in the circle to the left.  There shouldn't be any way, either, to create the switch in the circle to the right.  The easy part was creating the textures- the coding that allows these sorts of switches is the real swamp.  Thanks for IDing them for me. -DE

Well , I thought you meant to do that.. actually , I didn't notice in-game and didn't notice untill after you posted. But I guess since you've probbably gone cross-eyed from looking at textures all day , you still have better eyes than me!
Jayson

[Ryan B.]

Just . . . . wow.  Great work from David and the RAM Team!

[dedgren]

Well, I felt bad about running everyone around the block over fixing the texture upgrade, so I took 45 minutes and created this as a little bonus to send out with the STR beta.



The dual track retexturing actually has implications all the way across the spectrum of rail.  We'll need to redo all the puzzle pieces, as we have now discovered how to duplicate the game's semi-transparent texture along the edge of the ballast.  The above piece was a "thought-experiment" that I did to test my ability to efficiently retexture an existing piece.  It works pretty well, I'd say.

* * *

I don't think it would be right to close out the month without starting a little contest.  About 30 days from now, 3RR will hit a quarter-million page views here at SC4D.



...where we're going, we don't need roads [linkie]...

So, who's going to guess the date and time we hit 250K?  I have a major feature in the region that needs a name and a detailed story, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate our third birthday as a major tourist attraction^*.  We'll keep the rules simple, like last time.  You can post your guess through midnight Alaska time (GMT-9) on February 10^th.  The winner will be whoever comes closest without the page view count going over.  I'll chart the guesses every day or so- should be fun!

I'll note that, if page views were miles, we'll have reached the moon at its apogee [linkie].



The really amazing thing is that, at the current rate, 3RR should have a quarter-million page views in this year alone, winding up 2009 somewhere north of 400,000.

It's been a great ride with all of you, folks.  Thank you for all that you have done.


David

^* 3RR started out at Simtropolis [linkie] on March 12, 2006.

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[inspecter]

Well, I felt bad about running everyone around the block over fixing the texture upgrade so I took 45 minutes and created this as a little bonus to send out with the STR beta.

So wheres the STR beta. Nice rail pic by the way.

[Gaston]

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So, who's going to guess the date and time we hit 250K?  I have a major feature in the region that needs a name and a detailed story, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate our third birthday as a major tourist attraction^*.  We'll keep the rules simple, like last time.  You can post your guess through midnight Alaska time (GMT-9) on February 10^th.  The winner will be whoever comes closest without the page view count going over.  I'll chart the guesses every day or so- should be fun!

The really amazing thing is that, at the current rate, 3RR should have a quarter-million page views in this year alone, winding up 2009 somewhere north of 400,000.

It's been a great ride with all of you, folks.  Thank you for all that you have done.


David

^* 3RR started out at Simtropolis [linkie] on March 12, 2006.

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It is hard to believe I've been addicted to 3RR for that long.  lol