Oh these are the models I'm going to be converting into 3dz for EAW.

http://www.zioprudenzio.it/fok-micro.html

The direction is determined by the start and finish of the railway and I can not see a way round that.
I have posted a bit more about railway issues at the Gen, as we cannot post code here.

Jel

Hi Tony.

Thanks for looking at this.

You know I'm a railway nut, and I'd love to see proper railways like they have in BOB.

Hi Tony.

I've tested the coach but things are not quite right here.





The model is Tmod46_H, 360 points long, and the model radius is also set to 360, so if the exe is reading the model correctly, it should fit in the train.

John,

That is the problem of putting a large model into an unmodified tmod.dat slot for a smaller model I think... the overall dimensions of the model are defined in the tmod.dat file and I think that is where the game is looking for its dimensions to create the 'space' for the model... try changing the tmod.dat dimensions for the tmod46 slot and see if it allocates more space...


cheers,


Pobs

Hi Pobs.

That is why I suggested a data file for each train set, so it's in the folder with the 3dz's and textures, but Tony's screenshot suggested this was not a problem.

Col,
your soft spot for the railway is revealed
Another stupid question: Those wagons are colourful and beautiful. Weren´t those wagons toned down in wartime with complete camo or camo stripes?

Hi Fran.

That coach is in post war [1947 Crimson and Cream] livery. During the war it was painted in Southern Railway, Malachite Green. During the war years everything was allowed to get very run down, so even the brightly painted engines took on the look of being painted Black.

In Europe, most engines were painted Black, but the coaches would have been in a better state of repair, but mostly Green was used.

I'm hoping Mike might be able to fix the colour for me.

What both Pobs and I said is that the size is set in TMod.dat and not in the graphic.
This is a single file which holds the data for all 256 TMods. It is the TMod table hardcoded in the exe exported to an external file which makes it easier to edit.
If we were to split it then an individual file could be made, and used.
We would need to make "TMod(0).dat" to "TMod(255).dat" files and then get the exe to read them.

Jel

Sorry guys, I missed that point.

Trains are made up from:
Tmod43_*.3dz Locomotive
Tmod44_*.3dz RR Tender
Tmod45_*.3dz Box car
Tmod46_*.3dz Tanker car
Tmod47_*.3dz Flat car
Tmod48_*.3dz Car w/Panthers
Tmod49_*.3dz Flak car
Tmod50_*.3dz Fuel truck
Tmod51_*.3dz Open truck

So we need a separate file for only these Tmods, and the smoke position on the engine.

This is the first British Saint class, which is in progress.



Oh it looks like we have the old problem of British "OO" and European "HO" scales, which is why the new coach is slightly bigger than EAW stock.