S12 Light Rail Co. founding "party"

[screamingman12 30]

 

 

This thread is for about the production of vintage GLR trams, I have already made one, a New York tram,

I have also updated the tram (thanks to Vester_DK) with a pole instead of a pantograph

I have also just released a New Orleans tram

And the Chicago trams:

Version 1

 

Version 2

 

SF trams

The Portland tram

and I am taking requests for any other vintage trams that you would like produced.

Note, I can only re-skin trams at this point, but I may learn to 3D model later on.

the others that I have in the works are:

New York tram

New Orleans tram

Chicago scheme 1

Chicago scheme 2

San Fransisco Iron Monster tram

Vintage portland tram

Washington DC tram

a more-accurate NYC tram

Melbourne W2 (thanks to Fairlane500)

Memphis tram

Tampa tram

I will alow myself to add/remove trams as needed from this list.
-Screamingman12

 

Thanks to  http://www.imageshack.us for image hosting

[jglei701 8]

I'm looking forward to these!

Here's a link to a bunch of pictures for the New Orleans street car that I posted in Vester's thread a while back (they're about half way down on the page.)

 

Actually, nevermind, I'll just paste them here!

 

St. Charles Streetcar

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2146/29qz.jpg align=baseline>

Another angle of a St. Charles car

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/7815/39ir1.jpg align=baseline>

Front view (sry for the bad quality, I'll see if I can find a better one)

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4051/43hw.jpg align=baseline>

Riverfront Streetcar

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1445/55gk1.jpg align=baseline>

I think this is a Canal St. car

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3360/69dw.jpg align=baseline>

 

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/5229/71bw.jpg align=baseline>

Another car from St. Charles

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/7229/86dz.jpg align=baseline>

 

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/526/98sz.jpg align=baseline>

 

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/5901/101cp.jpg align=baseline>

 

Here's a much closer (though not a TON clearer) front view of a St. Charles streetcar

 

Hope these help!!

[screamingman12 30]

*Grabs another glass of punch from table* I am currently working on the N.O. tram right now, I just need to, fix the alpha, take a screenshot and write a readme file.

[vester_DK 477]

I can fix the model so you can get I pole instead of the pantograph. Is this something you want me to ?

[screamingman12 30]

Sure, I really don't have an oppinion on pole vs. pantograph, so go ahead

Here are some pictures of the SF tram:

[vester_DK 477]

It just look like most of the streetcars has a pole an not a pantograph. I will take your NY streetcar and modife.

btw: Lightrail is a newer term, defining the modern streetcars, which are lighter than trams and have more than just one car.

[vester_DK 477]

Have given a helping hand to s12. Have modifed the NYC Streetcar, so it have a pole instead of a pantograph:


Have just send it to s12.

[jglei701 8]

Nice work Vester!

[screamingman12 30]

*grabs slice of cake* thanks Vester, I just uploaded it and put the picture in the main post. I think that I'll now be using this model, instead of the one with the pantograph. *eats cake*

[vester_DK 477]

I can modife the Oslo Tram to have the same size as this one. Then you will have more room for the sides and the roof. I have moved everything around. There are 1 px between each side. From my point of view it will make it a lot easier to make good skins.

btw: Change that picture for the NYC streetcar on STEX. Show an in-game picture instead and in a close view.

[Fairlane500 8]

An excellent job you are doing with the streetcars, I must say.

Personally I would like to see a streetcar similar to the ones used in downtown Seattle, which are a minor transit system along the waterfront. Perfect examples of old stylle cars in modern guise.

http://ktransit.com/transit/uspnw/seattle/streetcar/Photos/sea-str-112202-07.jpg width=600 align=baseline>

 

For more pictures, visit:

http://ktransit.com/transit/uspnw/seattle/sea_streetcar.htm

 

[screamingman12 30]

Those are Melbourne class W2 trams, I wanted to do these a while back, but they would require a special 3D model that I don't know how to make, currently, I am just doing re-skinings of trams, so the hunt begins for the 3D model.

[vester_DK 477]

Yes it looks a lot like the Melbourne W-Class. I have made a version with a pole to be released very soon:


If Fairlane500 can live with the model, maybe S12 can change the color of the roof and the top of the sides.

[screamingman12 30]

I think that I could do this, also I have a solution for fixing the Pittsburgh tram, select and copy the good side, then paste your copy over the bad (shadowed) side. I'll do this for you if you want, I don't know if you can do this in photoshop, but certainly in paintbox.

[vester_DK 477]

It's not the skin. It's something else. Have no idea of what ?

Everythings looks fine in the reader. It's just in the game.

[screamingman12 30]

polycount, mabey? (but probably not, since you have been working with this for so long)

*edit* this is also what happens when you use a JPEG file for a skin (I know, I tried it, and scraped the final version because it was so messed up by then)

[Fairlane500 8]

Actually, that would be exactly what the Seattle trolleys are, they are imprted old Melbourne streetcars.

I would like to see them in the game, the model looks fine for the job to me, and I wouldn't mind versions with and without the ads. That's what adds the more modern look.

[vester_DK 477]

Date: 12/22/2005 8:32:13 PM
Author: Fairlane500

Actually, that would be exactly what the Seattle trolleys are, they are imprted old Melbourne streetcars.

I would like to see them in the game, the model looks fine for the job to me, and I wouldn't mind versions with and without the ads. That's what adds the more 'modern' look.

quote>I use PNG for the job. I have for some of the first skins like 40 png for the color and 10-15 for the alpha. I save each version with a new version no.
The only thing I did with the model was moving the points around, no adding or removing points or triangles.

What program do you use for the job ?

[screamingman12 30]

PNG or BMP, as I learned, never JPEG (as you probably remember what happened when I did that) and I don't know how to modd DAT files yet

[vester_DK 477]

What graphic/photo program do you use for the job ?

[screamingman12 30]

GIMP, but only sometimes, mostly I use Paintbox to do the majority of the work. All computers with some version of Microsoft Windows have it.

[screamingman12 30]

Have finished the W2 version one tram. I don't have any pictures of it yet, but I can assure you that it looks really weird! 

 

*edit* I am also looking for a model close enough to what a PCC car is like, I know it can't be replicated exactly (well mabey) because the polycount is too high, so if anyone can make one or knows of one, please let me know.

[simbris123 0]

hey

i like the idea of building a tram line

but i dont know which file

to install so i can start building tracks and trams

can you maybe sent me the site?

[knodis 0]

I have been on one of thous green trams