High Speed Rail Project

[3ddz 17]

oh already done with all that split stuff....
But shadows are missing, and the models i talked about before and no one konws what i mean
and of course the path files from pjot are missing, have not heard anything from him lately....

[Murakumon 1]

I think this is what 3ddz is talking about...

[winonanick 0]

m- sweet thanks for the sampler, I will have a looksy!

[3ddz 17]

exactly thats what i mean....
i need to change the models for that yellow stuff in the screenshot murakumon posted but cant find them.

Oh and the pic reminds me that i wanted to change plop costs to 600 per tile like elevated highway

[Ramona Brie 121]

I've been reading this thread since day one, so I'm going to take a crack at this. I think this is a cool project.

[Murakumon 1]

I think this is a much better way to go with high speed rail, notice the wheels are between trains... i don't know how easy it will be to do this... or if this kind of config is even possible... but I think it's a lot more "train-like" and less like the rapid transit trains. PICTURE HERE

[hamsterTK 93]

those wheels are too teeny. you should make larger wheels almost covered by the train except for a little bit showing. kinda like the bullet trains in this pic:

https://i46.photobucket.com/alb...oshi/shinkansen-10.jpg

[Murakumon 1]

Well the wells are small for a reason... they don't move So i made them small

[hamsterTK 93]

what about this:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img.../highspeedtrain5sp.png

[Murakumon 1]

ermm i donna...

[3ddz 17]

now here comes the new tunnel entry along, have a look.
and i changed the icon and the picture in the bridge menu.

[JayStimson 211]

3ddz: You are the man !!! Outstanding work.

[Murakumon 1]

Umm.... Whats with the red? I donna i think it looks a little too japanese ( looks like a japanese BAT )

[hamsterTK 93]

that looks cool, and it goes with the theme.Will it have some sort of nightlighting? how about orange?

[3ddz 17]

Originally posted by: Murakumon

Umm.... Whats with the red? I donna i think it looks a little too japanese ( looks like a japanese BAT )quote>

hmm maybe you are right, i will make a test making it green like the posts on the track

[Ramona Brie 121]

Actually, the ends and draw views need work. Slowly, I'm going to attach some PNGs to posts.

(Desc. 1: The electrification props and terminus details are missing on the diagonals.)

(Desc. 2: The monorail-over-el hwy overpass needs work)

[Murakumon 1]

Tracker:

We're aware of those things... ( I've already posting about the drawing part ) rememeber that that release is a extreme beta version

[Ramona Brie 121]

I am just summarizing the work in need. I forgot to test GLRxMonorail puzzle pieces for HSR....and the tunnels. Everything was good...I found a problem crossing two lines. Couldn't do it.

[Murakumon 1]

Hey do you think it's possible to make multiple bridge types? i mean ya got the bridge selection window already... if so i think we could do a cabled stayed and generic one. I want to send HSR through a wetland area and it'd be good for smaller streams and stuff ( if possible )

Tracker

You will not be able to make interchanges that have not been completed ( IE: + Crossing, X Crossing, Y Interchange, and i think there's one more... )

[Ramona Brie 121]

Well, there are no other bridges for mono and el. Who knows, maybe...I think Maxis just skimped on that one.

Is the other interchange a W interchange where a track comes to the left and one to the right, while the main track continues?

[thatmonkeysim 8]

that very lite beta version is awesome especially for being a lite beta version! just a few minor things but i bet theyll be worked out...

[Ramona Brie 121]

Oh. I could not cross a straight and a diagonal track...maybe that's the one.

[3ddz 17]

Crossing is not possible thats why it does not work....
No really, i dont think that a crossing should be possible. The Network is ment for inter city transport not for filling the whole map with tracks
conecting 2 Blocks with each other.
I will make a Y split later and than there should be all connections that make sense. And only to mention it i still have to finish the ground highway crossings.

Concerning the GLR Split, i have no information on how the glr works so i cannot include a crossing for that. I will talk to qurlix about that.

Additional bridges schould be made in an later addon if they are possible. I will have to take a look at the double decker bridge thread to find out how it works.
I also thought of more bridges and already have plans for how they should look but at the moment we should concentrate on the essentials.

[Murakumon 1]

Oh highspeed rail double decker bridges... imagine that... anyways...

This is kinda what i mean on sunken... that was taken right after i pressed ESC during a UDI session. You'll notice that is is pretty convincing that it is sunken... and i wanted to achieve something similar in HSR

Oh and BTW: Props to Andreas Roth for the el rail train mod ( BART , Available on STEX )

[qurlix 20]

Now we get into the tricky stuff...sounds like fun! The preview models? Well, lucky enough for you, the monorail system doesn't use something as complicated as that...it simply uses preview textures. They should be FSH files under the same IID again...or maybe not...lemme check.

Why, making a GLR crossing just requires making a puzzle piece! Of course it's all easier said than done. I guess I haven't gotten back to you on puzzle pieces and interchanges yet. I suppose I should do that soon...

Bridges are smoncrie's territory. Though often it's not that difficult; of course you want a cable-stayed bridge, which needs complicated bridge specifications (rules that define combinations of bridge tile models). Sorry; I like sounding like I know what I'm talking about because the 97% of the day I'm not talking about Simcity, I don't know what I'm talking about.

Now I've gotta go and take a gander at it meself.

-qurlix

[hamsterTK 93]

No really, i dont think that a crossing should be possible. The Network is ment for inter city transport not for filling the whole map with tracksquote>

so no X crossing? cmon, that silly. without one its gonna be a pain building intersections. I mean, lines will need to cross somewhere.

[Murakumon 1]

I agree with 3ddz, it's not something you'd see in real life ( is it even possible? ) i think a overpass-underpass would be much more realistic

[hamsterTK 93]

high speed rail systems arent all high speed trackage. Even the TGV runs on some lines that stil have road crossing at grade, and i doubt that the shinkansen is going 180 mph pulling out of shinjuku station.

[thatmonkeysim 8]

the Mag-Lev trains are all elevated even in the rural areas and they can get up to speed very quickly...

[Murakumon 1]

I just think a underpass would be mich nicer, but i think the decision is up to 3ddz wether or not he wants to bother with an X