Phieeel

Phew, haven't been here in a while. Is Trolca still around, being a divine gift to the train mod section?

Err, yeah, so I just looked through the STEX to see if anyone's gotten around to making a map of my hometown region. Nope. I did notice a lot of nice work by Mallow there though. So yeah, tack my request on to the end, I suppose. No hurry, I have yet to get around to reinstalling SC4+RH, after my 200gig HDD died as a result of my PC's power supply deciding it was tired of this life and wanted to go out in a blaze (it caught fire as I was on my computer. Shut the whole thing down, of course, but I think it spiked the HDD, such that I can't even rescue the data off it period). [/pointless rant] So yeah, my request is for Mishawaka, IN. Seeing how you do the maps, Mallow, I'll at least save you a small step and provide the Lat/Long. detail. Latitude 41

Err... didn't you, at one previous point in time, zip all your current (non-conflicting) work up as a single file? and keep updating that? Or am I just beginning to suffer from half-timers? [read: early stages of alzheimers ]

Sweet. You actually did the PipBoy car. Just for reference, is it on the STEX? I might just simply snag the latest train pack if so, and replace my current (read: way out of date) train pack. You still up for doing the one I asked about with a custom logo? EDIT: Err.... where IS the train pack? Have you stopped doing it?

Date:5/8/2004 12:29:03 AM Author:trainmanr5 Thanks, Big Red Fish, I followed your directions and looked at all of the Amtrak stuff. I was like, woah! I mean, this guy is good! quote> Just a little note, BRF is actually not a guy. The fact is located not only on her profile, but buried in this thread. (See, I pay attention )

Meh. I had a nice post typed up more or less in praise of Trolca, BigRedFish, Dearnen, Pegasus, and others, and the fine amount of work and whatnot... However, my computer managed to spasm, right as I was moving my mouse to click the submit button, and subsequently reboot itself as if rebooting itself is a normal behaviour for it. Hence, I shall attempt to retype what I can remember, but as I am posting this a few hours after said computer spasm, it shall be somewhat abbreviated compared to what I had in mind. That in mind, here goes. Trolca=freight god BRF=Passenger god Dearnen=Locomotive god Pegasus=Lot god Teamwork=good. Seeing as this thread is mainly Trolca's, I was more or less saying how I am astounded at both the sheer quantity AND quality of his work. Words fail me. Blah blah, some more praise and whatnot. (sorry, computer glitches that make me lose some of my better writing tend to make me irritable and/or more sarcastic than I am usually) Honestly though Trolca, the work you've done has managed to get me excited in a way I haven't felt in a while. No, I'm not female, and no, that's not intended as a perverse comment. To finish the thought, these boxcars and freight trains get me excited about a few things. 1.) I want to install every last one for variety (okay, I may be a bit more selective than that, but still, i love variety) 2.) When younger, I too enjoyed the hobby of nailing down HO scale tracks in simple ovals (hey, I was 10, and easily amused), and running my Hotwheels cars across the crossing, smashing them with the train; de-railing and subsequent re-railing of the train... Due to an unfortunate incident however, (in which my layout of track was so nicely nailed down, and I had started work on building a town and whatnot, in LEGO, of course) which left my layout in ruins, I lost interest. However, I've been wanting to get back into it, since I no longer have any association with the person who was responsible for said destruction. I'm wanting to do N-Scale, as I want to be able to do more in the same amount of space. This thread alone has just gotten me excited about doing it in SC4, and therefore, spurred my interest even more. As someone called it, it's SimTrainSet almost. Thanks to the dilligence of Trolca and company. 3.)I just want to play SC4 more as a result... Of course, that doesn't mean much, because I already wanted to play anyways. But I gave up SC4 for lent. j/k. Not really, but I haven't played in a while because I spent the past few days working and reading this thread (and helping family and friends with whatever else) Trolca, I think what amazes me most is the fact that throughout the whole process, you have always been humble about your work. Don't think for a moment that any of the work you have done has gone totally unappreciated. Some may not appreciate this car or that tanker, but someone else enjoys both of those. The work you have done, and the spirit in which you have done it, makes me proud to run the Trolca Trains (alongside the other lines I like, Santa Fe in Red/silver particularly) in my SimNation. It goes without saying that you are a legend. (I know, I've just more or less contradicted myself by saying it. ) And to BigRedFish and others, you guys are also great, I shall reserve my exclamations of joy/jaw drops for your specific works for when I post in your threads. But to me, the neatest part is how you have all collaborated on the trains so that we can enjoy all your creations at once if we so desire. (referring specifically to the distribution of ID numbers such that your mods don't conflict with one anothers.) That's just the extra mile you guys have gone that makes me realize that I've missed out on quite a lot in this SimCommunity. I close with but a question, and a heads-up to Trolca. My question is to you awesome modd squadders: How do you produce such quality works and still manage to find time to lead a (hopefully somewhat) normal life? It is beyond my knowledge at this point due to my slight ignorance of what goes into produce a box car and train (although I have learned a bit just by reading this thread), but it amazes me, especially on Trolca's part. (again, to the others, I'm not inferring you guys haven't done as much, but let me reiterate that I haven't gotten to your threads yet. I just got here. ) And to Trolca; I can only imagine what your SimTropolis To-Do list looks like at this point, but I shall be tacking a couple of request on the end of that, if you are still reading this thread and willing to do so. I've got the ideas, I just need to find the images I would like used as part of the creation. I would like a boxcar with a custom logo I have stored on one of my HDD's, and a tanker with a picture of the PipBoy from the Fallout series of games. Not sure if you've heard of Fallout, but I should be able to procure both images for you at some point. When I do find said images (assuming you need both; you might have Pipboy already somewhere ), I shall post here again. Again, you guys are all awesome in your own respects. Keep up the good work as long as you can tolerate us non-modders. Edit: Just discovered the Rich Text editor, and decided to color the names so as to grab the right people's attention.