Trolca

The LastCarVariety.dat gives variety for the last car of the freight trains including the caboose as one of the possibilities. The LastCarVarietyNoCaboose.dat gives variety for the last car of the freight trains with the caboose being converted to a box car. The mod that converts the caboose to a box car shouldn''t be used with either of these mods or they might not work. Trolca

Hello, I just want to let everyone know I'm still alive. Please don't post any requests at this time though. I'm not sure when or if I can return to modding. I do miss being here but life and problems have kept me away. I'll post when I can. Trolca

Date: 6/3/2005 12:37:59 AM Author: airferber How do I edit a an existing train?quote> There's information on pages 14, 17, and 53 of the Train Mods thread that might be helpful. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?mode=viewtopic&topicID=37804&num=30&pageNo=1

Date: 5/19/2005 4:24:44 PM Author: Pichu0 wow, here i see some really nice vehicles, but what i miss is an ICE3. i don't know if it's allready made (i didn't search all 55 pages^^) blue stripes would be very cool, 'cause i allready use oppies monorail in ICE-look with blue stripes.quote> If you're looking for passenger service, this thread doesn't have very much to offer. I pretty much focus on freight.

Date: 5/10/2005 1:57:23 PM Author: madnick Anyone know where I can find LIRR and Metro North EMU trains?quote> I posted a LIRR train set in the Train Mods thread some time ago but I don't know which page.

Date: 5/9/2005 12:55:00 PM Author: Rymac91 this has been moved from Modding Open Discussion forum to here so where does this belong?anyway...whats a Peterblit 379 anyway?quote> I personally think this thread should of been left in Modding - Open Discussion. This is a Peterbilt 379.

Now I'm confused. Why should this thread be in the BAT forum? The post is asking for automata, not static objects. As far as I know, all of the automata related threads are in the Modding, Open Discussion forum.

Date: 5/4/2005 3:01:26 PM Author: DragonAnime Right now we are mostly focusing on the the new 2005 yearbook, but I am not totally sure about the 2004 one.quote> It seems like after all that time spent on the 2004 book, it'd be released, hopefully soon.

Is there plans to still release the 2004 book or is the focus on the 2005 book now?

Date: 5/3/2005 11:21:08 PM Author: 6459978. Oh sorry!!! This thread had sort of slipped to the back of my mind lately .... I'm really sorry to leave you hanging like that. I've attached all my current models and descs to this post;  would you like to see me BAT anything else in particular for this project? Thanks for the poles. I can't think of anything else right now. When you don't have anything to do, perhaps some different types of poles. Thanks again, the poles look great. Edit: I know a number of people would like to see a catenary for light rail.

Date: 4/16/2005 2:21:22 AM Author: Trolca Date: 4/15/2005 11:56:53 PM Author: 6459978. It's really up to you -- you're the one who's doing the real work modding these things so just let me know exactly what you need! If you'd like more I can definitely do that. I've been taking a keen interest in observing the real world powerlines in my city lately and I've noticed that they do come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. quote> What you've done so far is great. I personally would be satisfied with what you've done so far. It's up to you if you want to continue. Perhaps you could post the props here or in the STEX now and add to it later if you keep going? As for who's doing the real work, placing these props on lots and network tiles is nothing compaired to the creating of them in the first place. quote> I hope nobody sees this as being pushy but when you have time, could you post your completed work?

Date: 5/1/2005 9:23:42 PM Author: DuskTrooper 1. Do not make thread titles all caps. 2. Do not make your forum posts all caps. 3.  ALL model requests must go into the official BAT request thread.  Thank you!quote> I don't think this request should go in the BAT request thread. As far as I know the BAT doesn't create automata compatible S3D files.

Date: 4/19/2005 12:33:19 PM Author: The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz I swear I have the GLR mod in the correct directory, I'll post a screenshot if you don't believe me. But it still won't show up in game. I downloaded the NAM provided on your site and I have an icon, but it just won't work. The cursor is red and there is a white highlight around the square I am hovering over but it just won't work. Anything else that is necessary that I haven't picked up on? I do have the updates. quote> If the NAM is installed correctly, the only thing I can think of is that non-NAM files are conflicting with it.

Here's a few images of utility poles I took around Phoenix AZ. This first image was taken from my back yard. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//UtilPole01.jpg align=baseline> Here are some more from around town. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//UtilPole02.jpg align=baseline>https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//UtilPole03.jpg align=baseline> https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//UtilPole04.jpg align=baseline>

Date: 4/15/2005 11:56:53 PM Author: 6459978. It's really up to you -- you're the one who's doing the real work modding these things so just let me know exactly what you need! If you'd like more I can definitely do that. I've been taking a keen interest in observing the real world powerlines in my city lately and I've noticed that they do come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. quote> What you've done so far is great. I personally would be satisfied with what you've done so far. It's up to you if you want to continue. Perhaps you could post the props here or in the STEX now and add to it later if you keep going? As for who's doing the real work, placing these props on lots and network tiles is nothing compaired to the creating of them in the first place.

Your poles look great. Is the set done or was you planning on expanding it? I'm sorry if I seem pushy. I'm just anxious to start placing them on lots and network tiles. This will make a big difference. Thank you for your hard work.

Date: 4/13/2005 6:57:27 PM Author: Speedy Thanks alot It's really nice! Do i put the dat in - mydocuments/simcity4 or programfiles/simcity4? and this replaces one of the defaults wagons right? Thanks again quote> With X being the drive letter, X:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4\Plugins, unless you changed the path during install as well.

Here's a Speedy boxcar. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//BXSG01.jpg align=baseline>

Date: 4/12/2005 5:05:54 PM Author: Speedy Hi Trolca! Just wanted to show you a pic of my new passenger train! I used one of frogface's passenger train and changed some things cause i have'nt figured out how to make one from scratch yet, but i'm pretty happy with the result! Also it would be great if you could make an speedy ltd wagon that replaced either one of the default maxis freight wagons or if you could add it to an custom set you have made. Speedyquote>Your first attempt looks good. I'll see what I can do on your request.

Date: 4/12/2005 7:45:26 PM Author: 6459978. Here's my first go at a power pole... it's based on the ones on my street: quote> This looks great. There's so many little things like this that make a very big difference. If possible, could you use the same model and rotate it 30 and 45 degrees?

Date: 4/12/2005 4:42:39 PM Author: 6459978. I'm willing to make utility poles with the BAT -- any constraints on the number of polygons or anything? Or are these just basically normal props? Thanks, Basic props should be fine. Perhaps a transformer coud be a seprate prop and you could include a few rotations of the pole? Pole variations shouldn't be needed at this time. For now, what would be nice is two models, the pole with one or two cross beams (I'm not sure what they're called) and a transformer. I'd be helpful to have the pole converted into three props, the standard, one at a 30 degree angle, and one at a 45 degree angle. Having the Is Ground Model property ( 0x8A5E5DB8 ) set to True ( 0x01 ) would be a plus as well. Thanks again.

At this point I'm lost. I tried adding the property to Gizmo28's prop exemplars as a booleon value of 1 but the shadows still don't appear on newly created streets. I think it might have something to do with Gizmo28's props not following standard prop constrution, with each zoom level having a different view for each rotation. Instead these props are constructed the same way automata is. The same prop is used for all zoom levels and rotations. If this is the case, perhaps I can find someone to make a few simple utility poles with the BAT.

The Is Ground Model property wasn't present so I added it. First I set the value to True. There wasn't any shadows even with newly created roads. I changed the value to false, created more roads and still now shadows. Here's an example of what I'm doing. Perhaps some one can see something wrong. https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files//IsGrdMod01.jpg align=baseline>