Donner Pass East Fixer Upper. August 2015 Edition (updated)

[imnew]

Looking forward to it!

[Ericmopar]

Truckee to the first tunnels is done. I also fixed and adjusted some of my original work.
I added a lot more greenery in some bare spots etc.
The new link is in my first post.

I'd like to see some screen shots. I'd like to know what you people are seeing.

Eric.

[jwtheiv]

downloading and looking forward to seeing what you've done.

[BoostedFridge]

Fantastic!!! DL'ing now. Is there any point in backing up the original?

[jwtheiv]

Fantastic!!! DL'ing now. Is there any point in backing up the original?

The original is an .ap file, so you should be able to just extract the files int the directory and be okay.

[Ericmopar]

Fantastic!!! DL'ing now. Is there any point in backing up the original?

Buzz brought that up before and we decided that the .ap was the backup for the Donner Pass Southern Pacific route folder.
I backed up my entire Donner Pass folder just to be safe though.

[dejoh]

Fantastic work, thanks.
Try this scenario..........
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... =382109644

[Ericmopar]

Huge new update. You can find a link to the new updated files in the first post.

I was intending to release this for Memorial Day Weekend, but illness (sinus problems) slowed me down the last two and a half months.

I hope it's loved as much as the first ones.

Later, Eric.

P.S. would love to see some screen shots posted over in the Any Route Any Era thread.

[imnew]

Downloading now!

[ex-railwayman]

There's absolutely no need to apologise at all Eric, I'm sure we all hope that your Sinuses get better soon, many thanks for upgrading this freely for the community, you're a star.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

[gtrtroger]

Just finished the Sparks to Truckee leg.....
This is now my DEFAULT scenery. You made this look soooo... much better. Thanks Ericmopar. Great work. Cant wait to see the rest.

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[JohnTrainHead]

You should try to publish this on the workshop once you finish this, Eric.

[fraserm]

Very nice update, Eric! I just took a couple trips, one a PAX from Sparks to Truckee, the next a unit container from Truckee to the first tunnels. Don't know if you noticed this, but Tunnel 42 Track 1 looks like this on the Truckee side:

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Not sure how to fix this, but this tunnel has been this way for a LONG time. I've even contacted DTG (RSC in those days...) on it and got the boilerplate answer and no results.
Maybe someone can fix this some day.
Thanks and keep up the good work. The route update is fabulous!
Best,
Marc

[Ericmopar]

I'm stumped by those tunnel issues. I see them after I clear the blueprintcache.pak for Donner, but when I run the route a few times it goes away.
It also doesn't show, usually, in my actual Donner Redo route were I've been doing the editing.
I know that clearing the Blueprint caches too often can cause that on other routes, but the tunnel openings will self repair after awhile. It's a bizarre bug in the game.
The tunnel entrance decals are all there.

I'm going back and touching up Floriston in those screen shots in the near future. I'm adding some grass and redoing some textures there, although it already looks way better than those retaining walls did.

I'm also wondering if the new desert around Lawton and Mogul are showing up with the new soil colors and dry grass?

[Ericmopar]

Okay Folks, "Phase 1" is done.
It's finished between Sparks and Emigrant Gap.
I'm looking for persons interested to download the new .rwp file from the new link in my first post and try it out.
It should install via the package manager just fine.
If not let me know.

Thank you for your time and patience.
Eric.