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The texture improvement pack for Donner Pass I've been working on is finally ready! It's already up for download on the Desert Pacific site and should be in the file library here soon.

Hope you all enjoy!

Wow. Being a big SP fan, this pack will go well with my SP daylight texture upgrade. These are 10/10 perfection!

Nice work! You might want to check the serif 'I' in "Pacific" on the caboose, however.

Awesome work

Hack wrote:Nice work! You might want to check the serif 'I' in "Pacific" on the caboose, however.

Looks like even some small things still manage to slip us up I'll get that fixed and reuploaded to the site ASAP.

EDIT: Fixed and updated the pic in original post. The pack is updated on the site now

Clean SP and Cotton Belt units. Excellent work.

Rob

Nice goodies! Nice site!

Thanks for both...

John M

everyone, glad you like them!

I've installed the pack from the RWA file library.
However, the engines look kind of odd compared to the other SP power, the gray is very light and sort of lacks contrast:


Have I done something wrong?

Great stuff!

_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha wrote:I've installed the pack from the RWA file library.
However, the engines look kind of odd compared to the other SP power, the gray is very light and sort of lacks contrast:
Have I done something wrong?

Hmm, I believe it may be the fault of the 3D weather options as with the classic weather they should look like my pictures. They didn't look that bright when my friend streamed his game for me while testing either. I don't think you've done anything wrong, but try playing around with the weather types and see what happens.

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into the Tehachapi Pass weather.
This is on Donner Pass, clear summer 0930 am:

Also, the shadows under the frame etc, are very light.
On my iMac, which I use to post to RWA, the screenshots look better than on my gaming computer's monitor.
I'll try a line-up of some different SP engines for comparison.

_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha wrote:Thanks for the tip. I'll look into the Tehachapi Pass weather.
This is on Donner Pass, clear summer 0930 am:
Also, the shadows under the frame etc, are very light.
On my iMac, which I use to post to RWA, the screenshots look better than on my gaming computer's monitor.
I'll try a line-up of some different SP engines for comparison.

Is that also using 3D weather options? It's strange how much the color varies based on slightly different user settings. I have not encountered them being this light and neither have my 2 beta testers. Sometimes I just hate how Railworks' lighting is set up

EDIT: Just did some comparisons with one of my testers. We tried 9:30am summer on Donner with classic clear weather and 3D clear weather. They look exactly like they should in classic weather, but 3D weather completely destroys them. It makes the textures twice as bright as they should be. I use the classic weather for almost everything (in all honesty I hate the 3D weather) so that's what was used when the textures were color matched in game. This is really frustrating that it creates such a drastic color difference and ruins the look of these...

My previous screenshots were taken from Quick Drive scenarios. I think these use 3D weather by default.
Here are a couple from a Donner Pass freedom at Colfax, weather Summer Clear, 1600 hours.
It is not so much the carbody that bother me, but the underframe and trucks. I think these parts could use a darker colour and more dirt or weathering.
The Bloody Nose red seems a bit too bright to me.
However, colours are a matter of personal preference, monitor setup, etc.



The default locomotives are too dark in most eyes?

As usual there is a massive difference between the old 'clear' and the 3D clear.


The darker one being the old sky condition.