(WIP) S2 ...a little more progress

[Noel]

I'm really excited for this one now!

I'm curious. Did you ever get your sound issues worked out? I hope you did.

Great job with this one sir!

[dogmouse]

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Just about ready to pack this thing up in ice, and ship it!
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Oh wow you can bet this beauty will see the repainter's brush often

Excellent work

Thank you, Rick! It has a painter's template that's coming along with it, to ease the pain.



@Noel: Yes, Sir! All of the sound issues were resolved! Michael Stephan and Rick Grout helped me out, tremendously!

[dgallina]

IT'S ALIVE! Looking forward now :-)

Diego

[Noel]

Very nice. Glad to hear everything worked out good in the end.

You have my everlasting gratitude sir!

[RailfanNSDE]

I always wanted a Alco S2 for my tourist route line!

[MadMike1024]

First on my list...

[RickKfoury]

Got a whole list lined up as well, really chomping at the bit for this one!

[dogmouse]

I wanted to ask you guys a question about the auto numbering for it. Currently, for the rollout version, I have the auto numbering working properly for it, but it only has a single digit applied, i.e., 1 thru 9.

My question is, for the generic (repainter's) version, do I need to release 3 additional versions of it with multiple auto numbering schemes, i.e., a version with 2 digits, another with 3 digits, and a final with 4 digits, or is that something that people can change, themselves, in RW Tools, or elsewhere?

The S2's that I've seen have pretty much every variation of numbered digits, and I dont know if others can (or will be able to) add or subtract that easily?


@ MadMike: That one is gonna look great!

[Bananarama]

My question is, for the generic (repainter's) version, do I need to release 3 additional versions of it with multiple auto numbering schemes, i.e., a version with 2 digits, another with 3 digits, and a final with 4 digits, or is that something that people can change, themselves, in RW Tools, or elsewhere?

You may need to create two sets of panels - similar to how speed signs and mileposts are set up - a double entry and a triple so that any single or multiple digits are centered. This + example illustrations are covered in the older 4.04 Asset Authoring Guidelines document (pg 10~11) for Rail Simulator.

[dogmouse]

Great! I'll look into that, thanks Marc. Great work on Tehachapi, btw!

[MadMike1024]

I think a triple (for a single or triple) and a quad (for two and four) and a blank (X or x) in the number set would be all that's needed. SP had 4 digits, most others were less.

e.g. a triple panel, and a x7x number would be a centered 7, x44x and a quad panel would be a centered 44.

[dogmouse]

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Do these things have an official name to them?

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

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Do these things have an official name to them?

Those look like sandcaps to me.

[MadMike1024]

Those look like sandcaps to me.

Agree, those are the caps for filling the sand hoppers.

[dogmouse]

Hey Folks,

Here are some detail shots of a Southern Pacific livery I've been playing around with, using the new repainter's template I constructed. I tried to make it with the repainter in mind, so I've included a reference diagram to go along with the release, to better help you find the areas you want to change. Cheers! ~R