Placing Tracks and Water issues

[simsurfer]

I have looked and looked and looked before posting these three questions...

1. In my current landscape/route design, I have lowered the ground in a certain area but for the life of me cannot see how to place water in that lowered portion of my route. I saw one area where you can click on a blue thingie to add water but you can only place 1 little square of ware at a time, that cant be right, Im trying to fill up a lake or a whole stream.

I saw another section where I can add predefined River like the Thames or other lakes/ streams from the UK, Germany and such but is there any way of adding your own water in large bodies other than these methods or do you have to download something?

2. If laying single track then wanting to switch to double track but with another track w/a switch leading into double track, how do you do that, my tracks never line up to begin laying double parallel track again? I mean the alignment is Always off and never works.

Thanks.

[Toripony]

1. After you place that small tile of water, click on it again and you'll see the corners and sides "light up" with a "golden shadow". Click in one of those shadow areas and drag; the tile will enlarge to the size that you want.

2. Draw a ribbon of double-track (DT); beyond that draw a short ribbon of single-track (ST). Select the ST piece and move it to where it looks like it is centered a few paces beyond the two DT ends. With the piece selected, you can use your arrow keys to make fine "nudges" as needed. Now, with the Easement option turned off and the Snap to Track option turned on (both in the lower left flyout) draw a piece of track from the end of one of your DT tracks curving toward your ST. At about half the distance, click that ribbon to end it and start another ribbon which should snap to your ST. If not, you may have to shorten/lengthen the first ribbon you drew. Once that ribbon snaps to your ST, select and delete any overlap from the end of your ST.
Now, click on that second ribbon you just made and click copy or press Ctrl+C. Click Paste or press Ctrl+V and your should get a copy of that second curved ribbon; place it in a blank area. Turn it around 180 degrees. Using the Join Track tool, connect that ribbon to the end of your ST at the same point your original curved ribbon connects; a switch and frog should appear and you'll have an equal curve leading both left and right from the end of your ST.
Last, draw a ribbon from the end of the OTHER DT and let it "snap to" the newest curve you just added to your ST. Carefully select and delete any remaining overlaps and you should now have a smooth and even route from your ST onto either DT. Be careful not to "snap" your track into the middle of a switch or frog.
If necessary, select and move the entire junction as one piece as needed to allow connection to the rest of your route. Draw the connecting tracks FROM your ST/DT junction TO the continuing tracks of your route. I always use the "snap to track" option to connect any track that is not perfectly aligned. Just remember to find, select, and delete any overlap.

Tori

[simsurfer]

Ok, thanks Tori I will try the water thing tomorrow. Looking forward to that :-)

The tracks, that will take some studying I think.

[Toripony]

Ok, thanks Tori I will try the water thing tomorrow. Looking forward to that :-)

The tracks, that will take some studying I think.

I know pics would help but I'm too sleepy now to make them.

[simsurfer]

I tried placing the water today and that worked like you said, that helps out a lot. The tracks, will have to wait for another day :-)

If you have those pictures and it isnt to much trouble that would be great.

Thanks.