Central Jersey Freight Lines (The Lehigh Line Project)

[italianbattalion]

Nice work Ken. Where is that signal from?

[xxuntitledxx]

I'm using the Miami and Soldier Summit signals for any Safe Trans signals along the line. The signal is physically located in Flemington, NJ

[biddydog9000]

Not to annoying but when will the route will be done or an estimate.

[OpenRailer90]

As soon as he's ready

[xxuntitledxx]

As soon as he's ready

...pretty much lol... it's not really a full priority though...because of other things...i'm hoping to have something out sometime this year...or decade?

[OpenRailer90]

I can guarantee a release this decade, ever since u started the project in like 2014 or so but so caught on life

[xxuntitledxx]

2013 to be exact..yeah...got married in that time frame, moved, etc. (no kids yet...) so i try to do some each night when i can but you know...

[xxuntitledxx]

Hey all, long time no speak...

Just a quick update request...

I'm currently working on the area in and around Newark, NJ Specifically the "Garden Yard" section of Oak Island Terminal. Along the south side of the yard (yard goes East to west) sits the Northern State Prison. Right now I'm having no problems laying the barbed wire fences and concrete walls. I got the small buildings towards the parking lot...it's the maximum security section I'm having an issue with. I can't think of any buildings to use for this section. those would be the buildings to the right of the picture below with 4 stories in sets of 4 on both sides of the center buildings. Also the buildings to the back left corner might be a challenge too... if anyone can throw any ideas out based on the picture that would be helpful.

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Thanks

Ken

[xxuntitledxx]

Hello everyone,

Hope everyone is healthy and happy with what's been going on. So since I've been pretty much confined to the house with work and all that's going on, I've been able to get some stuff done. Let's just say lots of trees...trees trees and more trees.
Been working on the area around Pattenburg Tunnel.

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[BoostedFridge]

Looking good. Those trees have a nice texture to them.

[xxuntitledxx]

Thanks, Here's an overall of the area...

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[OpenRailer90]

Great work so far!

[xxuntitledxx]

Well not much of an update...but a brief one at that...I've been working on the Northern State Prison in Newark, NJ.
Here's a screenshot of what I have so far...given the assets i'm using it's as close as I can get. Still very much a work in progress... need more fences and foliage added. Plus the roads and parking lots. Once those are done...off to the next spot down the road. (BTW Garden yard and Oak Island Receiving yard can be seen in the lower left.)

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[xxuntitledxx]

Have no fear!

I know I haven't been on or a presence around here but you know...life and pandemic...and stuff kind of takes over. I have been working on the route...not as aggressively, but things are getting done(ish)... I'm working on scenery between MP51 and Port Reading Junction (MP34ish) for those familiar with the line. I've been working on relaying trees and what not...

Just a question for more experienced route builders. How do you judge what a good FPS to detail ratio is? I've been trying to keep it in the 60ish FPS range at max settings. I don't want to be too sparse that it looks bare or too dense that it is killing frame rates to a crawl on some "lower" powered machines. I've been having a tough time trying to figure it out. Any pointers?

Hopefully next time I'll have some pics

Ken

[BoostedFridge]

Just a question for more experienced route builders. How do you judge what a good FPS to detail ratio is? I've been trying to keep it in the 60ish FPS range at max settings. I don't want to be too sparse that it looks bare or too dense that it is killing frame rates to a crawl on some "lower" powered machines. I've been having a tough time trying to figure it out. Any pointers?

The 60fps target sounds like a fine goal to maintain over the route. Of course this figure is relative to the spec of your PC versus what you feel the 'average' user is running.

3d assets near the track are the largest scenery resource hog, as they can cast shadows over the track and train. This is very visually appealing, but can eat fps quickly if you aren't judicious in their placement. One or two rows of 3d trees between your track, and asset blocks of 2d trees should be plenty. If you are concerned about the FPS hit, you could change the LOD settings of the lines of 3d trees so that the one closest to the track is at '10', and the further row is at a lower value of say '5-7'. That would mean that users running the route on a lower detail setting would not see that second row of trees, but would also not suffer the fps hit of their computers having to draw them. Again, the balance of visual appeal vs FPS is up to you.