Railworks America

Hi everyone,

I have some rolling stock ready I mean for design, inside, cabs, but I am a little self conflict and self confused about animation, such as doors moving, break, accelerator moving, and others.

My question is to do the animation for the rolling stock, what is the process ? or maybe can suggest me the tuto or website or docs ?

Thanks a lot, it is very important

To create an animation you use your modeling program to export an .ia file. If you do not know how to do that, then I suggest searching for information related to your modeling program. Once an animation (.ia) file is created then you might learn some by following this ancient Developer Document from Rail Simulator. Although it is really old, most of what it contains still applies to todays TS2018.

dick8299 wrote:To create an animation you use your modeling program to export an .ia file. If you do not know how to do that, then I suggest searching for information related to your modeling program. Once an animation (.ia) file is created then you might learn some by following this ancient Developer Document from Rail Simulator. Although it is really old, most of what it contains still applies to todays TS2018.

2.03 Cab Control Blueprints.pdf

Hi Dick8299,

Thanks for your replay and your attachment, but for the animation must do something on 3DSmax ? or it just based on IA file and blueprint ?

A simple keyframe animation is done in 3d program.
Then select the animation and export it (export selected option) to .ia extension.
Now from Blueprint editor, you need to link the .ia file with main Locomotive or any other kind of shape you are exporting.

I see thanks for your help, I will work on it