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Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:35 pm
by styckx
Updated: See further in thread for new beta

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:03 pm
by ATSF3814
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I love these junker repaints Sty! Please do more of them in the future.

All things considered, I think your repaint holds up very well against the real thing:

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But I'll continue with my "nitpicking" and report back if I find anything. !*salute*!

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:39 pm
by styckx
the auto numbering drives me batty though. I hate how new it looks and smaller but meh.

Oh... I also held back.. I usually show everything 100 times as I paint it..

But decided to actually wait till it was nearly complete (number fonts) and pop it in as a surprise.

This will be included in the uploaded version.. :)

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Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:12 pm
by ATSF3814
And what an awesome surprise that is! Nice one! !!*ok*!!

Sorry to go a little off topic here but, how do you go about changing the digits used for the auto numbering? I've been trying to get my Norfolk Southern ES44AC repaint to use the same digits as the NS Dash 9 but umm....

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It's not going too well. !*don-know!*

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:31 pm
by qrfan3
styckx wrote:the auto numbering drives me batty though. I hate how new it looks and smaller but meh.


Bill
Have you tried overlaying a dark greyish layer with the very slightest tint of the body color on the numbers to help tone the numbers down and blend in some....
Yeah, I think RS.com needs to make the child number planes bigger ( taller ) so we can adapt with size ( textures ) and get our protypically wanted affect right.

Besides that, you have excelled again..... **!!bow!!**

EDIT: Added Taller

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:39 pm
by styckx
Yeah... I could.... Grr.. I HATE font editing.. It's quite possibly the worst part of any repaint.. 10 textures.... So tedious... I'll see what I can whip up because the more I look at that awful numbering the more I want to rip it off. :D

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:56 pm
by styckx
Ok.. That didn't take nearly as long as I thought.. Nice Copy-Paste-Multiply streak. :)

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Muuuuuuuuuuch better!

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:43 pm
by styckx
And the pack just gets bigger.

Dynamic brake versions of both. ;)

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Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:51 pm
by dejoh
No nit-picks here. Thanks so much for your talent and eye for color and accuracy.
You and other rolling stock builders make RW one fine sim. !!*ok*!!
*!!thnx!!*

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:00 pm
by IIIIIREPOIIIII
!**duh*!! Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie !*roll-laugh*!

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:28 pm
by styckx
Beta - 2

If you installed previous beta UNINSTALL IT BEFORE INSTALLING NEW BETA to make the process easier.

I removed all the cab view geo's from this beta. While totally useless without the main model geo I don't feel like having my repaints possibly reported for "piracy" again (yes that actually happened. In the past.) so you have a lot more copy and pasting to do now. *!rolleyes!*

Installation:
Install RWP with Railworks package manager.

Copy:
GP9_01.GeoPcDx from \Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\Southern\Engine\

Paste to:
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailClean\Engine\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailAban\Engine\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailAbanNum\Engine\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\PennCent\Engine\

Copy:
GP9_01.GeoPcDx from \Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\Rio\Engine\

Paste To:
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailCleanDyn\Engine\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\PennCentDyn\Engine\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\PRR\Engine\

Copy:
GP9_cab.GeoPcDx from \Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\Rio\Cabview\

Paste to:
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailClean\Cabview\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailAban\Cabview\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailAbanNum\Cabview\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\PennCent\Cabview\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\ConrailCleanDyn\Cabview\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\PennCentDyn\Cabview\
\Assets\RSC\GP9Pack01\RailVehicles\Diesel\GP9\PRR\Cabview\


Package:
http://www.justawful.net/downloads/gp9_pack_beta_2a.rwp

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Enjoy.. I'm gonna let this sit for a few days, I'm all done and just going to let you guys nitpick it. Do not be afraid to post if you find things wrong! :)

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:41 pm
by styckx
Made a correction to the install (incase anyone grabbed it already)..

The cab geo has to be copied from the RIO cabview folder, NOT default! :)

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:24 am
by Chessie8638
Amazing.
That PRR unit would look great sitting in the middle of Horseshoe Curve if anyone attempts the Pittsburgh Line.

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:34 am
by Kali
ATSF3814 wrote:And what an awesome surprise that is! Nice one! !!*ok*!!

Sorry to go a little off topic here but, how do you go about changing the digits used for the auto numbering? I've been trying to get my Norfolk Southern ES44AC repaint to use the same digits as the NS Dash 9 but umm....

It's not going too well. !*don-know!*


Just use the numbers bin file from the Dash-9 & point to that in the engine blueprint. Gonna break if someone doesn't have the dash-9 of course.

I did an ES44 a while back, I can't remember if I changed the numbers or not though!

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Bill, fantastic work!

Re: Conrail GP9 Repaint Beta

Unread postPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:42 am
by qrfan3
styckx wrote:Muuuuuuuuuuch better!


Definitely....... !*YAAA*!