[wacampbell]

I have been having some fun photographing a new watch tower model from Paul DV. Here is the results of a little experimenting. I made up a character in Poser to place on one of Tim's cabooses and photographed it with PovRay. The second photo is the equivalent scene shot inside MSTS.

[century242]

wayne looks very nice...why is there grass in the top one and none in the bottom? Does that have to do with the PovRay thing?

[wacampbell]

Yes, this particular tile on my L&PS route is full to the brim - no room for grass. But, in POV framerates aren't an issue so I am able to add some extra ground cover.

Looking at these pictures together, though, I realize there is some issue with aspect ratios and scales. Notice that the caboose seems low and long in POV and the Poser figure ( Frank ) seems too tall in the POV version. I think the MSTS version has better proportions. Its something I'll have to work on.

[timmuir]

Hi Wayne,

Actually I think the fella looks more correctly scaled in the Povray pic. Looks too small in the MSTS view. That's my 2 pence worth.

At any rate, these are pretty neat to look at, and always enjoy your latest pic.

TM

[century242]

The PovRay pic looks larger than the msts one. I know it is not but there is more in the top pic and IMO it looks better than the 2nd one.

[chuckzeiler]

Wayne, my attempt at the same thing. I'll have to adjust the camera angle in POV, which is presently at the default 50. I didn't do a fair test, but i don't think my guy got smaller. He's Richardey Tarkington's Workman.s. I'll run some tests to see if he changes dimensions.

First Pix is POV, second pix is MSTS.

The third pix is for Erik. This is confusing. My screen resolution is 1024X768, just what the MSTS RE demands. I don't know (if I were a newbie) to go up and down, or left and right.

[century242]

left to right, we re going to have to find a fix for this.

[Chile Bill]

chuckzeiler, on Jan 14 2004, 12:54 AM, said:

The third pix is for Erik.  This is confusing.  My screen resolution is 1024X768, just what the MSTS RE demands.  I don't know (if I were a newbie) to go up and down, or left and right.

Chuck;

This is something related to screen size. If I change my screen size to 1024x768, I see the exact same thing. I am going to have to dig into this and see what can be done to fix it. Time to fire up the beta site again :)

Bill

[Chile Bill]

Chile Bill, on Jan 14 2004, 05:46 AM, said:

chuckzeiler, on Jan 14 2004, 12:54 AM, said:

The third pix is for Erik.  This is confusing.  My screen resolution is 1024X768, just what the MSTS RE demands.  I don't know (if I were a newbie) to go up and down, or left and right.

Chuck;

This is something related to screen size. If I change my screen size to 1024x768, I see the exact same thing. I am going to have to dig into this and see what can be done to fix it. Time to fire up the beta site again :)

Bill

Ok, I have changed the script to accommodate lower screen sizes, so that everyone can enjoy this site equally. I hope this change will accommodate everyone. Let me know if this change causes any problems on your end. If you are having problems, give as much detail as you can about screen size, browser, connect speed, etc. I may not need all this information, but it is better to have too much than not to have enough when trying to recreate and solve a problem.


Thank you and I hope this works for everyone.


Bill

I forgot to mention. Everyone will see 2 columns for file attachments, not 3 as was seen before by many of you.

[Chile Bill]

century242, on Jan 14 2004, 04:24 AM, said:

left to right, we re going to have to find a fix for this.

FIXED :) :)