[Guille592]

Would it be factible to implement turntables? Also I would like for the menu the option to customize it, just like you can do in MSTS, would those 2 things be possible?

[CGW121]

One thing I would like is a way to adjust when the lights at night come on. Lights now seem to come on after it is dark whereas in real life they come on when it is getting dark. If there is a way to adjust that now I am unaware of it.

[Genma Saotome]

CGW121, on 05 September 2013 - 08:28 AM, said:

One thing I would like is a way to adjust when the lights at night come on. Lights now seem to come on after it is dark whereas in real life they come on when it is getting dark. If there is a way to adjust that now I am unaware of it.

There is a way to do it and I've asking for the feature since the beginning of the project: We need a pair of parameters for what hour for the night texture is to be applied and another hour when it is to be removed. Put the two into the .sd as defaults for that shape. It could be implemented now w/o harm to MSTS because MSTS never reads past the parenthesis the closes the initial grouping. Later on, when there is a new world editor, let the Route Designer edit those on a case by case basis, exactly as he can today with the display level value.

It would look like this:

OpenRails (
	NightLighting (
		LightsOn ( value )
		LightsOff (Value )
	)
	OtherORStuff (
	)
)

IMO the letters .sd mean Shape Description. I think anything that influences the appearance of the shape that cannot be included in the mesh file belongs here. So with that in mind, I'd very much like to see a place where we can specify texture replacements as well as how to merge multiple .s files into a single game shape -- think component shapes for freight cars.

[cjakeman]

Guille592, on 05 September 2013 - 06:13 AM, said:

Would it be factible to implement turntables?

I've added it to the wish list, but I don't think it will happen soon unless one of our coders fancies a break from the top priority work.

[jared2982]

cjakeman, on 05 September 2013 - 10:47 AM, said:

I've added it to the wish list, but I don't think it will happen soon unless one of our coders fancies a break from the top priority work.

It's going to be quite a job since we don't have a working model to test. Would be a nice addition. I hate only being able to access one stall of my roundhouse.

[Falcus]

For a model, don't you just need a Scenery Item as a Hole in the Ground with a Table that either spins or slides back and forth, with animation?

I'm assuming once you have all that you just write Code for it and tweak until it moves correctly?

Amateurishly,
Falcus

[Genma Saotome]

Falcus, on 05 September 2013 - 07:56 PM, said:

For a model, don't you just need a Scenery Item as a Hole in the Ground with a Table that either spins or slides back and forth, with animation?

I'm assuming once you have all that you just write Code for it and tweak until it moves correctly?

Amateurishly,
Falcus

And what then for the.tdb?

[Falcus]

Isn't that what the "writing code" would be about? But yes, I was remiss in adding that as part of the process. That's why I know I'm still but an amateur at this ^^;.

Falcus

[jared2982]

Falcus, on 05 September 2013 - 07:56 PM, said:

For a model, don't you just need a Scenery Item as a Hole in the Ground with a Table that either spins or slides back and forth, with animation?

I'm assuming once you have all that you just write Code for it and tweak until it moves correctly?

Amateurishly,
Falcus

It also may be that certain parts my need to contain a certain name. The animation could be done by OR just rotating a certain part (with a certain name ) around the Y axis. I don't think we would need any animation since it would be required that the tdb lines to line up. I would think that part would be handled by the Sim. I may be wrong about that. Also it may require additional tdb entries or Tsection.dat entries. The latter may be a issue if routes are to be distributed. Any custom turntable would need an entry in the Tsection.dat unless it could be setup some way in the local Tsection.dat like dynamic track. It is going to be a whole new ball game with turntables. While they function similar to turnouts they will require the ability to alter paths on both ends simotaniusly while moving the engine SMOOTHLY with the change. It is doubtful that any predefined path will be able to cross a turntable because if the table is moved the path will become broken. Maybe OR will handle this differently than MSTS and that won't be the case.

[markus_GE]

Would it be possible to make Debugging Long activities that Need exact AI Timing easier, by letting you set up a "restart Point" (save at a certain Point) from where you do all your Debugging? This would include the AI / traffic list to be updated on every reload, see this thread here on ET: http://www.elvastowe...uring-creation/

Cheers, Markus