The Royal Train Vehicle Simulator
#1
Posted 22 September 2015 - 12:07 PM
#2
Posted 22 September 2015 - 03:42 PM
Thanks ! I really enjoyed it !
#3
Posted 22 September 2015 - 04:54 PM
It's also worth noting that this isn't a true train simulator, the operation is very basic and not realistic at all, but it allows for insane amount of polys and detail which is required for my model. Despite the lack of operational realism, it's fun nonetheless.
Here's a video of the Märklin model for comparison to my work. While not my video, I own this set and it is superbly detailed. :wub:
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#4
Posted 22 September 2015 - 07:02 PM
And I was going to mention Marklin, but you beat me to it. ;) I was close to buy their Z scale version of the King Ludwig cars, as apparently it used real gold. But then some said it was only on the HO version, and/or it was gold leaf that wasn't very well done and damaged easily. So I held off. Sure looked pretty though. But I'd say your work is FAR better now! And is that MSTS/OR you're using still? Not sure I understand what you meant by 'virtual simulator' at the beginning?
#5
Posted 22 September 2015 - 07:14 PM
Noisemaker, on 22 September 2015 - 07:02 PM, said:
It's "Vehicle Simulator" meaning it's not MSTS nor is it OR. It's an entirely different kind of simulator that enables the user to simulate driving/piloting anything that is a vehicle, be it a car, bus/truck, train, ship, airplane or space ship. That is what it means when it's "Vehicle Simulator".
Jonathan, that is one heck of a hill that the train is traveling on. Like riding some roller coaster. :sweatingbullets: What was that at the end? LOL The train goes off tracks to avoid collision then back on? :lol::rotfl: Nice timing of the music to ending the entire clip.
#6
Posted 22 September 2015 - 08:30 PM
Have a look here. Could be usefull. :)
The real thing:
http://www.lctm.hostingsiteforfree.com/Secciones/LocoReview/L100_BVI/media/ima02.jpg
You might as well like this one:
http://bayerisches-eisenbahnmuseum.de/images/simplelists/20130823_FUESSEN_DSC3689_MWAST_TSt.jpg
LAG No. 7 "Füssen". Build in 1889, it's currently the oldest operational standard gauge locomotive in Germany.
BTW: I've spotted a small typo. In about min 3:23 of the clip it's "Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen" (wich translates roughly as Royal Bavarian State-Owned Railways).
Best Regards from Germany
#7
Posted 23 September 2015 - 02:15 AM
I already have that page in my favorites, too bad the plans are too small to make out details and measurements. :(
Noisemaker, the loco alone is roughly 50,000 polys and will not work in MSTS, I don't run OR and even then I don't know if the model would work. Vehicle Simulator allows for near unlimited number of polys and is very forgiving.
Ed, this is the downside of Vehicle Simulator. The track isn't so much a track as it is more of a spline the train follows, because the sim count the train as a automobile on auto pilot, if disengaged the train can be steered in any direction since as far as the sim is concenred, you're driving a car towing other cars. Many years have been spent hounding the developer Ilan Papini to improve this and make trains its own dedicated system with proper train features like couplings and gradients but I fear he is incapable or unwilling to do this. So I do not count Vehicle Simulator as a proper train sim by any means, but it's a fun playground to mess about in. :)
#8
Posted 23 September 2015 - 10:17 AM
#9
Posted 25 September 2015 - 04:25 AM
#10
Posted 04 October 2015 - 01:00 PM
I always love to watch you construct, my friend. :friends:
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