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 This blog was created for the sole purpose of sharing information, resources, and experience relating to route planning, creation, and enhancements to the computer simulation "Train Simulator" (2013-2017), by Dovetail Games.

By no means am I an expert in the field of 3D modelling or route creation. Yet, I have learned much about the inner workings of the game from others, and through my own efforts and experimentation. While there are a number of tutorials available on the subject of TS2013, and onward, I have found that most of them are either antiquated or seriously lacking in step-by-step information. For that reason, I have decided to compile a more recent and detailed set of tutorials on route building and texturing, as well as the use of the Blueprint Editor. In time, as these tuts are completed, I will post them on this blog under the label: Tutorials.

There is a good friend in the UK who has prepared some excellent video tutorials on the use of 3ds Max, by Autodesk, the 3d program of choice of Dovetail Games. You will find those videos under the Tutorials label.


Canadian Pacific Railway Southeast British Columbia (WIP)
Rocky Mountain Simulations is in the process of creating a new Canadian route for TS2017. At present, the only Canadian add-on route for Train Simulator is the Canadian Mountain Passes route available through Steam. That will soon change with the introduction of the route add-on: Canadian Pacific Railway Southeast British Columbia. The route boasts nearly 300 Miles of single line track, weaving through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in British Columbia. More than three hundred unique shapes were created for use in the route in an effort to provide the enthusiast with a very accurate representation of the area.

More than 2000 hours have gone into this project so far. Given the enormity of the route, the projected release date is in the Spring of 2018. There is still much to do to reach the standards of quality set by the author (me).


Thank you for visiting my Blog. I hope you find it useful.

Warm Regards,
Grant

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TS2017 ROUTE BUILDING #5 - The Railworks World Editor

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Route Building #5 - The Railworks World Editor From this point onward, it is highly recommended that you build your route in a windowed mode of Railworks. Full screen mode hides the 'close window' button in the upper right-hand corner of the window. Clicking this button is the only way I know of to close the program without saving. SUMMARY of Previous Tutorials By this point in the process: You ought to have completed the previous tutorials and have devised a plan for Where, When, What, and How.  You will need to have your start point coordinates written down for when you first create your route template. These coordinates use the Lat/Long format (eg. 55.83625  -115.3392) You will have chosen the Provider and Product names for your route, being careful to avoid names that may already be in use. A lot of authors will use their forum handle as their Provider folder name in order to avoid naming conflicts with others. The Product folder name is the unique name of the rou...
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TS2017 ROUTE BUILDING #10 - Manipulating Track

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TS2017 ROUTE BUILDING #10 - Manipulating Track In this tutorial, I will attempt to address the various aspects of track manipulation. You will learn how to change track gradient, split a track piece, join one track to another, weld track, etc. CHANGING TRACK GRADIENT Let us go to the World Editor now; opened up to your route. You may have laid several track pieces by now and it is probably becoming apparent that you'll need to make some adjustments for the general contour of the route terrain. This is accomplished by the use of the Elevation Tool. To activate the Elevation Tool, click on the Gradient icon in the Main Toolbox. It looks like the ramp we saw in the track characteristics panel. Click on it and you will see yellow, upward pointing arrows appear on your track at the break points. When you hover your cursor very near the track another yellow arrow will appear on the track indicating your cursor position. You can click anywhere on the track to set another brea...
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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ACCOLADES, AND GRIPES

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 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ACCOLADES, AND GRIPES This is the only page upon which I encourage comments, accolades (at-a-boys), and gripes. I do not want the other pages of my Blog to become cluttered. All comments posted here will be given due consideration and will hopefully result in an improvement to my Blog, such that we can all benefit. When you leave a comment here please keep it on a helpful note. Additional comments telling me why you feel the way you do, and a suggestion of how something could be improved, are always welcome. Thanks Kindly, Grant
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