TS2012 setup your route Tutorial, 36 easy steps PDF

[imnew]

Calling out all route builders

XX Tutorial uploaded to file library XX

I know many of you want to create a prototypical / semi proto route with real world terrain, place decals from google earth and so on. However stuff like, NED 1/3 Arc second, BILxSRTM, USGS Seamless viewer, decal and markers, well they do sound kinda hard to grasp dont they


This tutorial WILL NOT show you how to lay track, place signals, weld, cut, join or grade track....

however......

This tutorial show you step by step how I just now, two days ago, set up my own route project for TS2012, the Conrail Chicago Lines. I have included screenshots / images and marked them with pointing "sticks" and cirlces to make it clear what buttons to push and where they are.

1. The tutorial starts up with how to set up your/my route, using RWTools V3, developer folder, how to set up sub folders, template route setup as well as direct route setup.

2. Then we move on to the scary stuff like, terrain DEM, srtm, BILxSRTm NED, seamless viewer, 1/3 Arc second.......

" The route start tile is Blue Island Il, wich is an extremely flat country side for showing you how to import terrain Dont worry though, once you have done all the 36 steps, you will see the terrain clearly as day. "

3. The tutorial ends with how to place markers and decals using RWDecal

In short, thats it basically !

I have included some tips on how to further improve your route project, like where to get cabride dvd`s, some really good links there by the way.. I know i know, its the usual rail dvd sites, but i did say they where good didnt i There might be a couple of new links to some, they offer some real hard to come by cabrides from the mid 80s !

I wrote the tutorial as easy as i know how, you cant
go/do wrong if you just follow along the 36 steps.
But please remember, TS2012 is brand new, with, lets
face it, some bugs.. There might be strange things
going on all of a sudden while building your route. Just
remember to SAVE OFTEN !

Also, read everything that is written ! Its there
for a reason.


You will be creating prototypical routes in no time.

Best of luck to you !

Thomas

[robbit]

You are my hero. I finally know how to do all the things i could not figure out with the tools I have already bought and watched the tutorials to no avail.

Your pdf file is awesome and explains everything just the way it should be done.
Thanks again a million times over.

[robbit]

P.S. I Love 2012 and all it comes with. Even the challenges it presents with the update.

[imnew]

Thank you good sir . I really appreciate that.

TS2012 is one heck of an update, thats for sure. The simualator eats the toughest hardware for breakfest, but man, what an update.

Thanks again.

[robbit]

How true.
Now all I need is a good tutorial for creating assets(Buildings and signs and the likes.)
With Google Sketchup and converting with blender into railworks

[Chessie8638]

Thank you for this tutorial. Everything is laid out and easy to follow. I'll sure be using this when I start on a route later on.

Also thank you for the links, especially the one for "Anchor Videos."

[Toripony]

I am so happy to see someone put all this into one easy to follow document!

[imnew]

Hey folks,

I was just checking to see how many times the tutorial has been downloaded , 60 times ! Wow, thats is a possible 60 new route builders ladies and gentlemen Hope we get to run some of their routes in a year or so.

Thanks, i do appreciate the feedback.

Thomas

[bsrrco]

Restarting on the Van Buren Sub with CORRECT dem & location in 3,2,1

[imnew]

*!!thnx!!* Restarting on the Van Buren Sub with CORRECT dem & location in 3,2,1

You are fellow route builder .

[Hawk]

I've got a couple of questions.

1) Why does your tutorial use BILxSRTM instead of ReDem?

2) Where can I find more info on BILxSRTM? Author? Website? Who uploaded it to MediaFire? Where else can BILxSRTM be obtained?

[imnew]

I've got a couple of questions.

1) Why does your tutorial use BILxSRTM instead of ReDem?

2) Where can I find more info on BILxSRTM? Author? Website? Who uploaded it to MediaFire? Where else can BILxSRTM be obtained?

1. Havent got a clue how to use ReDEm, thats why ...

2 . I downloaded BILxSRTM for my first RW route project couple years ago, cant remember where i got from, or whos the author. I did not upload it to mediafire, i just googled it to see if there was a download link available. Im sure its out there on other sites as well.

update: I heard some users experienced "holes" in their terrain with ReDEm, something i never experienced during my modern day Horseshoe Curve Route. Mind you the terrain i download back then was NED 1/9 Arc second, wich is better than NED 1/3 Arc..

[Hawk]

Got'cha!

[NZ255]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you had 1/3 second arc data (10m) and you ran it through BILxSRTm at the 3 second setting....now you have 90m data. You should have run it through the 1 second at least to get 30m resolution?

Cheers

[imnew]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you had 1/3 second arc data (10m) and you ran it through BILxSRTm at the 3 second setting....now you have 90m data. You should have run it through the 1 second at least to get 30m resolution?

Cheers

Hey there, now that I hadn't thought of. I was sure I ran it through the 1 second.. bummer

I have been thinking of updating the tutorial with some other stuff.. an update will be uploaded to Hawk soon..

Thank you for bringing this to my attention NZ255