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C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:30 am

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Now here is the Conrail edition of the famous Alco C-424. Almost ready and available soon in the File Library.
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby harryadkins » Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:58 am

Nice...
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:34 pm

Thanks Harryadkins !*cheers*!
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby pkz19 » Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:19 pm

Beautiful! You're getting to be a machine at turning out C424s!
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:36 pm

Thanks pkz19, the Alco C-424 is one of my favorite engines !!*ok*!! I'm working currently on the Livonia Avon & Lakeville Alco C-424, a beautiful livery by the way. !*cheers*!
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby pkz19 » Fri Oct 28, 2022 11:24 am

jtousign wrote:Thanks pkz19, the Alco C-424 is one of my favorite engines !!*ok*!! I'm working currently on the Livonia Avon & Lakeville Alco C-424, a beautiful livery by the way. !*cheers*!


Awesome, thank you!!!
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby Chacal » Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:43 pm

Over the hill and gathering speed
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby kris120 » Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:44 pm

Thanks Touzzz, I really appreciate your phantastic work.

I would just mention that there are two better methods calling the decal models from "Buzz\Misc". With the method you use these repaints are not compatible to quickdrives. I know, you can check Buzz / Misc in the route editor and then the models are loaded in quickdrive, too. But you have to do that on every route you want to drive.

Method 1:
You can load the model in Buzz\Misc when you move the blueprint below of Assets\DieselWorkshop\AlcoC424\ and call this blueprint in the blueprint of the loco.
This may look like this:
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                     <ChildName d:type="cDeltaString">Conrail_Decal</ChildName>
                     <BlueprintID>
                        <iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
                           <BlueprintSetID>
                              <iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
                                 <Provider d:type="cDeltaString">DieselWorkshop</Provider>
                                 <Product d:type="cDeltaString">AlcoC424</Product>
                              </iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
                           </BlueprintSetID>
                           <BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">Buzz\Misc\Decals\C424 Conrail\GP38-2_Sides.xml</BlueprintID>

And in DieselWorkshop\AlcoC424\Buzz\Misc\Decals\C424 Conrail\GP38-2_Sides.xml (exactly: GP38-2_Sides.bin) you call the model with this unmodified entry:
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<GeometryID d:type="cDeltaString">Buzz456\Misc\Decals\C424 Conrail\[00]GP38-2_Sides</GeometryID>

This loads the model GP38-2_Sides.GeoPcDx directly from Assets\Buzz\Misc\, even if you have not ticked this folder in the editor.

Method 2:
You can have even more convenience, especially if, like me, you like to forget to move the folders with the decals to assets when you want to drive the loco.
I always have only a part of my assets in Railworks, there are just too many.
Here you can simply move the Buzz\Misc folder completely to DieselWorkshop\AlcoC424\, because DieselWorkshop does not use DRM (with DRM it would not work !).
You can use the same entry in the loco as above, but you have to adjust the path in DieselWorkshop\AlcoC424\Buzz\Misc\Decals\C424 Conrail\GP38-2_Sides.xml :
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<GeometryID d:type="cDeltaString">DieselWorkshop\AlcoC424\Buzz456\Misc\Decals\C424 Conrail\[00]GP38-2_Sides</GeometryID>


If you want to publish it this way, you should ask for the author's permission out of respect for him.
But the method is very practical and reliable and everybody can see who was a helping hand for you (and us).
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:02 am

Many thanks kris120, very interesting! I will talk about that with Buzz456 and let you know. !!det!!
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Thu Nov 03, 2022 10:51 pm

Well, It doesn't work for me. I don't know what I did wrong but nothing to do! !**conf**!
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby EngineerJohn » Fri Nov 04, 2022 5:47 am

Really nice job Jtou. Any chance you can modify the number font to be the bold signature Conrail font?

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(yes I know this is a c425 and not a 424)
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:07 pm

Thanks EngineerJohn! I could change the font but It would be one number for each unit. If you don't mind I can make one unit with that font.
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby harryadkins » Sat Nov 05, 2022 11:44 am

If you will send me a zipped set of numbers, I will change the font so that all numbers are used.

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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby jtousign » Sun Nov 06, 2022 4:41 pm

Hi Harry, I tried to change the font without success. Can you take the set of fonts directly from the texture folder and make the change? Not sure to understand correctly sorry !*don-know!*
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Re: C424 Conrail

Unread postby harryadkins » Mon Nov 07, 2022 1:31 pm

I think I can...
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