Railworks America

Hi all

does anyone know if the FEF-3 has been repainted into RWA colours i use these wonderful engines quite a bit on the rwa route and it would be nice if they fitted in with some of the other stock

regards

plewsy2105

plewsy2105 wrote:Hi all

does anyone know if the FEF-3 has been repainted into RWA colours i use these wonderful engines quite a bit on the rwa route and it would be nice if they fitted in with some of the other stock

regards

plewsy2105

Glad you like the FEF-3

The texturing of this model is very complicated, so I wouldn't recommend doing anything other than modifying the "UNION PACIFIC" and "U.P." on the tender (the lettering is in the alpha channel of UP484UnionPacific.TgPxDx). However, you'd still have "Union Pacific" on the shield on the front of the smokebox and that's not something you can change, because it's rendered in 3D (you have to go up close to it to appreciate that detail).

Cheers,

Mike

It would just be a ex UP now lettered for the RWA.

buzz456 wrote:It would just be a ex UP now lettered for the RWA.

Yep, very easy to do - just edit UP484UnionPacific.TgPxDx.

It would just be a ex UP now lettered for the RWA

I like the sound of that might give it a go. Not to worried about the shield could just say that its a tribute to U.P.

regards plewsy2105

mrennie wrote:

buzz456 wrote:It would just be a ex UP now lettered for the RWA.

Yep, very easy to do - just edit UP484UnionPacific.TgPxDx.

Can it be done? I mean 2 letters replaced by 3?

jalsina wrote:

mrennie wrote:

buzz456 wrote:It would just be a ex UP now lettered for the RWA.

Yep, very easy to do - just edit UP484UnionPacific.TgPxDx.

Can it be done? I mean 2 letters replaced by 3?

Yes, it's just text in white in the Alpha channel.

ok so i have had an attempt at changing name on the tender but in game the renamed tender still shows Union Pacific in black with the rename showing though behind the union pacific writing but not the tender paint work on the plus side i made something change in railworks so that's a start not quite sure what iv done wrong at this point

plewsy2105 wrote:ok so i have had an attempt at changing name on the tender but in game the renamed tender still shows Union Pacific in black with the rename showing though behind the union pacific writing but not the tender paint work on the plus side i made something change in railworks so that's a start not quite sure what iv done wrong at this point

Where did you change the name, in the RBG channel or the Alpha channel? You have to leave the RGB untouched (that just defines the colour of the lettering) but modify the lettering (white lettering on a pure black background) in the Alpha channel.

ah i see were i went wrong then ok il give it another go and see where i get.

cheers

plewsy2105

ok so iv changed the lettering in the alpha and got the file back in game. The changes show up in black with the yellow lettering (still reading "union pacific") showing in places do i need to change the lettering in the main file as well???

regards

plewsy2105

plewsy2105 wrote:ok so iv changed the lettering in the alpha and got the file back in game. The changes show up in black with the yellow lettering (still reading "union pacific") showing in places do i need to change the lettering in the main file as well???

regards

plewsy2105

Can you post a screenshot?

Send me the files you changed, in a pm, and I'll see if I can explain what's wrong.



Mike

this is the issue im having
I have tried to send you a pm however im not able to upload .TgPxDx files probably to do with file protection.

regards

plewsy2105

OK, I think I know what the problem is. In the version of UP484UnionPacific.TgPcDx for the Overland liveries, I didn't fill the entire RGB uniformly with the colour (silver or yellow) of the lettering. It's actually got the lettering in the right colour, in the RGB too, on a black background. That's why, when you change the lettering in the alpha channel, you see a mixture of black and yellow through that mask. All you need to do is to fill the whole of the RGB with the letter colour. That's how I did it in the default version.

With a little bit of work here and there, it could show as a dirty tender