Railworks America

Hi all,

(posting this as me, not as a Dovetail employee - just to be clear, this isn't a Dovetail effort but something i'm doing personaly in my spare time :) )

Just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that i've started a new blog that will be covering various more technical topics about content creation in TS2015 - starting with using LUA scripts in Scenarios to get things like Cinematic Cameras, HTML pop-ups, audio, video, weather and so forth working.

5 articles are up so far and the intention is to add to it every day.

I also did a full segment on my Twitch show on this subject that goes through a lot of it relatively quickly (the blog is taking a much more in depth look at each topic) - but there's plenty in the video to get the grasp of how it all hangs together and what is possible.

The blog is at: http://trainsimlive.blogspot.co.uk

The YouTube recording of the segment is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RcO_og8q7M

Lastly, if you want to check in on my Twitch show - Train Sim Live - which usually runs 21:30GMT every weekday night you can find it at : http://twitch.tv/mattpeddlesden - usually it's just running a variety of scenarios and stock but I'm aiming to get tutorials covered too, there are already a number of them (all recordings are stored on YouTube so it's all there if you want to check it out later).

Feedback welcome!

Apologies for the intrusion!

Matt.

No intrusion Matt!

Info from the insiders is gold. I'll be following your posts with great interest - much appreciated!

Very well done Matt!

As far as I'm concerned, Matt, you certainly are not intruding. I certainly appreciate your efforts. I've been interested in using Lua Scripting and Cinematic Cameras. I have read tutorials, from others, and appreciate their efforts, but hearing another viewpoint never hurt and will help me get "confident" to use these great tools. Thanks!

BillS

Thanks for sharing Matt. I just read through and it's very informative. Hope to try it out soon.

Harry

Many, many thanks, Matt!

Wish there was more of you at the towers, Matt. You get it.

Thanks for the great feedback, much appreciated!

I've just posted article 6 - how to get the player speed and possible uses for that.

Cheers!
Matt.

Hi Matt,

Thank you so much for sharing this information with the community. This blog will be very helpful for scenario builders, I hope many will make use of the great possibilities that LUA seems to open up in the scenario editor.

Cheers!
Michael

More information - especially written clearly and plainly - is always useful for scenario writing. Thanks for the write-up Matt - this looks to be a solid resource.

Josh

I will be using the _G[] syntax to simplify parts of my LUA for the GP40.

Fewer lines of code == better maintainability.

Thanks Matt!

Just added a new article about getting and setting loco controllers - with a few gameplay examples that combine some of the previous topics as well.

Thanks for all the feedback, very useful!

Mat.

That 'Control List' dialog will sure be helpful. I am learning a lot - thanks.

New articles posted:

7 - Interfacing with loco controls
8 - Locking and unlocking the player controls
9 - Ending the scenario early

Coming up:

10 - Weather
11 - Audio
12 - Video
13 - Is the loco at a location

If anyone has any thoughts on other topics to cover then please let me know and i'll see what i can sort out!

Matt.

This is just awesome. Next rainy day is all planned.