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by **Kali** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:34 pm

Um, where was that thread we discussed tools for adding alpha channels? was something to do with Mike's SF E units I think.

PSP4 ( and maybe earlier ) apparently handle alpha channels ok too.

by **ATSF3814** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:53 am

Thank you Kali. That really helped.

The car is almost done. I got rid of the glossy look and added a few more things to it:

But as you can see, even after trying Mike's suggestion of changing the number dscv file, I'm still having a problem with the numbers on the car.

by **MadMike1024** » Wed May 25, 2011 1:22 am

ATSF3814 wrote:Thank you Kali. That really helped.

The car is almost done. I got rid of the glossy look and added a few more things to it:

But as you can see, even after trying Mike's suggestion of changing the number dscv file, I'm still having a problem with the numbers on the car.

Herm... did you try manually changing the number when you install it? I just tried it out on the default model, using the Futura Yellow font set (Digits_futura-yel), manually edited the number and got good results.

by **ATSF3814** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:00 am

I fixed it! !*YAAA*!

After poking around in the bin file, I discovered that it was still using the number dcsv file in the default boxcar folder. So I just changed it to use my edited dcsv file and that did the trick.

by **arizonachris** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:23 am

Yeah, but what happened to "shouldn't paint so fast"! That was epic! !!*ok*!!

by **ATSF3814** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:41 am

Don't worry Chris. This car is going to come in two versions. One with and one without the "Shouldn't Paint So Fast" on it.

by **arizonachris** » Wed May 25, 2011 8:52 am

ATSF3814 wrote:Don't worry Chris. This car is going to come in two versions. One with and one without the "Shouldn't Paint So Fast" on it.

OK, now I can have my latte and bagel in peace. !*roll-laugh*!

by **ATSF3814** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:37 pm

Both of the cars are done and Hawk has them now.

by **PapaXpress** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:41 pm

sweet!

by **arizonachris** » Wed May 25, 2011 1:47 pm

What is it they say in the Mc Donald's commercials, "I'm lovin' it!" Yeeeeeeeee Hawwwwwwwwwwww! !*brav*!

by **ATSF3814** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:48 pm

A little something I just started on:

And here's what (I hope) the end result will look like:

http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/Athearn-Pages/Athearn%20Pics/Boxcars/50-ft-PS/24003_DRGW.jpg

by **BNSF650** » Wed May 25, 2011 5:01 pm

wow nice work

by **ATSF3814** » Thu May 26, 2011 1:17 am

Still got a lot of work to do; but I really wanted to see how it looked in game.

Does anyone know where I can find a font that matches or very closely matches the text on the reporting mark?

by **PapaXpress** » Thu May 26, 2011 1:25 am

Not sure about the font for the reporting mark...

Just wanted to remind you that their is a 10% horizontal stretch for the 50' box. For my reskins I had to scrunch them by that amount to make they look proper.

by **ATSF3814** » Thu May 26, 2011 2:01 pm

Thank you for that bit of info Papa.

So far Engravers MT is the closest font I've found for the reporting mark. I also can't figure out how to recolor the latches on the doors. I recolored the section of the template labeled door parts, but it didn't do anything. !**conf**!

I also don't think there's any way to move the numbers without editing the model.

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