Buffalo Route |
Buffalo Route |
Sep 30 2010, 07:02 PM
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Train Master Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 26-March 07 From: United States Member No.: 48 |
I started this template about a year ago and then stopped it when Teemu told me he was going to extend it to Niagara Falls. Teemu sent me the new Buffalo route yesterday and I will work it along side the PRR Eastern. The Buffalo route is only about 60 miles long but it has almost 1300 sidings. It is a huge industrial switching route with 8 Railroads involved.
Teemu has done a great job on this route. Pete |
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May 28 2012, 07:19 PM
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Train Master Group: Members Posts: 1,021 Joined: 4-February 07 From: Canada Member No.: 21 |
Hello to all,
While waiting for the route to be released, I took the time to set the regions that will be part of the route. Due to the complex network, I have been toggling between Craig's maps, some Niagara region interactive topo maps on the net and the AE to properly locate each railroad set of tracks and the markers for each region. It has been a difficult task but finally got over it. The yards that are part of the route are regions on their own. The total count of regions ended at ... 99 regions. Since there will be multiple templates, probably by railroad, the regions will be spreaded out in multiple TDB files. Despite the fact the route database of the latest version has some important diffrences with the one I worked with, the overall region settings should remains as is. Only the regions content may change slightly. Another very important step was also done. I have been able to install more than 1250 markers in one single ACT file. In 2007, with the Burton-Derby route template, the count stopped at around 765. More than that, the ACT file wouldn't load. That means that once the markers will be set with the first template and ACT file, that should make things faster for the remaining templates. That means I won't have to install the markers again for each template. Well let's hope this will hold during the real thing. I don't expect to use more than 1200-1225 sidings since the sidings located in the engine shops or the Buffalo terminal to set passenger cars won't be used for the template. Here's a screenshot of the ACT file in the AE with the 1256 markers. The number on the lower left says it all. The first is 32768 and the last is 34023. 1256 markers. Rick has finished all the stock for his mega pack and has started the testing. Well that's it for the time being. The route is not out yet but the project is quite active with those of us involved. -------------------- Denis Gionet
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