Blackfoot 3: The Template! |
Blackfoot 3: The Template! |
Oct 2 2017, 05:28 AM
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Engineer Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 18-March 07 From: United States Member No.: 40 |
Even through I've been away from the forum for awhile I'm still cranking out templates for my own entertainment. Lately I've had the itch to work on something for Rory Rice's Blackfoot 3 and share it. Well, ground has been broken. Two things to know: first, the templates will be geared toward Open Rails because of OR's ability to arrange meets on dark territory routes (MSTS users could still tick the "No AI traffic" box and happily switch away). Second, they will not be comprehensive templates, rather one eastbound and one westbound road switcher template concentrating on major grain and energy shippers located on the main track (someone with a better knowledge of Lloydminster and the nearby Husky facilities can tackle that spaghetti bowl!).
First testing of the eastbound template is promising (I worked long cuts in and out of the Lloydminster ADM facility while an AI train squeezed by on the pass track thanks to an OR-enabled meet). I'll keep the community posted on further progress. Eric Anderson (a.k.a. Uncle E) |
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Oct 18 2017, 09:14 AM
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Engineer Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 18-March 07 From: United States Member No.: 40 |
Well, that didn't take long. I finished and checked both eastbound and westbound long-haul templates and they seem to work just fine in Open Rails. The ability for OR to dispatch AI trains on unsignaled routes adds a lot of realism (as long as it's not overdone -- I added just one AI train per template, which may be the normal traffic density for a several hour period on the Blackfoot Sub).
After curling up with Google Earth and doing some research on Lloydminster shippers, I took the plunge and worked up a Lloydminster template, screengrabs of which are below (Aberfeldy, Husky and CP interchange). I'm toying with the idea of adding a pair of AI trains to provide a little bit of complication to the local crew's day. Again, this would be an Open Rails-only feature; MSTS users could choose the no-AI option. Unless further testing finds a glitch, I should be able to upload the three templates within the next week or so. Uncle E Open Rails 2017-10-17 05-32-31 by Eric Anderson, on Flickr Open Rails 2017-10-17 07-24-10 by Eric Anderson, on Flickr Open Rails 2017-10-18 06-48-10 by Eric Anderson, on Flickr |
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