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How to use Topo Maps in Trainz by colorado71 A. USING OF GLOBAL MAPPER 1. Configuration of Global Mapper Install Global Mapper on your computer. Download custom_shaders rar from http://trainz.uv.ro/tutorial/files/custom_shaders.rar Unpack the archive and copy the file custom_shaders.txt in the installation folder of Global Mapper. Run Global Mapper and select the option spectrum_trainz from "shader" bar on the program's tool bar. 2. Georeference your topo map Select the map (scanned map, satellite image, topo map etc.) you want to reproduce in trainz. You must know the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of two points on it, so you can georeference it with Global Mapper. From the File Menu of Global Mapper select "Rectify (Georeference) Imagery" click OK and select your image. Open it and the dialog box "Image Rectifier" will appear. Zoom the image over the first point of which coordinates you know, select it, insert its latitudinal and longitudinal position as __/__/___ (for example 21/38/45) and press "add GCP to list." Proceed in the same manner with the second point. Save the image as GeoTIFF. 3. Select your future trainz map a) Open the map thus created with GlobalMapper. From the File Menu select "Export Raster and Elevation Data" - "Export GeoTIFF." In the dialog box which appear select "Export Bounds" and press "Draw a Box." Select the area of your future trainz map and save it as GeoTIFF. b) From the File Menu select "Download Online Imagery/Topo/Terrain Maps" (or simple open the DEM map for the area of your image map). Select the server from which you want to download the digital elevation map (http://seamless.usgs.gov/ or http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/ for example) and then press OK. From the File Menu select "Export Raster and Elevation Data" - "Export DEM," then select "Export Bounds" in the dialog box, and finally, press "Reset to Last Exported Bounds." B. USING OF MICRODEM 1.

Why not boot up Google Earth and try the first bit. Zoom into the start of your area at 500m and then place a placemark, and name it "1", hit CTRL+S to save the current screen, and then hit ALT+CTRL+S to save the Placemark. That part of the task takes 10-20 seconds, so it's not too bad. The next part of the stage you'd need to purchase TransDem. In TransDem you'd then hit: SHIFT+O (Load the Google Earth image) - couple of seconds ALT+R ( Load the Google Earth placemark) - couple of seconds SHIFT+U ( Convert to UTM) - between 5 and 10 seconds to complete ALT+S (Saves 2 files that TransDem uses in the final stage when it creates your route in Trainz) - couple of seconds As you can see, converting to UTM takes the longest, and when you have a load of them to do, that's the one that becomes the bottle-neck. I did all the Google Earth stuff first and only when I had all the pictures and placemarks I needed did I start the TransDem part. You can get free Dem data from http://netgis.geo.uw.edu.pl/srtm/Europe/ If the site is down, try searching on Google for "srtm dem" and you should find a link to the official Nasa site for Dem. Have fun. Smiley.

* Reply with quote * Report this post Re: external downloads, how do you get them on trainz New postby glbotu on Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:30 pm Right, what have you actually downloaded. If it is a cdp file (with the green icon), then simply double click it and it should install by itself, removing the cache file so that it can re-build itself. If it is a .zip or a .rar file with other files inside, extract to /TRS2004/World/Custom/Trains and it should work. If you have done both/one of those things, then you are probably missing dependencies. To check this, go to http://www.tafweb-trainz.co.uk and download trainz objectz. This program can find if objects have missing assets (don't let it fix anything when loading it can go wrong). When the grids are loaded (this will make sense when you have installed and run the program) right click on the piece of content and click "check dependencies". It will then give you an option to find missing assets on the DLS. Do this. Ensure you are registered with the download station. http://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS.php. If things STILL aren't working then re-install trainz and re-download/install the content.

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How to run TRS2004 in VIsta Hi all as a result of helping Nickrocks with his problems with Vista I thought I would put in here what I found out and what I did to resolve the problems. The problems being helper downloading but not installing content and no existing downloads or custom content being loaded in.

Recently I've been having lots of fun doing the run around with my local trains. When you perform a Run Around you bring in a passenger train to a terminal station, load the passengers, then uncouple the locomotive from the train. You pull forward, then take a passing track and reverse past the consist, switch back to the track the consist is on, and re-couple to the consist. After doing this procedure you head back out on the main line going in the opposite direction.

Hi, Thanks for reply. I,ve managed to do what I wanted after reading another thread. This was the procedure I did. Opened up CMP - disabled the built-in asset I wanted to get rid of - then opened that asset for editing. Opened up Windows Explorer - found the open asset in the 2006 editing file - cut and pasted the asset folder to My Documents and then deleted the folder. (It does not work if you try and delete the folder directly from the editing file) Re-0pened CMP and then started up trainz from CMP. Loaded up the route - every instance of that asset will have disappeared - then click "Delete Missing Assets" and save. Tidy up CMP by using the "revert" option on the asset. Is there an easier way of doing this??? Regards, John (My apologies to the member who give me this idea. I cannot 'refind' the thread to give you acknowledgement.)

not industry set up some of them are old luck mill, grain elevator, mine operations. what I did is this I took the grain elevtor put it into my layout and then I took a piece of track that is called multi industry new track and placed it next to the grain elevator on the shoot side entered the quee quee list comes up click on oats and then enter info. like to produce, consume or both and loads. is this all I have to do to put a piece of multi industry track new and set the track up and the building will as it told

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Not done it for quite a while but it is fairly easy Best thing is to goto trainzproroutes forum, check lars forum for the protolars manual. It's all to do with the properties i.e ? click on industry then in produce? make it EXTERNAL and link to industry you want to. Manual explains it better than I can . Paul

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