Creation Sharing [closed] My Route - Almtalbahn: Wels - Grünau Im Almtal

Thank you sooooo much for your Tips. I am trying to get one section done per Weekend which is equal to about 1 Stop to the next one on the regional lines. I am personally motivated to build this route, since Metronom is my favorite. I have always been a big fan and I finally want to have them in TSW 4. That’s like my personal connection to the route .
I have finally round out that it might be a good Idea to start using asserts from Vorarlberg, since they look way better than the ones from Dresden Riesa .
I am looking forward to your route, like mentioned already it looks absolutely amazing . I would love to see a scenario with a br 425 on your Route, it’s one of my favorites .
Have a good Day, keep up the good progress
Trainspotting Norden

 

Another week, another big step in scenery! Enjoy!
After weeks (and months I think), I finally reached a station! Now, there´s 1/5 of all stations done!

The timetable also keeps growing :

I now also think of a second, very small route project I want do develop together with my route Here some hints:

• It´s not something Austrian, German or Swiss-related
• It´s playing during a historical event, which I think you will all know (or have seen on TV)

Have a nice Sunday evening!

 

Great progress on your route FreddieTheShepherd! I love how you work on construction of the line, details etc... Yours is one of the 4 most concrete projects of the entire community. And I think it will be the first to be finished... As for the "mysterious" route, I don't have the slightest idea what it could be...

 

The route is once again progressing good! Have a look

And for the mysterious second project?...
I have now imported LIDAR, etc. and its really looking good for the beginning! Here is a teaser
(The big block in the distance is a LiDAR-error!)

 

Is there a reason why you don't use LandscapeGrassTypes(if that was the name of it)?

 

Heard it for the first time, tried out to use it, I have no clue how it works

 

Dear community...
...today I have BIG news for you!

The Cityjet-livery for the 5022 is finally complete! Have a look!

There are some known issues:

• the texture resolution is not as good as a standard DTG loco´s texture
• the front design is not made very professional but quite good
• some numbers are missing due to my not-knowledge of train numbering
• some decals and the cityjet-name are missing due to my not-knowledge (and probably licensing too)

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I have now also made a test drive to the very end of the scenery and it came out, that I have now completed 7 minutes scenery of 60...still a lot to go!

My photos:

Although we don´t have the Railjet in the game yet (), it made a short visit at Wels Hbf

Creating a mass traffic jam at the brick factory...

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A view to the beautiful landscape of Upper Austria....

And this is where the scenery ends with already 7 minutes of gameplay!

Some problems that I´ve seen are, that speed signs and hectometer boards don´t show numbers on them but I hope this is fixed in the game, as DTGs routes also don´t show numbers...

I hope you enjoyed these pictures, I won´t make a progress update at sunday this week!

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Amazing!

The cityjet ÖBB livery looks great. I have no idea how you apply custom liveries to formations yet.

I have question. How do you managed that traffic stops at level crossings for landscape (road) splines? I think if I remember this was a thing quite a few people couldn't figure out to do and they got it to work only with regular road spline blueprints.

 

For the livery its a little bit complicated to explain it in short here, but I think there are some good tutorials out there (Or have you started and got stuck at a step, then I may could help). For the splines, I just name the point in front of the crossing with the name in the level crossing assets. I use the BPC_LFR_RoadSpline bleuprint, as the landscape splines don't work in my editor...so I have to place every spline by hand

 

Something I forgot to share today (shame on me):

• I will move the hints and teasers to my second (actually third) project into another thread tomorrow
• daanloman#3930 if you want the 5022 livery for your timetable mod, you can use it of course once it's cooked and working in-game
• Instead of ATB progress, I will post progress to my Salzburg-Rosenheim Scenery Enhancements - expect somethimg special...

 

amazing. I doubt the railbus will be put ingame anytime soon so those will make a great REX service since the GSMR on the desiro is already in austria

 

Due to the scenery now changing to fields and houses, I now decided to share new pictures every second/third week only for the moment
Have a look to the newest developments:

The timetable slowly growing - Fun Fact: I produced 9 sheets of paper with a single service for a single line, until now, I´ve finished pages 1 to 4

(The hectometer boards still not showing any numbers...)


Now the next milestone will be reaching Steinhaus bei Wels station and building many houses around the tracks there!

 

This looks awesome! I assume u used the foliage tool to make the fields. I would recommend you using landscape grass types which is way more fps friendly.

 

Thanks for the hint, is there any tutorial for that you can recommend/had used for TSW? I appreciate your help

 

Its a standard unreal engine thing. Heres a good tutorial about it

 

Thanks! I will dive into it!

 

After 3 weeks, I now have some new pictures for you all!
Here, you can see Steinhaus bei Wels, as it is growing:

And I have now also began to build unique station buildings:
Steinhaus bei Wels:

And also Wels Lokalbahnhof:


As for the Landscape grass, I discovered that my landscape paint system is completely different built-up. To change it would cause that I have to repaint the whole map (which I REALLY don´t want to), so I have to be fine with the foliage - sorry!

Enjoy these pictures! I will publish new ones on sunday!

 

I Love this Projekt becouse I drive on this route every day but I have one question why is Hauptstrecke München-Augsburg Dresden-Riesa Hauptstrecke Hamburg-Lübeck and Bahnstrecke Salzburg-Rosenheim needet

 

Probably for some assets you can only find on these routes?

 

Hi! Welcome to the forum!

• HMA: I can´t remember which assets origin from this DLC and I once used some from HMA. As a security, I added it to the list (You will need HMA anyways for a ICE layer )
• DRA: More or less the same, but I think I use some unique assets only this route provides if I remember correctly
• HBK: For one of the scenario/scenery layers
• SRM: VERY much important assets originate from there

Hope, this was answering the question

 

This week, I experimented with the timetable and made some really cool photos - Enjoy!
Here, we can see the LZN RABe 523 subbing in for a Westbahn service. I chose the RAB4 523 as it makes the same sounds as the Westbahn Stadler KISS units (You only have to close your eyes)

A little Easter egg I sneaked in...You will be able to do some shunting services around Wels Hbf down to Wels Lokalbahnof. This bases a little bit on the current construction train moves from Wels Hbf to Wels Lokalbahnhof. Last week or so, I saw an ÖBB 2016 with 10 2-axle hopper cars crossing Salzburger Straße. I thought as we finally have the 218, let´s just use it for recreating these moves together with 3 Tadgs wagons from LFR. If all layer stuff works correctly (and I hope so), you won´t necessarily need the BR 218 and LFR for the route to work!

And here the 218 doing shunting at the entrance to Wels Containerbhf. (Will be decorated, don´t worry!)

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A lonely Habbins standing around while workers make here their deserved break...

This train really surprised me when walking around in PIE - a 1116 carrying a NightJet consisting of 11 Bmz wagons (This formation is not real, just the game having actually only 1 ÖBB wagon!)

And here the train from the roof. This is exactly the picture that made me extending Wels Hbf, because I just wanted to see these wonderful red roofs from the overpass! ...childhood memories!

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And the second surprise that came with that train: TSW manages to get the train number for it - note the "NJ491" right!

And also one of the way too much regional trains....

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And how is Steinhaus doing?

I´m happy to announce that Steinhaus will be finished in 1-2 weeks, behind the undecorated bend, the town already ends.


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Looks awesome, I really love this pictures.

 

Sorry, I only have two pictures for this week - Steinhaus is progressing well but it could be more if there wouldn´t be a currently a heat here in Austria, it really slows me down...

 

I have BIG news for the Almtalbahn - In the last 2 weeks, I couldn´t make much progress in scenery build, but I have some other things to be REALLY excited about!

1. I got help in the forum with virtual destinations - and it worked! Trains are now able to show station names and in fact, I have now over 45 stations in the station directory - cities even up to Hamburg!
2. Like in the Salzburg-Rosenheim Enhancement Pack I currently develop, I added ÖBB announcements to Wels Hbf. The voice is by Chris Lohner, the "voice of the ÖBB". Over 15 announcements with the new gong sound, which play randomly in a timespan between 15 and 50 seconds. What she is saying is not matching with what is currently happening, but it adds so much life into Wels Hbf and gives a really good ÖBB-feeling.

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Fun fact. The NJ491 there is partially going to Hamburg and partially to Amsterdam Centraal. I’m actually driving as passenger on it tonight. I don’t think it’s possible to split destinations for a consist in TSW though. Great work on the project. I can’t wait to drive on the route, it looks amazing.

 

That's awesome! I can't wait to hear it!
Just be careful when it comes to redistribution of the audios. Those samples are often not open source.

 

I already got permission for one YouTube video's raw announcements. I contacted another one, but I'm unsure if I used that one.

 

CURRENT SITUATION OF THE PROJECT:

I have an important thing I want to tell - my nerves are currently a wreck due to the editor. First, the problem with the dispatcher not setting switches, then a correctly set up RABe 523 Westbahn train just crashing although working the day before, and then when I wanted to try things out today, suddenly the BR 218 couple and shunt services didn´t work for no reason anymore.
I had to delete them, because I couldn´t find the problem.

After giving signals IDs, suddenly finding the way trough Wels Hbf doesn´t work anymore from Passau. On top of that, the editor is crashing randomly and there isn´t really something that helps me with all of my problems.
Also, the thought of TSW5 and all the problems it will probably bring to the editor, makes me worried too.

I already thought of just deleting everything and throwing the PC out of the window - Yes, I´m a little bit pissed of at the moment - just everything collapses here because of no reason.

Therefore, I would appreciate it if anyone wants to help me out properly, or I see myself giving the project up. I´m not happy with that but I think it will be the best, before I´m going to destroy anything.
I will now stop building the route until I get more help/it comes out that this all is a bug. I´m so exhausted and angry, you can´t imagine - I maybe get depressive by this all!

Just once more, timetable and pathing is currently collapsing, although I didn´t change anything. If someone other wants to make the timetable for the route - I would appreciate it, but I fear that there´s a problem in my route, I don´t really understand. Sometimes I hate myself for just being do dumb....

I don´t even know if I want to progress on the route in general, the fact of having no timetable would make the route unplayable anyways. The Almtalbahn route itself theoretically would work, but trains through Wels Hbf brake apart. The fact, that something doesn´t work as expected is so devastating to me, that I currently don´t have fun anymore with every aspect of the route. (And on top of that, the heat here is just an a*****e)

I know this was a weird message, but my emotions are currently a wreck.

 

dont give up pls, we need more quality German content O

 

Öh german ? *cough*

 

that happens when replying to a thread at work lol... and that mistake being made by someone who wants more Austrian content in TSW ... I should go pray to train Jesus now for forgiveness and redemption

 

If it helps any, you're much further along than I am! (And I'm already having to do a lot of "cherry picking" to do things that the editor probably won't mess up for me later, in its current state. Sigh.)

 

mental health is always a priority. you are not set to a deadline so take all the breaks you need. the editor is a constantly changing and not fully worked out piece of software that I imagine will be broken again by anything new that the last couple updates or the announcement the 20th will bring. without motivation there's really no fun in doing anything that is a hobby. so take a break. let this damn heat go away and continue whenever you are ready again.

 

yep... and as many before (in general) have said - if it is good, it is worth the wait ... we have many good pieces of routes/locos to enjoy, so take your time

 

It really helps me, thank you! I am always making myself stress because I always want that everything is perfect, but your sentence reminded me, that also others have problems with the editor and that it is just normal - let´s be honest, the editor released not a year ago and DTG went completely silent on the editor. Anyways, I now want to learn to calm down and just continue on other things - scenery is always a thing that works.

But I have also some good news - I did a quick research and found that moofers#8902 had the same problem with pathing don´t work after signal problems. I now replaced all signals in Wels Hbf and atleast the compiling does work again! Therefore, spawning a certain train out of a portal crashes the editor - but you know what, I don´t care! I don´t have interest in breaking my head about this - when the editor wants to crash, then it should, fine!

But, of course I now take my time and just breathe in and out if there´s an error or the editor crashes, as well as taking some pauses from time to time - I´ve now been working on the route since december - every day. That are some things I now learned.

I didn´t say that, but...THANK YOU FOR BEING SO EMPATHIC! I appreciate it much!

 

Sorry for being so talkative in the last time, but I just wanted to say that I had a little motivation boost today, because I could resolve a little bit of issues.
First, I saw that the editor crashes with the portals to Linz Hbf. Therefor, I remade them and placed new signals, then the timetable didn´t work anymore. I repaired the editor via Epic Store and suddenly it worked.... I also tested in Wels Hbf around a little bit and without any problem, trains come from and go to Linz Portals without a problem. Although it´s all in a test-timetable and the specific service from the main timetable that started this all horror isn´t tested yet, I was really happy.
The editor crashing stayed but I suspect something other, because this time no trains interacted with any portal and my 5022 repaint still works, so I think that the editor has just enough - it really lagged in the test, so I hope this is performance related, maybe someone has similar issues...
I was a bit over-reacting on friday I think, but that was just because I love this project much and seeing it falling apart is...horrible. Being a perfectionist on top of that didn´t help either...and in this heat, currently everyone here goes crazy - I could have been a witness of a car crash days ago, and that 5 times! I just wanted to say, that I won´t give up so easily on this project and I´m sure you wouldn´t want either - there´re 184 currently who voted for being interested!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

 

hi there fellow overthinker lol

 

You achieved already so much, you can be proud of yourself.
This game's architecture is a mess unfortunately. If you're stuck and don't want to work on it anymore, nobody would blame you.
Shouting out for help is the best way or find a successor for working on this wonderful project if you want to.

All the best for your work, hopefully we'll see a release. If not, it has been a great effort!

 

I'm back - and with some news too!

• More or less big steps in completing scenery in Steinhaus, after it, there will be fields and industries for a long way.
• The timetable made some progress: AI passenger services running through Wels Hbf are now FINISHED, I began work on freight trains, some of them making a break at Wels Hbf for some hours, and even began with the first Almtalbahn-fullroute-services (or however you would call them), and boy, they're a lot of work...
• DTG's announcment about the Kinzigtalbahn had a positive impact on the route: Munich-Augsburg isn't needed for the ATB anymore, because I now want the ICE-T to layer into the ICE services, how they do IRL. With no MAG trains to be used, I feared that MAG assets won't load due to the wonderful DLC manager thing, so I had to place all assets that came from MAG - and luckily that were only 2 small signal boxes at Wels Hbf. Now the route is independent from MAG and IF the PC editor transfer from 4 to 5 works, I will use the ICE-T instead of the ICE 3. I also overworked all ICE services and added many more, because I found a reliable source which provided much more info than ÖBB's destination boards....*cough* vagonweb.cz *cough*
• Thanks to the help of a community member, I could now replace the old track from Wilfing to Pettenbach with the newer concrete-track

My current PC Editor plans...

• You maybe noticed the RABe 523 in Westbahn livery in daanloman#3930 's SRM timetable mod thread. When the TSW5 PC Editor finally has the function to cook and distribute, I will make this as soon as possible and provide it at TrainSimCommunity.com. (My account there already waits for the first mod)
• The same goes for the 5022. I will upload it as a seperate mod for anyone who is interested, maybe daanloman#3930 could also use it in his timetable.
• The Almtalbahn itself won't release for TSW...4 - Joke, I guess no one will be interested in seeing it in 4, as many people will upgrade free I could imagine. Let's see if it will relase in TSW 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9 ... (I´m not interested in putting any more numbers in there)
• The Salzburg Rosenheim Scenery Enhancements will also be cooked and distributed as soon as possible, as they're in a state I'm really happy about. The two scenarios I planned, as well as some special musical features I am planning currently, will come as an update afterwards...
• Maybe anyone remembers my second "mystery project"... I deleted it, as I didn't found motivation anymore and barely did anything with it - If you want to know what it was - it would be Southampton port back in 1912 with the Titanic awaiting departure. I wanted it to make as an honoration to Titanic's sinking - but I surely find other ways to do so

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Some pictures after my little frustration and it's solving:

The RABe 523 now in unbranded Westbahn-livery (Yes, the "unbranded"-virus infected this train too) Will be a seperate mod to download free on TSC, you will need to own Luzern-Sursee for that!

The train from hell, that made all the chaos happen - it stopped in front of red signals and probably crashed the editor sometimes - but now, he is just doing his job!
The 5022 will also be a seperate free mod that can be downloaded from TSC. You will need Maintalbahn for that.

Virtual Destinations making weird things on this...Railjet service I guess? Anyways, the game proved that layering in my Amz livery for the Bmz (https://creatorsclub.dovetailgames.com/creations/163916) works like it does on Semmeringbahn.

And finally, a Vectron in my Furry-livery (https://creatorsclub.dovetailgames.com/creations/140378), making me happy as this train once couldn´t find his path through Wels Hbf and also crashing the editor sometimes.

I excuse if some textures/liveries are blury (you can see that on the 5022), but the editor sometimes just has it's texture stream overpool thing....

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With the lack of anything austrian on the roadmap. and thus anything resembling a 5047 I will overlook my date issues and use the 2016/2017 5022 you made probably yeah. I think a DB 628 looking like a 5047 would be weird. and the Diesel REX services pulled by an ÖBB Hercules will probably be electric for now as a 218 will be out of place as well.

 

Wheres the dislike button?

 

Lol why?

 

Well, if you have a problem with my project being an Austrian/diesel route, which you probably find boring or me sharing a picture of my Furry Vectron, then please think so for your own, but don´t say that, as it is unmotivating for me, and others if you would write that to them!