Dear soulmates, I‘ve been working on a new idea for a few days now. It is the idea of a platform primarily for us creators, I call it “Train Sim World Creator's Asset Library”. I know, I know, it sounds kind of long, but the advantage of this name is that you can probably now roughly guess what I have in mind. If not, no worries, let me explain: I want to create a platform where each of us can share our unique creations with other creators who might need a little help or simply don't have the time to create everything from scratch. What do I mean by “creations”? Short answer: “Assets”. Long answer: “Uncooked content that can be used to build routes, trains or anything else (you never know).” For example, this could be a 3D model of a tree or a sound file with an announcement on the regional express. But why? Well, I'm mainly addressing the other creators here, I don't know about you, but I, for example, have been working on a route for some time now and haven't even got around to laying track because, firstly, none of the existing assets (e.g. the sleepers or fasteners) exactly suited me, let alone fit. And secondly, I can't (or don't want to) get used to the idea that when my route is finished one day, other players will need fifty other Add-Ons to play it. But now imagine if this platform existed. I would have access to (hopefully) hundreds of track sleepers (free of charge, of course) and would be sure to find something suitable. And since it's uncooked content, I still have the option of customizing it for myself in 3D software. That would be just one of the areas of application for our asset library. But let’s get to the point: I wouldn't call myself very experienced in using the editor yet because, as I said, I'm hardly making any progress with my project. That's why I need your help. You are welcome to share your suggestions for the structure, design, or just about anything related to this idea here. Status: My current plan is to make this a website, but I'm still looking around for the most efficient way to do that. If you have any ideas, don’t hesitate to also share them below! Dear moderators, as I was not exactly sure which category to put this in, I thought that this would be the best place for my idea. If otherwise, feel free to move it to where it belongs.
Nice idea! I'm from Italy and I don't know if my object can be easily reused in other route, maybe some buildings or some fence, but I think it's a great idea having a place where put free objects!
Epic Games already has an asset library with free and paid assets that can be used with any game developments, including TSW route building and so on. If DTG could build an extension to that it would be awesome! Also, as far as I understand, if someone release an cooked route for TSW, then everyone else doesn't even need to hunt after a lot of assets to download as everything will be included in the route to play.
