Creation Sharing Doncaster To Sheffield + Industrial Yards

Take your time we all understand what a massive undertaking this is.

 

Learned how to use Clothoid Easements for some odd curves.

 

I've been avoiding going there up until now but tried playing with that this morning, with some slight success.
Does it simply come down to setting the desired line speed then choosing which of the three displayed curve paths to use for each segment?
I can't help thinking there's probably be more to it than just that.

 

I find its more like laying a normal curve but adjusting the easement and the curve (red guide). If dragging the easement guide from a curve it can be dragged out to a point where it'll stop and switch to red that's the end of the easement for that curve speed.

You do need to set the speed of the line to get tighter or wider curves.

Pulling the easement in one direction increases the curve and the other lowers the easements curve, both ways at dragging far enough will sudden stop and switch to a red curve again this means the easement is at its end and can have a striaight attached to it.

The only thing that clothoid easements don't have is snapping to straights.

Here's an example of the curve from Mexborough to Swinton using the clothoid easement.

The pink sections are easements, this took a while to figure out but it works when done right.

 

I’m grateful for your reply moofers#8902 .
Edited: Had a chance today to experiment a lot more and it's starting to make sense.

 

I'll try to make video tutorial when I'm back from yorkshire.

 

Sorry for only just seeing this development, but this route you're creating is a project i really would love DTG to pick up on like they have with a few other 3rd party projects and eventually release it in TSW for everyone.

it's such a great choice of route with almost unmatched variety, even if DTG were to only select the Sheffield to Doncaster section, that alone has such varied gameplay, scenery and possibilities.

The sheer number of passenger and freight services this route would provide is immense, as well as the huge variety of start/end points and calling patterns even just between Sheffield and Doncaster, which are two large end point stations in themselves

I've messaged this so i can watch this thread with interest, love what you've created so far and this is 100% something that DTG Alex DTG JD should keep an eye on as a future option to introduce to TSW in the same way that the Mildmay Line and Whitby-Middlesbrough Route have been!

 

Haha, thanks. =)