Has anyone else had any issues with the scenery in JT’s SECML? I notice in Dundee, there seems to be an issue with grass (!) placed about train height. This occurs with different trains, at different times. It can even appear inside the cab! If I freecam to the other end of the platform and return, it seems to go, but you’d think this wouldn’t be an issue at one of the major stations. The standard of scenery on the whole is very high, so it’s a shame it’s marred by this. (Occasionally part of a road by the railway disappears too and is replaced by grass). Incidentally, it seems odd that you can go from Dundee to Perth, but putting in Perth to Dundee returns an error, even though it’s listed as a route.
The Forth Bridge also has the track painted the same colour as the bridge, with a very noticeable join. It’s a real shame that this core and iconic feature hasn’t been rendered as well as in other routes that feature it, eg the new DTG Fife Circle (attached also for comparison).
The grass is not something I have here.... Do you have procedural flora turned on? If so, turn it off, it's awful! It just dumps grass in random places like the middle of roads etc. It may be that. As for the bridge, I'm afraid that's just the way it is. If I'm honest, I'm not impressed with a lot of this route at all. A lot of it is great, but parts are a bit iffy if you ask me.
I own neither route but the track bed over the centre span of the bridge does not have ballast and is the same colour as the main structure in real life so although it looks crudely rendered the JT version is probably closer to the mark.
Thanks pookie, I turned off the procedural flora, and that does the trick. I think there was one route that required it to be on, so will have to toggle as required.
I should have checked the real thing first. Here are some photos. There does seem to be evidence of a join at the bridge start. I think if JT had dialled down the colour a bit, it wouldn’t look so glaringly conspicuous. The colour saturation unfortunately detracts from the realism.
This is what I remember from standing at the station on the southern end of the bridge. Not bright red at all
My biggest issue with the route is the gradient changes aren't smooth, although that's down to it being a very old route before gradient smoothing was a thing. It is in dire need of an upgrade I think because it's really showing its age.
I notice if you’re at the platform at Dundee, if you haven’t got power on once the brakes are released, you start rolling back right away. Looking at the map, there does seem to be an incline on the way out, but I doubt the station is so inclined that a train immediately starts rolling?
Many stations are on inclines. The Settle & Carlisle has a few stations with gradients of 1:100, some gentle application of power is needed before releasing the brakes.
There is a noticeable incline departing south from Dundee as the station is in a cutting Not my picture And if the driver was to release the brakes without applying power it would roll back The difference is on a real loco the driver can take power with the brakes in First Application so when he released fully the train does not roll back - but that is not always implemented in Train Simulator
