Beiträge von InfinityRibbon

Thanks for your effort Nimas, hope you'll do a good job and have few troubles.

Hello.

So you may have noticed that there is no more WIP in the title, that's because I'd like this thread to be more comprehensive of all the mods with Italian setting.

First: my personal WIP right now is the ATR 100! This streamlined 3-cars DMU was built in 1936 to 1940 and was supposed to be an elite way of travel, featuring a kitchen, postman office, retractable tables, elegant decorations and speeds up to 160 km/h. It was meant to be the Diesel version of the ETR200, the fastest and most prestigious train of the Italian Kingdom. Unfortunately braking technology inexperience lead to the lowering of the max speed limit to 120 kmh, otherways it couldn't stop safely.

Only 9 units were built, of which 4 were bombed in the War and one was destroyed in an accidental fire due to a technical defect of oil spillage, which was never fixed.

In the 50s this unit was repaired and the remaining were refitted with first class seats only. It has also got the famous grey-green livery, the same as the Settebello. That's why it was unofficially renamed "Trebello" because it had only 3 cars.

The DMU's career ended in the 60s, when it had become clear that it was too expensive to run and too dangerous due to the continuous breakdowns and possibility of engine fires (in fact, one unit caught fire in 1961).

Second: I've wrote it in my Discord channel, but I'll write it here as well:

"I'm having some ideas to make some secondary mods, all by myself, regarding Egyptian trains. The problem is that I can't find almost any info on contemporary passenger carriages. Have you got some? Model name, orthogonal schemes etc. are welcome! PM me or find my channel in the Italian server"

Third: I started a very tiny project to update a mod of TheMetroMan94 regarding the Italian catenary of Doschi (ex DomTrain) , hope you like it.

Re-updated the mod.

Apparently an impostor .mtl file slipped in a folder causing havoc everywhere

Fixed and uploaded both here and on Steam.

Alright! The mod has been corrected following MaikC's advice and the new version (Refurbished Edition) is now available both on steam and here, same pages. Have fun!

Thanks to all of you for the help!

Welp thanks for all the support! I'm working on it right now, hold tight!

( in case you didn't read it)

Fatal error happened also to me but it fixed itself on an a second attempt to launch it, so I thought it was no big deal.

I have also received reports on edge split errors on various models (which leads to strange shadows).

Textures... I'll see what I can do. I'll make them .dds as soon as possible and rescale them.

I'll plan on making a ton of LODs for the train to optimise it as best as I can

Uh! better fix these fast!

Thank you for the feedback.

Fatal error happened also to me but it fixed itself on an a second attempt to launch it, so I thought it was no big deal.

I have also received reports on edge split errors on various models (which leads to strange shadows).

Textures... I'll see what I can do. I'll make them .dds as soon as possible and rescale them.

I'll plan on making a ton of LODs for the train to optimise it as best as I can

Well the baby is delivered! surprise-in-the-surprise E626 locos have been published!

here: Italian FS E626 Locomotives

and on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sha…iledetails/?id=2263398285

Thank you for waiting this long.

And thanks to RaptorArk and the other modders of this community that helped me with tremendous amounts of patience

For the Ale724... It will need a full rework. Therefore it has gone down the to-do list for a while.

New projects coming soon  !

Tomorrow (most certainly)something will be published on the Steam Workshop and here on transport fever.net...

That's very interesting! I'll try it out next time, thank you very very very much.

Hello. This is a problem that may have already been discussed, but I have not found anything this specific.

So basically when modding I'll start texturing and export my image from GIMP in a .dds format. The first couple of times works fine, then suddenly - no option has changed - the texture I was working on turns pitch black. I have found no way to turn it back to colour other than export it in .tga, and even then the other materials seem to have broke because the other textures are black. In the model editor, when I load the black model, it seems that it blocks for a second and the "model editor (not working)" writing appears before quickly disappearing again.

All of this also happens in-game.

The weird thing is also that it affects only the albedo, where instead the metal gloss map, normal map and dirt/rust map are fine.

I know that my computer's specs aren't really the best, but what's inconceivable is that SOMETIMES it's broken and sometimes is not.

Have you got the same experience? Have you got answers?

Thank you.

Actually some stations are still quite old and you can struggle to get on some trains (like where I live).

So it's not 100% unrealistic :p

E626 is also in the works (at lightning speed)

It seems that the livery for it is really simple to implement, I'll try to make it

Damn! That's so fast!

Anyway, look for my post in the "requests" section for a complete guide on the officiale colours of the repaint! I'll be adding the link in a future edit

EDIT: ~~here~~ is the link

Official colours are also listed here

Like me! I have this issue as I'm testing some of this mods

So basically the error happens to me both in ME and in-game. I solved this issue by giggling the normal map textures a bit (mainly changing from .dds to .tga format).

Also I see that .dds files have a ton of export options, maybe they influence the game's behaviour.

Weirdly enough, even putting a vanilla normal map on one of his mods doesn't really change the situation. The normal map is visible, but looks like the albedo is gone black.

Well this will lead to an interesting European model, which is really useful on plenty of maps and settings

of course Intercity Night and Treno Notte liveries are a must

I personally didn't see them for a very long time.

I think I saw some parked in Turin, the thing is that I travel by train during the day, so I'm not used to see those around. Anyway excellent job, remember to follow our color guide earlier in this thread!

I'm also trying to convert some stuff from MSTS, I may use some help in the future (like most optimal strategy, workflow etc.).

And now some news!

-The team is going on holiday in this period but we are still working hard, a lot of stuff is in the works and more content will come!

-After testing the Ale724 the feedback was still unsatisfactory so I decided to delay the release another time, I'd rather release a full mod than a half-baked mess. Only the normal map is missing!

-Be prepared for tons of reapints, you'll see!

-FS Stations Pack coming after the holidays!!

-We are also working on fixing an issue with black textures of some mods. This is a big problem for some graphics cards (like mine). Contact RaptorArk for more information if you are experiencing the same issue and/or know how to fix it (please!).

-Italian Project Hub

like I only need the normal map for the Ale724

I'm having an exam today, expect publishment in a week or so

Good thing! He's the opposite of me, I feel sick whenever I open GIMP

Speaking of which, just the last textures and sound sets are left!

Zitat von Mauri

It would also be excellent to make at least a third series E 626 with lowered pantographs, to be used with the E 554 Three Phase to make the "amphibious" complex.

I'll make sure to include that!

Also also a little surprise... on the war side