Hkb progress

Added some cargo to wagon.

Hkb progress

Added more texturing, few decals and weathering to model.

Hkb progress

First export to Train Simulator 2015 and everything seems to be fine.

Hkb progress

Today I continued texturing the chassis. Hopefully have more time for these projects in this month.

Hkb progress

I added tons of new stuff underside the carriage after I noticed that brake shoes etc. were totally missing.

Hkb progress - texturing begins

I created few basic textures today.

Hkb progress - UV mapping finished

Today I managed to finalize UVW mapping. Next step is coloring and textures. First map gives good view on how many different parts there are involved.

Hkb progress

Unwrapping continued and made coupler and air hose bit more detailed. Still many objects to map.

Hkb progress

Boring work on UVW coordinates continues. Idea is to get texture on right side to use as few texture islets as possible. In the left side there is remaining of UVW unwrap with thousand islets to be combined. I believe every of those islets is causing a separate draw call which in turn causes unnecessary GPU strain. This strain can be easily avoided if islets are stiched together in reasonable pattern.  

Hkb progress

Today I mapped 2 hours of UVW coordinates for Hkb. I find it dull that to get even mediocre results you still have to do this task manually.

Hkb progress

Summer is over and I am back! I hope to have more time for these projects now but cannot promise anything. Hkb is getting texture mapping and I managed to delete 800 redundant polygons today.

Hkb progress

Today I managed to finish modelling work on Hkb. Next step is texturing and exporting to game. This wagon will be used in testing of Sr1 physics with variable loads, couplers and scripting so these two projects are very related.

Hkb progress

Added few details to front side.

Hkb progress

I have been really busy lately but because summer vacation is coming I hope to allocate more time for modelling. Today I made a hand brake lever and few additional details to the Hkb.

Hkb progress

Continuing this wagon again after a while. Added few details to the sides today.

Sr1 progress

Unfortunately I haven't had time to make much progress lately. Today and yesterday I exported engine room with cabs into game environment. Here is a video of current situation with models.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Textured first aid box in ceiling.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added premiliary textures for first air section:

Sr1 progress - engine room

Moving slowly towards front end of locomotive. 110 volt powersource unit and motor temperature surveilance on left side behind safety door. It took a while to write all those texts in fuse label :p

Sr1 progress - engine room

Textured "Turvalaite ja erotusjaksoyksikkö 730". Player can disable vigilance device here.

Sr1 progress - engine room

After few hours of tweaking and baking I managed to get a good texture set for the control unit.

Texturing..

Writing, positioning and scaling that tiny text seem to take more time than expected in Photoshop.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Texture making is proceeding with textures. Here is part of "Säätöyksikkö 276" or Control Unit 276 texture in photoshop. Because this part is not behind safety doors and is fully visible in corridor I have decided to texture it with more accuracy.

It seems that this unit carries lot of legacy of Sr1 from past decades and is filled with all sort of modification and date of modification stickers.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Textured more objects and test exported model into Train Simulator. You can see details of "JKV Keskuslaite" (ATC Central Unit) in last picture.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Textured many objects today, many to go.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Reworked texture coordinates and added W coordinates to many overlapping surfaces. Changed ambient to more black. 

Sr1 progress - engine room

After many many hours of tweaking I finally got into baking main interior wall object. First texture version has still lots to be adjusted.

Sr1 progress - engine room

I have been mostly merging different objects together for sensible collections of equipment per texture map. This is prerequisite before starting texturing process.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Testing baking of textures with current light setup. Seems to be bit too bright.

(Edit: Also tested scaling with exterior model in game, everything seem to be ok.)

Sr1 progress - engine room

I have been mostly rescaling and moving things in first air section. I originally had too narrow space reserved for it.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Moved and scaled stuff around and tweaked doors. This section should be quite ready now. Still seeking pictures where the dual drive selector is. This time the picture is rendered and presents somewhat better what baked textures will be like.

 

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added details to air flap unit that controls air circulation from blowers.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added more details to second air section. Marked few locations with red where I have no pictures, if you have pics/info I gladly accept them at sama1@hotmail.fi. Upper box with red is "Kaksinajon vaihtokytkin" or switch for double traction. Based on rough layout I know its somewhere there, but precise location/orientation is unknown.

 

Sr1 progress - engine room

After reinstalling all major programs into new SSD drive I can continue with this project.Train Simulator runs very smoothly on SSD and I can recommend it for anyone who finds in game stuttering annoying. Today I modelled grounding crocodile clips(funnily those are pike jaw connectors in finnish).

Progress on hold

Due to hard drive decay related problems I have been unable to use modelling program. No project files are lost and I hope to get replacement drives working on coming week.  Hopefully I can get back to regular updates then.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added more details to pressure pipes on walls. Quite a work on following where every pipe goes and how they bend.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added lever for sander valve to floor near right wall to both sides.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added transformer chamber doors.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Reworked windows and walls. Added details to ceiling.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added few more details. Still some tweaks and air section # 1 is ready.

Sr1 progress - engine room

Added more details to first air section. Valve in middle is a brake class selector, which is something that locomotive driver has to switch often.

Sr1 progress - engine room

The work continues! Adding more details to first air section.