Hkb progress

Added air hoses that can have uncoupled or coupled state. Thanks for Chris from ChrisTrains for helping.

 

Hkb progress

Thanks to Chris from (http://www.christrains.com/) I managed to solve the coupler issue. Because the coupler was at different main folder it required that scenario author loads its separately in editor.
I also managed to save tons of time with his dynamic numbering tutorial and now Hkb has also dynamical numbers.

Hkb progress

Happy new year!

I have been trying to get my custom coupler blueprint working with Train Simulator for 5 hours without success, so there has been little progress in past weeks. I have always known that you will need to have strong patience if you keep developing stuff for this simulator, but still at times it amazes me how much you can waste time with blueprint editor.

As for some visual improvement I painted additional decals.

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.