Hawk & Badger Railroad Forum

The only problem with that method is that the color under the newly created water is not changed to the blue that is under the original water. It's easy enough though to use the color-picker to select the right color blue and paint it manually.

Making the heightmap to contain sea-level data is definitely the way to go. That way when you import the heightmap it will automatically be designated as sea-level (0 elevation) and have a uniform paint applied. It's pretty easy to do this, as stated above, by modifying the .dbf file used in Microde...

Isn't there a Windmill "building" already in place among the other buildings? I think I've seen them put on some maps.

Wolverine, did you ever look into how difficult to would be to raise sea level on a DEM dataset? I imagine that in principle it's easy enough (you'd just deduct the desired rise from the present elevations) but I'm wondering how hard it would be in practice if you wanted to get a finished .gmp out ...

I like all three of these ideas. They will tend to take away the unrealistic plopping of industries out in the hinterlands next to a bonanza of raw materials. Now I admit I use this exploit as much as I can; in fact the first thing I do when I start a scenario is to survey the map and look for pocke...

I had to do the same thing as RoR and Oilcan. Watch where troops want to go and add trains as needed to take them there. It take a lot of micro-managing, but will eventually get the job done if you're very attentive.

Yes it does but it only gets to a value of 39 out of 255 so it's very difficult to discern any contribution from the green channel.

Microdem doesn't have an RT3-compatible coloring scheme for elevation data. The creator of the program kindly made a database file (.dbf) that can be read by Microdem (as described in the tutorial). I'll try an attach an Excel spreadsheet that shows the coding of RGB channels for different elevation...

(10) I cannot open & save the newly named 64-bit .gmp with the RT3 editor or else I'm back to square one with a blocky color pattern. It's been a long time since I did this, but if memory serves me correctly (and at my age it sometimes doesn't !hairpull!) you are correct. Because the 64-bit edi...

There may be others out there, but this is the one I use and it looks like it's still available. I don't do much hex-editing so I don't need anything real fancy.

Also, I don't know how others have fared with grey scale height maps but I've found them less well-behaved than the coloured ones. Specifically, I've found that it's very difficult to get the shoreline to sit well with the ocean, without having the rest of the terrain go nuts. It might not matter i...

I made a tutorial once (I think it might be on the download site) about how to correct the 64-bit graphics problem. Don't know if it's relevant to this problem.

1. Michigan 1830 One thing I noticed in your Michigan game is that though there are a lot of trains, the map itself is very sparse. There are far fewer buildings and industries than on my Germantown c.1895 map. Off-topic: how are all your trains at 99% oil and water? Excellent management, or a chea...

Maybe this isn't the place to make this comment, but one thing that isn't taken into account with any of this proposed modding is that engines have an unlimited fuel supply. Unlike water/sand/oil, it seems that locos have a "pipeline to the heavens" with regard to fuel. I'm baffled as to w...

And yes, the data I have now totally confirms that the free weight setting does have a significant effect on speed up grades. Don't believe anyone who says otherwise. You seem to be the expert on this Gumboots so I'll believe what YOU say. !!clap!! I'm impressed with your tenacity on this and the o...

Thanks Gumboots. That explains it all

So in playing Canyonlands, I was using all V2 locos owing to their good pulling power and fuel efficiency, rated as "Above Average". For some steep uphill runs I changed to the Challenger or Big Boy, also listed as having "Above Average" fuel efficiency. Whereas when running with...

I'd like to have a place where I could start a small garden. I'm not a big fan of store bought produce and I hate canned goods. I go to the farmers market a lot. :mrgreen: Do you have a Community Garden in your area. We have them around here and folks get a small portion of a larger garden to plant...

Bug report (maybe it's already been noted): The Status Page announcement about the next start date for the advertising doesn't increment when the player opts out. I'm still playing with the "connect all cities first" strategy and it does bring in more revenue from trains than by connecting...

I'm not sure but I think at the beginning it costs $12M for access. At some point, and I don't remember when, the price was $3M. I'm not on a computer with RT3 on it so I cant check, but a quick look at a running scenario and the Events would answer this one.