Ken-Oscale posted:SantaFeJim posted:Love It....
That is just too cool. I can't help but notice that it has attracted a good audience.
Is the software smart enough to hide the train as it enters the tunnels?
Jim, TrainPlayer will recognize tunnels, check the recording I inserted at the top of this thread. For a better recording, I would need to align the track section joints with the tunnel portals (which would mean revising the layout with flex track and creating joints under the tunnels - more work than I want at the moment). Even if I do that work, still the cars disappear and reappear as a whole, "winking-in" and out of the layout, rather than a gradual transition. Perhaps there is a way to break track in TrainPlayer advanced versions, I am just using the basic edition of the SW. Too bad this effect is not better. Even so, it is fun to be able to see trains run the layout.
In TrainPlayer, you can run individual trains under control, throw switches, couple and uncouple, blow the horn/whistle, import loco specific sound files, and set trains to run automated routes.
Ken, I watched your with the “tunnel effect” and now I understand why you did not use that feature in your last video. It really distracts from the overall viewing experience.
Having said that, I have another question. Can you expand the viewing window to include the lower right hand corner of your layout?
FYI, this is quickly becoming my all time favorite thread on the OGR Forum. Thank you and Keep up the great work.
