US Set Development Thread

Louie Armstrong · Post by **Louie Armstrong** » 20 Jun 2005 15:46

Sweet baby jesus and the proverbial orphans,

Oz that so amazing i agree with others that the prespective trick looks a tad odd but once you figure it out its cool

Keep up the good work guys, i wish i could help but im about as graphically talented as a penknife

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 20 Jun 2005 16:39

Well, for one thing, the next version won't have electrified trains in the Tropics until the 1960s, except that we might have Pacific Electric interurbans in the early years - but it won't be for heavy freight. Also, we are separating a few more locos that won't be in all climates. There's a list on the tracking table.

Oz · Post by Oz » 20 Jun 2005 17:12

Hey, all! good to hear you guys are digging the Michigan Central Terminal. Ya know, I don't know what it is about this station, but but the drawing is going so smooth. Normally, I'm a toil-and-error-type of artist, but not in this case. I mean, I've probably ended up redrawing the GCT three times before it looked okay. Maybe I'm channeling the original architects, or the Big Guy upstairs is telling me "don't let them demolish this building!" That being said, I worked on the station some more this morning. Minor tweaks to the back-end, and, well, obviously, another MAJOR change.

Cheers!

jvassie · Post by **jvassie** » 20 Jun 2005 17:16

*Starts handing out the much needed drool mops*

James

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 20 Jun 2005 17:37

Very, very sharp.

You do realize you'll have to draw a US Total Town Replacement Set to match it, right?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 20 Jun 2005 17:44

Oh My God... Looks awesome (as usual

)

George · Post by **George** » 20 Jun 2005 19:35

krtaylor wrote:Very, very sharp.

I do not think so

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 20 Jun 2005 20:05

Then you don't have to build one.

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 20 Jun 2005 21:21

Slick Oz, very slick.

Have you been on the booze again?

Oz · Post by Oz » 21 Jun 2005 01:46

Good. So, if everone's happy (with the exception of George. What's goin' on man?) with the MCS, I'll do the obverse views in a few days.

krtaylor: Ya know, a US town replacement would be a great idea. I sure could use a little help with it, if some other artists would help work on some other buildings. Otherwise, it may take a little while. Right now, though, I just want to do some of the larger city depots. GCT is in the Bag. MCS is getting there. I'd like to do Philly's neoclassical 30th St. station. Cincy's art deco station is a must, but I'm having a REAL hard time finding elevations of the sides and the roof. I may just have to use a little creativity. The former PRR station in Pittsburgh would be nice for sentimental reasons, and the St. Louis station is a Victorian masterpiece. That should round up the city stations set, with Cornelius' mission-style station.

Aegir: Nope, been sober for the last few days. I've been on a self-imposed exile from my lab to finish up some back-burnered work. So, I've been pecking away at the station while I've been taking breaks. I'll correct my blood:alcohol ratio this coming weekend, though.

Cheers!

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 21 Jun 2005 01:50

Oz, have you seen my stations listing? I'll be glad to add your suggestions to it if you can find me links. I would say that would be plenty of big-city stations. I also have some smaller stations on there that are easier to draw.

Concerning the Cincinnati station, don't worry about the elevations, you cannot do them. The Cincinnati station is built on a hill, so that its concourse can extend out over the tracks which are in a valley to the rear. Of course you cannot do anything quite like that in TTD, so you're going to have to fudge somehow no matter what. So just use your imagination of what "looks good" and seems to fit.

I'd love to have a complete US buildings set, but honestly I think we should finish the stations, roads, and town names first, because we seem to collect graphics faster than Oracle can code them. Where is he, anyway?

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 21 Jun 2005 02:37

George wrote:
krtaylor wrote:Very, very sharp.
I do not think so

ENOTCONSTRUCTIVE.

What's wrong with it, George? Just saying you don't like it isn't going to get anything changed.

George · Post by **George** » 21 Jun 2005 05:12

krtaylor wrote: Then you don't have to build one.

Why? It is cool. It is wonderful! But it is not sharp. Or do you mean the building, not the graphics?

George · Post by **George** » 21 Jun 2005 05:16

Oz wrote:Good. So, if everone's happy (with the exception of George. What's goin' on man?) with the MCS, I'll do the obverse views in a few days.

I see we got a language misunderstanding here. I like the building very much, but the word "sharp" for me means not good graphics (smoothing required), that’s why I thought that krtaylor said, that the building is bad and I disagreed with him.

George · Post by **George** » 21 Jun 2005 05:31

DaleStan wrote:
George wrote:
krtaylor wrote:Very, very sharp.
I do not think so
ENOTCONSTRUCTIVE.
What's wrong with it, George? Just saying you don't like it isn't going to get anything changed.

I didn't say that I do not like it. I said the contrary

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 21 Jun 2005 12:00

Ah. Thank you for clarifying. In the US, "sharp" is slang for "good."

George · Post by **George** » 21 Jun 2005 12:43

krtaylor wrote:Ah. Thank you for clarifying. In the US, "sharp" is slang for "good."

Why? "Sharp" means "not smooth"

krtaylor · Post by **krtaylor** » 21 Jun 2005 13:27

Both "sharp" and "smooth" are complimentary slang. What can I say? It's slang, it doesn't have to make grammatical sense.

Marshy · Post by **Marshy** » 21 Jun 2005 13:46

That station looks smooth.

Louie Armstrong · Post by **Louie Armstrong** » 21 Jun 2005 13:53

in fact the station is so sharp its smooth

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