Where are my vehicles?

mw · Post by mw » 17 Jun 2006 06:55

I made a locomotive in Vehicle Creator but it isn't in Locomotion.
What's wrong???

LocArny · Post by **LocArny** » 17 Jun 2006 08:15

Tell us some more please. Did you make graphics ? Did you make a .DAT file ? Did you apply the Lomoveh.pal palette to it ?

marcf · Post by **marcf** » 17 Jun 2006 09:02

could be a number of things

did you get a .DAT file from loco VC?

did you put the .DAT file in locomotion\objdata\

did you select your new vehicle when creating/editing a scenario?

mw · Post by mw » 17 Jun 2006 09:25

What I have to do with this palette?

mw · Post by mw » 17 Jun 2006 09:26

I haven't got it in Locomotion Editor...

mw · Post by mw » 21 Jun 2006 14:15

OK, I know what I made wrong but now I have another problem I have the wagon in Locomotion but it is very "colourful". It has other colours and when I have it in a scenario it goes with a background (!). I think it has something in common with the palette. Where I can get the palette or how I can make it?

LocArny · Post by **LocArny** » 21 Jun 2006 14:20

Take a look here

And search for "lomoveh.pal".

andel · Post by **andel** » 21 Jun 2006 15:02

or take it here

mw · Post by mw » 22 Jun 2006 20:30

OK, look...

LocArny · Post by **LocArny** » 22 Jun 2006 21:14

Well, its ingame at least

Try these steps from beginning to end:

- Download MSTS shape (*.s) from the Internet (and ask permission from the author if you are going to release it)
- Load the shape in Vehicle Creator : MSTS2Locomotion and see if the proportions are allright. Otherwise change it with SFM (Shape File Manager), by first uncompressing the *.s shape and after that set the X (height) Y (width) and Z (length) axes. The Z has to be around 0.9 or 0.8 I think.
- Then convert your vehicle using Vehicle Creator.
- Download Wally from somewhere, and download the lomoveh.pal palette.
- Open Wally, go to File -> Batch Conversion. In the new window that appears select the source (where you converted your 136 *.bmp sprites to) and destination directory. They can be the same. After that, go to "Wally Settings" in the Batch conversion window. Check the "Overwrite existing files" box, and click by "Destination" -> "Use this palette" and select the lomoveh.pal using the "..." box.
- Start Batching. Make sure your input is *.bmp and your output *.png.
- Enter all values as the max speed etc. in Vehicle Creator. Make sure you go to "Graphics" and then click the box with the "..." in it a little to the right of the "bogie posititon". Double click a horizontal shape.
- Make your XML and convert it to a DAT using locotool.
- Load it into Locomotion.
- Show us the result.

mw · Post by mw » 27 Jun 2006 14:27

Now is well, but how can I "move up" them? I hope I don't have to use SFM, I'm too nervous...

LocArny · Post by **LocArny** » 27 Jun 2006 16:29

When you convert the vehicle, set the Y-offset to -2. That will do I think.

Thanks to the tip, MajorDuck

Illegal_Alien · Post by **Illegal_Alien** » 27 Jun 2006 16:45

mw wrote:Now is well, but how can I "move up" them? I hope I don't have to use SFM, I'm too nervous...

You NEEd to use SFM, otherwise its to big...

Post by **Chrill** » 01 Jul 2006 22:08

Aren´t the position there based on when the train is made? Like newest in the bottom

marcf · Post by **marcf** » 01 Jul 2006 22:37

chrill, he means the two trains with the yellow arrows are sucken into the track ingame, so fix that he has to change the Y offset in vehicle creator when he makes the sprites

Post by **Chrill** » 02 Jul 2006 12:05

Oh.. Sorry then

MjD · Post by **MjD** » 02 Jul 2006 19:34

LocArny wrote:When you convert the vehicle, set the Y-offset to -2. That will do I think.

Thanks to the tip, MajorDuck

-0.2 is just the position i found out to look good for a couple of the BRS trains, i would experiment with it as -0.2 isnt always the perfect one.

And its -0.2 not -2.0

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