Swamper's Garage

[vester]

@Royal: Sorry that is not possible to control how the trains are put togther, it will pick from your plug-in folder at random.

[royal]

A Maxis freight train has different waggons, one for wood, tankwaggon and a caboose at the end.
Whats whne you replace ALL of the with only one waggon from me ?
So, you have 2 plugins, one plugin creats only freight trains, the other a train with the eanos, fals and habbinns.
You can only have one of the plugins in your plugin ordner.
Isn't this possible ?

Sorry for my bad englisch

[Swamper77]

omg Jan... those are soo much better then even pegs cop car replacement mod... I love the SUV model...since its a additional model and not replacement is there a way to put "supervisor" on the side or any markings?

It is possible to do so. I will provide another "Developer's Kit" so others can do it themselves. I see no reason why I have to create all the different versions of every vehicle to meet everyone's requests.

Awesome Swamper, i really like it!

i do like the jeep model, but can you make the size a tad smaller, it looks huge compared to the other SUV's in the game.

I'll rescale it again. It is as tall as the Maxis police van and is pretty much to scale with my new Crown Victoria police car.
Royal,

As Vester said, the game picks at random for the choosing of the freight train cars. It is possible to override the default Maxis freight train car models with yours, but you will only have that type of train in the game and not any others. So if a German coal train mod was made that replaced all the Maxis freight train cars with coal cars, the freight trains would pull only coal cars and nothing else. This will have to be a self-contained mod so people can choose to remove it when they want to.

As for converting your models into automata, it can be done. However, it will take me awhile to do so since I have very few days off from work. And these days off are usually reserved for taking care of chores or just relaxing. Stress is toxic and affects me in ways that it didn't used to.

-Jan

[Pat]

Thanks Jan i shouldnt have doubted that you would do a devolpers kit for these awsome cars thank you again...

[memo]

@Jan and Royal: I think there is an easier and more comfortable way to remove all maxis freigt train cars than replacing them with custom ones. A long time ago, I made a simple mod which contains invalid exemplar files of the maxis freight train engines and cars, so that they don't appear anymore. Only the freight trains in the plugins do still appear. Unfortunately, I don't remember which property exactly I've changed and I've never really tested my mod, so I can't say whether it works safely. Though it did work perfectly when I was using it. The advantage of my mod is that the users can pick out the freight train cars they like and you get rid of the maxis freight trains which look kitschy, IMO.
I'll attach the mod for testing purposes. Use at your own risk!

[Madeira aka Constantina]

very realistic and inspiring. 

[Luc]

Ahoy Jan!

First off, kudos to you! You did a really great job on your automata creations.

After RL took me away from SimCity for 1.5 years I'm amazed about the progress of custom content by now.
While gathering information on how to re-install the game I stumbled right into your garage - nice place btw I already hired those german train sets *lol*

When reading your semi-trailer postings, an idea on articulated busses came back into mind. I tried on those before RL took me away from playing (without any sufficient result). This is not a request, but do you think the trailer technique could be used on busses, too?

Regards
Luc
(former known as MayorBean)

[jayo]

royal-Where did you get those props for trains??
There brilliant  Also-Great work swamper

[Une_ame]

Swamper, I must say that I'm both impressed and interested by your job. Impressed because I've read all the pages before and  , and interested because you are looking for a short bus (in the other topic) and Glenni has made one (plus some wonderfull others) and he is looking for somebody with your skills. So I wonder if you can make something for him (and for everyone of us ) with those nice babies by "transforming" them in UDI models that will take the place of the awfull Maxi's.



If you agree, I understand that he must send you his GMAX or 3DS file. Am I right ?

Tell me if I'm in the wrong topic.

[Swamper77]

It makes me smile to hear that you are impressed and interested in my work. It's comments like these that make me continue to make custom content for SC4. I could care less about the download counts, as they are not a realistic reflection of who is actually using them versus just downloading them for later.
I've already offered to help Glenni with making his vehicles into automata. He's sent me the files for me to work with already. It will take me some time to get them done because I do have a life outside of SC4. I work most days of the week and only have 2 days off each week. I also have projects of my own that I am working on. So, I'm going to ask that you just be patient for a little while until I have them ready for release. No one wants a rushed job that looks and works like crap

@Everyone else: Sorry for the long absence. My job and Real Life took priority over SC4. I have been getting back into automata modeling and modding again. I will post some pictures of my current project when I am done gathering them.

I am going to ask that you do not turn this into a "request thread". I have limited time and cannot meet everyone's requests. So, I am picky about what projects I will take on. I can only dream of having all that spare time that I had when I was in school to do modding work

-Swamper

[Pat]

Jan you are wonderful!!!  I can wait very patiently to see this bus replace maxis ones, and I do hope work for you is going well... Are you still @ PapaJohns?

[Swamper77]

Jan you are wonderful!!!  I can wait very patiently to see this bus replace maxis ones, and I do hope work for you is going well... Are you still @ PapaJohns?

Sadly, yes. I'm still looking for a better job with better hours (normal office hours), benefits, etc. It's difficult balancing work, play, and sleep these days.

-Jan

[Une_ame]

Thank you very much for your quick answer . I understand the situation and aplogize if you have already answer this request, I wasn't aware about it.

Just like Pat, I've got the feeling that somebody will use those buses if you find the time to do them ....

Take your time and keep on the good job, BTW, PapaJohns (and MamaJohns and the whole family ) doesn't deserve you!

[Swamper77]

I hinted at the fact that I have been working on a project. So, I thought I would remove the covers that hide my project. As you all probably know by now, Jestarr has made a bunch of train car props. I have asked him for the GMAX models for most of his train cars, and have been converting them into automata to be used by the game's freight train system. Here's what I had for the original set that I started awhile back:











Next post will showcase the new models....

[Swamper77]

Here's what I have added to that original set:






 






LEFT TO DO:
- 2 Wood Pulp Cars with loads of wood (BN & CN)
- BN Coal Hopper Car (both empty and loaded)
- BN Beet Hopper Car
- Canpotex Grain Car
- Steel Pipe Car

After this train set is complete, I'll start working on Glenni's vehicles that he and Une_ame have asked me to help with. More pictures of the train set will be posted here when I finish them and see them ingame. Comments and critiques of the train set are welcome before I release it.

-Jan

[rickmastfan67]

WOW!!! Those are wickedly sweet!!!

[BigSlark]

Jan,

These are looking great! I'm glad to see that you're back in the community.

Cheers,
Kevin

[Une_ame]

Wohaoo, I love the wagons, espacially the Wisconsin Central Boxcar.

The little Diesel Engine is  . Too bad you cannot have this little gem plus my favorite BB7200, world would be a perfect place .

[RebaLynnTS]

Great work, hope you find a better job soon.

[mikeseith]

Those are some impressive train cars there...Nice job Swamper. 

Yep.  I still lurk around here although RLS has me in its grip. 

Mike