Train Simulator 2022: Powder River Basin - Angora Sub
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- čas přidán 3. 01. 2022
- Up there in the ranks of great freeware routes such as the New York Division Bergen Line - is this massive map, the 'Powder River Basin' by Tomcat.
A massive undertaking which started over 5 years ago relatively small and became over 500 route miles stretching from Nebraska, South Dakota and on into the gargantuan coal mines of Wyoming.
In this episode we'll concentrate on the portion called the Angora Sub between Bridgeport and Alliance Nebraska, going over a bit of history and industry in the 2 anchor towns and a cab ride thundering its way north between the 2 towns.
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Required Tehachapi from 3dtrains:
www.3dtrains.com/
PRB:
railworksamerica.com/forum/vie...
(you'll find everything you need in this thread ^^^, read it)
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**GAHH 🤬🤬🙃🙃 Just realized my mic took a dump in the latter half of the vid going thru Alliance. Since we're basically starting there in the next vid going up the Butte Sub - I'll reiterate then**
wondered what happened
I thought you finally got tired of hearing your own voice lmao
The route building on this route looks absolutely amazing! It does give me quite a lot of inspiration for my project. Great video as usual!
It is man, i wasn't kidding when i said i haven't really touched another American route in months 😳. Looking fwd to yours, iirc i saw some snippits of yours in progress and it looked pretty damn nice
I gotta grab this route, gettin' board of these just over 100 mile routes. This route looks like one of those that will be discovering something new that you didn't know was there for a LONG time. Shoot, it even has room for building a fictional terminal railway. Also a tip, press "q" while in game, that'll reset the allerter.
Howdy! Thanks for the great video. A question though about this scenery: I noticed on the map that it shows the UP lines that cross in Northport, are those modeled as well, say west about 30 miles thru Gering?
I used to go to college in Lagrange WY, went to church in Bridgeport, lived in Scottsbluff, and used to work in Alliance too!
Oh I can't wait to traverse this route!
Enjoy. Its damn near limitless
I’m watching this as I drive just to the south in Sterling, CO!
Not at the wheel i hope 😁
Schnauzahpowahz Doh!! Should’ve specified in the back seat!😬
I am impressed with how natural the slopes along the rise and fall of the land look. No sharp edges. The edges of the right of way is very defined, impressive. Has to be using some sort of splined overlay. So far the natural grouping of trees is done correctly. Here's a tip for the Layout builders. One to two types (species) to a low density group, and One to Three to a medium density group. With one type a little more dominant than the others. So different types of tree may grow in the same group but it will be separated from the other non-similar types in a collection. There can be one to two trees of one type a distance from the main collection of its type. This is scattered seeding that may flourish into a new collection of that type. Remember trees are competing for resources so they space out enough to allow each tree to draw resources without intruding on another tree.* On Average, per 100 meters the density is as follows: Low, 5 trees; Medium, 10 trees; High,15 trees or more**. So slapping down what amounts to a rain forest with a jumble of tree types will just look like crap. (*Forests for the Future: Local Forest Management) (**National Forest Resources and Management, Vol. 1)
I have learned so much about plant life, hydrology and geography since I became a route builder it's not even funny.
At this point I probably know about as much as an actual landscaper and I don't even work on yards.
The problem with learning all this kinda stuff is that it completely ruins the immersion on certain lower quality routes, especially older ones that don't even have any defined fauna types or plant species besides "grass clump A", "grass clump B", and one generic oak tree.
Thought I would check in on this, if anyone ever wants to play this, one may have to wind up yar-har-ing (piracy) the Tehachapi route. I quit checking in on what was happening and looking now, the 3dtrains site is totally gone. I never received my product.
TEHACHAPI UPDATE: Please upvote!
So I'm making a separate post after replying to the OP of this video in my comment from 8 hrs ago. For the time being, the required content may be unavailable. Something may have happened to the guy who has been putting out the route, and apparently there ARE a number of people who saw this video. He's kind of dropped off the radar on the forums and there are a decent number of pissed off people. Meanwhile from the tone of moderators, they appear to kind of be on their heels with their hands up trying to calm people down, wondering legitimately if the guy is okay or in good health. I know little-to-nothing about the community, but I thought I would provide some context of what I think is going on since this video is kind of a gateway. I sent in an email today and also on the 7th to their support address with no response.
Don't write the route off, but it may be unavailable for now due to unforeseen circumstances. Hoping their mods don't get their heads bitten off by the people who want either Tehachapi OR this route.
I would love to see the South Dakota part of this map next
Same. Esp. If it includes the run into Rapid City.
@@BattleshipOrion it wouldn’t run into rapid city that is owned by the rapid city prarrie and eastern
If Stevens pass goes global tomorrow I'm totally picking this up
I went to Railworks America and look in their routes file library but did not see a download for the Power Basin River Route. Am I missing something? Thanks
@@derickavery7929 it's on the RWA Forums, there is a link in the description
Some of us can’t play this route. The creator of the 3dtrains Tehachapi route has gone AWOL without a way to automate transactions, and I’m thinking of canceling my order through PayPal. Nice route, so those of you who can play should enjoy.
That sucks its taking so long, hes sidetracked TS from what i know a while back but still works on his route and should get round to sending access out. Have you tried emailing him directly
@@schnauzahpowahz I tried e-mailing the support address. On the 3dtrains forums for the route, there's a number of very irritated people right now who probably saw this video, not that one wouldn't want the route simply for wanting Tehachapi.
Edit: I'm leaving it up for context, but I'm probably being a bit dramatic. It just seems like there's a few irritated people because I'll check in every once in a while on the forums and see posts from other people who have been waiting to get the Tehachapi route. There's at least a couple of people who are kinda losing patience, and then one overly nice guy who waited for like a month before someone said to try and contact again. I'll probably send another e-mail and try again, but it's kinda silent.
Now if only we had the auto flood coal hoppers.. They're the second most common coal car out there.
AB Studios & Trurail have some. Trurail has BNSF (2 varients), CM/UP along with various other reporting marks, AB studio has them in the freight car pack.
Thanks for the info, I had no clue!
I gotta legit question tho, do they ever mix or overlay maps to like extend a map 🗺️? Kinda how they do the soldier summit goes from Provo to helper, and then that other pack adds Provo up to wherever I forgot what town it goes too, but then you can rock the length of both maps? Do any of these map packs link
Up or he’s just using the other routes for the assets?
They should have the hi line link up to Maria’s pass map that wud be dope or like extend donner pass on down into Cali past Rolesville that wud sick
Another route that shows how so few have taken the Phys-X engine to it's full potential, save for just a handful of creators willing to push the envelope. Outstanding modeling. Do you know the name of the sky they used? Is this an AP sky? Those SD40-2 are also amazing. Incredible sounds.
I think yes, that looks like the ap summer cloudy sky
Yeah Dave its the AP sky/weather pack. Imo one of the best general addons you can buy for TS just to polish the ol turd up a bit 😁. I add it to everything if i can. Highly recommended and easy to swap once you got it down.
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The dash 2 sounds are the BNSF sd40-2 searchlight simulations pack locos. Not a better sounding EMD in the game
@@schnauzahpowahz yeah it’s great although the sunrise and sunset have strange tone to it, brown-ish but that’s not that big of a deal
how can i get this amazing route?
*Smacks hand with bronze reverser*
BAIL OFF THAT INDEPENDENT WHEN YOU TAKE A SET
BAD SP, BAD!
😂
I then went and flogged myself with air hoses 40.2 times repeating "bail, bail, bail" with each whack
What recording app are you using?
So where is this route available for download? This is the first I've heard of this route.
Its hosted on railworksamerica. Search powder river basin and read thru the thread for the latest links and what you need etc
Man I wish Train Simulator 2022 looked like this out of the box and no add ons lol Do you have a video on how to install all the addons ?
Thanks
Man you and I both. Its a second job keeping up with all of it 😉
Ill try to make a video regarding a few installs in the near future
Where did you get the coal hoppers from?
These I believe came with the PRB assets
3DTrains route is for MSTS?
Yup, those are totally SD70ACe's (5:54) 😂
FFS, i said ace didn't I 😏😄
For whatever reason I have this nature to say ace after any sd70. Hard habit to break
Bro cuántos cilindros tiene ese tren
5:55 those are not sd70ace’s 🤣🤣🤣. Those are the BNSF SD70MAC.
The route does not appear to be finished. Is this correct?
Its most definitely a work in progress, although it looks more complete than steam store releases
When i use tru rails sd70s and i ru them on the quick drive it only BN no patches
You've gotta select it in the editor, its explained in the pdf/readme iirc
Just carzy how empty the plains are , and rails being laid from the 1850ss till the 1910s , them running smal freights , expresses and locals with by now puny 4-4-0s , now dash 8/9s SD80/90s just pull about 150 cars trough them like its nothing....
The SD9043MAC were freed from coal train service in 2009 and put in to storage start of 2012 but a few were still roaming around . Dash8 were released by 1998 when the AC4400S AND 9043MACs came in .
for some reason i keep getting blacklisted when i try to register or rwa forums, weird
Could be the type email your using, i think the rwa main page may say somthing to that effect. Amd fwiw, you may not need to register iirc
@@schnauzahpowahz hmm im using a regular gmail mail id idk why its not working
Sorry but the "Power River Basin" is in Wyoming not Nebraska
Geographically its actually in Montana and Wyo, in real life.
This here is what we call a video game, a person made this map and started it in the actual basin and expanded it beyond just the basin. The name he named it remains for the map, powder river basin.
Hey man question, how can I contact you I have something for train simulator I think you may like that I worked on