Question regarding the tiles

Is there a tile limit of some sort that I need to know? The only thing I remember is to not to put too much detail on one tile. I need to know this, because I am vastly expanding my map by many kilometres, and I don't want to hit the limit while I am adding more routes that are 10s of kilometres long

Well the FAQ on the main sites says this:

What does the graphics engine offer?

- realistic day / night effects
- realistic weather conditions
- extensive lighting functions with overlapping effects
- mirror and reflection textures as well as bumpmapping
- different types of transparency
- freely editable spline-roads with slopes and banks
- any number of terrain tiles of 300m*300m each <----
- meshterrain with many modelling possibilities for creating hills, etc.

To me it would suggest, possibly unlimited based on computer specs?

I think not, because only the tiles around you are loading, the rest are unloaded and will load only when you drive around them. You can set it in Options... -> Graphics -> Neighbour Tiles Count.

I like the confirmation, because I might end up doing the Entire City of Toronto

Wikipedia schrieb:

Toronto covers an area of 630 square kilometres (243 sq mi)

Amy Rose schrieb:

I like the confirmation, because I might end up doing the Entrie City of Toronto

Wikipedia schrieb:

Toronto covers an area of 630 square kilometres (243 sq mi)

This alone would be a sight to be hold, if you manage to pull it off kudo's to you Amy!

Not necessarily the entire city, but most routes, and hopefully by the time I get to make downtown routes, the simple streets and crossings include streetcar tracks, since theres a couple of routes that goes into the downtown's massive streetcar system

Amy Rose schrieb:

Not necessarily the entire city, but most routes, and hopefully by the time I get to make downtown routes, the simple streets and crossings include streetcar tracks, since theres a couple of routes that goes into the downtown's massive streetcar system

Actually, if the simple streets and crossings don't, I've noticed someone in the German forums had streetcar/tram tracks on the roads and all he used was the normal train tracks, they fit just under the road as normally and so only the rails are shown, something to think about as a worst case scenario,

Nice to hear such also!

Hi Amy,

I'm wating to try to start some routes here in Ottawa. I've taken tones of screenshots of one of the route on google earth at a certain distance. Can you give me some advice on how I can proceed on using those screenshots and put them on a tile in order to use it as a template for the route?

I'm not sure how you're doing in for the Toronto routes.

Lavics schrieb:

Hi Amy,

I'm wating to try to start some routes here in Ottawa. I've taken tones of screenshots of one of the route on google earth at a certain distance. Can you give me some advice on how I can proceed on using those screenshots and put them on a tile in order to use it as a template for the route?

I'm not sure how you're doing in for the Toronto routes.

My techniquie is switching from google maps on my browser and try to match the road system. Other people prefer to put google maps images on the tiles. tiles are 300x300m, and you can import pictures somewhere, but I don't know

Amy Rose schrieb:

Lavics schrieb:

Hi Amy,

I'm wating to try to start some routes here in Ottawa. I've taken tones of screenshots of one of the route on google earth at a certain distance. Can you give me some advice on how I can proceed on using those screenshots and put them on a tile in order to use it as a template for the route?

I'm not sure how you're doing in for the Toronto routes.

My techniquie is switching from google maps on my browser and try to match the road system. Other people prefer to put google maps images on the tiles. tiles are 300x300m, and you can import pictures somewhere, but I don't know

Awsome. That's what I'll do. Wont be too hard to gauge too which is a bonus. Now, not sure if your in the same position, but are you having a hard time finding the right intersection for the splines to match?.... urgg. I'm going thru one by one. lol

Lavics schrieb:

Amy Rose schrieb:

Lavics schrieb:

Hi Amy,

I'm wating to try to start some routes here in Ottawa. I've taken tones of screenshots of one of the route on google earth at a certain distance. Can you give me some advice on how I can proceed on using those screenshots and put them on a tile in order to use it as a template for the route?

I'm not sure how you're doing in for the Toronto routes.

My techniquie is switching from google maps on my browser and try to match the road system. Other people prefer to put google maps images on the tiles. tiles are 300x300m, and you can import pictures somewhere, but I don't know

Awsome. That's what I'll do. Wont be too hard to gauge too which is a bonus. Now, not sure if your in the same position, but are you having a hard time finding the right intersection for the splines to match?.... urgg. I'm going thru one by one. lol

Which is why I use Streets and Crossings addon from Emil for simplicity and more choice (type in streets in the search bar). I hope you will do some transitway portions, I don't know how, as you need many custom indoor buildings with roads, but it would be a huge reward to do such project

Lavics schrieb:

Awsome. That's what I'll do. Wont be too hard to gauge too which is a bonus. Now, not sure if your in the same position, but are you having a hard time finding the right intersection for the splines to match?.... urgg. I'm going thru one by one. lol

This alone drives me nuts, so many intersections and splines are all cookie cutter type and only fit/work with the correct pieces.

Amy Rose schrieb:

Which is why I use Streets and Crossings addon from Emil for simplicity and more choice (type in streets in the search bar). I hope you will do some transitway portions, I don't know how, as you need many custom indoor buildings with roads, but it would be a huge reward to do such project

Indoor buildings with roads, by that do you mean like Yorkdale Mall's bus station, or Don Mills, as in where the buses go in or under buildings into stations?

Lockheart schrieb:

Amy Rose schrieb:

Which is why I use Streets and Crossings addon from Emil for simplicity and more choice (type in streets in the search bar). I hope you will do some transitway portions, I don't know how, as you need many custom indoor buildings with roads, but it would be a huge reward to do such project

Indoor buildings with roads, by that do you mean like Yorkdale Mall's bus station, or Don Mills, as in where the buses go in or under buildings into stations?

I would appreciate if created, but in Lavic's situation, his city has a transitway which runs through downtown Ottawa as a bus only network of roads

Amy Rose schrieb:

Lockheart schrieb:

Indoor buildings with roads, by that do you mean like Yorkdale Mall's bus station, or Don Mills, as in where the buses go in or under buildings into stations?

I would appreciate if created, but in Lavic's situation, his city has a transitway which runs through downtown Ottawa as a bus only network of roads

As would I. It'd make terminals much more interesting, lighting strikes me as an issue though.

As for Lavic's Ottawa map, that really does sound tricky, but very cool. Best of luck to both of you!

Thank you !! I'm not expecting anything less then lots of headaches, but once done, It'll pay off.

We do have the transit way that goes from East to West of the city, with the underground stop at the St-Laurent Shopping Centre, but that'll have to wait. I'll do some easy ones first.

If anybody hasnt seen what it looks like... here's a video clip.



Oh and Amy, I'll get the addon's for extra objects/splines. Thanks again for your time!

No problem