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Click on "HiShine" for the part of the model you wish to enhance. Notice the sunlight glinting off the locomotive in the lower image. Warning: scaling locos/stock may not always work as the WAG/ENG files sometimes can get slightly corrupted.Īwaiting departure early morning (no specular lighting enhancement). When Australian designer Michael Thompson reskinned Jens-Chris Baerenz's E8 to resembler an Australian outline NSWGR 42 class, he shrank the model 5-10% to bring the model within Australia's more restrictive loading gauge. The original JP1Tunnel is shown in front of the altered version: The result can be seen in the image below, JP1Tunnel has been enlarged in only the "y" axis by a factor of 2.5. This time we set the Y axis to be scaled by a factor of 2.5, but left the X and z axis at no change (=1). You can also just alter one axis: uncheck the "Scale same in all directions" and fields appear for all three axes: x (width), y (height), z (length). The original JP1Tunnel is shown to the left of the altered version (below): This achieves a new shape file which has been enlarged in all axes by a factor of 2.5.
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The first option for your uncompressed model is Scale: it is now a simple matter to create or distort an existing model to suit custom applications.įor example, you can distort a tunnel entrance along all or any axis to achieve a larger tunnel.Ĭlicking on scale pops up a new dialogue box with a series of further options: here we will use JP1Tunnel.s as an example (if you're following this tutorial, it would be a good idea to first make a backup by clicking copy/paste on the shape file to give you a "Copy of JP1Tunnel1.s").Ĭheck the box for "Scale same in all directions" and type in 2.5 static models have no ENG/WAG file, so uncheck that option as well: Once you've finished with the model, you Compress the shape file by selecting Compress when the list of options appear. Mousing over the Options box now gives you an expanded range of choices.
Click on Uncompress.Īfter a few seconds, the file size will change and SFM will show your file as Uncompressed. Move your mouse pointer over the grey Options box beside the shape file you wish to uncompress. To modify any shape file, you need to uncompress it first. When you open SFM, you will be presented with a screen something like shown below click on "Parent" to move up a folder, click on a folder name to open that folder use the scroll bar at right or the mouse-wheel to scroll folder lists that are off-screen.
Msts shape viewer code#
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Msts shape viewer zip file#
Save the ZIP file into any directory and extract its contents into your Train Simulator/UTILS/FFEdit folder, overwriting the default newshape.bnf file (uncompressing locos with animation will only work if you have installed the updated newshape.bnf file (included within the.SFM requires Internet Explorer (IE 5 or higher) IE does NOT need to be your default browser.Click on links above to download Shape File Manager 2.4.2 (17,503 bytes) (version 2.4.2 (or 2.4a) uploaded to this site July 2005 - small fixes over v2.4).