UltraScenery - new territory [Commercial]
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I too am interested in a train scene... Problem is I can't find any track packages that fit the trains. :( Any heads up where I can get track?
Not without spending some money, and depends on what type of train you are after.
https://www.daz3d.com/the-tube-train
https://www.daz3d.com/the-old-railway
https://www.daz3d.com/the-old-railway-thumper
Thanks Doc... those are a little modern for my idea... and they don't say what train they go to. I'm looking for this... but it doesn't mention any track. https://www.daz3d.com/western-express-train-bundle
I do have this... but it's hard fitting the train to the track... Not sure what scale the track is vs. the train... https://www.daz3d.com/modular-railway-track-set
I don't neccesarily think of it as a bug, but certainly something to be mindful of and possibly create a fix for in a future update. The Toolbxes have been out for a while and they extend the usability of Ultrascene by a lot.
And I found a much easier way to uncouple the trees–I just moved the instance groups apart. The trees are still close by but not on top of each other. ;)
Looking at the train shots it isn't sitting on the rails either :)
What I have done in the past was to sit the train as close to being on the track as I can, zoom right into the wheels, then use the scale slider to either widen/narrow the track 'til it fits...approx. :)
@lola lane
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Lola Lane,
I'm constitutionally averse to paying for anything if I can get it for free (or make it myself and then offer it as a freebie). So, I tend to look for freebies first. Here is some reasonable track from DryJack:
https://www.renderosity.com/freestuff/items/77030/morphing-track-pack
There are points, curves etc available at his Freebie page too.
https://www.renderosity.com/users/DryJack/freestuff
Regards,
Richard.
FWIW, it would appear that I used a track section from The Old Railway for this one I did with the Western Express Train Bundle. It required scale tweaking and all of the surfaces are modified.
Now that I look closer... you are right... I tried getting the train to fit the track.. but the train I used musn't be straight as the track... cause the wheels don't like up. I'll have to play some more :) Thanks Fishtales.
WOW... those are great... but.. chaa chiiiiiiiiiing... I have them on my wish list... Now just need a sale ;) Thanks for the heads up!
Cool stuff Richard.. I guess now I'm gonna HAVE to buy his train... lol
ah.. So the train bundle does not come with rails... good to know... I think I'll skip buying it for now (unless there is a reeeeeeeeeeeeally good sale)... thanks.
I have the Parkside set of trains but they are old and rusty... and too modern...
THANK YOU all for your input... So kind of you. I'll go and play now. :) Happy Holidazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!
Bah... humbug... thanks for rubbing it in... LOL.... I'll wait... and wait... and...erm... you know... Waaaaaait!!!
I'll admit, I bought that one the day it came out. Also the Wild West Town.
Humm.. I'm jealous... I did get the town though. I can wait... I have lots of patience and I'm sure the train set will go on sale again ;)
That was the first thing I learned when my Daz venture started: "There's always another sale."
I just don't always have as much patience as my mother's daughter ought to have when it comes to saving money with a sale. Pretty much anything Ultrascenery, real-world horse-related, anything that fits mid 19th to mid 20th century settings, I'll snap up on the first day. Although I've been occupied for the last week building a new art computer, I'm totally watching for that new "Desert" themed stuff to come along..
I like everything you said too... lol. Plus Sci-Fi... I'm working on my UltraScenery library... soon I too will have all of it! ;)
Getting a new computer was the highlight of my year last year... When hubby gave the ok I scooped it up faster than a jack rabbit. lol
Desert is fine... but I was hoping UltraScenery SNOW would come along for Christmas. I've been making do with the US add ons though.
I would like to learn how to make my own terrain that are JSON format??? What ever that is. I'm afraid it will have to wait til the cold gets to Ohio in January when I can't (don't want to) go outside...lol.
I'm working on a series of stories that are set in about the equivalent of 1940, so major countries and big metro cities have tech of that era, while rural areas are are at varying stages of pre-modernity, hence my timeframe and items of interest ... no sci fi lol. USC/USXT gets involved in almost any image I create, except for the urban settings.
Luckily my husband is very supportive of this hobby. I bought my first art computer in 2021, when I was excited to find a pre-built with a 3060 card (back when video cards were unobtainium). With the hard drive almost full on that computer, I was at a crossroads of what to do, and we decided it was time to upgrade. The new computer has a 3090 and 64GB RAM; only 3T storage at the moment, but I'll just move to bigger drives when the time comes. The computer shop that built it custom for me suggested building it to be "enough" and as memory and drive space gets cheaper (almost literally) tomorrow, expand as needed.
I have not messed with the .json stuff yet, but I believe our resident USC magician barbult has extensive details about that. If I just would stop buying stuff, and start learning to use what I have, I'll read those ... bringing me to that other well-known Daz saying ... "Buying stuff and making art are two different hobbies."
I like what you said, paulawp (marahzen): " If I just would stop buying stuff, and start learning to use what I have, I'll read those ... bringing me to that other well-known Daz saying ... "Buying stuff and making art are two different hobbies." I have bought so much stuff that sometimes when I see an item I think that I do not have but have actually bought, I am like "when did I buy that and why have I never used it?"
<--- +1 agreed... lol
I'm looking for a bigger external hard drive myself. With the better grapics card came more renders... more renders... more space on my hard drive... lol.
Lots for me to learn in the New Year... I'm kinda swamped with the holidays now... lol. I still wanna render a train in US though... When I find the time... Got any to spare?
In mid-1950, when I was living in Los Angeles, CA, there was a resturant at the end of our street which still had ice deliveries for their commercial ice boxes. It arrived on a horse-drawn wagon and was the highlight of the neighborhood kids who would grab bits of ice from it to suck on in the summer. It may have been the summer of 1956, as shortly after that we moved across town to a bigger house, as my little sister was born and I started kindergarten at the new house. So even in LA, horses were still working animals. But later in elementary school, they had to bring in farm animals so we would know what they actually looked like. And there were still orange groves everywhere and the freeways were just starting to be built. In the 1930s my father would take the bus with his mahogany surf board to the beach to surf. It was a weird transistion time.
Sharing for others who like this sort of thing .. this cart, including driver pose and tack, is a new freebie over at, well, the other place. Please don't judge it on my shortcomings ... I'm sort of between computers at the moment.
Very nice image, @paulawp
@paulawp beautiful Work!!
More Play with the Tropics
Waterway1, Tropics4, Bamboohouse1 & Swampboat
Waterway9, Tropics4, Bamboohouse1 & Swampboat
Nice!
oh.. those are MUCH better than what I was working on... lol. Well done!