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Railroads?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:26 pm
by G-Fire25
Is there anyway to see railroads? I'm a VFR pilot with my pretty sectionals so I need to know.

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:11 am
by nowmormat
Actually, yes.
As the roads are gray in the sim, the train lines are brown.
For example, if you fly to CYUL (Montr

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:14 am
by G-Fire25
ty, now when we can all max it out, maybe MS WILL MAKE REAL RAILROAD TRACKS!

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:55 am
by ATI_7500
MS WILL MAKE REAL RAILROAD TRACKS!


What for?

It's a flight simulator and not some world simulation.

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:12 am
by Keep It Simple
MS WILL MAKE REAL RAILROAD TRACKS!


What for?

It's a flight simulator and not some world simulation.


Actually, MSFS had started to become

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:10 pm
by G-Fire25
;D Definetly

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:37 pm
by ATI_7500
Well, but what some users don't get is the simple rule that says "If you want realism, get the appropriate hardware". ;)

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:00 pm
by justpassingthrough
There was a combination I would use for RR Tracks in FS9,.. Ultimate Terrain for the base + an extracted RR texture from another addon that put rail cars on the tracks!! It looked perfect from 1500ft and up, just like a busy railway.


It does not work in FSX because they completely changed the RR texture file

I suspect as time goes on and SP1 gets released, so will the upgrades to the scenery and things like railroads.

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:25 pm
by G-Fire25
i have fs9 too. can you tell me how you did that  :)

Re: Railroads?

PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:34 pm
by justpassingthrough
[quote]i have fs9 too. can you tell me how you did that