Caddylars’ Subdivision

The website is now back under my command.

After a few weeks with no control of my blog, we are now back up and running.
Lets face it, we got hacked. This gave me a wakeup call regarding the security and safety of the site.
I have now spent hours and hours updating the controlpanel, and every single feature that is connected to the site.
With 2010 pretty freshly installed, i am also back into the game.
Having a few days now getting used to the new edition, i will soon enough find a decent project keeping myself busy.
If you have any suggestions, its more than welcome.

Take care guys

Lars

Website is back online.

It has been a while for sure.

A bucket full of thanks to my good friend Rick Goodell for helping me out with all the techie stuff, wich im not comfortable with.

Hopefully there will be updates on this page pretty soon, maybe even a few progres shots.

If anyone has ideas for projects, or the interest of being on the GAURC crew, please contact me.

The Registration function for the forum has been shut down for a while, due to 50 false registrations a day, Rejecting spammerssoon gets old.

By the way, Who’s still with me?  Please leave a comment.

Lars

Diving back into the game

After a long time avoiding Trainz, Auran and everything else that has to do with this, I couldnt hold myself anymore.
Today i re-installed Trainz 06, wich is my favorite, patched it up with Sp1, Bought the FCT, and now copying All the files i’ve stored for a day like this, back in where they belong.

All i need to do now, is finding a decent project.

To be honest, i missed the game, the fun and you guys.

Just as a notice i remind you of the forum wich is still up and running.
And of course the blog, wich will be updated like in the old days.

So i guess i’ll see you guys around.

Lars

Lets head for North Platte, Nebraska….

….And we might find the largest Railyard in the world.

I am of course talking about UP’s Bailey yard. A few weeks ago, i recieved the most interesting copy of Trains magasine i’ve ever seen.

After studying the blueprints inside the magasine, it was clear as sky what the next project would be.

Google earth, streetview and TransDEM Takes care of the needed Topography and Tiles.

As you might know, Nebraska is not the center of the earth, and dosent have the perfect coverage by Google earth, so the tiles is a bit blurry, but its way better than nothing at all.

So far i put in about 40% of the tracks, and fixed about 2% of the terrain. With 345 Track miles, 749 Turnouts it might take a while, but atleast it keeps me busy.

The route will contain every feature a railyard this size should, including Two fully working Humps

Heres a few progresshots:

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-Lars

Btw, who’s still subscribing?, Please let me know through a comment.

Ida Terminal Sp1

Just announcing the release of the Servicepack 1 for the route.

If theres still anything missing, please leave a note at the support section in the Gaurc forum

Lars

Ida Terminals Release.

The time has come to release this route, even though its not 100% done. I have left out some spots here and there, due to the graphic.

The route is heavy enough as it is, highly detailed at several locations. I have used a fair amount of splines, fencing etc which can be deleted if needed, I’m pretty sure a few of the trailers at the terminals also can be removed. Housing along the tracks and in the distance is not necessary either, but i like it like that.

You might notice the bare tracks, forming a loop with a lot of sidings on the right side in the mini map. These are placed there in case i should complete the entire route the way i intended to do, but i have used enough time as it is. Delete them, or build it yourself.

Download link will be posted in the downloadsection at Gaurc Forum.

The download should contain everything you need, at a total of 405Mb as a .RAR file, 500 when extracted

Should there be missing dependencies, i ask you to contact me in the forum, in the Ida Terminal support section

This will help me create The needed servicepack.

It has not been betatested, so there might be Flaws and fuckups.

Lars

Slowly getting there….

Got some work done this weekend, so new shots are ready.

I have decided not to complete the route 100%, There will be some blank spots, and you can do what ever you want with those yourselfs.

First up is one of several entry gates into the terminal. This shots gives a great view of  a small part of the area.

Second shot is the same Terminal, but from the other side

Third up is the same area as the first one, but taken a bit north. You can see part of the Truck entry point

Fourth shot is taken at the second terminal, facing north. As you can see, theres a little bit of work left here.

Same terminal, facing south. Still need to place traffic, Trailers and containers.

The last one is just a mainline shot, approaching The Terminal area of the route.

When this Route is released, i will continue building on it, adding a new DEM map, mostly for personal use.

You might do the same,  as long as you dont release it to the public.

For those who are familiar with my Routes, you might know the detail level is high on several locations, and those who suffers from bad framerates, can easely remove assets like the nearby forrest, or trailers parked at the Terminals and industries. (There are several houndred to pick)

Just like i did last time, i will make a pack containing all assets needed running this route in Trainz 06, SP1

I do not support other version.

Hopefully my next update will be the release notes. No Betas this time.

After this release, time has come to slow things a bit down, spend some more time with my family.

Take care

Lars

It has been a while…..

A new year, and new jobs who needs me…

Still there’s some progress on Ida 2, but not by far as much as i want to, but thats just the way of life.

Wife, kids and three jobs, does take a fair share of my time available.

On top of this, my computer crashed bigtime last weekend. Everthing i stored on the C: Drive got lost, but it was mostly crap anyway.

Spent this week recovering and re-installing the things i need.

My new update will hopefully be this weekend, and i will bring some more updates and screenies.

Thank you for still subscribing to my blog.

Lars

Happy holiday

Just wanted to wish you all a merry christmas, and a happy new year.

Best wishes.

Lars

Not much progress, but we’ll get there….

Still working on the terminal area, i think i under estimated the work needed when i added this area.

Oh well, i started it, and im gonna finnish it.  These Pre-christmas day, will mostly be spent at work, finninshing of a 17 Millions NKR project for delivery Dec.15, so dont expect a lot of news in the near future.

After the Terminal area is done, i will start working my way towards Ida Yard, making the connection.

Lars