Tracks Deutschlandring

[Sergio Loro]

add bush fences it help a lot to break the countryside

 

[Fat-Alfie]

I just added a 3-rail farm fence running around the outside of the field and it really helped. I think it will look better, too, with bushes added. Currently I only have trees and 3D grass - nothing in between those two, size-wise. More work...

 

[AccAkut]

I just added a 3-rail farm fence running around the outside of the field and it really helped. I think it will look better, too, with bushes added. Currently I only have trees and 3D grass - nothing in between those two, size-wise. More work...

also maybe some ditches/trenches? Can look good in passing, adding some structure to the fields

 

[CC]

Getting some leaf litter in place now, so soften the transition between road and verge

Not running out of things to do on this track, but progress is going pretty well. I think another month or so at this rate should see it finished (finally!)

Wonder what would happen for example,
if you made say 50 leafs as removable objects, like cones and crap,
and applied the flag shader to them,

so there on the track scattered not 1000,s obviously be too much,
even 4-5 on 1 bend be a lovely touch,
you would blow the leafs away driving over them and the shader would make them flicker like a flag, idk maybe more of my overkil delirium
same effect would work on marbles on racetracks also I imagine I mean even 1 is better than none.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

I spoke to Ilya about this last week and he has some thoughts about animated fallen leaves so this could possibly be a future feature

 

[Andy-R]

^ (apparently it's a confused emoji but this is my shocked/mindblown face)

 

[Ryno917]

I spoke to Ilya about this last week and he has some thoughts about animated fallen leaves so this could possibly be a future feature

OK, seriously, what can't that man do?

Next thing he's going to have fixed the AI and added proper racing rules...

 

[F_B]

A better AI would be a dream.

 

[RMR1]

OK, seriously, what can't that man do?

Next thing he's going to have fixed the AI and added proper racing rules...

... and Stefano looses his last hair.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Before I go any further, can any of my friends from Germany tell me if they would have had something similar to this in 1950s Germany? In the UK we have them mostly on country roads to tell travellers how far the next town or village is, in either direction. I took this photo 4 miles down the road from my house, and added the names of towns near my track in Photoshop just to see how it would look.

I thought a few of them might look quite cool around my roads.

 

[formulaHEINE]

Should look something like this:

Here are some wiki links:
Gemany 1938-1945: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildtafel_der_Verkehrszeichen_im_Deutschen_Reich_von_1938_bis_1945#Wegweiser_für_sonstige_befestigte_Straßen

West-Germany 1945-1953: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildtafel_der_Verkehrszeichen_in_den_westdeutschen_Besatzungszonen_und_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland_von_1945_bis_1953#Wegweiser_für_sonstige_befestigte_Straßen

West-Germany 1953-1956: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildtafel_der_Verkehrszeichen_in_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland_von_1953_bis_1956#Wegweiser_für_sonstige_befestigte_Straßen

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Thanks for that And that looks much easier to model and texture, too

That link for '53-'56 is fantastic! There's some really useful information on there, thank you!

 

[formulaHEINE]

Thanks for that And that looks much easier to model and texture, too

That link for '53-'56 is fantastic! There's some really useful information on there, thank you!

No problem!
The thanks goes to the wikipedians and the german bureaucracy.

Almost forgot, that the Deutschlandring is in the eastern part of Germany.
So this link would be more accurate, but it doesn't change for the fingerpost aka 'Wegweiser':
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildtafel_der_Verkehrszeichen_in_der_sowjetischen_Besatzungszone_und_der_Deutschen_Demokratischen_Republik_von_1945_bis_1956#Wegweiser_für_sonstige_befestigte_Straßen

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This road 'side stone' could be interesting. Just a stone with the road number on it.

( wiki link )
Looks something like this with saxon stones, pics from a rail sim.

( source )

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Brilliant, thank you! Would these still feature in the East? (pics from the other Wiki page)

 

[formulaHEINE]

Brilliant, thank you! Would these still feature in the East? (pics from the other Wiki page)

Hehe, just edited my post above. Saw those pics earlier, too.
This would be an actual milestone or kilometer-stone.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Thanks for your help, @formulaHEINE

 

[Ryno917]

As a side note, a few years back for a personal project that never got off the ground, I emailed the British Columbia transportation department to ask about road signage and markings in the 60s. I was sent a great package that detailed pretty much everything from the time period.

Might be worth getting in touch with some of council or transport authority for that area of Germany and seeing if they have anything?

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Getting the vegetation density right, now all the 'base' 3D grass is in place. 19 new different plant types (plus the existing grass and trees), all in a single texture and material

In ksEditor:

 

[Burke Wells]

Dude. It's literally like those old Memorex commercials... "Is it real? Or is it a Fat-Alfie track?"

 

[Gilles75]

This track is gonna be awesome, can't wait.