RWDecal

RWDecal 2.2.0 Released

2011-02-11T05:12:00.000-08:00

Finally got RWDecal past the beta testing stage and released. You can download the latest version from www.rwdecal.co.uk/download. If you have a license then this is a free upgrade as with all previous updates

Unfortunately the Germans and Spanish translations are not complete for the new features in this release. These will be added as soon as they are ready. You can still use the new version but the new features will have text in English.

RWDecal New Version Beta Testing

2011-01-05T05:03:00.000-08:00

A new version of RWDecal has gone to the beta testers. This has the exciting new feature of being able to automatically create decals for a whole route by simply creating a Google Earth path that follows the route.

It will take a while to get feedback from the testers and then to get the necessary translations done but should be available soon.

New Version Released

2010-10-07T01:43:00.001-07:00

The next incarnation of RWDecal has been released as is available to download from www.rwdecal.co.uk/download.

Enjoy

New Version of RWDecal arrives Wednesday 6th October!

2010-10-04T02:46:00.000-07:00

A new version of RWDecal will be released on Wednesday the 7th October. There are a number of new features

Compatible with the latest version of Google Earth
Translation into Croatian
Ability to hide decals temporarily so you can see what a route looks like without them
Increased altitude options
Rename decals you have already created
Move decals to a new Source/Developer/Product folder
Copy decals
Various bug fixes and minor improvements

As before the latest version will work with your existing license.

UKTS Challenge #2 and free RWDecal license

2010-09-28T01:46:00.000-07:00

For those of you that have not come across the route building challenge on UK Train Sim (UKTS) then why not head over and take a look. I am taking part as are many others. Anybody who enters can obtain a free RWDecal license and there are prizes for the winners.

The rules of the challenge etc are available on this UKTS thread.

If you have entered and wish to get your free license simply PM me on UKTS (nobkins is my username) with a link to your thread on UKTS announcing your route in the challenge, your name and your email address. A license will be sent ASAP.

Enjoy.

RWDecal Capable of Following a Google Earth Path

2010-09-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

A new feature will be appearing in RWDecal in the near future. You will be able to mark out a path in Google Earth and then save this as a KML file. RWDecal will then use the KML file to automatically mark out all the areas that need to be converted to decals.

This should save time and also standardise the areas that users selected to be converted to decals

New version coming soon!

2010-08-06T16:30:00.000-07:00

A new version of RWDecal is nearly ready. Features added include:

You can now hide decals from a route temporarily and then enable them at a later date.
Increased the number of altitude options
New translation into Croatian!
Translations are now dynamically controlled allowing anyone to create a new translation for RWDecal
Added ability to rename a decal and have all references to the decal in existing routes updated as well
Added ability to transfer decals from one Developer/Product combination to another and update any decal references in a route at the same time
Updated RWDecal to use latest version of RWAceTool by Ben Laws
Increased the number of languages that decal and marker blueprints are available in
+ many tweaks, and improvements

Once the new version has been beta tested it will go to the translators for them to work there magic and then we are ready for release. As always all existing licenses will work just download and install. No need to donate again.

Progress Update - CSV of Used Decals

2010-07-06T16:36:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post to say the transferring of decals is complete and also the searching routes to produce a CSV file of used decals. Helpful for tracking what you have used and have not.

Next task is the renaming decals. Should not take too long as I can reuse a lot of code and functions.

New features that I never thought of

2010-06-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Busy weekend in general. Couple of new features are a lot further on after a few days work:

Rename Decals - Handy if you get something wrong
Transfer decals from one Product folder to another - Perfect if half way through a route you decide to rename your folder structure (which is what I have done)

Where to Start?

2010-06-24T03:16:00.000-07:00

I thought it was about time I started a blog. I was actually going to start one for the route I am working on but have decided to the RWDecal blog first (mainly because I have not got much to go up about the route - despite several months work).

I am working on a couple of new features for RWDecal that should be quite interesting:

Hide Decals from Routes Temporalily
This will allow you to see a route without decals but without having to remove and then add them back in. Idea came from one of the beta testers (Alex Edwin)
Status: Completed

Rename Decals You have Already Created
Sometimes it is handy to rename an existing decal, for example - if the name is too long for the object fly out window. Again idea provided by Alex Edwin - In progress - Quite complex as if the decal has been placed in a route it requires searching of all routes for references to the renamed decal files
Status: In progress

Use of Partial Transparency in Decals
Code completed but hit a snag. RailWorks only supports transparent or not transparent (1 bit transparency I believe). Rail Simulator support 8 bit or partial transparency but this feature was removed in Rail Works. I have asked RS.com to add the feature back in but as yet no response. If I can get this to work then painting terrain under decals will become much easier. At the moment you can not see the terrain below the decal so you have to just hope that you painting is the way you want it. With partial transparency you would be able to see a little of the terrain behind the decal, making things a lot easier.
Status: Awaiting resolution of RailWorks limitations