One thing that is bothering me about this shell is the roof line. See the floating tiles in this pic:
When I was playing with @soocoolsim Elf Express cars, I redid the roof when I expanded the car this way:
It has those little horns on the ends, but no floating tiles.
Is there some way to make the floating tiles disappear without redoing the roof? Probably not, but I thought I'd get your take on this before attempting a fix.
I'll be out for several hours now. I hope you are all having fun with your designs.
Sorry, I haven't caught up with the thread, but is it possible to turn CFE on, and place a ceiling tile inside to have them snap back into place?
You are indeed a genius. I will go load my game and try that now.
Nope, it's not working for me. I'm missing something. I can't figure out how to put ceiling tiles on the underside of frieze, so I just keep raising and lowering the level of the roof. I extended the roof and added ceiling tiles on the extension and I played with changing the slope on the end pieces and putting them back. At one point I had a roof like the Elf Express. At another I had the "horns." At another I had a mini gable look in the middle. I can not get all the floating tiles to go away and stay gone. I moved out my all-in-ones. I put them back. I took out the ceiling lights I had in them. I made sure MOO was off.
Check and see if all your floating tiles are gone. Then go into edit town and back again (after turning off all the cheats). Are still all gone for you?
Thanks everyone for highlighting opportunities for improvement. Experimenting is part of the creative process, right. Rox and Sandy are currently wrapping up the appearance of the other two cars and tweaks will be applied to the upcoming release.
@Jessabeans , thanks for providing the CFE tip. Circling back to let you know the engine lot size at the head of each train is 30 x 15.
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It's like whenever you lower the frieze, the tile stays where the frieze was. I've deleted and rebuilt over and over. I'm tired of playing with it. Whenever someone gets it to work, I'd love it if you let me know exactly what you did.
It's like whenever you lower the frieze, the tile stays where the frieze was. I've deleted and rebuilt over and over. I'm tired of playing with it. Whenever someone gets it to work, I'd love it if you let me know exactly what you did.
Oh dear, how discouraging. I hope I can explain how I did it (and remember) how I fixed it, lol.
Ok, the first shell lot I tried, it worked right away by me turning on CFE and just laying down new floor tiles (not ceiling tiles) on top of the black ones that were already there on the bottom of the frieze. The floating tiles were gone and I was tilting the screen all over the place and didn't see them come back. And it was still ok coming in and out of edit town and turning off cheats.
So then I decided to check another lot that I placed (same shell), and it didn't work this time. And I thought, what the heck?! But then somehow I was able to tilt my screen enough to get underneath the frieze's ceiling and it let me lay down new tiles on the ceiling (not the floor) of the frieze, and the ceiling tiles on the frieze were kinda broken up I remember. That seemed to work and the floating tiles disappeared. But I was getting frustrated because it wouldn't work the first way I was doing it. Why it required different tiles to be laid (floor vs ceiling), I don't know, and I was doing the same exact thing that I had done on the first lot. Weird.
The good news is that the new shells for the other trains should have it fixed. If you can't get your lot to work, maybe you could send one of us your library file to see if we can get it to work.
@ciane Once I got with the program and saw the problem, I fixed it the way @Sandraelle did the second time. I think I was zoomed pretty far from the car with camera tilted up like you would have it to see any ceiling (but not under the ceiling - further away), and I could see the ceiling tiles in there - they were broken up for me, too - and placing ceiling tile there fixed it. I've done it with two lots, been back in and out a couple times, and haven't seen them return.
@ciane Once I got with the program and saw the problem, I fixed it the way @Sandraelle did the second time. I think I was zoomed pretty far from the car with camera tilted up like you would have it to see any ceiling (but not under the ceiling - further away), and I could see the ceiling tiles in there - they were broken up for me, too - and placing ceiling tile there fixed it. I've done it with two lots, been back in and out a couple times, and haven't seen them return.
Oh good, glad you got yours to work!! Yay! I always hate dealing with those floating ceiling tiles, they're such a pain! LOL
@Sandraelle and @suzses - Okay. Thank you both so much. I can't see the ceiling tiles on the top of the frieze, which is what you are telling me. So I'll just keep trying to get an angle where they'll show up.
You are life savers!!! I was finally able to put ceiling tiles under there and magically as you all said, the floaters disappeared!
@Sandraelle and @suzses - Okay. Thank you both so much. I can't see the ceiling tiles on the top of the frieze, which is what you are telling me. So I'll just keep trying to get an angle where they'll show up.
@ciane Do you have edge scrolling turned on? Sometimes it will bounce the camera around when you are trying to see the ceilings.
Yes. I do have edge scrolling on. Maybe that was part of the problem. And you did say ceiling tiles @Jessabeans, but I couldn't see them because I was too close in, I guess. Far out they finally appeared. I had tried to put them on the floaters before, but that didn't work.
Thanks to everyone for your help and input! The floating tiles are gone, bike racks turned and the Fire be Gone has been turned around. Hopefully all this will help!
My Thanks to @Sandraelle for doing the colors and helping find a logo for these two new ones!
Thanks very much @romagi1 . This certainly has been a lot more than you bargained for when you agreed to assist. My deep appreciation for sticking with it 🤗
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@romagi, thanks for getting the other trains up, they look awesome. I’m sure you are glad to be done with them and now looking forward to decorating one, lol.
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Okay, I just have to play test that and see if I need to play with the bike holders or not, and possible recolor the All-in-ones.
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Lovely restaurant car @ciane . Lots of dining options too. Well done! I’ve added the link to your picture thread on page 1 😃
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When I was playing with @soocoolsim Elf Express cars, I redid the roof when I expanded the car this way:
It has those little horns on the ends, but no floating tiles.
Is there some way to make the floating tiles disappear without redoing the roof? Probably not, but I thought I'd get your take on this before attempting a fix.
I'll be out for several hours now. I hope you are all having fun with your designs.
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@Ciane, I didn't notice those since I had not taken any pictures yet (and that's usually when I catch them, lol), but I see them now in my game.
@suzses, I already tried using the sledgehammer and it won't delete them. I think it's because of the CFE. Hoping Paula or Rox will have a solution.
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Jess, you are a genius, that in fact did it and now they're gone, yay!!! Thanks so much!
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Ah, ok. I hadn't seen any yet so hadn't tried in this case.
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You are indeed a genius. I will go load my game and try that now.
Nope, it's not working for me. I'm missing something. I can't figure out how to put ceiling tiles on the underside of frieze, so I just keep raising and lowering the level of the roof. I extended the roof and added ceiling tiles on the extension and I played with changing the slope on the end pieces and putting them back. At one point I had a roof like the Elf Express. At another I had the "horns." At another I had a mini gable look in the middle. I can not get all the floating tiles to go away and stay gone. I moved out my all-in-ones. I put them back. I took out the ceiling lights I had in them. I made sure MOO was off.
Check and see if all your floating tiles are gone. Then go into edit town and back again (after turning off all the cheats). Are still all gone for you?
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Thanks everyone for highlighting opportunities for improvement. Experimenting is part of the creative process, right. Rox and Sandy are currently wrapping up the appearance of the other two cars and tweaks will be applied to the upcoming release.
@Jessabeans , thanks for providing the CFE tip. Circling back to let you know the engine lot size at the head of each train is 30 x 15.
Let’s keep in touch on Answers HQ until the new EA forums are launched in July!
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Oh dear, how discouraging. I hope I can explain how I did it (and remember) how I fixed it, lol.
Ok, the first shell lot I tried, it worked right away by me turning on CFE and just laying down new floor tiles (not ceiling tiles) on top of the black ones that were already there on the bottom of the frieze. The floating tiles were gone and I was tilting the screen all over the place and didn't see them come back. And it was still ok coming in and out of edit town and turning off cheats.
So then I decided to check another lot that I placed (same shell), and it didn't work this time. And I thought, what the heck?! But then somehow I was able to tilt my screen enough to get underneath the frieze's ceiling and it let me lay down new tiles on the ceiling (not the floor) of the frieze, and the ceiling tiles on the frieze were kinda broken up I remember. That seemed to work and the floating tiles disappeared. But I was getting frustrated because it wouldn't work the first way I was doing it. Why it required different tiles to be laid (floor vs ceiling), I don't know, and I was doing the same exact thing that I had done on the first lot. Weird.
The good news is that the new shells for the other trains should have it fixed. If you can't get your lot to work, maybe you could send one of us your library file to see if we can get it to work.
Be back later.
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Oh good, glad you got yours to work!! Yay! I always hate dealing with those floating ceiling tiles, they're such a pain! LOL
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You are life savers!!! I was finally able to put ceiling tiles under there and magically as you all said, the floaters disappeared!
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@ciane Do you have edge scrolling turned on? Sometimes it will bounce the camera around when you are trying to see the ceilings.
Thank you all for being awesome!
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My Thanks to @Sandraelle for doing the colors and helping find a logo for these two new ones!
Your link for the British Pullman car!
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The link for the Royal Scotsman car!
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Thanks very much @romagi1 . This certainly has been a lot more than you bargained for when you agreed to assist. My deep appreciation for sticking with it 🤗
Let’s keep in touch on Answers HQ until the new EA forums are launched in July!
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You’re welcome @ciane, so glad it worked for you.
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Thanks for the new world file @Jessabeans . Perfect timing for me to test the engine tomorrow 😄
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