Friday 2010-09-03 Dev. update and Discussions

[peterwoods@supanet.com]

Agree with comment elsewhere that:
1. The train is out of scale with road(s) which are at best B class but probably C.

Compare this rather crude edit with original.



2. Train tracks crossing roads always have what is known in UK as "Level Crossings" if not bridged.

[David603]

Originally Posted by peterwoods@supanet.com

Agree with comment elsewhere that:
1. The train is out of scale with road(s) which are at best B class but probably C.

Compare this rather crude edit with original.

Now the rest of the landscape is out of scale with the train and the roads. Look at the trees, and there are two crossings with the length of the train. I am still convinced the problem is that the roads are too wide, the train was almost certainly to scale.

[brando]

Originally Posted by David603

Now the rest of the landscape is out of scale with the train and the roads. Look at the trees, and there are two crossings with the length of the train. I am still convinced the problem is that the roads are too wide, the train was almost certainly to scale.

This is unfortunate in that no English railway would have road crossings with no gates or signals, whatever class the roads were. This kind of arrangement was in place by the late nineteenth century, keeping roads and rails entirely separate for safety reasons. As mentioned, trains ran on embankments or in cuttings and the bridge was the most common form of crossing, rail over road or vice versa. Most of the railway system was fenced, to keep the public and farm stock off the lines - in fact this separation was enforced by laws laid down in the 19th century - and are still in place in modern times.

Maybe it's expecting too much from a game that is really devoted to flight and aerial combat for the railway system to look authentic. It's not going to put me off buying or flying SoW-BoB, because so much of the rest is looking so good.