U.K. Catenary won’t touch the pantograph
- car112
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U.K. Catenary won’t touch the pantograph
On various routes in Trainz when there are elevation changes to the terrain, the pantograph on a locomotive or EMU would slightly rise above the wire or slighter descend below the wire. Since catenary is only scenery splines, is this acceptable? On Midshire Mainline V3, I found this to be a common occurrence when there is a change in terrain. Is there a way so that all catenary splines on a route can be leveled for the pantograph to touch the wire for the entire length of the route? For my Gramsby Line route, the elevation will be zero constantly throughout the entire route to avoid this issue.
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Re: U.K. Catenary won’t touch the pantograph
Im afraid i dont know how, perhaps ask nexusdj himself?
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Re: U.K. Catenary won’t touch the pantograph
This happens because the catenary splines are longer than the track splines (as in real life, the track will have a smooth curve to it, but the OHLE is always comprised of straight sections). A workaround is to move the masts closer together and tweak the spline point heights, but there isn't really a solution since Trainz doesn't support a dynamic pantograph height
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Re: U.K. Catenary won’t touch the pantograph
There's only really one way to resolve this, and that's to use more modern OHLE splines such as those made by nexusdj himself. I should know as I've replaced all the original OHLE on the Midshire route with the newer stuff. There are still places where the panto might rise or fall above or below the wire but to make sure it's 100% right for 100% of the route would take ages.