22:52  12.02.2001

     Soviet Armored Train

    Hm, actually - no. These files make the train look like a soviet armored one - the shape is quite correct. But unfortunately nothing more. Because:
1. It is not armored, not 'stronger' - as I do not know how to change these settings in the EAW files, the armored train can be destroyed as easy as the ordinary one.
2. It is not more dangerous for you than the 'chateaus' and the windmills in the countryside - as I do not know how to change weapons' settings, the train will be 'quiet', no matter that it looks like a hedgehog with all these guns. Relax, not even a single bullet will be shot at you. Think about it this way - all the gunners have received parcels from home and all are deep /vodka/ asleep.
3. As far as I know, the EAW uses same traun & wagons for both sides of the front - except for the platform with Panther tank, which can be seen only in Germany. So, you'll see soviet armored trains in the axis countries, too. But that's not a problem.
4. The train was going to be much more realistic and good looking, if only I knew how to choose which wagons and in what order to be used. Unfortunately, this is another thing that I could not find out.
5. The engine's smoke is coming from a wrong place - sorry, do not know how to move it.

   So, after all this, if you still want to use it, unzip the files in your EAW folder. 

   Please, let me know if you know a way to fix any of the listed above problems.

  WingmanT      
WingmanT@abv.bg
http://wingmant.topcities.com

P.S. The train engine is 'washed' - no details. But this is not a mistake - the original that I was looking from was exactly like this - flat armor, no pipes, tubes or whatever.
  Also, of you do not like the 'art' on the sides - the texts 'For Stalin' and 'For Vodka', and the red flag - repaint them in the *.PCX files. Just remember - when transforming to *.TPC, add one 's' before the '.' - if not, the EAW will not recognize the file and will use the old one. For example:  picpac -p tran01.pcx tran01s.tpc

And at last - good news - added modified *s.3dz files, fixing the shadow problem - for all terrains the train will have good, normal black shadows - there will be no conflict with the tree's shadows, etc. 



