Tips for building my first route

I want to create a OpenBVE/BVE 4 route by hand in CSV. Could anyone give some tips or suggestions and also tell me what would be required in order to do this? (like a set of objects)
I've read the How to create a route in CSV! Part 1 and 2 by ipaclansite of BVEStation and Route Building guide by Dennis Lance already by now, do I need to read something else or should I proceed to start coding?

The 2 guides you mentioned should be enough already.

Get coding

Out of curiosity is it a fictional or non fictional route?

Learn what type of format you wish to go for, .csv or .b3d if you don't fully understand either file, or where to start from get them here


http://www.bve4trainz.co.uk/learningtodevelop

Fictional. I'll be thinking of a real line later.
(Are you from Sydney? I'm too from there! Cheers mate)

Hello there!

Well, I'm faily new to all this myself, and well I started after reading Dennis Lance's tutorial, however the only other thing I'd say is to read/print the .csv route refrence for OpenBVE, however I cannot find it anywhere (Lost my printed copy and I want to refer to it right now myself!).

Also, you can use other people's objects (dont forget to check the licences), however many people on here I'm sure will encourage you to build your own objects too (somthing I suffer todo).

And if your intrested, my route thread:
https://bveworldwide.forumotion.com/t376-northern-network

Bruce.

SO many replies at once! Me Bewildered!
Thanks for the suggestion though~

mrknowitall wrote:Learn what type of format you wish to go for, .csv or .b3d if you don't fully understand either file, or where to start from get them here


http://www.bve4trainz.co.uk/learningtodevelop

I'd be going for .CSV

BruceS wrote:Hello there!

Well, I'm faily new to all this myself, and well I started after reading Dennis Lance's tutorial, however the only other thing I'd say is to read/print the .csv route refrence for OpenBVE, however I cannot find it anywhere (Lost my printed copy and I want to refer to it right now myself!).

Also, you can use other people's objects (dont forget to check the licences), however many people on here I'm sure will encourage you to build your own objects too (somthing I suffer todo).

And if your intrested, my route thread:
https://bveworldwide.forumotion.com/t376-northern-network

Bruce.

Yes, I'm gonna look at some object building tuts out there. Well it's worth a look at your thread too,

Yep, also from Sydney.

Learning object building will also be a good choice however Bruce's advice is also very useful.

Also heres one of my current work in progress productions if interested.

https://bveworldwide.forumotion.com/t54-cityrail-northern-line-wip

Yep, also from Sydney.

Learning object building will also be a good choice however Bruce's advice is also very useful.

Also heres one of my current work in progress productions if interested.

https://bveworldwide.forumotion.com/t54-cityrail-northern-line-wip

I want to really expand the Australian content for BVE. But the problem lies in the fact that there's not much of objects available.

I encountered that when I first started my route. Got over that hurdle easily by building my own stuff.

What I can't get over is the weird stares I get when photographing the ground, garbage bins etc etc for textures

@RachelBerryFan47: My sentiments exactly.

So folks, expect I'm started on coding in Notepad++ and started collecting objects and stuff etc., and I'll be updating my progress (With photos ) whenever I get free time (obviously on the weekends where there's no work hopefully)...
It'll be a English fictional route (name undecided, will be taken at the end of development) but might take a long time to collect objects.

Thanks guys for your suggestions, further suggestions are welcome,

BTW, I'm having serious difficulties registering into BVEStation Forums, if anyone could lend a hand, it'd be great. Thanks.

Hmm could anyone help me with these questions in order to register to BVEStation? My answers are in BOLD, so please cross-check it.

What letter does BVEStation start with?: B

Name the author of the original BVE, and BVE 4: Mackoy

17 / 3 then find the remainder: 2

Exterior views is present on which version of BVE?: OpenBVE

MTA New York City __________ (Fill in the blank): ?? (Transit?)

You can start coding a simple route without needing much in the way of objects. Get some practise in before you begin anything a bit more ambitious. Following Denis Lance's tutorial is the best way, I found. It worked for me at least.
You DO need to become adept at object making if you hope to make a really satisfying route.
I find the .b3d format quickest and tidiest for objects. Though it really makes little difference, you can reference both in the route structure namespace.

What I can't get over is the weird stares I get when photographing the ground, garbage bins etc etc for textures

Maybe we should get some special T-shirts, have "If found please return to the local asylum" printed on them

Yep, should be Transit...

could anyone help me with these questions in order to register to BVEStation?

If it's not straightforward to join it ain't worth joining. Obviously pitched at the average US citizen rather than a global membership. I did register ages ago, and found little of interest there. The only reason I bothered at all at all was to promote Ballyfeckin to the poor 'aul paddies who emigrated!! Which they're doin' all over again now cos we're busted!

I tried the following questions, and it's displaying


An Error Has Occurred!

So you'd better let go I'd say... no idea what that would be.

I'm gonna give up registering..

There was a new registration system in place due to spambots.

I am registered on there as well under the same name but as I registered before the new changes I am unable to help. However Dj Hammers or Chris[CT1660] could be of assistance to you.

So, as expected I started coding, and ended up with a picture taken via route viewer.

The background is cool.


Building up.. A curve at 15 degrees



Double line curve at 15 degrees to the right.



Longhorn Station

Perhaps you can try my Route Editor for route editing than Notepad++. It has (almost) complete syntax highlighting which is somehow better than no syntax highlighting at all.

Aren't you alvinwong? I'm a BIG BIG fan of you and your works! Your site is funny now lol, but I downloaded right now and I must say it deserves a lot of praise and I can see you put a hell lot of hardwork in it...

Oh I really don't know that there is a 'BIG BIG fan' of me. I thought I only have some sorts of stupid word.
And you even bookmarked my website? Hmmm...