Austrian signs public test

[Tomas9970]

Hello. After going through the learning phase of making Zusi content, I think I finally have something that can be presented and tested for being production-ready. It's basically all the signs and signals that I need added for the Dürnkrut module. For everything that is done, there are obviously more variants (like different mounting options) that exist in the real world but I think it's already enough for me to only create what's needed and leave a good structure that would allow for adding these in the future if necessary.

More specificly I have:
Main signal distance boards (the red and white stripes)
Distant signal distance boards (regular variant with reflex tape)
Level crossing contacts (two variants with modern reflective signs and older non-reflective ones)
End of traction sign for placing on switch signals (not really needed now but it's done. They also shouldn't be accessible normally)
Station announcement signs (old and new variant)
Snow-plow signs (two variants)
Border markers (Grenzmarke)

Here's the repository where you can get the files. It's a working repository for the whole thing but for now, I just want to review everything in the "Signals" folder. The switches are still to be made so please don't judge that too hard.
https://gitlab.com/tomas9970_zusi-stuff ... asset-pack

And here's the source repository if someone wanted to illustrate a point.
https://gitlab.com/tomas9970_zusi-stuff ... ack-source

Please report back any findings or odd things that you find as well as any ideas for improvements. Thanks for taking your time .

[Carsten Hölscher]

I have not opened the downloads. Is this a different signalling system than the Austrian signals we already have?

Carsten

[Tomas9970]

Hello. It's not a new signaling system but it's a set of signs and bits that should complement the light signals that we already have and make it possible to build a decent Austrian route. Light signals on their own just aren't all that useful and while I could just use them, borrow pieces from the German kit for everything else (like what Train Sim World did) and ignore the more unique bits, I want to do better than that. And that's why I'm making this pack.

Once this gets approved, the next thing will be switch kits (with new point machines) and catenary additions like cross-spans and these extended cantilevers. Then other bits within the track area. So there's quite a long way to go in this case.

[Tomas9970]

I just want to ask. Is there any update on this? I see that Carsten himself has gone radio-silent the moment I clarified what I'm after, which would be understandable considering what kind of package this is (something that goes into the core game) but I would still appreciate to know what's going on (and what might be happening in the future) as this whole thing is pretty important for me.

Like I don't expect anything to go through on first try without question. I understand that everything takes time and that there will unavoidably be remarks and issues to fix but I want to know what to expect.

Thanks for the answer.

[Carsten Hölscher]

I think one of the experienced signal creators should take a look at your files.

Carsten

[Tomas9970]

Hello. Alwin kindly gave me a review with a list of issues to fix and here are my corrections. Tested and uploaded to the repo.

1.) Renamed the Abstandstafelen folder to Abstandstafeln.
2.) Renamed the Eisenbahnkreuzungen_signale folder to Eisenbahnkreuzungen-Signale.
3.) Renamed the Hauptsignal_kennzeichen folder to Hauptsignal-Kennzeichen.
4.) On all signal models, I removed the 3D clips and made them 2D only.

Reason for the last one is that there is no difference when looking from further than 5-10 meters and I don't want to have any models that could be considered LOD0.

If there are no further issues, I will leave the Signals folder as it is and continue with work on the switch kits.