Description:
1km Square Basemap for 'tracing' contours, roads etc. over. Copy a scan of your map over '1km square A.jpg' and restart Trainz. When 'tracing' complete, delete the basemap object.

1km Square Basemap map scans must be 1024x1024 resolution and either tga, bmp or jpg image files. If you wish to use other than the default jpg format, you will need to change the 'Primary=' line in the '1km square a.texture.txt' file to reflect the new file extension, but keep the main part of the image file name the same.

NOTE: Depending on the scale of your baseboards, this 1km square will probably be larger than 1 board.

(This Basemap is based on the 720m x 720m Basemap by 'weevil' - Stuart Thurstan. I found it easier to work from maps using 1km grid squares, rather than having to chop up map images in 720m square chunks!)

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1km Basemap Pack Tutorial:

The 1km Basemap Pack is used for 'tracing' contours, roads etc. over, to enable easier positioning of items on prototypical layouts

    * Download 1km Basemap Pack v1 (275k) .cdp file here, or from the Trainz Download Station using this link: 1km Basemap Pack

    * Scan a printed map of the area you wish to make your Trainz layout from.

    * Using a Photo Editing program (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro etc.), copy an area of the map at the 1km grid square lines to the clipboard

    * Create a new image

    * Paste the copied map to the new image

    * Resize to 1024x1024 pixels

    * Save the new image to your hard disk over the Basemap file '1km square X.jpg' where 'X' is the letter A-I appropriate to the section of map being used - See picture below. (1km Basemap files are normally stored in directories "C:\Program Files\Auran\TRS2004\World\Custom\Scenery\1km Basemap A" to "..\1km Basemap I")
      NOTE: Your scanned map file must have the same name as the basemap square file it is replacing.

      section of scanned map ready for cutting into 1km square areas

    * Repeat for all sections (A-I) you wish to use

    * Restart Trainz

    * In Surveyor, add the Basemap objects (from the Scenery section) to your layout

    * Change the view to grid lines only (the button at the top right in Surveyor that looks like a silver waffle)

    * Raise or lower the height of the Basemap as necessary, so you can see the picture of the map you have scanned

    * Trace contour lines, roads, track layouts as required

    * When you have finished tracing over the Basemaps, delete them from your layout

    * The reason the pack consists of 9 individual Basemaps, is so all 8 squares around the one you're working on can be seen, and you can continue from one to another.

    * NOTE: Depending on the scale of your baseboards, these 1km squares will probably be larger than 1 board. (Why Auran chose baseboards 720mx720m is anyone's guess. I've never come across a map with grid lines at 720m intervals!)