It's time to finally post some news on the Brazil layout!
As mentioned a while ago, i visited Brazil (Sao Paulo) last year, and since then I've been working on an official layout based on one of the places i visited there called Paranapiacaba!
I originally said that this new Brazil content was going to be paid DLC, but since then I have decided to instead release this all as free updates!
Some of the Brazil content has already been released, like the V8 locomotive and lots of props that I made specifically for this map.
But the best part is still to come, the map itself!
This map is by far the most detailed and complex layout I've worked on, and the first new layout I've added since the old Santa Fe. So much of Rolling Line has changed since back then, and this layout acts as a showcase of what Rolling Line is capable of now, 2 years after it's release day!
The map is still not finished, but today I would love to show everyone a preview of what has been built so far. The whole map will hopefully be released within the next month or so, and it will be completely 100% free!
Here are a bunch of HD screenshots of the complete parts of the map, you can view a full resolution version on the Imgur links included.
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You can view the full album of screenshots (including a few more!) here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/LL6ZF90
Paranapiacaba
Paranapiacaba is an abandoned company town which is now open for the public to explore, and it's at the top of a huge funicular railway which takes freight from the sea at Santos all the way up to the high plateau which Paranapiacaba and Sao Paulo city are on.
This means that the layout features a steep funicular incline with toothed rails and a special geared locomotive to operate on it! This new loco is the Hitachi side-rod, and will be added in it's own update before the full map is released.
Here's some of my photos from my visit, which were used as inspiration when designing the map:
There is also a bunch of freight wagons (like tanker cars, Brazilian style boxcars, hoppers) that will be added in their own update still to come!
But anyway, now on to what is included in this update:
New props
This update adds a bunch of general props which i've used in the Paranapiacaba map.
This includes a whole bunch of new power poles and yard towers:
And a new style of bridge:
A bunch of modular stairs and small stairwells:
The power station prop has now been split into individual modular pieces and is also paintable:
There is also a new station shelter prop:
In addition to these new props, there are also a bunch of bug fixes:
- Fixed snow plows, the last update broke dynamic snow (which would no longer be cleared) this has now been fixed.
- Fixed the plow position on the Big boy, it now parents to the proper front wheels, not the boiler.
- Steam particles are now disabled at a distance, before they still remained visible despite the train being hidden by LOD.
- Rotating a prop while placing use to stop working if you toggled snapping while placing. this is now fixed and prop rotating works as is should.
- Fixed bug where biome brushes would have problems being deleted when falling off the map, which was causing save file problems.
- Fixed minor mesh bug on one of the trees.
And that's all for now!
I hope you enjoy the new preview screenshots of the Paranapiacaba map, and that you're just as excited as me to see it finished!