Here's something nice, Rolling Line now has a proper photo mode!
In this photo mode you can pause time, move the camera around, change things like time of day, customize post-processing effects and even save HD screenshots.
There use to be a very bare-bones camera mode in the game (more like a developer tool) but this new photo mode is much more user friendly and has tons of new options.
You can press 'C' at any time to open photo mode, and press 'Shift+C" to re-center the camera on your player view.
Screenshot capture
Firstly, you can now save screenshots directly in-game!
Pressing "take screenshot" will save a screenshot to your PC, which you can find by using the "open screenshot folder" button.
You can even take an HD screenshot (2x your screens resolution) with the "take HD screenshot" option!
You can also do things like switch between miniature and large scale, pause time, set the field of view, and hide the photo mode UI (this is for when you want to take a steam screenshot with no UI on screen).
All of these options also have keyboard shortcuts which are listed in the photo mode UI.
Post Processing
From within photo mode you can also adjust all sorts of post processing effects!
These include:
- Color correction (contrast, saturation)
- Ambient occlusion
- Depth of field
- Bloom
All of these effects carry across into normal gameplay too, so you can choose to add effects like DoF and bloom to your normal gameplay:
With all these new settings you can make your screenshots more beautiful than ever!
Since these effects apply to normal gameplay, this means you can use post-processing in your workshop thumbnails too.
Bloom is especially useful for night-time scenes, to emphasize headlights:
All of these options can also be set in the standard pause menu (outside of photo mode).
You can find them in the "pause menu -> graphics -> post processing options" menu.
Photo mode can also be opened in VR, but it must be controlled using a keyboard and mouse on the computer (there are no in-VR controls).
Effects like Depth of field also work in VR too!
Store page cleanup & new icons
As you might have spotted, Rolling Line now has a whole new set of Icons and branding based on the new Brazil layout!
There are a bunch of new screenshots on the store page too.
I'm working on updating the store page to reflect all the new features rolling line has gained over the years, since all the information was quite old.
I'm going to be recording a new trailer showing off the Paranapiacaba map as part of this, so keep an eye out for that!
Other things
Though the photo mode is the main feature, this update also includes a range of fixes and other things:
- New random variations of starting trains on the Paranapiacaba map. Now when you start a new game of the Brazil map there are multiple types of trains and locations you might start from.
- Added new single rows of vineyards as props.
- Adjusted wind and thunder values for some weather presets.
- There is now no setting for "allow photo mode", it is always accessible without any need for a setting.
- Fixed issue with menu buttons being spaced out on the quickMod spawning drawer.
- Fixed the same issue on the signal menu.
- The standalone player icon has been updated.
Anyway, this update should have quite a big effect on the quantity and quality of screenshots! taking screenshots just got a whole lot more enjoyable, easier and customizable.
Also, remember that I post screenshots all the time on my Twitter:
https://twitter.com/gaugepunk
So keep an eye on that and i might post something of yours!
I post screenshots from Steam, Discord and I take my own screenshots of all sorts of workshop maps.
Twitter is also the most up-to-date place for you to get news on what im working on (and what the next update is going to be)
Share your screenshots on the Steam community, or even share the link in the comments of this news post and your screenshot might show up on Twitter!
Enjoy!