Paint, Logos, Decals, Letters, and Skins

[geozero]

Ok, I get the idea on making skins. It's a bit tedious. Is there a way to do that from inside the game? Would seem easy to be able to bring in logos, decals, images right into the game in the customization screen and place them where you want. Same for adding text. I'm at a low level and haven't seen this but wondering if there is a way to do in-game instead of skins. And if not, why can't Devs add something like this?

[Hypertext Eye]

Not something you can do right now. Why not? Well I don't see any reason why they can't add it, but they seem to be prioritizing other things. For now we do have skins and that seems to be good enough for most people.

[Thudball LeStudd]

My first Trainz simulator had a paintshop with it where you could design your own main engine & rolling stocks that you could also paint any way you wanted, kinda like a glorified MS-Paint with all the trimmings for game item preferences. It was great seeing my own creations as well as my own company lettering on the trains. Today I don't think you can do it with the latest versions anymore... sad.

[geozero]

Originally posted by Tenderfoot77:

My first Trainz simulator had a paintshop with it where you could design your own main engine & rolling stocks that you could also paint any way you wanted, kinda like a glorified MS-Paint with all the trimmings for game item preferences. It was great seeing my own creations as well as my own company lettering on the trains. Today I don't think you can do it with the latest versions anymore... sad.

Trainz did away with that after a couple of years. Over time they have concentrated on charging for content, and not sure if skins are even possible anymore in the latest version - which I recently bought but have little time in.

I can't imagine that this could not be done easily in this game. I'd even pay a DLC for it. You have somewhat limited trucks (and trailers), and unlike Trainz there would not be too many different variants.

So I think it should be looked into. Not many people know how to skin or have the right software, or the time or the patience. I use PhotoShop almost everyday, but still don't want to have additional skinning programs, etc. PLUS, if it was built in you could see changes on the fly in 3D.

DEVS: all you need is provide a way to upload images, color right on the truck - perhaps provide some basic shapes like lines, squares, circles, etc. (FORZA racing games and others already do this for example). Then add ability to write text using different fonts, sizes, bold/italics, and color.

Really that is all that is needed. If you provided this (even as a DLC) I think it would go a long way for the entire community, and a stop gap while we wait for whatever next big DLC is.