Map Contours?

[Didz]

How do you bring up the map contours on the campaign maps?

I assumed that the game didn't have them and was struggling to do without, but I've just watched a video and this guy had contours visible on his map.
https://youtu.be/OTcvZ_8eVLY

[gardlt]

In Options. First page. The last option.

[Didz]

Thanks! I actually found it just before I read your post.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1308095523
So, much easier when you can see the hills^^

[chaney]

The contours are really helpful.

Tip: H is a hotkey to toggle the contours during track building. I think they need to be "on" in the options first. I'm not sure why they don't show up during Station building ... that would be nice. (Edit: they are working fine.)

Since the last update, does anyone else find that sometimes the lines don't show up where you want them? I like what I *think* they are trying to do with the dynamic rendering - showing only the most relevant contours, but recently that isn't working well. It might be better to just show all the lines static. (Edit: fine in my last game - not sure what I was doing wrong.)

[gardlt]

Contour lines when building stations were added in the last beta before launch. If they are not working for you, that's a bug.

Originally posted by chaney:

Since the last update, does anyone else find that sometimes the lines don't show up where you want them? I like what I *think* they are trying to do with the dynamic rendering - showing only the most relevant contours, but recently that isn't working well. It might be better to just show all the lines static.

Good catch. I tested on high zoom and the lines seem to be tied to your cursor position. Just mouse over whatever you want to see. Works nicely from waht I can tell. At close level will fill your whole screen. But I only play on 1920x1080. Can't speak for higher res. If you encounter some problems with the system, take some screenshots and put in a bug report. Devs are good at answering those.

[Didz]

Originally posted by chaney:

Tip: H is a hotkey to toggle the contours during track building.

Thanks again, I was wondering if there was a Hot-Key toggle for the contour lines. But then i realised that in practice they only appear when the game is in track planning mode anyway, so switching them off ceased to be an issue. In fact, I'm surprised that they aren't on by default, after all who wants to try and plan a track route without being able to see the contours of the land.