Murchison M-Logging

MURCHISON COUNTY

Complete layouts for TRAINZ TS12, TS2010, TS2009, Classics 1/2/3, TRS2004, TRS2006

Stage 1

MURCHISON LOGGING LINE

For TRAINZ VERSIONS TS12, TS2010, TS2009, Classics 1/2/3, TRS2006, & TRS2004

Murchison Logging now supports "M-LOG" which allows for interactive operation of the logging line

(Murchison M-Log interactive operation is available under TRAINZ TS12, TS2010, TS2009, TRS2006 andTRS2004)

	- watch the wagons load and unload
	- operational log dump
	- operational logging skids
	- operational logging "decker"
	- operational log sorting yards with interactive loading and unloading facilities

(M-log is an interactive logging system developed by Rich Blake)

An extensive TRAINZ layout based on DEM (electronic Map Data) from the heart of New Zealands "Lord of the Rings" country.

The layout is approximately 45 km long starting from a mainline terminal near the main sawmill and, after hugging a rugged coast, heads in-land to various valley and high country logging camps.

While the terrain is DEM based on New Zealand's South Island terrain it is NOT a prototypical logging line and contains various mixes of logging practice. The coastal trestle line is based on New Zealands Piha Bush Tramway - a real Logging line that hugged a rugged coast and could only be used at low tide (this line functioned on and off over a period of about 70 years)

Pick on pictures for enlargement

FEATURES

MURCHISON COUNTY LOGGING includes the following features:

	45km of Narrow gauge trackage
	150+ boards
	An interactive operational layout for approximately 2hrs continuous running in one of the numerous steam logging locos now available, and about to be released, for TRAINZ
	A coastal trestle logging line based on New Zealands Piha Bush Railway that ran around a rugged surf coast for 70 years and is still a scenic walkway
	A mainline loadout interface (mainline to be added in future as Stage 2 development)

	Extensive coastal scenery
	Extensive mountain scenery
	Animated log sorting yards
	Animated log Dump
	Animated "log Decker" machine
	Animated log loading skids
	Full camera coverage
	textures - a realistic blend of over 100 custom bush and coastal textures
	30+ animated waterfalls with sound
	100's of realistic river splines
	4 lakes

	Mountain bush line
	Deep scenic gorge
	Six unique and highly detailed logging camps
	Full sounds - birds, axes, saws, rivers, waterfalls, steam haulers

	Animated axemen
	Animated log sawyers
	Steam log haulers
	Detailed Log spars
	Main Sawmill with log dump and wharf
	Bush Sawmill

More Murchison Screenshots

REVIEW & USER COMMENTS

" The Layout is magnificent! I have never seen anything like that in my entire Trainz experience."
Gary Hoorn

"As a beta tester I can tell you that this is going to be the ULTIMATE steam era layout seen thus far"
Slugmasher

"Wow, I'm totally speechless in front of the beauty of these mountains"
Andrev

"An unparalled example of layout creation skill and artistry.....I found that I was totally immersed in the reality of the scenes"
Narrowgauge (peter)

"Not only the best in Trainz, It is the best in any train sim..."

Fikalaker

What amazes me me about Murchison County is, that for all the detail, it runs as smooth as silk. Incredible job

Hfmurphy

DOWNLOADS

MURCHISON logging is a freely downloadable logging route

However it should be noted that the high standard of realistic presentation is achieved by the extensive use of the following NATURE SERIES 1 (click for details) set available on this site

PURCHASE and DOWNLOADS PAGE

	PAYWARE sets (Nature Series 1 & 2)
	PAYWARE upgrades (Nature Series 1 & 2)
	MURCHISON LAYOUTS - freeware

To enjoy your Narrow Gauge logging experience to the max download the following Narrow Gauge Steam Logging locos

CLICK on the name to download

CLIMAX by Narrowgauge

DUNKIRK by Whecsailor

SHAY by Prowler

HEISLER by Dirk Mewes

Also check out the NG Rolling Stock page for free downloads of many logging related wagons and bogies

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NARROW GAUGE ROLLING STOCK

By Peter Pardoe-Matthews (Narrowgauge)

MURCHISON COUNTY ROUTE

Computer Specifications

LAYOUT BUILDING COMPUTER

MURCHISON LOGGING layout was built on a computer with the following specs:

	1600+ AMD CPU
	256 MB ram
	GForce 3 video card (running at 1280 x 960 res)

The layouts makes advanced use of textures to realistically simulate the bush country and reduce impact on video frame rates. However, to increase the sense of realism, model trees have been added to the FULL VERSION. These have been strategically placed to minimise the impact on the CPU.

For best results the DRIVER preference settings should be set as high as possible. Here are the settings that I used:

GROUND

	Texture Passes 3/4
	Detail Level 4/5
	Draw Distance 10/12

SCENERY

Draw distance 7/12

EFFECTS

	Good weather fog 2/7
	Bad weather fog 3/11
	Particle effects 11/11

The higher the settings the better but just go as high as your system will comfortably handle - default settings are fine but texture on hills starts to display banding

LOW-SPEC TEST COMPUTER

The Full "treed" UTC version was tested on the following Low spec computer with reasonable results but, if you have a low-spec computer, you will probably find the low-poly version a better option.

	600 P3 pentium
	384 MB ram
	GForce 2 video card (running at 1024 x 768 res)
	TRAINZ settings at default

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND that this is a marrow gauge logging route. As such it has steeper than normal inclines (generally 3-5 degrees but sometimes up to 6 degrees) and sharper curves.

The layout is designed for slow bush lockeys such as Narrow Gauges Climax, Prowlers Shay, Whecsailors Dunkirk and Dirk Mewes Heisler that travel between 10-20 km\hr full speed.

Please don't get niggly at the lack of speed signs and signals - this is a rough and ready early 1900's bush line - where innovation and improvisation where the rule.

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