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For some aspects of route building I prefer Google Earth pictures as a map overlay, but sometimes the additional information provided in a proper map would be helpful. Also, sometimes the Google Earth photos are lacking in detail, especially when there are long shadows. So would it be possible to ...

I just had an idea. HD terrain only supports 16 ground textures, but I heard you can give a texture as many colour tints as you want. So wouldn't it be possible to work with the colouring options instead of solid colour textures for HD terrains?

I have been playing around a bit and got it to work "in principle", but the overlay textures are looking quite disappointing. I guess this is caused by the new HD terrain feature that restricts ground textures to just 16. I am using Trainz plus 2022, so I suppose I will have to live with it.

I am both new to Trainz and TransDEM but I have some experience with other rail software. My ultimate goal is modeling the rail (and maybe also tram) network in a fairly large area in Germany, about 40 by 40 km total. Before I start digging into it, I have a very basic question.

Would I have to ...