[Bus] Volvo 8700/8700LE

ViMaX · Jan 13th 2019

Type of project: Bus
Name of project: Volvo 8700
Involved persons: Me, RATTI, Nalle®, Marpe

Hello!

After years of development of this project on OMSI and feeling that OMSI is approaching it's end-of-life, i've decided to transfer it onto LOTUS when it's possible.

At the moment i do not have much to show LOTUS-wise, as the Streets module is not yet available. (I hope it will be soon)

What i'm hoping to achieve in future is several variations of the 8700, as well as a map of BRT bus line in Helsinki, to accompany the buses.

Below are some current pictures & video from OMSI:

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Janine · Jan 13th 2019

Hey, great to hear that! I don't know if you noticed, but you are already able to import a "street vehicle" like a bus as such. And except for actual driving you are able to configure it completely. Lights, animations, doors, passenger information, sounds, defects, ... You can do a lot of work before the Street module is released. The tools and your work remain the same until then and afterwards.

Regards! Looking forward to it!

ViMaX · Jan 15th 2019

Hi!

Thanks, by your encouragement i tested out importing parts of this thing into LOTUS. Apart from a few errors/oddities in the Content Tool, i got it working.

[IMG:https://i.imgur.com/5HEfHqu.jpg]

The only bad things i see right now are the non-existent anti-aliasing for some reason, and a strange 'shadow Z-fighting' graphical error in some spots of the mesh. (I checked the meshes thoroughly and there should not be any duplicate faces, otherwise it would have affected Shadow/AO baking in Blender already.)

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I'll post the rest of errors i've encountered in Bug list forum, or should i post them in here?

ViMaX · Feb 3rd 2019

A little progress update, slowly importing more parts.

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Heuliez · Feb 3rd 2019

This quality...

OMG, I'm dying.

nerokatti · Mar 20th 2019

Hello.

Where is it possible for me to contact you ViMaX ?

ViMaX · Mar 20th 2019

Quote from volvoguy64

Hello.

Where is it possible for me to contact you ViMaX ?

With a direct message, right on this forum.

nerokatti · Mar 21st 2019

Hold on, can't find a button for that

Kira · Mar 21st 2019

nerokatti

With this button you can open a small menu and start a private conversation

nerokatti · Mar 21st 2019

For me there is only "Follow, Block, Report user profile".

Kira · Mar 21st 2019

Unfortunately, I forgot to mention that private messages are only available if your account is at least 5 days old (I think it was 5 days, but I'm not totally sure).

Maybe Janine can make an exception for you, if you like.

nerokatti · Mar 21st 2019

Quote from Kira

Unfortunately, I forgot to mention that private messages are only available if your account is at least 5 days old (I think it was 5 days, but I'm not totally sure).

Maybe Janine can make an exception for you, if you like.

Janine · Mar 21st 2019

You can now write PMs.

Busseem · Aug 19th 2019

Is there one or more versions of this bus?

nerokatti · Aug 19th 2019

Quote from Espoo Traveler

Is there one or more versions of this bus?

"What I'm hoping to achieve in future is several variations of the 8700". At the moment only one from what I've seen.

User2151 · Oct 6th 2019

Maybe you could upload the bus for OMSI 2 first so we can see if there are any bugs and then import it to LOTUS?

Great work so far.

Kind regards

TheFaceoffHD

gt670dn · Oct 6th 2019

What would that achieve? The whole scripting language is completely different, so is the configuration in the Content-Tool, which didn't exist in Omsi. That would just be doubled work.

ViMaX · Oct 6th 2019

Quote from TheFaceoffHD

Maybe you could upload the bus for OMSI 2 first so we can see if there are any bugs and then import it to LOTUS?

Like gt670dn said, what for? I've spent last 4-5 years developing the bus in OMSI, and it works quite fine in it apart from some missing features. But, due to personal reasons and some inherent limitations of what OMSI can do & handle, the project is now coming to LOTUS.

There are some 'bugs', such as the flickering shadows, but that's a LOTUS-specific thing.

User2151 · Oct 7th 2019

Quote from ViMaX

Quote from TheFaceoffHD

Maybe you could upload the bus for OMSI 2 first so we can see if there are any bugs and then import it to LOTUS?

Like gt670dn said, what for? I've spent last 4-5 years developing the bus in OMSI, and it works quite fine in it apart from some missing features. But, due to personal reasons and some inherent limitations of what OMSI can do & handle, the project is now coming to LOTUS.

There are some 'bugs', such as the flickering shadows, but that's a LOTUS-specific thing.

Ah okay

Nalle R · Dec 20th 2019

Quote from volvorider64

Quote from Espoo Traveler

Is there one or more versions of this bus?

"What I'm hoping to achieve in future is several variations of the 8700". At the moment only one from what I've seen.

Be patient with that