Legacy Route Vegetation & Grass EP TSW5

This mod replaces older style TSW2&3 vegetation and grass with something similar to the newer style introduced by DTG in TSW4

These foliage materials & textures have much improved level of detail (LODs). The grasses are more dense, lush and have a greater draw distance when linked with the draw distance commands in engine.ini
Some terrain grass and embankment textures have been replaced to match the colour of the new grasses.

We have deliberately excluded larger trees from this pack.

Various UK, DE & US routes are supported.

Files Updated 13 Oct 24 for TSW5 and combined into a single pak
Delete all mods called "!!BescotJetwash-GroundfoliageEP_xxx.pak" where xxx is the DLC route code

Requirements

No requirements other than TSW5.

Installation Instructions

Unzip the contents of the zip to your TSW5 DLC folder.

Additional Comments

To get the most out of the pack, you need to do one of two things. Either use Jetwash's Lighting and Graphic Overhaul (https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/mods/c3-train-sim-world/c105-ini-tweaks/i3889-tsw4-lighting-graphic-enhancement-version-35) which means you don't need to do anything as this is already set up for you or, if you don't use it, you should ensure that these values are higher than 1 in your main engine.ini . I'd recommend a value of 3

r.ViewDistanceScale=3
foliage.LODDistanceScale=3

If you cannot afford a r.ViewDistanceScale which is >1, then leave the value as 1. Use grass.CullDistanceScale=2 instead. This will double the default grass draw distance and provide a smooth fade out.

Your engine.ini file can be found in Documents\My Games\TrainSimWorld4\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEdit

Tags: ep foliage vegetation