Reducing the number of .ace files per shape.

Hi all

I use TSM for modelling and PSP for making textures, but I'm not an expert.

When I build a scenery object I always end up with several textures even for simple things like walls for instance, EG:.........

MHBrickWallMain.ace
MHBrickWallEnd.ace
MHConcreteCoping.ace
MHConcreteCopingEnd.ace

4 different textures just for a wall section, yet I have seen other quite complex shapes with all the different bits on one .ace file especially rolling stock, station buildings etc.

Is there any way to force TSM to combine all the applied textures into one .ace file? or is there another way of doing it?

I told you I wasn't an expert

Thanks
Mark

Don't use TSM to make ace files.
Better to make them as Bitmaps (.bmp) in your paint program then use Aceit to convert to ace.
Put the bmp in the same folder as your TSM .dst file.
Try to fit as much as possible into the .bmp and remember that two 256x256 .bmps can be bigger than one 512x512 .bmps in file size.

When you convert your TSM model to MSTS don't use the Convert Texture option - use the ace file you have already made. TSM will loose quality.

Don't get too strict. Make a smaller ace if you can't fit everything.

Thanks Ian.

I'll give that a go and see how I get on with it.