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I'm making a video game where there's a huge area that's off-limits because of a massive train crash. It's going to be implied that the train was secretly carrying nerve gas. The game is set in a vague time period that's somewhere within 35 years of present day. Is there a specific model of train that I should research? Does anyone have any good reference photos for me to make the 3D model? It preferably should look like a train to people, but I think going to, like, an iconic steam-engine train is probably too much.
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>>1076842
Bump, no idea what the answer is but this sounds cool.
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Screenshot of non-train-related area of game for bump.
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>>1076842
> It's going to be implied that the train was secretly carrying nerve gas
Model it after the Tokyo subway.
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>>1076842
Where is the game set? And when you say "within 35 years of present day", do you mean 35 years in the past or 35 years in the future?
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>>1076866
Both directions. It's got a mix of technology. Landline phones, but lazer guns, and VR, too. It's set in a shitty pit stop of a town where something horribly wrong has happened and you can't tell reality from hallucination / delirium.
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>>1076871
sounds cool. From the screen you posted it looks more like it's based on US-american designs, so out of all the recent-ish american passenger trains i think the Metroliner is a perfect fit. It has that cool retro-futuristic vibe and also looks like it could be a tank car.
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>>1076906
or maybe something more euro?
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>>1076906
That's great, thanks!
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>>1076862
I understand this reference.
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>>1076842
>>1076871
Apology for poor english
What you need, I think, is the idea of a train.
Let me give you an example. When you think of cars, the idea of the car is somehow always a square box with two wheels, seen from the side. Thus, the idea of the car comes to resemble a volvo 240. If it's a sportscar, the idea of the car will be an open mazda miata. So you need to think of how you can make a train, make it cool, without people misunderstanding the idea. I don't know if I'm making myself understandable here. Go for an easy-to-understand solution. Push-pull locomotive with carriages. It has always been the best solution, and always will be. In every aspect of life.
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If it was carrying nerve gas I would guess you'd want it to be a freight train?
There's also a thread about electric freight trains here: >>1067178
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