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that is waaaay too narrow.

I definitely agree with Eddi here. IMNSHO Pikka's new finescale tracks are too finescale and not a good guide for vehicle width.

In original Isometry definition, length/width/height should be in an 1:1:1 ratio, now the length has the game-induced scale problems, but i see no reason to apply the same distortion to the width scale as well. that means in the / view, a height of 4m (8px), a width of 3m would imply something closer to 6px.

My math says 6px in the triangle side should translate to 3px in Y and 5.2px in X direction

Which math now? If the side viewed diagonally is six pixels long, I really don't see how it could be shorter at a 90° angle.
If you switched number 1 and number 3, the newest template is correct.

no, i meant within the / view the X and Y coordinates.

• l = 6
• alpha = arctan(1/2) ~ 26.5°

• delta y = l*sin(alpha) = 6*sin(arctan(1/2)) ~ 2.6833
• delta x = l*cos(alpha) = 6*cos(arctan(1/2)) ~ 5.3666

OK, then the template is fine now (5.36 ~ 5, 2.68 ~ 3).

anyway, that still doesn't mean it "looks right"...

no, it does really not...

the | view doesn't work well with the default tracks, that's IMHO the biggest argument for not changing the width at all. the slanted view needs to become wider, and possibly the lower ent moved one pixel to the left (less offset to the | view). and in the / view the offset of the mail wagon doesn't match the offset of the passenger wagon. besides that, the white roof is very white, the green wagons are very grey,

i hope i didn't forget anything.

the | view doesn't work well with the default tracks, that's IMHO the biggest argument for not changing the width at all

Or for going to six pixels right away 8) We do have a track set for this anyway, theoretically.
The white is white because it was, and the green looks gray because of the white. Look closely and you'll see it's the same color used on the locomotive. Of course, the white wouldn't have stayed white for long, but it's a little difficult to model that without access to last_service_date through the Python code. I would have coded that this weekend but for the circumstances...
I'll take a moment to clarify things about the width of the roof.

oberhuemer wrote:

Or for going to six pixels right away 8) We do have a track set for this anyway, theoretically.

Is six pixels the width of the newest Pikka finescale incarnation? Because at least in my opinion these tracks don't look good at all, neither the colours nor the geometry. The old finescale track was nice.