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Soviet catenary

This mod allows you to use several types of contact network supports and repainting the semaphore (which is actually a colour light railway signal) common in the USSR. Full use of the mod involves replacing the game files, for this you need to copy with replacement (not move!) the media_soviet folder from Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\784150\3541810268\For_replacing\ (the specific folder will be specified below) to Steam\steamapps\common\SovietRepublic\ . The models are somewhat simplified compared to the real ones due to the game features.

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A simple replacement for vanilla supports. Copy media_soviet from the Old_supports folder (metal, early type) or New_supports (reinforced concrete, common since the early 1960s). After that, you can use the supports from the monuments (description below) in a way from this mod: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2636956104 , or unsubscribe if you don't need the monuments.

Please note that the new supports are of higher quality than the vanilla ones, and the game does not allow them to be optimized using LODes (unlike monuments). Therefore, if your game performance has decreased after replacing it with Old_supports, replace it with New_supports, if the problems continue, go back to the vanilla version (Vanilla backup folder) or use Hardcore mode.

Complete freedom of choice, no more forest of supports at stations, aesthetics and diversity, BUT the price for this is manual installation of each support. Only for true connoisseurs!
When building a railway track, there will only be a wire above it, you will find the necessary supports in the Monuments section (see below and in the photo), the media_soviet you need is in the Hardcore mode folder (it will add black boxes, like terminal or other service ones, in place of vanilla supports, they will become your reference point where it is better to put the support for a beautiful connection with the wire - directly on them or next to them) or Hardcore mode straight wire (no boxes and a straight wire, less aesthetically pleasing, but easier and faster to put supports without unnecessary alignment).

- supports in their group (old/new) can be scrolled using the Q/E keys;
- I recommend adding single supports (there are 3 of them) to favorites (see the photo), then they will always be at the top of the list and won't get lost, scroll the rest from them, especially useful with a large number of monument mods;
- a way to align supports (especially long ones) on a straight track is to place them exactly along the line, then rotate them with the R key;
- parallel tracks are best run in one direction (for example, starting from a station), if possible, the start and end points should be located close to each other (the game allows the tracks to stick to each other in such places), then the support points will be parallel;
- placing supports one by one is the only working method, I tried different options, alas;
- when using skins, you will have to paint each support separately, because the color is not saved. You can make the coloring from the skin as default, see the corresponding skin color for details;
- media_soviet for returning to the original version of the game is in the Vanilla backup folder.

Name in the game: Cat. (from Catenary) Epoch Number(= width in number of tracks).
Epochs: VeryOld - the earliest version of supports, will also look good on later industrial lines, only single; Old - were widely used until the end of the 1950s, later they were rarely built; New - the most common type, were built en masse since the beginning of the 1960s.
Sizes:
1 - just a single support;
2 - two single supports;
3 - for three tracks, also suitable for passenger stations with 2 tracks;
4 - for four tracks;
5 - also for 3 tracks on a passenger station or some stations from the workshop with 4 tracks;
6 - also for 4 tracks on a passenger station, includes the New variant with double masts;
8 - for 5 tracks on a passenger station, only the Old variant, since the rigid New variants are not built for large widths;
9 - for 5+1 tracks on a vanilla passenger station or wide stations from the workshop, only the Old variant.

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Antikiller_bm - the author of the original models, who allowed them to be converted here.
Whitek3t - some ideas on scripts and implementation, who allowed to use some practices from his mod.