Properly Install Content and Third Party Applications for OpenRails

If you've downloaded an add-on, they should go into a common Content folder. Some people organize all of their routes and trains into a single folder, while others might organize them into regions or time eras.

Many have installers, but it's also common to simply have a set of folders that get copied within your content folder.

I'll be using C:\ORTSContent for this tutorial, but your...

Running the Microsoft / Open Rails Train Simulator is a little different from other simulators, in that there are a lot of options available for add-ons (over 30,000 in our library alone), as well as companion applications that are used to create routes, activities and even new models. Adding to the complexity, some of these applications date back to 2001, when MSTS was first introduced. The Windows operating system has changed quite a bit since then, and as a result, the way older app install...

Running the Microsoft / Open Rails Train Simulator is a little different from other simulators, in that there are a lot of options available for add-ons (over 30,000 in our library alone), as well as companion applications that are used to create routes, activities and even new models. Adding to the complexity, some of these applications date back to 2001, when MSTS was first introduced. The Windows operating system has changed quite a bit since then, and as a result, the way older app install...

Open Rails has a very simple installation routine, and currently defaults to installing in C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenRails, unless you've already installed it elsewhere. It also offers the fliexibility for you to install it where you want, and operates fine from any location. Here are a few examples: C:\Program Files\Open RailsC:\Program Files (x86)\Open RailsC:\ORTSC:\TrainUtilities\OpenRails It's important to not store any of your route or train content in these directories, as the entire file structure is subject to being replace...

This is a work in progress. Please add to the comments if you see things you'd like to add or correct. Running the Microsoft / Open Rails Train Simulator is a little different from other simulators, in that there are a lot of options available for add-ons (over 30,000 in our library alone), as well as companion applications that are used to create routes, activities and even new models. Adding to the complexity, some of these applications date back to 2001, when MSTS was first introduced. The...

To make it easier for some to install MSTS and MSTSBin on WIN-7 and later computers I have compiled a comprehensive and illustrated HOW-TO which should help to get all of it working as it does on my WIN-7 64-bit computer.

Here is Part-1 of how to install it from its CDs:















Here is Part-2 of what to do after having installed MSTS from its CDs, making sure...

Pictorial Tutorial On Creating MSTS Trees

By Michael Sinclair (17 January 2007)

A pictorial tutorial containing 43 pictures in jpg format on
creating trees for use in MSTS routes. The first page/picture starts
here, just go on to each additional page to view the entire review.

Pictorial Tutorial On Creating MSTS Trees

By Michael Sinclair (14 Feburary 2006)

A pictorial tutorial containing 193 pictures in jpg format on
creating trees for use in MSTS routes. Just view this first image
to start, and then go on to the remaining pages.

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