Using Downloaded Cars And Locomotives
Or All About The Consist Editor
To use any add-on cars or locomotives (or to create different
consists even with just the default ones) you use the consist
editor.
Unfortunately, the consist editor is difficult to find, as it's
actually a subsection of the activity editor. When you installed
Train Simulator you should have gotten two desktop icons, one for the
sim itself and another labeled "launcher"; launcher is the one that
starts up the editors. Double click on it and then from the menu
select activity editor. If you don't have the second icon, use the
Windows start button and look in Programs | Microsoft Games | Train
Simulator for Train Simulator Editor And Tools and click on that.
Once the editor starts, open the File menu and select new. You'll be
prompted for some information about the new activity you're about to
create but just use the defaults, as you are not actually going to
save the activity anyway.
Now, look at the right side of the editor main window, for the
section labeled "Player Services"; technically a consist is a player
resource. Under this section click the "new" button and that will
open yet another window. In the middle of this window is a section
labeled "Consists" and another "new" button; click this and the
consist editor will load.
To create a consist, choose a file name for your consist and a screen
name. The screen name is what will show up within the sim when you
open the consist drop down box. Then, simply choose the locomotives
and cars you want in your consist and save when you're done.
Tips: Consists are organized according to the lead locomotive. If you
make the BNSF Dash 9 the first locomotive in your consist when you
run the sim you will find your consist by first selecting the BNSF
Dash 9 and then looking in the consist drop down box. If you have
more than one locomotive in your consist you can reverse the
direction they point by right clicking on them.