Jon Davis Oldtime Tender load problem in Open Rails

[hminky]

Jon Davis' old time locomotives are one of the reason I am using Open Rails.

There is a problem with the coal and wood loads with the tenders. The load is on the rails. That is the way it shows in Shape Viewer.

In MSTS the load location is right.

Thanks
Harold

[longiron]

Harold,
I'm sorry but we don't know how MSTS positions things, Open Rails positions things the way Shape file says it should be positioned. That's why it's showing the same way in OR and Shape Viewer. The only quick fix is to make a copy of the Shape file with the loads properly positioned for OR.

[hminky]

Thank you for the reply, will figure out a fix. Hopefully, I can replace them with updated versions of my own creation. They fulfill my needs until then even with the load on the ground.

Edit:

Removed the reference to the load in the .wag file, now it doesn't show up. So easy a Caveman can do it.

[kraus]

Shape Viewer offsets the main shape by the amount specified by the matrix element while Train Simulator ignores this offset. To alter the shape to display correctly in Shape Viewer and perhaps Open Rails, open the shape file using Archibald. Find the first matrix element. A freight animation shape will probably only have one matrix element. Change the last three attributes of the matrix element, m41, m42, and m43, to 0 which specifies no offsets for the x-, y-, and z-coordinates.

[hminky]

Shape Viewer offsets the main shape by the amount specified by the matrix element while Train Simulator ignores this offset. To alter the shape to display correctly in Shape Viewer and perhaps Open Rails, open the shape file using Archibald. Find the first matrix element. A freight animation shape will probably only have one matrix element. Change the last three attributes of the matrix element, m41, m42, and m43, to 0 which specifies no offsets for the x-, y-, and z-coordinates.

Will try that next, thanks. Too busy running Camels up a hill at the moment, ain't Open Rails great!!!