ORTS Error Logs

[OTTODAD]

Not of immediate concern but something to be looked into eventually so that those who want to use DB-Tracks one way or the other can benefit from their excellence !

Testing the NEC-4 in a specific for it ORTS MINI, using renamed to X-Tracks DB-Tracks, loading it records many errors in it's log, ZIP attached, but runs alright, albeit the new ORTS overhead wire is not showing over some tracks, the renamed to X-Tracks DB-Tracks using it's concrete ties tracks without "Fahrdraht" version.

Looking into this it would appear that ORTS does not recognize replaced by DynaTrax sections of MSTS Dynamic ones as valid tracks, overhead wires should be placed over.

Here is one such paragraph:

	TrackObj (
		UiD ( 2961 )
		FileName ( "..\\..\\routes\\USA1A\\shapes\\DynaTrax-286.s" )
		SectionIdx ( 286 )
		Elevation ( 0 )
		CollideFlags ( 527 )
		StaticFlags ( 00200180 )
		Position ( -785.149 20.843 382.895 )
		QDirection ( 0 -0.022061 0 0.999757 )
		VDbId ( 4294967294 )
	)

There are also many stretches where catenary support masts are not showing.

Testing the NEC-4 MSTS default MAIN MSTS folder version and adding it to ORTS also reports some errors but not as many and the ORTS overhead wire shows everywhere as do the catenary masts.

The ORTS Acela is slow accelerating and takes some time to gather speed at lower throttle settings whereas the ICE-3 411 takes off like a greyhound.

Any advice on what to modify in locos *.ENG files to improve on that ?

Looking forward to the next beta !

O t t o

[OTTODAD]

Reading in another thread that uncompressing the World files shows objects which were missing before and doing that in my X-Tracks/DB-tracks NEC-4 and running it again in ORTS they all show now !

Using the Railwaves tracks joints sounds in the Ttype.dat of ORTS routes I can not hear them.

O t t o

[Stuz]

Hi Otto,
I understand to uncompress World files you need Route Riter. I have this but cannot understand how to carry out this procedure. I cant find any where in the help files to enlighten me. Could you point me in the right direction?
Regards Stu

[OTTODAD]

I understand to uncompress World files you need Route Riter. I have this but cannot understand how to carry out this procedure. I cant find any where in the help files to enlighten me. Could you point me in the right direction?

With pleasure !

Below is the HOW-TO !

Watch the PATH= in the top Route Riter bar to make sure that you are working on the route in the correct location.

Take care, O t t o

[Stuz]

Much obliged Otto.I had managed to get the process partially right but missed some aspects. Will keep you posted on progress tomorrow. Its getting a little late in the evening here to concentrate.
regards Stu.

[GoGoran]

Reading in another thread that uncompressing the World files shows objects which were missing before and doing that in my X-Tracks/DB-tracks NEC-4 and running it again in ORTS they all show now !
O t t o

Hi Otto,

so are you saying that OR got problems reading some compressed shape files ?

I have noted that there seem to be different levels of MSTS shape file compression -- e.g. I got some locos which had shapes of around 1MB in size, compressed. I uncompressed them with ShapeFileManager, they had some 4MB each uncompressed, and then did some changes (HighGloss-Textures mostly) and compressed them again: Et voilà, the newly compressed shapes had only some 200kB or even less !

I dunno how come that there's such a half-baked compression around, maybe it's from TrainSimModeler's internal compressor ? Maybe OR got problems with those half-compressed files only ?

If that's the case, and if RouteRiter employs the same good compression algorithm as does SFM, then there's a good chance that if you compressed all shape files again, they will work in OR as well.

[OTTODAD]

Hi Otto, so are you saying that OR got problems reading some compressed shape files ?

No.

I am saying that ORTS seems to have problems reading some compressed World files, also reported by others.

The Route Riter can usually de-compress all compressed MSTS files and if not then the Zipper.exe can deal with odd ones it can not.

O t t o

[longiron]

Using the Railwaves tracks joints sounds in the Ttype.dat of ORTS routes I can not hear them.

O t t o

Otto,
Sound's only missing part is the track sounds (sound regions); this will be committed to the development version in the next few days.

[longiron]

Hi Otto,

so are you saying that OR got problems reading some compressed shape files ?

OR only has problems with specific items contained with compressed WORLD files, like Gantry Items, which will be addressed in the next release. Compressed Shape files are read by OR.

[wacampbell]

Response removed - superseded by Chris's response.

[Stuz]

Just carried out some world file unpacking and this made no difference to the missing items in Rogers Pass and Shuswap.
I am going to wait until the next release and just enjoy what has been accomplished to date. Thanks for the help Otto.
Regards Stu