OR route compatability

[MP36PH3S]

Are there certain routes that OR does not work at all for everyone? After I checked the Full Bucket Line with Routeriter and corrected a small amount of errors I am getting messages about fatal error of some sort. Anyone else having problems in OR with this route?

[apostle282]

Well i had problems with a few routes in OR, but with a little editing they all work now

[Tailwheel]

Just tried my FBL 3 on OR and find it will not run so your not alone on this route and OR.

[apostle282]

FBL2.jpgFBL3.jpg

Mine is just fine ! ! !

[MP36PH3S]

Tailwheel is it a signal problem? Somthing about the sigcfg file isn't readable by OR or something.
Apostle which aspects of the route did you modify?

[Tailwheel]

Tailwheel is it a signal problem? Somthing about the sigcfg file isn't readable by OR or something.
Apostle which aspects of the route did you modify?

I do not have a clue, but posted on the Elvas Tower/OR forums as well but have not checked for a reply today. I included my OR log and a screen shot of my errors so will see what the OR guys say and will get back here if there is any info.

[MP36PH3S]

I dunno it keeps saying something about the signals. I presume the sigcfg file included with the route because as a test I went into Route Editor and placed the same signal shape used on the FBL on the Seligman sub. It still ran.

[apostle282]

Yea i had error messages about signals, so i just took those files from a route that worked and that fixed the problem !

[crimsonfloyd]

I have a couple routes that don`t seem to like ORTS. Northwest Lines 4 won`t even load ( I will try again and send the log file next chance I get). Both Bala and Rogers Pass will start and run ok but they neither one have buildings or bridges. Everything else including carspawners seem to be ok. Clinton Sub does not show ground textures. I have a couple routes with some signal issues, but I know this is something being worked on for future releases as I believe they just got signals to work in the last couple releases. Mainly not all the signal masts show up on the Pocahontas route and not all the signal heads show on the Indy route. But otherwise I have been very impressed with Open Rails. It has made running trains on my laptop a bit more enjoyable as I don`t get the momentary freeze up with approaching AI trains like I did with MSTS. Keep up the good work guys !!

MARK

[MP36PH3S]

So I am not the only one with this problem, then. No wonder:
train 2011-11-05 13-13-58-79.jpgtrain 2011-11-05 13-16-04-39.jpg
Apostle you have a PM.

[BNSFfan]

change your Siglight.ace

[MP36PH3S]

Thanks for the tip Anthony. But it didn't solve the problem in OR.
For the benefit of the OR developers the log is attached.

[mikeebb]

In another thread, it was noted that 3DTS' Tehachapi Pass II works. My experience is somewhat different with OR recent download (645) in Windows 7 (haven't tried in XP). It loads, but signals and many other items including all of the grade crossings have vanished. Is this common, and is there a standard fix? Yes, I have looked in the FAQs I've been able to find.

Locomotives are extremely slippery compared to MSTS, load very slowly, and control inputs happen very slowly. A 3DTS consist that operates fine over the pass in MSTS can barely get from Bakersfield up to Sandcut in OR, with sand on all the way.

Also, in Windows 7, I get a very slow frame rate in TP2, on the order of teens or less at all points, while in regular MSTS I get not only all the scenery but frame rates in the 20s-40s in windowed mode (full-screen just doesn't seem to work right in 7 for me).

Is this something with my system rather than OR? I use an old Pentium D 945/ECS motherboard/ATI AGP graphics/2G RAM/500G HD ~50% full. MSTS normally runs with the /1024 switch. Runs Win7 Pro 32-bit OK in normal use though I have run into a few driver problems because with my old hardware Win7 uses generic drivers (ATI, Realtek, & HP (printer, scanner) don't support the hardware in Win7).

I did have some problems with folder access which seemed to be solved by multiple runs of setting read-only off and fixing permissions for "everyone." At least OR loads the route now, which it didn't at all originally (but MSTS has no problem), but there are still a lot of errors thrown about being unable to read various items. I use a separate directory off the C: root rather than in Program Files to avoid some of the issues with MSTS in Windows 7, but still work to make sure the permissions are and stay correct (sometimes things seem to go awry on their own).

[MP36PH3S]

Yeah FPS even on a high-performance Alienware is only in the high teens, and this is with an extra GB of RAM.
Does Tehachapi still load in OR? The FBL does not because all the variants use the same sigcfg file and that one is faulty. OR cannot read it so it terminates the simulation.

[kox]

OR is uses video card for computing , not just for convert 3d data to rasterised data for monitor like MSTS does With a non junk video card, a route in OR runs much better than in MSTS.