Open rails question

[cbff33]

I've just upgraded to a new I5 windows 8 machine. Upgraded graphics card to a XFX7750. UEFI, and device manager do not allow a full disable of onboard graphics and MSTS WILL NOT run at this time. My question is this. OR DOES run, but I only have basic MSTS installed. Does OR need anything other than a basic MSTS install from the discs to read and use routes and trainsets from MSTS? If I don't need to install Bin and all that stuff, I would rather just transfer my existing trainset folder to new computer, and add the routes I want to the route folder....it that all OR needs to run? I've read nothing else from msts is required, but just wanna make sure just a basic install is enough for OR.

[twpol]

Open Rails does not need any parts of the MSTS executable or other core files - it just reads the data. In particular, I think you can get away with only GLOBAL, SOUNDS, ROUTES and TRAINS from your MSTS install.

[apco25]

OR needs almost NOTHING from the MSTS. Just copy your GLOBAL, ROUTES, SOUND & TRAINSET folders over from you existing machine. You don't need a clean install, BIN or anything else.

Aside from a special MSTS install I use just for route editing, MSTS is a long distant memory for me running OR exclusively since v.08 came out.

Don't you already have a thread going, why start another?

[scamel]

OR needs almost NOTHING from the MSTS. Just copy your GLOBAL, ROUTES, SOUND & TRAINSET folders over from you existing machine. You don't need a clean install, BIN or anything else.

Sorry if this counts as a necropost, but I wanted to clear something up.

If I have a route set up in its own folder (we'll call it a mini-route) that gets backed up regularly and my computer drops dead... what you're saying is I DON'T need to re-install ALL of that jazz as before? I run OR exclusively now as well, so I just need OR and the files from the backup?