Does open rails have a consist builder?

[lincoln coad]

Dose open rails have a consist builder?

[markus1996]

Nope, OpR does not yet have it´s own Conists builder. There are, however, numerous other (free) utilities available on the Web to replace MSTS´s old (and hard to use) Activity editor and consist creation tool (which doesn´t even allow to delete cars from your consist...).

You might want to search for, e.g., Conbuilder, Convoi, etc. as utilities that replace the MSTS AE and work with oth MSTS and OpR.

Cheers, Markus

[gswindale]

Nope, OpR does not yet have it´s own Conists builder. There are, however, numerous other (free) utilities available on the Web to replace MSTS´s old (and hard to use) Activity editor and consist creation tool (which doesn´t even allow to delete cars from your consist...).

I've been able to remove carriages/wagons using the built in consist editor in the past; however it isn't exactly intuitive.

I find it easier to use than the 3rd part alternatives to be honest.

[neyland]

In 12 years of using MSTS i have never used anything else but the Activity Editor to create and modify consists.

Never thought any of the third party alternatives, were any easier to use.

[baldwin]

...................MSTS´s old (and hard to use) Activity editor and consist creation tool (which doesn´t even allow to delete cars from your consist...).

You might want to search for, e.g., Conbuilder, Convoi, etc. as utilities that replace the MSTS AE and work with oth MSTS and OpR.

Cheers, Markus

To remove cars from a consist in the MSTS AE you merely drag and drop onto the coupler symbol at the left of the window. The 3rd party utilities only replace the MSTS consist builder, not the AE.

[mikephfl]

In 12 years of using MSTS i have never used anything else but the Activity Editor to create and modify consists.

Never thought any of the third party alternatives, were any easier to use.

Try YardMaster or YardMaster Lite. Lite is very quick and easy. YardMaster is easy, but it works better if you spend some time cataloging your equipment. If you need help with either, PM me.

[markus1996]

@ baldwin: Thanks for the tip on how to remove cars in MSTS AE´s COnsist editor. Didn´t know of that. Also, though it may have sounded like I wanted to say, the third party utils I talked about would replace AE, I didn´t intend to say that - i just formulated the sentence a bit misleadingly.

So, I´ll have to correct what I said in #2: It can, indeed, remove cars from a consist (if you know how to do it ), bu nevertheless, can at times be unreliable and often crashes on me (don´t know about others, though).

In the end, it´s up to everyone on its own which choice they take - AE, or third party.

Cheers, Markus

[neyland]

No offense Mike and the offer of help is much appreciated.

But i can do all that i wish to do and YM offers in the AE.

Thank you anyway buddy.
Mike.

[mikephfl]

No offense Mike and the offer of help is much appreciated.

But i can do all that i wish to do and YM offers in the AE.

Thank you anyway buddy.
Mike.

No problem. As long as you can do what you need with what you have, that's what counts.

[neyland]

I only use MSTS in conjunction with OR these days Mike. Plus i tend to use a lot of payware with ready made consists and activities.

My days of fiddling for hours with MSTS files are long gone.

Thanks again buddy.
Mike.

[lincoln coad]

Nope, OpR does not yet have its own Conists builder. There are, however, numerous other (free) utilities available on the Web to replace MSTS´s old (and hard to use) Activity editor and consist creation tool (which doesn´t even allow to delete cars from your consist...).

You might want to search for, e.g., Conbuilder, Convoi, etc. as utilities that replace the MSTS AE and work with oth MSTS and OpR.

Cheers, Markus

thanks tried convoi and it worked thanks for the advice/help
have a nice day