Why doesn't all my locomotives show up?

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  • rrfan
    Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 71
    • NEPA

    #1

    Why doesn't all my locomotives show up?

    I have over nearly 100 locomotives that I can operate just fine in MSTS but only 25% of them show up in Open Rails. Is there anything I can do to get OR to read those files?
  • baldwin
    6000 Post Veteran


    • Nov 1999
    • 6358
    • Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.
    • ORTS

    #2
    Do all your routes and activities show in Open Rails?. If not, do you use Train Store?.
    Beer is not a matter of life or death, it is much more serious than that.

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    • markus1996
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 203
      • Leoben, Styria, Austria, Europe

      #3
      Originally posted by baldwin
      [...] If not, do you use Train Store?.
      Either Trainstore, or any other such program to "store" content outside of the MSTS installation (e.g. Route Riter´s functionality to do that).?

      Cheers, Markus
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      • rrfan
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        • Apr 2011
        • 71
        • NEPA

        #4
        Yes all of my routes are there. Only the default stuff, 3DTS, D&H stuff from the bridge line, CN SD75s I got from Train Sim, L&HR steam locomotives and CP steam locomotives show up. I have countless more add ons that dont show up. I do not use Train Store.

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        • frankoburns
          2000 Post Veteran
          • Sep 2004
          • 2165

          #5
          One ""small" thing you didn't mention...Do you have consists using your "missing" locomotives? No consist; No show, either in MSTS or Open Rails.
          I'm like an old SD9; It Growls, Howls & squeaks...but it will run forever!

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          • rrfan
            Member
            • Apr 2011
            • 71
            • NEPA

            #6
            Yes I have many consists made for these missing units. I even said they operate just fine in MSTS. They just dont show up in Open Rails. Both the locomotives and the consists.

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            • baldwin
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              • Nov 1999
              • 6358
              • Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.
              • ORTS

              #7
              That is the bit I find strange. If the consists are there, and are valid then Open Rails will automatically pick them up, unless they are in a folder that OR does not recognise for some reason.
              Beer is not a matter of life or death, it is much more serious than that.

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              • rrfan
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                • Apr 2011
                • 71
                • NEPA

                #8
                What if I try re-installing OR?

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                • markus1996
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                  • Apr 2012
                  • 203
                  • Leoben, Styria, Austria, Europe

                  #9
                  Before re-installing, are you using mini-routes?

                  Cheers, Markus
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                  • rrfan
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                    • Apr 2011
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                    #10
                    I have no idea what that is so Im assuming not

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                    • markus1996
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                      • Apr 2012
                      • 203
                      • Leoben, Styria, Austria, Europe

                      #11
                      That above is the opposite to asking, if you have just one installation of MSTS and related content.
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                      • rrfan
                        Member
                        • Apr 2011
                        • 71
                        • NEPA

                        #12
                        Yes I only have one installation of MSTS. Is there something I can do to help it read all the missing locomotives/consists?

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                        • markus1996
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 203
                          • Leoben, Styria, Austria, Europe

                          #13
                          First, please verify the files you´re looking for (and all dependencies) are actually there. On a side note, have these files already sometime been displayed by ORTS?

                          Then, try re-setting ORTS' path to the MSTS installation.

                          If that still doesn´t elp, try a different release of ORTS (if it has already worked, try an earlier release than what you´re currently using).

                          Cheers, Markus
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                          • R. Steele
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                            • Feb 2013
                            • 3928
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by rrfan
                            Is there something I can do to help it read all the missing locomotives/consists?
                            Yes, some more specific, detailed information. Provide examples of a specific engine/consist that is not showing up.
                            Screeshots showing your configuration, the OR menu screen that is not showing your installation. Maybe those will help someone help you figure out what is going on.

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                            • rrfan
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                              #15
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