MSTS activity editor with Open Rails?

[R. Steele]

Well in short, I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Open Rails with both versions, and the activities I create using the AE are only playable for MSTS.

I also noticed that when I manually go browse through my Routes directory (C:\\Program Files (86)\\Microsoft Games\\Train Simulator\\ROUTES\\BNSF SCENIC SUB), I cannot visually see the .act file that was saved into that folder. Which in the past I could always see it.

First thing I noticed was (C:\\Program Files (86)\\Microsoft Games... that location could be the root of all your problems. The user permissions. Just move MSTS out of that location or reinstall it to C:\Train Simulator or some other location\folder name that makes sense to you.

Read the MSTS installation tutorial for WIN7 at Steam4Me and follow the instructions precisely.

Since you cannot see the act file then I would say the problem has nothing to do with OR. The clincher would be if OR finds and runs activites from say - payware routes.
Also, all the activities I make using MSTS AE appear in OR, no problems.

[seagoon]

..an entirely new timetable activity creator, which lets you lay out a whole timetable and operate any one of the trains while the others run as AI. It's a bit complex, it seems ....

Yes, certainly not a "point-'n'-click" utility, by any stretch of the imagination.

But....it's early days.

[agpatterson9]

First thing I noticed was (C:\\Program Files (86)\\Microsoft Games... that location could be the root of all your problems. The user permissions. Just move MSTS out of that location or reinstall it to C:\Train Simulator or some other location\folder name that makes sense to you.

Read the MSTS installation tutorial for WIN7 at Steam4Me and follow the instructions precisely.

Since you cannot see the act file then I would say the problem has nothing to do with OR. The clincher would be if OR finds and runs activites from say - payware routes.
Also, all the activities I make using MSTS AE appear in OR, no problems.

Ok I'll give that a go. Ill let you know how it goes tomorrow. Thanks!