Trying to get started

[cew1966]

New to OpenRails here. I've installed MSTS and then installed OR but when I start OR I can add profiles but cannot select routes. So far my searches has turned up nothing even remotely close to useful. Anyone have any ideas of what I'm doing wrong?

[charland]

Can you get routes to run in MSTS? Dis you install everything you needed to get MSTS running properly like the one and only update, Newraods, xTracks, and Bin? Have you install any add=on route that work in MSTS? Does your computer have the minimum requirements to run OR?

Paul :-)

[conductorchris]

Have you successfully added a profile of your MSTS default installation? I recall that it is somewhat easy to start the process and not complete it. After you have you have selected the appropriate folder you then have to click the "add" button on the left.
Christopher

[R. Steele]

Few suggestions:
Read Sections 4 and 5 in the manual (pages 6 to 13 )
Recheck your routes folder to make sure the route you are looking for is not within another folder.
Make sure that when you set up your profiles - using the content tab under options - it is completely and correctly setup - as another poster suggested.

While many people do install MSTS Bin - this addition to MSTS is not used by OR, neither is the MSTS exe files (launcher and train)...train.exe is only used for the editors. [ C:\2TS\CANADA\train.exe -toolset -mem:2048 ]**

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(the screenshots show how I've set up the Canadian routes for OR, last screenshot is to show that the route name appearing on the route list is obtained from the trk file.

**example of short-cut path for Canadian Editors - Activity, Route and Cab editors.

[cew1966]

From what I can determine everything is installed correctly with necessary updates. As for whether or not a profile was successfully added clicking the 'add' button simply sets up for another profile and doesn't change anything that I can see. When I start OR only the installation profile highlights as well as tools, documents, and options. Route, Activity, Locomotive, Consist, Starting At, and Heading To doesn't highlight plus the large window on the right half is blank. However it does look like this computer might not meet all requirements as my 1.9 GHz AMD processor is short of whats required although everything else is fine (I wouldn't think that would prevent OR from at least loading a profile). I'm running Windows 10 btw.

[baldwin]

To install a "profile" you add the top level folder for that profile, not the Routes folder. OR profile equals MSTS Mini install.

[cew1966]

Right, each profile represents the individual routes correct? Thats what I did.

[geepster775]

Right, each profile represents the individual routes correct? Thats what I did.

Each profile represents the equivalent to an MSTS installation. That itself can comprise either many routes, or one route per installation if you like to use mini-routes in MSTS. But the OR profile has to point to the directory above the routes folder.

If you followed the sacred Steam4me tutotial, and used their exemplar 1MSTS folder name for your MSTS folder, then your OR installation needs to point to the [drive:]1MSTS folder.

[conductorchris]

So, to amplify what has been said, each profile does NOT represent the individual routes. It points to the folder above it. That is, the profile points to the folder that contains the routes folder.

This means that a profile can contain many routes. When you start open rails you choose profile and choose the route within the profile.
Christopher

[cew1966]

Wow now I really feel stupid. Works now. Thanks Christopher and everyone for getting me on the right path.

[conductorchris]

We all had to figure it out somehow. This forum is littered with my early posts banging my head against a wall. Once I spent two days pulling my hair out over a problem which turned out to be a missing semi-colon somewhere. I'm grateful for all the help I got then and grateful that we have a community that can pull together.