Consist problem cont.

[Train_Guy66]

I originally posted the problem in the MSTS forum by mistake without a lot of information. Here is my problem in a lot more detail. The trains you see in the picture are Canadian Pacific SD40s (http://www.railserve.com/jump/jump.cgi?ID=6859) The cars are Canadian Pacific tanker cars (http://www.railserve.com/jump/jump.cgi?ID=6815) and there are 12 or 13 cars I think. I made the consist in Route Riter which is in V7. I saved it as CP SD40 Tanker and opened it in Open Rails. First thing I see is <load error: SD-40>. I thought this was nothing so I opened it and saw this (picture below). I tried fixing it through Route Riter with no avail. Therefore, I ask the help of this community with my problem.

Open Rails 2017-02-23 12-27-07.jpg

[baldwin]

It is as I thought in my reply to your original post in the other forum, the size line in the eng file is not being parsed by OR correctly due to the way the line is written. Change it to Size ( 3.1m 4.768m 20.7m ) and the gaps are gone.

[crstagg]

It is as I thought in my reply to your original post in the other forum, the size line in the eng file is not being parsed by OR correctly due to the way the line is written. Change it to Size ( 3.1m 4.768m 20.7m ) and the gaps are gone.

A test was added to ConBuilder to look for this situation. Version 6.2 now reports if the ft+in format is used in the Size line of ENG or WAG files.

Note: This Size line error is not the only cause of gaps in a consist when using the ORTS SIM. If the shape file of the ENG or WAG is missing or if there is a spelling difference between the shape filename and the WagonShape line, ORTS will display the consist with a gap the size of that item. If it is an engine the exhaust will display but there will be no object below the exhaust and the lights will display also. MSTS on the other hand will give two errors, "Failed to Open Shape" and "Failed to load _____ Can't add to world", then it will crash to desktop. ConBuilder has always had a test to identify this problem. It is reported in the "Missing Shape" error message.