Map View?

[ChuckH]

I love OR especially since is works with Windows 10. I miss the map button that was in MSTS which seems to be missing in OR. I like to look at the route before I boot it up. I can't seem to register on Elvas Tower where the developers seem to be to request it. Also, on some downloaded routes (Marias 5 for example) I get some ground textures that overlap the track and sometimes a tree on the track. It makes Marias 5 pretty much unplayable for me. Most routes play extremely well though.

[crstagg]

OR Manual section 3.6.3. See comment about Track Viewer.

ET forum membership: personal email to the owner.

Also FYI all the MSTS "Map Button" does is display the Details.ace file, provided the route creator provided one. To view it just open Windows Explorer, or as more recent OS's have named it File Explorer, to the folder for the subject route, locate the Details.ace file and double click.

Here is a "work around" until the OR team adds a "Map button": Open the route folder in the Routes folder. Rename Load.ace to Load.ace.ORG then make a copy of Details.ace and renale it Load.ace. Then as OR opens the route it will display the Map instead of the original load.ace picture.

[R. Steele]

Trees on track >>> insert the line below in the routes .trk file immediately before the last bracket (unless you understand how to use the include function in Open Rails - it can be done this way also)

The value within the parentheses can be adjusted upwards as needed...I've not gone above 4 - usually 2 or 3 suffices.
Also see the searchable manual for instructions on how to use the "Dispatchers Window" (Alt+Tab) in OR.

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	TerrainErrorScale ( 1 )
	RouteStart ( -12490 14773 37.138 -290.5 )
	MilepostUnitsMiles ( )
	MaxLineVoltage ( 0 )
	DefaultCrossingSMS ( crossing.sms )
	DefaultDieselTowerSMS ( dtower.sms )
	TempRestrictedSpeed ( 6.7056 )
	ORTSUserPreferenceForestClearDistance ( 2 )
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[bennycdn]

You can open the dispatchers screen during play,which shows the current map.

[crstagg]

You can open the dispatchers screen during play,which shows the current map.

Benny,
The OR Manual calls it "Window" not "Screen". A search of the manual for "dispatchers screen" gets zero results.

And Gerry,
You have to Open the Dispatchers Window with CTRL+9 before you can ALT-TAB to it. See 6.1.2 in the Manual.

[R. Steele]

Good points, Charles...I usually strive for accuracy of info...missed a beat there...Thanks.

[ChuckH]

Thanks for the replies and quick too. They were very helpful. Got the dipatchers window going, etc. Thanks again.

[ChuckH]

Thanks for the tip on removing trees from the track. Worked! Now...do you have a tip on removing texture files from overlapping the tracks on some of the routes. I'm assuming that I'm not the only one where this happens. Or am I? Thanks for any help.