Engine missing in OR

[daniellouwrens]

Hi

I am running an Act created for the Blue Comet Route, the Act is BCL_WSX-0_ NJSL_Escort
from eh file library here.

Did not any of the correct rolling stock so I used Conbuilder to swap out the rolling stock,
I did not care about being proto typical I just want to run the act.

Everything is working fine except that two engines on the Player consist do not
show up. See screen shot.

I want to fix this, what sort of error or incorrect entry should I be looking for in the
eng files?

I do not know which consist is involved as the player is a combination of two trains.

Any help or advice would be appreciatedMissing_Engine.jpg.

Regards

Daniel

[conductorchris]

In open rails, if there is an error and an engine cannot be loaded, the activity will run but with the engine missing.

It should be easy to figure out what engines are not working right if they are the player consist. You can look at the consist in conbuilder or a text editor to see the missing engines. You could swap out those engines with others. Or you could take a closer looks and fix the problem that is preventing them from loading. To do that, follow the chain of file references, beginning with the .eng file. All the file names must match. The shape file referenced in the .eng file must be correct. The shape file must have the correct names for it's textures. And the .eng file must have the correct file name.

Christopher

[daniellouwrens]

Thanks Christopher

I went through all the consists backed them up then replaced all engines with the D9
and they are now showing up, now I just have to work out which was the culprit, I think it was the
SD40-2.

Interestingly when I ran the act saved from a previous run the missing engines do not show up,
I'm not sure how that works as none of the consists have the SD402-2 or any other engine beside the D9.

Cheers

Daniel

[ebnertra000]

Was the offending engine the SD40-2 from the 1.4 update (BNSF 8010)? If so, there are known issues with that engine, something to do with the .s file

[R. Steele]

If so, here's the problem with the shape file, repeated everytime the shape was cloned for a new repaint/reskin.

anim_node WIPERBLADELEFT1 (
controllers ( 2
tcb_rot ( 5
tcb_key ( 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 )
tcb_key ( 1 0 0 0.382683 0.92388 0 0 0 0 0 )
tcb_key ( 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 )
tcb_key ( 3 0 0 0.382683 0.92388 0 0 0 0 0 )
tcb_key ( 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 )
)
linear_pos ( 5
linear_key ( 0 -0.13009 -0.357949 0.0030365 )
linear_key ( 1 -0.13009 -0.357949 0.00303654 )
linear_key ( 2 -0.13009 -0.357949 0.00303673 )
linear_key ( 3 -0.13009 -0.357949 0.00303654 )
linear_key ( 4 -0.13009 -0.357949 0.00303673 )\ ---------HERE'S THE ERROR..BACKSLASH DOES NOT BELONG, Removed, compressed file and presto, locomotive will appear.
)

[daniellouwrens]

Hi

Thanks guys, all is working s it should.

I corrected the sd402-2 *.s file as shown and changed to cons to SD402-2 and gave it a run. 100% perfect.

Cheers

Daniel