Open Rails Versus MSTS Installation Please?

[pcohen]

Hi Everybody

Couple of questions Please?

Now have Open Rails on my Computer.

But am I right in saying that Open Rails Disables the Original MSTS because it's now Installed in Open Rails?

Because nothing works in MSTS Now, TrainStore now Loads a selected Route and as soon as it starts Computer Crashes to Desktop.

Thought I Could use Both Versions.

When trying the now working Open Rails,Whichever Route is selected, when it loads it comes up with the following Message:-

Open Rails detected a track section which is not present in tsection.dat and cannot Continue. Most likely you don't have the Xtracks or Ytracks version needed for this Route. End of Message.

I know Xtracks is installed in MSTS. But I Bet it's not as simple to Install Ytracks into Open Rails as it is in MSTS.

I have Downloaded ytrack01 & ytrack02 Guess I need both.

Have installed Ytracks01 into 1MSTS & Open Rails and copied the Contents of the Global Folder in ytrack02 into the Global Folder in 1MSTS & the Global Folder in Open Rails. But still getting the above Error Message.

Finally. Now I have YTracks can I get rid of XTracks
or do I need Both.

Many thanks

Paul.

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
Open Rails and MSTS live and run quite happily together in the same PC. Open Rails DOES NOT disable MSTS in any way!! For an MSTS installation, it only reads the files and doesn't change them in any way.

XTracks and YTracks are completely separate and if a route specifies that both are needed, then you MSTS install them both. DO NOT "get rid" of XTracks, although I've no idea how YOU would accomplish that!!

Cheers,
Ged

[crstagg]

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Open Rails detected a track section which is not present in tsection.dat and cannot Continue.

Sounds like the route requires a newer Tsection.dat than is in the Global folder of the selected installation.

I know Xtracks is installed in MSTS. But I Bet it's not as simple to Install Ytracks into Open Rails as it is in MSTS.

Have you even browsed thru the ORTS Manual? From this statement it sounds like you don't understand the concept of Open Rails.

You don't install ANY MSTS content into Open Rails. Open Rails can use MSTS installs or MSTS like installs (Installs that have the basic MSTS folder structure i.e. Subfolders of Global, Sound, Routes and Trains) They can be anywhere on your PC (Except in Program Files etc for Win 7 thru 10) but Not in the Open Rails folder.

Think of ORTS like other PC programs such as a Word Processor or a Spreadsheet Program. Those programs reside in a subfolder of Program Files but can edit documents or spreadsheets stores anywhere on your PC.

FYI TrainStore uses the registry to determine which MSTS install to "Store/Unstore". Sounds like the last install from your MSTS CD was to X:\Open Rails so that is the one that TrainStore is working with. Not X:\1MSTS.

[dedwa15237]

Lastly Trainstore is not the one you actually need in OpenRails.... Do us a favor... Get rid of Trainstore, as its for MSTS..... it causes problems!!