cannot find OR's AddOns folder

[gremlin1812]

G'day all, as the title says I cannot find the "OR's AddOns folder" the OR log is telling me the following:-

Information: Ignored missing overheadwire.ace, using default. You can copy the overheadwire.ace from OR's AddOns folder to F:\A Rename test\ROUTES\MLWIW01_V2\Textures

Where do I locate this AddOns folder as I don't seem to have one anywhere.
Regards
Barrie

[R. Steele]

Barrie, I have it in my OR add-ons archive, it used to come with each OR install, then for some reason it disappeared. Have you tried downloading the most recent stable version from the OR web site? - it still may be included with that version of OR. I would be happy to attach a the zip file here, has two overheadwire ace files in it....if there are no objections from the moderators...What say you, moderators?
Regards, Gerry

[gremlin1812]

G'day Gerry, I downloaded OpenRails-1.2 and OpenRails-1.3.1 but neither had the AddOns folder. The route works but sometimes the overhead wires are visible and sometimes not.
Would appreciate a copy of the folder if it is possible.
Regards
Barrie

[baldwin]

Quite a lot of what used to be in the addons folder got moved into the Contents folder a long time ago. but the overheadwire.ace never made the move and got lost in the mists of time.

[mmax45581]

In my copy of the official 1.3.1 OpenRails, in the Content subfolder, there is an overheadwire.zip containing this file

[R. Steele]

Well, I tried to upload the original zip package containing the two ace files...too big- there's a limit in the forum.
Barrie, just PM me.


I even checked the manual -- ho help there, here's what it has to say, if you can figure it out??

15.16 Overhead (catenary) wire
Open Rails uses texture overheadwire.ace to display the overhead wire. Such texture must be present in
the route’s TEXTURES folder. If the texture is not found there,Open Rails looks for it in the GLOBAL\TEXTURES
folder. If the texture isn’t there either, Open Rails selects texture GLOBAL\TEXTURES\diselsmoke.ace. It is
however strongly suggested to use a specific texture to display the overhead wire. A possible texture to
be used can be downloaded here Documentation\SampleFiles\Manual\overheadwire.zip.

[baldwin]

I have just downloaded and installed the V1.3.1 and it does not contain any overheadwire files of any type.

[peterman]

Baldwin... Have a look inside the OR folder > documentation > SampleFiles > Manual and you should see a overheadwire zipped folder. It may have been added after the original release of V1.3.1 and I just upgraded to the newest version a couple of days ago.

Peter

[baldwin]

Only files in that folder are the sample turntable ones.

[peterman]

Only files in that folder are the sample turntable ones.

I updated to ver. x1.3.1-123-g332ddb9c ... I have 11 different zipped folders in there, including the overheadwire one.

[R. Steele]

I updated to ver. x1.3.1-123-g332ddb9c ... I have 11 different zipped folders in there, including the overheadwire one.

Yep, they are there, just found them myself...well the manual does indeed point to them. Although the phrasing could be better.

[baldwin]

Just downloaded and installed the latest build from James's site and that does not even include a documentation folder.

I also went to the openrails.org site and downloaded the stable version from there, No overheadwire files in that either.

[geepster775]

Doc folder was always only in Friday 'stable' builds

I just went to openrails.org and downloaded the Fri build, it has a Documentation folder with a Samples subfolder with the overhead zip present inside that.