I am new to ORTS. I have downloaded the Siskiyou Route. I would like suggestions as to which other free routes are worth downloading.
Thanks,
Bob
Thanks,
Bob
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ORTS will run all MSTS content,. There are lots of routes out there. Download what looks interesting to you.
Throw in TSRE and you can modify the route to better reflect your interests.
If you want to look around and explore I would suggest the Monon. It's a great route.
If you need stuff that doesn't require MSTS assets the PRR Eastern Division and the RGS available here in the DL are both excellent.
Lots of great stuff out there.
Depends on what your interests are.
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Any and all routes developed by Paul Charland will be very worthwhile.Russ G
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Sorry, the RGS is available at Elvas Tower.
Well worth the download, but follow the instructions.
I agree with Russ above. Paul has made some excellent routes and the equipment to go with them.
RandyComment
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Surfliner --- make sure you find and apply all the most recent upgrades.
CN BlackfootMSTS Route - Surfliner v2.3 Update.
Requires Surfliner Route v2.2.
This update further modifies scenery
throughout the Surfliner route to add
additional details and local landmarks.
Route by Jeff Farquhar and Paul Peterson.
Version 2.3 update by Brian Smolke.
ORTS CN Blackfoot Summer Edition V1
Blue Comet -- see this thread for progress of current update >>> https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showth...ra-in-Progresshttps://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showth...ra-in-ProgressAn updated summer only version of the route now covers 124 miles of CN’s northern prairie secondary line from North Battleford, Saskatchewan to Vermilion, Alberta, Canada. Features additional track work, new terrain textures, scenic objects and vegetation. Route is single track, non-signaled with local sidings at each town, and major passing sidings located approximately every 30 miles. Main yards at North Battleford SK and Vermilion AB, with local yards for CN & CP at Lloydminster. Also included are 5 miles of the CP Rail lines around Lloydminster with their own yard. Two active interchanges; Canadian Pacific Rly at Lloydminster, and the NGL/Husky Diamond at LLoydminster. Stand-alone route that Requires the XTracks v3.18 (tsection.dat build 35), Newroads v3.2 or later versions. DB Tracks (US3 Version) is recommended. Upgrades by Rory Rice.
Certainly all the others mentioned deserve a look, Paul Charland always releases stock and some activities with routes and his routes are always worthwhile.MSTS route: Blue Comet Lines
By Steve Dunham
File 1 of 8: Blue Comet Lines main folder
The Blue Comet route from Jersey City to
Atlantic City, plus the NY&LB; the CNJ
Barnegat, Sound Shore, and Seashore branches;
the Pennsylvania lines from Bay Head to
Whitings and from Sea Girt to Farmingdale;
and the Tuckerton Railroad. Set in the
Blue Comet era (1929-1941).
...and the Monon http://www.mononrr.com/downloads/rou...download.htm#A --- is just an outstanding example of route building...make sure to read and follow the download and install instructions ( do not install any content in the MS protected "program" folders -- try something like C:\TrainSim for your root directory. )
Any lastly: NS Horseshoe Curve by Austin Yoder... excellent work.Last edited by R. Steele; 05-11-2020, 08:51.Cheers, Gerry
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Most routes that work in MSTS will work in OR. The worst you'd find is the odd tree in a road or on the tracks, that's because OR uses a different algorithm to generate forests then MSTS use.
Paul :-)Comment
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you mention "do not install any content in the MS protected "program" folders " when talking about the monon route. Why is that? My Siskiyou Route is in c-programs(x86)-microsoft games-train and there appears to be no problems.
ThanksComment
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Charles,
I have not installed MSTS on my Windows 7 machine only Open Rails. Will I have that same problem with editing? I did open a consist file and replace the 2 engines with two of mine that I had saved from MSTS. There appeared to be no problem. Should I make a new non-protected file as R. Steele above suggests and put all my ORTS stuff there? I have no intention on installing MSTS on this machine.
Thanks for your reply
BobComment
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What others have said. You need to get your routes out of the program folder.
The issue is the windows file structure permissions. So the presence or absence of MSTS makes no difference.
You've also got some good advice for other routes.
Of course, for me, routes that connect with what I know have special appeal.
Some other good routes:
Milwaukee Road East and some of the other Milwaukee road routes
The new B&O route
London & Port Stanley
The revised SAL route in Florida
And of course the Monon and of course anything from Paul Charland.Comment
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Yes, we are referring to an MSTS install, but it is NOT the MSTS executable in the Train Simulator folder that suffers from the M$ Windows file security problem. It is the add-ons in the subfolders.
ORTS executables go in a base folder as in C:\ORTS and the add-ons (either for MSTS or ORTS) go in their respective sub-folders of another base folder you can name C:\Trains. Of Course, if you do install MSTS just to get the MSTS default add-ons, you need to point the MSTS installer to C:\Trains and NOT C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator. And I REALLY recommend following the steps at Steam for Me. I printed them out, followed to the letter and NEVER have had a problem. And have done it again with multiple mini-installs.Last edited by crstagg; 05-12-2020, 08:59.CharlesComment
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Bob,
You don't need an install of the MSTS executable just to run ORTS. But you may want to run the tools as in the AE to create a path instead of using the ORTS Track Viewer. AND you may want to install a route that uses some of the files from an MSTS install that get placed in the subfolders such as shapes in ..\Global\Shapes folder or Sounds or rolling stock or Cabviews and Sounds from the default MSTS ENGs and WAGs. At a minimum you may need to copy the sub-folders from an MSTS install to your C:\Trains folder.CharlesComment
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If I have only installed ORTS do I have to have MSTS bin?
ThanksComment
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No sir. ORTS does everything MSTS Bin does.
In fact, MSTS Bin won't even install without a valid MSTS 1.2 install if I remember correctly.Parker B. - A Misplaced Midwesterner.
Also known as Mr. Two Bits and Mr. Squarewheels.Comment
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No.
MSTS bin is specifically to modify and strengthen MSTS.
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