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  • kennyeaton
    Senior Member


    • Oct 2008
    • 268
    • Stony Point, NC
    • MSOR

    #1

    Stuck Locomotives

    Hello All,

    I have recently noticed that all of the older Uboats will not move in Open Rails. U 23's, U 28's, U 33's. They work fine in MSTS but will not move more than .05 mph in Open Rails. Is it possible to correct these loco's.

    Thanks
    Kenny
  • baldwin
    6000 Post Veteran


    • Nov 1999
    • 6358
    • Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.
    • ORTS

    #2
    They have the wrong Units in the maxpower lines of the eng file. They have kN but should be kW. N=newtons which is a unit of force, W=watts which is a unit of power.
    Last edited by baldwin; 01-03-2021, 14:18.
    Beer is not a matter of life or death, it is much more serious than that.

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    • crstagg
      4500 Post Veteran


      • Nov 1999
      • 4885
      • Huntsville, AL
      • Texan
      • MSOR

      #3
      The problem is that MSTS was programmed to only parse the first non-numeric character in the MaxPower line. If the character was "k" then the numeric was for kW, if it was "H" then numeric was HP.
      Charles

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      • kennyeaton
        Senior Member


        • Oct 2008
        • 268
        • Stony Point, NC
        • MSOR

        #4
        Thanks guys.

        Changing that one line with a "w" solved the problem. I've got a bunch of them to change.

        Thanks again
        Kenny

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