Bell No Longer Rings When Blowing Horn on US Trains

[Kuckoo]

After running TrainSim's Mac Tier sub (first time running a non-US route since recently installing MSTS and OR), the bell no longer rings when blowing the whistle while running US trains on US routes. Manual operation of the bell still works.

Issue persists after multiple restarts.

I'm new with OR so I'm at a loss on how to correct this, or knowing if I'm doing anything incorrectly.

Thanks.

[niknak]

Hi, Have you checked this line in the relevant eng file? DoesHornTriggerBell ( 0 ) If it reads like that then just change the (0) to (1)

[Kuckoo]

Hi, Have you checked this line in the relevant eng file? DoesHornTriggerBell ( 0 ) If it reads like that then just change the (0) to (1)

Yep that was it. Found four such instances on BNSF trains.

THanks.

[R. Steele]

Yep that was it. Found four such instances on BNSF trains.

THanks.

There are quite a few tools that folks in this hobby use to make chores like this faster and easier...for example one such tool is Search and Replace >>> http://www.funduc.com/ -- there are other utilities like this, other forum members have their favorites...all are good and do the same task. They all make the replacement or changing of values and terms in any of the files quick and easy.
A good search & replace tool will allow exclusion or inclusion of certain directories or files, using binary searches instead of single lines, and a variety of other flags to modify the search. Three examples below.
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[dcarleton]

FYI, in real life the horn does not always ring the bell.

[Kuckoo]

There are quite a few tools that folks in this hobby use to make chores like this faster and easier...for example one such tool is Search and Replace >>> http://www.funduc.com/ -- there are other utilities like this, other forum members have their favorites...all are good and do the same task. They all make the replacement or changing of values and terms in any of the files quick and easy.
A good search & replace tool will allow exclusion or inclusion of certain directories or files, using binary searches instead of single lines, and a variety of other flags to modify the search. Three examples below.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]81645[/ATTACH]

Thanks. I've been using Notepad++ for years. Used it in this case as well.

[R. Steele]

I use Notepad++ also, I especially like the way it justifies the files to the left hand margin and then using the dotted lines to align brackets...also use ConText quite a lot for normal file work.

[crstagg]

Thanks. I've been using Notepad++ for years. Used it in this case as well.

Sounds like you did not understand his point. Notepad++ only searches and replaces in the ONE open text file. Where as the program Search and Replace looks in ALL (or only certain type) files throughout a folder for the specified phrase and replaces all occurrences.

Example: Point Search and Replace to your Trainset folder, tell it to only look at .ENG files for the phrase "DoesHornTriggerBell ( 0 )" and replace with "DoesHornTriggerBell ( 1 )". S&R then searches Trainset folder and every subfolder, looks in 2346 files and finds 75 occurrences and then you can replace all or selective choose which you want to replace. Beats opening 2346 ENG files in Notepad++ and looking for the phrase.

[Kuckoo]

Sounds like you did not understand his point. Notepad++ only searches and replaces in the ONE open text file. Where as the program Search and Replace looks in ALL (or only certain type) files throughout a folder for the specified phrase and replaces all occurrences.

Example: Point Search and Replace to your Trainset folder, tell it to only look at .ENG files for the phrase "DoesHornTriggerBell ( 0 )" and replace with "DoesHornTriggerBell ( 1 )". S&R then searches Trainset folder and every subfolder, looks in 2346 files and finds 75 occurrences and then you can replace all or selective choose which you want to replace. Beats opening 2346 ENG files in Notepad++ and looking for the phrase.

Notepad++ can search and replace text located in multiple files and in multiple subfolders. It's been capable of this since forever ago, and it's one of the reasons why it was created in the first place:

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As I said I've been using this utility for years, modifying hundreds, if not thousands of pages of dat files etc. for multiple applications.

[R. Steele]

Notepad++ can search and replace text located in multiple files and in multiple subfolders. It's been capable of this since forever ago, and it's one of the reasons why it was created in the first place:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]81647[/ATTACH]

As I said I've been using this utility for years, modifying hundreds, if not thousands of pages of dat files etc. for multiple applications.

Does Notepad++ have a binary search & replace mode? ( I could never figure out how ...course I didn't spend much time with it ...as Search&Rpleace has this option )
For instance replace this section of code in engine files

Exhaust1
   (
    0 4.72 -3.515
    0 1 0
    0.13
   )

with this

Exhaust1
   (
    0 4.52 -3.515
    0 1 0
    0.23
   )

would be easy with S&R. Using other optional flags increases the complexity of the operation.

But like I stated in my original reply...for simple search&replace operations most any S&R option will do, even most word doc programs have this option.

[Kuckoo]

Does Notepad++ have a binary search & replace mode?

It depends on the extension that you filter for the search. I think Notepad++ edits binaries by default.

Be mindful of the search parameters. For example, if searching a string in an executable it is possible that binaries containing characters in the string could be modified as well, ruining the .exe. So be careful when setting up a search.

Notepad++ does have a Hex editor plugin available available for download (HexEditor.dll).

Here is the Notepad++ User Manual.

As far as plain integers and decimals are concerned (like what you posted in your reply) you can filter the search and treat it like any other search and replace, using extended mode and /n and /r as needed.

[R. Steele]

Ahhh, thanks Kuckoo...good to know. I've found Notepad++ to be among the many useful tools you need in this hobby ( if you treat it like virtual model railroading and like to get in the basement and do some work on the layout....strained metaphor, maybe...but you get the idea)