Problem with FJ&G Route

[skyballer455]

Hello everyone! Part-time train simmer here.

I'm having a problem with Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville (FJ&G) Route. I can't run any of the activities because OR claims that the required rolling stock is missing, but I am a million percent sure I've already downloaded the required rolling stock and have them in the correct folders. Another thing: Nick Ozorak's wonderful review video for the route claims that there are seven activities that are included, but in the drop-down there are only three activities: two test activities and one simply titled "Engine House", all without a description.

Can someone enlighten me as to what I may have goofed up here? Thanks.

[derekmorton]

Hi Mark,

The open Rails log file will indicate what is missing.

I have 82 activities for the fj&g.

[skyballer455]

Hi Mark,

The open Rails log file will indicate what is missing.

I have 82 activities for the fj&g.

Hey, how did you now what my name is?

Regardless, where can I find this so-called log file? Also that is a ton of activities for a 20 mile short line route.

[derekmorton]

Your name is in your profile, publicly available.

The log file is on your desktop, openrailslog.txt

[skyballer455]

Your name is in your profile, publicly available.

The log file is on your desktop, openrailslog.txt

OK, I found the log file. But as I said before, if OR claims that the required rolling stock (which I'm certain that I already have) is missing, I can't start the activities in the first place to find out what it thinks is missing. I downloaded the FJ&G engines from here on Trainsim so there shouldn't be any issues but there is.

[derekmorton]

If you want some help, post the log file here.

[skyballer455]

If you want some help, post the log file here.

Attached is the log file after running the FJ&G route using the IRT Hedley cars from the New York City 1904 route. I had to do Explore Route since, once again, OR claims to not see any of the required rolling stock that I definitely have. Hope this helps!

[derekmorton]

If OR cannot find the stock, then its not in the required location.

[charland]

I'm guessing it's because when you unzipped the rollingstock that's what you put in the Trainset folder. You need to open each unzipped folder and select the folder inside that has the same name, and that's the folder you need to put in Trainsets. OR and for that matter MSTS can not see any Eng or Wag files when they look in the first folder... the outer folder by the same name is a function of Winzip.

Suggestion though... when you ask for help and someone wants to see the OR log file, send that file, don't substitute rolling stock and change to explore mode, totally diffferant results from what you are having trouble with.

Paul :-)

[crstagg]

Mark,
The problem lies with how the FJ&G rolling stock was packaged. For example, the F, J, & G Power from the ZIP fjgv2_power.zip extracts to FJGv2_Power/FJGv2_Power/DO_FJG_100.eng. By extracting the ZIP file to your TRAINSET folder, you end up with .../Trainset/FJGv2_Power/FJGv2_Power/DO_FJG_100.eng. MSTS and OR are looking for ENG & WAG files in .../Trainset/FJGv2_Power/ but not in .../Trainset/FJGv2_Power/FJGv2_Power. Move the second FJGv2_Power folder back to .../Trainset to solve your problems.

As to the Activities look in your .../Routes/FJ&G v1/Activities/ folder. There should be no sub folders (could be an ORTS folder) if there are then the packaging of the activities was wrong also and needs to be corrected. Same for the Services and Paths folders.

[geepster775]

The log shows the OP is using V1 of the route. I would suggest upgrading to V2 and all those activities and stock listed in that readme instead.

[skyballer455]

The log shows the OP is using V1 of the route. I would suggest upgrading to V2 and all those activities and stock listed in that readme instead.

There's a V2? The only version of the route available here at trainsim (and that I know about) is V1 so that's the one I have. Is V2 available elsewhere?

[skyballer455]

If OR cannot find the stock, then its not in the required location.

Attached is a screenshot of my TRAINSET folder clearly showing the three FJ&G stock that I found here on trainsim in the correct location. Two of the three (the FJ&G_3 folder doesn't) have a Cabview and Sound folder. Nothing appears to be amiss here. OR is being incredibly stupid if it can't find the stock that I clearly have in the proper location. Weird hill to die on, I know.

[charland]

FJGv2, been here in the library for three years:

https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/tslib.php?do=copyright&fid=34789

The first version was from the late 1950s, v2 is from the late 1970s.

Paul :-)

[crstagg]

Attached is a screenshot of my TRAINSET folder clearly showing the three FJ&G stock that I found here on trainsim in the correct location. Two of the three (the FJ&G_3 folder doesn't) have a Cabview and Sound folder. Nothing appears to be amiss here. OR is being incredibly stupid if it can't find the stock that I clearly have in the proper location. Weird hill to die on, I know.

I suggest you get the freeware version of ConBuilder and use its error checking tools to see if those ENG/WAG file are actually installed correctly.

Showing a screen shot of your Trainset folder does not prove that the ENG/WAG files are installed at the proper folder level.