Problem with FJ&G Route

[skyballer455]

Morning Mark,

There are a few thousand people with the FJGv1 out there working so the route does work!

Need for you to check a couple of things, might sound pretty basic but I can't see how you have things from here. Open you Routes folder, open the FJGv1 folder once and take a screenshot for me.

Open the Trains>Trainset>FJG_20 folder once and take a screenshot of it.

Just to confirm, you have v1 install which is the late 1950s, that's the version you won't... not the 1970s version, right? The reason for asking is the activities and rolling stock are not interchangeable, so we just need to be on the same page.

Paul :-)

Here is the screenshot of the FJGv1 folder:

fjgfolder.JPG

I don't have a FJG_20 folder so here is the FJG_30 folder instead, hope that still helps:

fjg30folder.JPG

[charland]

Hi Mark,

They both look fine. Can you take one more screenshot. Open you Consist folder in the Trains folder (not the consists that came with the route), and take a shot and post it.

Are you able to open the route in Explore mode and run an engine that you know works on any of your other routes?

Paul :-)

[skyballer455]

Hi Mark,

They both look fine. Can you take one more screenshot. Open you Consist folder in the Trains folder (not the consists that came with the route), and take a shot and post it.

Are you able to open the route in Explore mode and run an engine that you know works on any of your other routes?

Paul :-)

Here is the screenshot of my consists folder:

confolder.JPG

Yes, I'm able to do explore mode with any other engine. However, when starting at Broadalbin the train is facing the wrong direction.

[charland]

Sorry Mark,

I should have been more specific, can you just look in your Consist folder and see if there is anything there related to the FJ&G. Can you go into the FJ&G route folder and open the Path and Service folders and see if there is anything in them.

I can't remember but I think anything starting out in Broadalbin would start facing the wrong way because nothing gets turned on the FJ&G and would be running backwards from Broadalbin to Gloversville. The only way to set that up in the sim is to start the activity facing the wrong way and have a reverse point right where you start.

You have a couple of pieces of FJ&G equipment, one of the engines if I remember. Can you open and run it in explore mode in the route?

Paul :-)

[skyballer455]

Sorry Mark,

I should have been more specific, can you just look in your Consist folder and see if there is anything there related to the FJ&G. Can you go into the FJ&G route folder and open the Path and Service folders and see if there is anything in them.

I can't remember but I think anything starting out in Broadalbin would start facing the wrong way because nothing gets turned on the FJ&G and would be running backwards from Broadalbin to Gloversville. The only way to set that up in the sim is to start the activity facing the wrong way and have a reverse point right where you start.

You have a couple of pieces of FJ&G equipment, one of the engines if I remember. Can you open and run it in explore mode in the route?

Paul :-)

Here's a screenshot of my consists folder showing the ones that are specifically marked as being from the FJG route:
fjgcon.JPG

And yes, there are some things in the Path and Service folders.

I just ran one of the S2s in explore mode from Broadalbin and it worked flawlessly.

[charland]

Morning Mark,

Can you have a look in the route's service and traffic folders to make sure they were installed. Everything else appears to be correct.

I'll reinstall the route and make sure you have what I have here. I think one thing you could do is to open the route in Explore mode and post the OR log here, maybe there is something it will show.

Paul :-)

[charland]

Something caught my eye in one of the screenshot you posted. Can you open OR and the route and select the FJG 134 activity. Take a screenshot and post it.

The screenshot you posted a few days ago shows no path and FJ&G 134 is not installed, I'm not sure if that has changed.

Paul :-)

[skyballer455]

Morning Mark,

Can you have a look in the route's service and traffic folders to make sure they were installed. Everything else appears to be correct.

I'll reinstall the route and make sure you have what I have here. I think one thing you could do is to open the route in Explore mode and post the OR log here, maybe there is something it will show.

Paul :-)

Something caught my eye in one of the screenshot you posted. Can you open OR and the route and select the FJG 134 activity. Take a screenshot and post it.

The screenshot you posted a few days ago shows no path and FJ&G 134 is not installed, I'm not sure if that has changed.

Paul :-)

I just had a look at the services and traffics folders and there is stuff in both places.

Here's the screenshot you asked for:
fjg134.JPG

And here is the log file. I ran the route in explore mode using the 30 engine from Broadalbin:
OpenRailsLog.txt

[charland]

Hi Mark,

Your screenshot tells me that your activities are not loaded or not loaded correctly. OR is seeing the the FJG134 activity because it's in the Activity folder but that's all it's seeing.

Have you downloaded and installed apkex-v3-07 I put mine on the desktop, just a blue suitcase, then dragged each activity file to it and it did the rest. You'll have to go into it's settings and direct it to where you have you game files, your MSTS on Drive D I would guess, but that it, it should put everything you need in place.

Paul :-)

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
There is a problem with download fjg_s2s.zip.
The installer creates folder FJ&G S-2s in the TRAINSET folder.
The supplied consists FJ&G 20.con and FJ&G 21.con specify the folder as FJ&G_S2s

Also, Engine House.con is missing. The .apk files included in the FJ&G v1 route do not work normally because the route specified is FJGRRCo. The .zip file option in apkex-v3-07 can be used to extract the files; the .zip file can then be unpacked and the consist copied into the CONSISTS folder.

Cheers,
Ged

[charland]

Thanks Ged,

If Mark doesn't have Engine House.con I'll transfer it from the other computer and post it.

Mark, you should download this file and change out the files in it with the one's that came with the two S-2s. I can't remember but it should just be the .eng and .sd files to correct the coupler spacing.

Coupler FIX for the S2s:

https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/tslib.php?do=copyright&fid=20199

Paul :-)

[skyballer455]

Thanks Ged,

If Mark doesn't have Engine House.con I'll transfer it from the other computer and post it.

Mark, you should download this file and change out the files in it with the one's that came with the two S-2s. I can't remember but it should just be the .eng and .sd files to correct the coupler spacing.

Coupler FIX for the S2s:

https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/tslib.php?do=copyright&fid=20199

Paul :-)

I already downloaded and applied that file as it's in the required downloads list included with the S2 activities. Edit: My Engine House.con file is in the FJ&G v1\Consists folder, but not in the main Consists folder.

[charland]

Hi Mark,

You need to move the enginehouse.con file from the route consist folder to the mail consist folder.

Did you install the apk unpacker program and unpack the activities?

Paul :-)

[skyballer455]

Hi Mark,

You need to move the enginehouse.con file from the route consist folder to the mail consist folder.

Did you install the apk unpacker program and unpack the activities?

Paul :-)

I did that already. Also, it seems the route is misnamed in the apk files. It's looking for a FJ&GRRco folder and not the FJ&G v1 folder.

[charland]

Which activities are you trying to install. I'll have to try install the same ones here to see where the problem is... been 16 year, can't remember off hand... might be old age setting in!

Paul :-)