Trackviewer and Events

[OmenRotcod]

I've been trying out Trackviewer to make paths — not too difficult once one gets the hang of it.

I've looked through the Trackviewer manual, but cannot find anything about Events (for example EventCategoryLocation). Am I overlooking something? If Events cannot be placed in Trackviewer does anyone know of a work-around (apart from using MSTS Activity Editor to do it)?

Being able to place Events in Trackviewer would be useful to be able to use some of the features of ORTS (such as weather changes).

[eric]

I don't do activities, but don't events only exist within an activity file?

I'd think that's out of scope for Trackviewer, which really exists to only create, edit and fix paths (which it does extremely well).

[OmenRotcod]

I don't do activities, but don't events only exist within an activity file?

I'd think that's out of scope for Trackviewer, which really exists to only create, edit and fix paths (which it does extremely well).

Correct, they exist only within an Activity file, but they are placed there when creating the path (in MSTS Activity Editor). Point is, if I want to place an Event on a path, I have to use MSTS AE, so I might as well create the path in MSTS AE. I just thought it would be handy to be able to place an Event while creating a path in Trackviewer.

[eric]

If you're lucky enough to get the MSTS AE to open, go for it. It won't launch anymore for me.

[OmenRotcod]

I did manage (thanks to Steam4Me website) to get MSTS installed on a Windows 7 machine. (Back in 2001 I was running on a 8086 - wasn't that fun!) But I haven't got it installed on a Windows 11 machine running ORTS. So now when creating an activity I have to go from one machine (W7) via a flash drive over to another machine (W11). It works — but it's a bit of a pain because the MSTS editor can clobber some ORTS settings.

[adreid]

If Events cannot be placed in Trackviewer does anyone know of a work-around

TSRE Route Editor has an Activity tool -- you can place events (such as location events) in an activity file with this tool.

[OmenRotcod]

TSRE Route Editor has an Activity tool -- you can place events (such as location events) in an activity file with this tool.

Ok, thanks. I've wondered about TSRE. Good to know though that it will allow placing Events. I've heard that it's a steep learning curve. I use it for creating consists and find it really useful, so I guess I'll just have to grit my teeth and dig into the Route Editor - at least enough to learn how to set up activities!

[eric]

The learning curve for the editor is indeed steep, but not bad if you're only doing activities. You just have to get used to working in 3D.