"Missing" Ai Trains in Activitiys.

[R. Steele]

IF all these activities were created for MSTS ( and I'm assuming they were ) then the AI trains may not run according to the MSTS schedule. Have you opened the Map Window --- dispatcher view --- and looked to see if the AI trains are present in the activity.

Using the HUD windows ---- 7.19.5 Extended HUD for Dispatcher Information --- will show the status of any AI traffic, running or stopped.

[RobGuru]

Yes, I did look in the map window for AI trains.
Could the activities be converted to OR specs?

[R. Steele]

Yes, I did look in the map window for AI trains.

Two-legged critters cannot read minds....the above sentence could be finished in many different ways....

...and no AI trains were present or I saw AI trains but did not know how to identify them or I saw AI trains but not the ones I'm missing.

It probably is the start times that need adjusting....try changing the start time of one of the "missing" AI traffic to about 10 seconds before or after the activity starts, then look in the Dispatch window and see where it is. If it appears then you'll know that the problem is with the start time, and maybe the length of that particular traffic path...MSTS had short AI traffic paths, so with the timing differences in AI traffic between OR and MSTS and a short path, the AI could have run and disappeared when the player train arrived at the MSTS meeting place. Lots of things could be going on with a timing problem and a AI path problem.

Specifically which activity ( route also please ) are we talking about? Any activity info...like who created it or name of zip file in library would be very helpful.

[wmuzeke]

For the NS 234 activity, these are the starting times of the AI Trains. Activity starts at 1300.

1301 NS 234 AI 1
1325 NS 234 AI 2
1335 NS 234 AI 3
1340 NS 234 AI 4
1410 NS 234 AI 5

I just ran it in Open Rails 1.5.1 in fast forward-mode (CTRL-ALT-PageUP) on auto-pilot and they all spawn at these times.

Reference your screenshot, one thing you can do is to "test drive" the first AI train consist (NS 234 AI 1.con), which is driveable, using Explore Route mode and make sure there is nothing abnormal with that train's locomotive or rolling stock. Outside of that, the log file would be needed for more info.

[RobGuru]

Specifically which activity ( route also please ) are we talking about? Any activity info...like who created it or name of zip file in library would be very helpful.

The zip names are NS234.zip, NS214.zip BNSFEXTR.ZIP.

[RobGuru]

Waiting in the siding for the 233 fixed the 234 activity.