Open rails refuses to load texture

[Guest]

I'll try my best to explain.
Let's say I have some coaches at TRAINSET/COACHES.
Inside COACHES, I have a TBOARDS folder, which includes a shape file (say A) with a designated texture. The shape file is loaded with a coach's .s file (say B) from the COACHES folder through the respective .wag file (say C) (using the parameter ORTSFreightAnims).
Things are good till here.

Now, I create a copy of A in the same folder. I rename it and the designated texture. I change up the texture and also rename the image( entries in the shape file. I keep in mind to put " " (although SFM does it for me).
When I open this new shape (say D) in the TSRE shape viewer, it loads perfectly with the new texture.

Now, I create a copy of the .wag file, I rename it and I open it in notepad. I don't change the name of B in the shape ( entry. In the ORTSFreightAnims section, I change up the name of A to D.
And yes, D is located in //TBOARDS, if the .wag file is located in COACHES.
I save the wag file and open it in TSRE. I am greeted with black textures.
Open Rails does the same, but with a lighter grey texture.

Help.

Regards

[baldwin]

Textures failing to show usually means that the texture entry in the S file does not exactly match the actual name in the folder, and/or it is unable to read the texture for some reason. A look at the OR log file should show you an error for the texture.

[charland]

When OR looks for a piece of rolling stock they open the folder and then look for a wag file. If there is no wag file in the first folder, they just stop looking. You say you have a second folder inside you COACHES folder, OR will never see anything that's in it. The only exceptions are the Sound and Cabview folder and that is something written in the Wag file to direct them to.

You should open your Coaches folder and see all the files plus folders for Sound and Cabview... that's it.

Paul :-)