Missing cabview

[gates5of1]

Was looking to change my cab view in a SD70ACE from a D-9 Cab view to a 70Ace view. I selected shremdc7.zip following the directions given. When I load the locomotive and go to cab view all I see is the railing I think I check everything spacing spelling etc. but still missing something any ideas?

[jkorienek]

In the "Eng" file there is a line for cabview

Sanding ( 15mph )
NumWheels ( 4 )
MaxTemperature ( 120 )
MaxOilPressure ( 90 )

CabView ( sd40.cvf ) <------
HeadOut ( 1.6 3.39 4.63 )

AirBrakesAirCompressorPowerRating( 3.7 )
AirBrakesMainMinResAirPressure( 14.8 )
AirBrakesMainMaxAirPressure( 140 )

change the sd40 or whatever, to the cabview file you chose, leave the '.CVF'

save and try again

[gates5of1]

Per instructions took out ( dash9.cvf ) and replaced it with ( EMD-SD70ACE-CSX.cvf ) nothing else change go figure. I know spacing play a part in it also, so I have double checked those too.

[bigmak1313]

Did you place the SHR.CABS file in your trainset folder?

[Jdark34]

you need to create 2 folders in trainset files. name one common.cab and the other one common.snd

[wmuzeke]

A few more things to check:

- As mentioned above, the cab files should be installed in TRAINSET/SHR.CABS/EMD-CONF7-CAB/
- Make sure to copy the file "EMD-SD70ACE-CSX.cvf" into the CABVIEW folder of the locomotive you are using. This file will be located in TRAINSET/SHR.CABS/EMD-CONF7-CAB/ALIAS.

[oper190]

To be sure where the files need to be open the .cvf file in your cabview folder.

If you see something like this it means the .ace file should be in your Cabview Folder for that engine:

Tr_CabViewFile (
CabViewType ( 2 )
CabViewFile ( "dash9frnt1024.ace" )
CabViewWindow ( 0 0 640 480 )
CabViewWindowFile ( "" )
Position ( 1 3.5 8.8 )
Direction ( 8 0 0 )
CabViewFile (Dash9Lft.ace )


If you see something like this it means the .ace files are located in the named sub-folder within your Trainset Folder:

Tr_CabViewFile (
CabViewType ( 2 )
CabViewFile ( "..\\..\\3DTrains_GeepPack\\Cabview\\GP9_Cab_H i_Fr ont.ace" )
CabViewWindow ( 0 0 640 480 )
CabViewWindowFile ( "..\\..\\3DTrains_GeepPack\\Cabview\\GP9_Cab_H i_Fr ont.ace" )
Position ( 1.2 3.4 3.1 )
Direction ( 5 -20 0 )
CabViewFile ( "..\\..\\3DTrains_GeepPack\\Cabview\\GP9_Cab_Hi_Le ft.ace" )

In this case the .ace files are located in a folder called 3DTrains_GeepPack

[derekmorton]

Slipperman has a utility called sms_checker.
It will point out where you problem lies.

https://www.trainsim.com/forums/down....php?fid=87608

[gates5of1]

I think the zip is corrupt other zip that i have tried seen to work.

[oper190]

Slipperman has a utility called sms_checker.
It will point out where you problem lies.

https://www.trainsim.com/forums/down....php?fid=87608

Queston it seems this checks signal files, so how does help with a cabview?

[R. Steele]

Use MSTS check to troubleshoot the cabview, could be any number of problems, as pointed out in the thread. Wrong folder, incorrect path, typo, etc. etc.

msts_check.zip File ID 85979

ORTS / MSTS Utility -- MSTS_Check A utility to check for missing cabviews and sound files and to, optionally, suggest suitable sources for those files. May be used with any MSTS or ORTS installation. Unpack to a temporary folder & run installer. Developed and uploaded by G. Saunders. v2.1 Nov. 2018 (Previous version had 739 downloads)

[derekmorton]

so how does help with a cabview?

Too soon after I woke up.

Gerry got the correct one.