How easy is it to swap out traincar models?

[TrainSimJack]

I bought an old route this weekend and the switching activities looked fun, but it also pushed me back to what PC graphics looked like 20 years ago.
I'm sure at 640x480 on MSTS they looked fine, but at 5120x2160 the auto racks looked like they were drawn on milk cartons.

This got me thinking - I see Tiger Trains sells Auto Racks, and they look like they could be a little nicer than what came with my route - what's involved in swapping out cars of the same type?

[eric]

It's fairly easy. Three options for doing this:

1. Open the consist in TSRE Consist Editor, and swap it out via the GUI.
2. Open the CON file with a text editor, and change "oldshapefile olddirectory" -> "newshapefile newdirectory" in the WagonData() field
3. If you know how to use GrepWin, do a search and replace on your CONSISTS folder against "oldshapefile olddirectory" -> "newshapefile newdirectory"

I rarely update consists in the GUI... it's usually option 2 or 3 for updates. But I almost always use the GUI to build my consists.

[spoony1999]

Easiest thing for me is using the TSRE Consist Editor which I think is available to download on here

[R. Steele]

I see Tiger Trains sells Auto Racks

If its' autoracks you are replacing there are quite a few sets in the library.. newish back to 2008...a complete set of 100 by Jeff Auberpine and Bernard Grant. Also some repaints that do require SLI Autoracks...if you have their sets. I have the Tiger Trains models and they are very well done. Just offering some more choices.

[eric]

I just threw the Jeff/Bernard set into the banner. It's a must have.

If you're looking for more contemporary, the auto-max racks we saw at JB Tower two weeks ago are also in the banner (why not have two?... )