All my Track is Gone !!!

[lvlender]

I just started a Monon-2 exploratory session startng just outside Monon. I ran a passenger train into Monon. It looks like the track is diving under the ground.

A few weeks back I ran a Monon scenario from east of Monon into Chicago. The track ties/ballast did not dive under the ground in Monon or in Chicago. Any thoughts?


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[motormaster532]

I just started a Monon-2 exploratory session startng just outside Monon. I ran a passenger train into Monon. It looks like the track is diving under the ground.

A few weeks back I ran a Monon scenario from east of Monon into Chicago. The track ties/ballast did not dive under the ground in Monon or in Chicago. Any thoughts?


Open Rails 2024-05-29 04-15-17.png

Dont worry about it. At that location,it is normal for how it was built. From what you have uploaded with the screenshots,it appears your problem is solved,at least for Monon. Several locations have that effect where it appears the track is sinking. Now to fix my own "vanished " track on WP,Cheyenne and LaSalle. Take Care Brian

[motormaster532]

Along these similar lines,but a problem a little different than "Ivlenders". When I bought my new "Alienware" Computer,I naturally shifted ALL of my Content over to the new machine. Everything worked perfectly on the old Alienware,but when I finally checked WP3,LaSalle and Cheyenne,like "Ivlender" ALL the track was gone. I couldn't figure out why. It was there on the old machine. When I checked the GLOBAL on the old one,the subfolders were global,scalerail,shapes,textures,tutor and under the subfolder "global" scalerail,shapes,tsection.dat. Somehow,this did not transfer to the new machine,mystery to me,so I just re-copied Global{old}Global{new} and the problem is solved. If I remember "Ivender"began having problems when he deleted "Monon" and re-installed. This is why it is crucial to ALWAYS BACK UP THINGS before you experiment or modify. I have gotten myself out of so many problems by doing this. One other thing that "Ivender" SHOULD NOT READ until he gets his problem corrected is that I was able to install WP3 in my regular "Train Simulator" file without creating a subfile for it. Of course this is for MSTS only content, Open Rails exclusive content has its own File,as always. Anyway.that is how I fixed my own "phantom" track situation. Hope it can help others, Take Care. Brian

[lvlender]

Hi lvlender,

Looking at your screen shots in post #19, I would say that the grey issues could be your terrain height is too high. Easy enough to check and fix in TSRE.

Peter

I Peter,

can you tell me how to check in TSRE? I found the Chicago yard where all the track is 'buried' but, the TSRE screen doen't show the buried track. See screenshots

South Randolph Street Yard
South Randoph St Yard.jpg

Underground Train Station
Randolph Street Undergrounf Train station.jpg

[peterman]

Hi lvlender,

Here is a link to Pete Williard's TSRE manual courtesy of Eric, https://github.com/pwillard/TSRE5-Do...ads/master.zip. Looking at the screen shots in post #34, it is apparent that the track is NOT buried beneath the terrain in TSRE, therefore the only thing that I would suggest is to check in your Open Rails options if your Super Elevation is set to anything but 0. If it is, change it to 0 and see if that corrects your issue. If not, I don't know what to tell you. I am using the original track replacement package released in January 2024 and have no issues with it. Mind you, I built my own route, so for various reasons I don't run anyone else's routes. Good luck!!

Peter

[lvlender]

Yes Peter,..

thanks for getting the link to the download for the TSRE5 docs. I am all a loss as to the source of the issue. Perhaps looking through the TSRE5 documents will enlighten me. I have had the Super elevation 'level' counter at zero for the past month. If you come up with any ideas, I'd sure like to hear them. Thanks!

Super Elevation Options.jpg

[eric]

When I pull up the same location, only the station portion of the track is covered, which is by design:

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I've said this a couple times ---- the tracks uploaded two weeks ago are physically higher than the version released a couple months ago.

The tracks loaded back in February thru April are lower than the terrain in some places, and will appear as yours do.

Look in Global\Shapes and sort your files by date descending.... You should see all of your A1t*** tracks with a May 2024 file date.

If they don't, please download the most current file ( https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=88570 ), and click on replace existing shapes when prompted.

[lvlender]

Hi Eric,

Following your instruction, I copied the ATrack files into a copy of a GLOBAL/Shapes and GLOBAL/Textures. I then looked to see if all the A1t*** track files in the Shapes folder now had a date of 5/28/2024. Nope, but after my initial surprise, I thought maybe they aren’t all supposed to be?

I don’t know what track files look like so I counted out files by date...

A1T*** files in Shapes folder by year

• 2001 - 47 files
• 2002 – 98 files
• 2003 – 68 files
• 2004 – 62 files
• 2005 – 25 files
• 2006 – 345 Files
• 2007 – 52 files
• 2024 – 1,037 files

Does 1.037 cover all the track?

[eric]

Not clear if that includes .SD files or not, but there were 1640 shapes updated in May 2024, including multi-track pieces.

You should have fewer than 75 pieces without a 2024 date.