Creating Folders

[dkingsburg]

When Creating Folders for Downloaded Engines & Cars that Require Them, How do I Name or Label the Folder so that TSRE Can Identify it and Place that Item in a Consist?
Thankyou,
DaveK

[rdayt]

You can name the folder anything you like TSRE picks up the name in the .wag and uses that info to show in the consist editor.

Randy

[crstagg]

If the instructions do not tell you what to name the ENG/WAG folder to place in the Trainset folder, the normal convention is to use the name of the ZIP file. That is what the creators of Activities expect when thay include such rolling stock in their activities.

[jdonald1]

Perhaps what DaveK is asking is what parameters does CE use when you enter a search for a particular engine or piece of rolling stock. Unless it has changed, it searches for the "Name" line in the .eng or .wag files first. If there is no Name line then it uses the .eng file name itself. I don't think the Folder name comes into it at all.

Don

[crstagg]

Perhaps what DaveK is asking is what parameters does CE use when you enter a search for a particular engine or piece of rolling stock. Unless it has changed, it searches for the "Name" line in the .eng or .wag files first. If there is no Name line then it uses the .eng file name itself. I don't think the Folder name comes into it at all.

Don

If that is his question then it is correct that the folder name does not come into it at all. It is the location (a sub-folder of the Trainset folder) that matters. As any CE will read ALL the immediate sub-folders of Trainset looking for ENG and WAG files.

[dkingsburg]

The Activity I'm Working on is LVR EB Freight Run Player. The Consist Calls for lv95066 from the LVcars File. The File is There with that Car is in it. I Downloaded the File from the File Library and Installed it Directly into My Trainset Folder. However the Consist Editor (Middle Column) Shows it as [BROKEN]. This Happens With Various Cars Even though they Are in the Trainset Folder and They Didn't Require a Folder to be Created.
DaveK

[R. Steele]

Dave I believe you missed the short course in Consist naming conventions....both "loose consists" used in activity files and consist files ( *.con ) found in the Consists folder use the same method. Below is a sample consist file --- take a look at it.

Both engine and wagon data lines are constructed the same..,

for example this line >>>> WagonData ( DRGW50796-MT drgwpack ) tells the simulation to look for a wagon file ( DRGW50796-MT.wag ) in a folder named "drgwpack" in the TRAINSET folder.

Wagon or Engine file name first --- then the sub-folder in the TRAINSET folder that the wag or eng file can be found in.

IF you are finding Broken notations in the TSRE Consist editor than it is more than likely that the editor cannot find the proper folder in the TRAINSET folder --- or the piece of equipment is named incorrectly. Since your question was about naming folders, I'm guessing that the folder names are messed up.

SIMISA@@@@@@@@@@JINX0D0t______

Train (
TrainCfg ( "DRGW 1968 MIXED FRT"
Name ( "DRGW 1968 MIXED FRT" )
Serial ( 2 )
MaxVelocity ( 36.65728 1.00000 )
NextWagonUID ( 44 )
Durability ( 1 )
Engine (
UiD ( 0 )
EngineData ( F7A_DRGW_5591 BLW_F7_DRGW_B )
)
Engine (
UiD ( 1 )
EngineData ( F7B_DRGW_5572 BLW_F7_DRGW_B )
)
Engine (
UiD ( 2 )
EngineData ( F7B_DRGW_5572 BLW_F7_DRGW_B )
)
Engine (
UiD ( 3 )
EngineData ( F7B_DRGW_5572 BLW_F7_DRGW_B )
)
Engine (
Flip ( )
UiD ( 4 )
EngineData ( F7A_DRGW_5591 BLW_F7_DRGW_B )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW50796-MT drgwpack )
UiD ( 5 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW_61837_LD DRGW_50ft_Boxcars_BEW )
UiD ( 6 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW63790 scmgpk2 )
UiD ( 7 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( gon-gonx3_Scrap1 gondolas )
UiD ( 8 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( gon-gonx3_Scrap1 gondolas )
UiD ( 9 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( FMLX200040_mt 5pak18 )
UiD ( 10 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( FMLX200040_mt 5pak18 )
UiD ( 11 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( FMLX200040_mt 5pak18 )
UiD ( 12 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( ATSF27043_lo ATSF_Cattlepak )
UiD ( 36 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( ATSF27043_lo ATSF_Cattlepak )
UiD ( 37 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( ATSF27043_lo ATSF_Cattlepak )
UiD ( 38 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( ATSF27043_lo ATSF_Cattlepak )
UiD ( 39 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW12640_LD drgwpack )
UiD ( 17 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW12752_LD drgwpack )
UiD ( 18 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW12813_LD drgwpack )
UiD ( 19 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW12640_LD drgwpack )
UiD ( 20 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( gon-sp1_Scrap3 gondolas )
UiD ( 21 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( Coors_Steel "Coors 40ft. Steel" )
UiD ( 22 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( Coors_Steel "Coors 40ft. Steel" )
UiD ( 23 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( UPFE_457668_REEFER SLI_PFE )
UiD ( 24 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( SFRD_7939_clsd_ld SFRD_7939 )
UiD ( 42 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( PFE_459381_REEFER SLI_PFE )
UiD ( 40 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( PFE_459381_REEFER SLI_PFE )
UiD ( 41 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( ARMN725341_LD armnpak2 )
UiD ( 28 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( UPFE_457668_REEFER SLI_PFE )
UiD ( 29 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW50796-MT drgwpack )
UiD ( 30 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( drgw5227 DRGW5227 )
UiD ( 31 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW50749-MT drgwpack )
UiD ( 43 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW63790 scmgpk2 )
UiD ( 33 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( DRGW_40097_FMC_DBDoor_Box_LD SLI_UP_FRC_FREIGHT )
UiD ( 34 )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( RG_Widevision_Caboose SLI_GREENRIVER_FREIGHT )
UiD ( 35 )
)
)
)​

The Consist Calls for lv95066

open that consist in an editor and look for the folder name in the wagon line that has lv95066. Or better yet, post a copy of the consist file in a post like I did above so everyone can see the consist file in its entire form.

[dkingsburg]

That's just it. I Installed the Folder Directly into the Trainset Folder. I Didn't Have to Create and Name the Folder, Just Install it! The Cars We're in the Folder. But they Still Show Up as BROKEN!
DaveK

[R. Steele]

That's just it. I Installed the Folder Directly into the Trainset Folder. I Didn't Have to Create and Name the Folder, Just Install it! The Cars We're in the Folder. But they Still Show Up as BROKEN!
DaveK

So? You are not providing new information, just repeating what you've already posted. Please post screenshot of "folder installed into Trainset folder" -- or provide the name of the folder and post the actual consist...open consist in editor, copy and paste into post -- wrap "code" "#" around it. Or just copy consist from editor and paste in post. Whatever is easier for you.

Ps. From the information you've provided up to this point, I can only guess what is happening .... me or somebody else might guess correctly. I am sure in your working life you used accepted techniques and procedures to diagnose problems, just guessing is always the least productive way to solve a problem, but -- heck -- sometimes it works.

[rdayt]

A lot of the time the folder with the equipment is itself in another folder.
You'll have to copy that folder to the root of trainset.
If you open the folder that's in the trainset folder it'll be obvious.

Randy