Who has an executable?

[sniper297]

I have macular degeneration so it's difficult to see everything.
Been gone a long time so I downloaded: TS_STARTER_ROUTE_INSTALLER.exe
And installed it. Okay, how do I run it? Did a search for *.exe, none inWcluded?
What am I missing to try this out?

[Darkhorse427]

the Train Simulations starter route (TS_STARTER_ROUTE_INSTALLER) is just a route and rolling stock for it. You "run" it by using the Open Rails simulator which is available at https://www.openrails.org/ its free and fairly easy to use. make sure you read the manuals and tutorials section on the open rails website. (or have some read it for yo if you are unable to read the small text.

[scottb613]

Hi Folks,

Now THERE's a BLAST from the past.

Welcome back - Jim.

I think the STARTER pack includes Open Rails and sets it up as a mini-route - no?

Should be looking for "OpenRails.exe" or "OpenRails64.exe".

Regards,
Scott

[EldoradoRailroad]

I have macular degeneration so it's difficult to see everything.

I am sure the other folks here will show you the way to this route. I am sorry to hear/see that your eyes are giving you trouble. All of us are suffering with our eyes with one ailment or another the older we. You have my sympathies as I have my own handicaps to deal with. If you can afford it, buy as huge a screen as you can afford/dare. It really helps a lot! Gone are the days where we would suffer with those 4:3 screens that were at best 1024x768.

Steve

[sniper297]

Thanks for the welcome back, dunno how far back I will be.
No joy on the download. I have a 20 year old XP tower and a 10 year old win 7 laptop, the download doesn't like either one.

[oper190]

Best guess is your computers are not up to running OpenRails, here are the system requirements:

System Requirements Currently, Open Rails software requires a similar hardware specification as Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) with one major exception: Open Rails software requires a video card compatible with DirectX 9.0c and Pixel Shader 2.0. One of the major breakthroughs achieved by the Open Rails software is that it places less demand on the CPU for processing information and rendering the graphics. These requirements are now placed on the GPU, instead of the CPU. For this reason, Open Rails recommends a video card with 256MB GPU RAM for decent performance. In addition, Open Rails will spread the game execution threads across four CPUs so users with multi-core CPUs will experience significantly better performance than users with single core CPUs. Certainly, a single core 2.8+ GHz CPU will experience acceptable game performance. As Open Rails software offers the ability to have richer, more detailed route environments, professional grade physics simulation, and other more compute-costly features, the performance of Open Rails will be in a direct ratio with the quality of the system it’s running on.

[llanning08]

If your old Win 7 laptop won't run the current 1.5 version of Open Rails, try an older stable version. My old HP G60 with Win 7 runs OR v1.3.1 very well, but balks running v1.4 and higher. Even so, I can run TS BNSF Scenic Sub and the TS_Starter_Route. I can also run the PRR-ER and TS MacTier okay, TS Shasta and Mullen Pass don't do so well in parts as they require newer versions of OR. My Win XP PC will run version 1.3.1, but no higher.

On the Open Rails website, you can download older versions of Open Rails. This will allow you to enjoy most of Open Rails until you can get a newer laptop or PC.

[R. Steele]

On the Open Rails website, you can download older versions of Open Rails. This will allow you to enjoy most of Open Rails until you can get a newer laptop or PC.

That will work, but remember that being older versions they may present problems that have been corrected in more recent versions....so please consider before posting bug reports when running older versions.

[llanning08]

Good point!

That will work, but remember that being older versions they may present problems that have been corrected in more recent versions....so please consider before posting bug reports when running older versions.

When you run with limitations, don't expect perfection! Expect glitches and enjoy what you have until you upgrade your computer. If you run older routes built before your OR version, they will run pretty well. Newer routes ... expect a problem now and then. As example I can load and run TS Shasta and Mullen Pass but must consider what trains/consists to use and expect some "slide shows" and even CTD in various parts of these routes. You are running in the experimental mode, expect to do your own debugging or stay out of the pool!