Anyone successfully got Texas and Pacific v1.0 to work?

[bandorr2000]

Almost all shapes are uncompressed. Trying to compress failed with shape file manager. The reason was this area:

lod_controls ( 1
lod_control (
distance_levels_header ( 0 )
distance_levels ( 1
distance_level (
distance_level_header (
dlevel_selection ( [ ] )
hierarchy ( 1 -1 )
)

dlevel_selection should be a number, not [ ] .

I changed that to 2000, now can compress all but 2 shape files, and the buildings/scenery now appear at a distance.

[JSMR]

Whoa. NASA stuff here.
I’ll have to figure out what that means and how to do the same.

[oper190]

You says it most all, so that means checking ever object.

[dlfrenchmd]

Thought I would weigh in here to let everybody know I am very interested in problems and potential solutions for the route. Thanks so much for recognizing this is my first route. No idea what many of you are pointing out. I am taking notes. If anyone finds stuff requiring an update to the route for all users, let me know. Thanks for all the interest and comments. I, too, see the oncoming "me" train and go thru it reversing my route. Then it resumes. Working on a potential switch fault at these locations.
Dan

[frliss]

I just looked at the route in the ORTS track viewer and found that there is a half mile of track missing between MP539.5 and MP540. This could be the reason I saw my own train in an "alternative Universe". See note number 8 of this thread.

I'm surprised that the train passed right through the gap without derailing.

Fred

[Darkhorse427]

Working on a potential switch fault at these locations.
Dan

I know that there are two 10deg switches set point to point with no track piece in between so there are two track end nodes (red numbers in TSRE) not connected. I just cant remember exactly where I saw them in the editor but they do show up in the error list in TSRE

[Darkhorse427]

the track node error is between "Abilene Yard North Burlington" siding and "Abilene Industrial Park" siding.
T&P track node error.jpg

[dlfrenchmd]

I was midway thru route development when I learned you can't put switches back to back. Sorry.
Dan

[Darkhorse427]

I was midway thru route development when I learned you can't put switches back to back. Sorry.
Dan

I corrected it in my copy by adding a 10m straight piece in between them. Which was a little more complicated than it sounds...

Basically I removed all the interactives from the point between the two turnouts to the end of the track after Abilene yard, then selected all of those track pieces including the yard end switch that was butted up against the industry spur switch, hit "Z" then selected them all again and moved them a little more than 10m further away from the trailing switch. I then added the piece of 10m straight and reversed the moving process to reconnect the two parts. After saving the new track database I added in the interactives that I removed (I used screen shots of each interactive to note their position and settings before removing them)

[bandorr2000]

I have uploaded the compressed shape files for this route, which takes care of objects appearing suddenly instead of at a distance. Just unzip and place in the T&P route folder.

[frliss]

Still looking for the file. Hasn't reached the file library yet. Do you have a file number.

Fred

[bandorr2000]

In the approval que

[frliss]

Thanks for sharing the updated shape files. The scenery is a lot more populated than I originally thought. Looks like a totally different route.

Fred

PS - Thanks to Dan for the original route.

[llanning08]

Fix "bad" engine 300C by editing file: AUnitSkin_SFWB_300C,eng Cabview. Change ( FUint.cvf ) to ( EMD_F7.cvf ) and save the file. Now the T&P E7A #300C will work fine!

[Darkhorse427]

Fix "bad" engine 300C by editing file: AUnitSkin_SFWB_300C,eng Cabview. Change ( FUint.cvf ) to ( EMD_F7.cvf ) and save the file. Now the T&P E7A #300C will work fine!

I am working on a replacement set of the F7's it will be a full set of ABBA units using the same directory but with renamed engine files and shape files (the original set used the engine file and shape file names from my Santa Fe warbonnet set I released last year.) and updated main textures with all the details on them. I will include updated versions of the two included consists with this pack. it should be ready in just a day or so. need to test it before releasing it.
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