Ohio Rail Route

[dkingsburg]

I Purchased the Ohio Rail Route and I'm Debating About Actually Installing it. Last Time I Installed it 2+ Years Ago Something Happened and The Track in All my Other Routes Either Ended Up Floating in the Air or Vanished or Appeared to be Set in Concrete. I Deleted the Route and Started from Scratch and am Still in the Process of Reinstalling Everything,
The Installation Instructions Are not Clear to Me and I Don't Want Anything to Happen Again.
What is the Process Exactly to Install the Route Without Messing Everything Up Again?
I Have Windows 11.
Thankyou,
DaveK

[crstagg]

If you are worried about screwing up other already installed routes just create a new mini-install of MSTS then Install Ohio Rails in it.

[oper190]

I have the route and did not have any problems, however it's been years since I downloaded so don't recall if there were specifics with the install.
Perhaps downloading into it's own folder first, to see what files it generates that it might be overwriting.

[dkingsburg]

Reading the Install Instructions and Not Being Sure What Will Happen No Matter What I Do I Think I'll be On the Safe Side and Not Install it at All.
None of the Routes in the Train Sim Library or MLT have Ever Given me any Problems so I'll Stick to the Tried and True and Avoid any more Headaches!
Thank you for the Help,
DaveK

[SantaFe801]

Something I do whenever I install ANYTHING is install it in a separate folder, then copy the contents over to their respective places. This has worked well for me thus far.

[rdayt]

This is really the only way to do this.
Everybody thought their way was better so they are all different. They can and do do weird stuff to your files.
I would even go so far as to run the .exe in a sandbox/virtual machine.

Randy

[ftldave]

Why not go so far as to make a simple BACKUP of your computer before attempting any significant changes or testing an untrusted route? The route installed without error in a mini-route when I set up my latest trainsim rig. It's been available for many years and I expect installed many thousands of times by trainsimmers - without any disastrous side effects.

[oper190]

I had no problems when I installed it years ago. If you do not have the default MSTS Routes installed that could be part of the problem, as you'll get screwed up trying to run the second .exe file. That's what the .bat file is looking for. If you don't them, then I suggest: https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...ileid?fid=2001 so you'll have the folders and objects the .bat file is looking for.

[llanning08]

This route came with an older 16-bit installer. It won't play well with Windows 11. There is some Forum discussion on how to cope with this. Perhaps Ric Garber has updated the installer. It is a very fine route!

[eric]

Indeed, and I'm pretty certain rgarber does check in from time to time. Let's give him a chance to respond.

[oper190]

The new updated route is only $14 on his website - allaboardrails.com

Edit - My install is build 10, same as the current updated route only not updated. Why I probably did not have any issues installing it.

[dkingsburg]

I Appreciate the Help and Advice but After the Last Time I Decided to Just Delete the Route. I'm Still in the Process of Redoing Everything from the Last Glitch. Better Safe than Sorry.
Thankyou,
DaveK

[ftldave]

Learning how to backup and restore your pc, its drives and directories, would be beneficial if you are prone to getting in over your head. Instead of being fearful of your pc, make a backup that you can restore, set things back, if there's trouble.

[oper190]

I Purchased the Ohio Rail Route and I'm Debating About Actually Installing it.

I have installed the Complete Bld 9 in the Library. https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=90193
Ready to run as is, no problems encountered with it, or any other routes. If you have or want bld 10 than you need to contact Richard Garber. Took me only a couple of days to get the email from Richard with the link to the download for the route and update as I wanted to update my version.

[niknak]

The new updated route is only $14 on his website - allaboardrails.com

Edit - My install is build 10, same as the current updated route only not updated. Why I probably did not have any issues installing it.

I can confirm that buying the version 10 update also gets you the version 10 route itself.

I paid for it today and received the download links within a few hours.