Amtrak SW Chief #3 1995 Chillicothe Sub activity not working

[johnnyboy99]

I've checked the file, and made sure everything installed properly, but it won't load. It says <loaderror> when I select it. Is there a file missing?

[johnnyboy99]

nevermind, I found out I didn't properly install the activity files

[johnnyboy99]

i'm still looking for SF_8_40BW_superF.zip
was it removed from the file library?

[crstagg]

Try searching for SF_8_40BW*.zip and see if it is in an one of those.

[johnnyboy99]

nevermind it's a "kitbash revival" of the old ATSF seligman B40-8W which uses an .eng from an existing model and the Danny Beck files

[johnnyboy99]

and the bob worth seligman sub activity is missing a consist: PVC-Shuffle

[oper190]

seligman sub activity is missing a consist: PVC-Shuffle

What Activity? The Acitvity file name and name would be most helpfull. I'm assuming it's an add-on (downloaded ) Activity as his that came with the route were all default consists.

[johnnyboy99]

the one on the seligman subdivision that is.
I've replaced it with an ATSF C30-7 anyway

[Jdark34]

if you put in SLI dash 8s you can find the .s files from danny beck.

[oper190]

bob worth seligman sub activity is missing a consist: PVC-Shuffle

Downloaded the Amtrak #3 Activity for Seligman, and ran a check, all consists were in the download. The one in that Activity is called ATSF-pvc.con

[johnnyboy99]

I'm also having issues with AI train timing on the Marceline sub section, where (especially when driving in autopilot), some trains spawn way after the player train would pass them, like the last few AIs, and some, even on time, appear to have been designed to spawn when the train is late. Am I doing something wrong?

[slipperman]

Hi johnnyboy99,
No, mate, it's unlikely you are doing anything wrong!
I suspect the activity you're running was created for use with MSTS.
Open Rails doesn't process AI trains in the same way as MSTS did, so you'll probably notice some differences.
Very often, the solution is to change the start time of the AI services which don't appear as expected, but it could be quite a long trial and error job!

Cheers,
Ged

[spoony1999]

User amtrak115 wrote the activities for the Southwest Chief, maybe send him a PM or he can chime in here

[oper190]

As stated, OR runs AI trains differently, all trains in fact. I made a series of Activities from Chicago to LA , for MSTS, and had to redo them all for OR, including my player trains station times. Typically ran 10-20 minutes later in OR then MSTS.

[johnnyboy99]

I ran into a problem on the Cajon 4 section where a Metrolink train is stopped at Fullerton and it’s still waiting. Is this supposed to happen?
in addition I’ve run into problems where the AI doesn’t stop in a passing loop on single track so I have to use the Ctrl+F9 map to control the switches and signals manually.