Having fun with this One.

[pcohen]

Hi everybody, Good afternoon.

This Morning I have Downloaded the American Freedom Train "AFT PassTrain"
But cannot work out It's Title to put into the Open Rails Locomotive Menu.

The Readme File Is not a great Help on this occassion. I have tried several variations to Install It but with no luck.

Any help with this Please?

Many thanks

Paul.

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
It's something which hadn't caught my attention before, but just downloaded it!
With respect, the readme seems quite clear :

To install--
Unzip AFTPass.zip to a temporary folder
Click on the AFTPassPack.exe to install the complete package
Copy and Paste the AFT PassTrain.con file to your consists folder
Then delete the temporary folder when finished
Consist file included-for use as an explore mode consist or can be added to an activity

By default the installer will place the train in :
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\TRAINS\TRAINSET\AFT Pass
You will need to change that to, possibly :
C:\MSTS1\TRAINS\TRAINSET\AFT Pass depending in the location of your installation.
If there's something else, please tell where you're having difficulty.
You can run the train on any route you like, if that's what you're concerned about!

Cheers,
Ged

[oper190]

Have to look into it, I have the trainset but not the consist???? May need to do the download again.

Edit - okay I have a different set, from another site. - Just dowloaded from here.

[pcohen]

Hi Ged.

Both the Loco and the Consist are Listed In my Trainset Folder but when opening Open Rails It's listed as "<Missing AFT_Loco>"
I have also Downloaded and Installed the GS-4 Locomotive & Tender Original Model that should go with this.

As usual I am messing everybody about again.

Thanks

Paul.

[pcohen]

Hi Geary, thanks again.

Thought I would be Cheeky with this and change the Consist In Conbuilder, but when starting with the Loco Could not Find the Tender that Goes with It.
So no point Continuing with this method. Also I cannot find a Cabview for It?

Thanks

Paul.

[oper190]

So far it isn't showing up in my consists nor the engine in my engine list, so there is definitely something amiss with the .eng file. Trying to figure it out.

[oper190]

Both the Loco and the Consist are Listed In my Trainset Folder but when opening Open Rails It's listed as "<Missing AFT_Loco>"

Paul just loaded in OR, after swopping out my own engine. Not a single car displays, and when trying to load the original consist, every car and engine is reported as missing. So this entire download needs to be reworked.
It's nothing you've done wrong.

[oper190]

Also I cannot find a Cabview for It?

Paul found the problem - Folder name in the consist was incorrect to what the download made, and I swopped out cabview in the engine file.
Use these and you should be running. Place the .con in you consist folder and .eng into the trainset and overwrite.
AFT_Fix.zip

[slipperman]

Hi Paul & Geary,
As supplied, fileID 61297 (American Freedom Train) works perfectly OK in MSTS and Open Rails, EXCEPT that in the latter, the cabview is displayed in a narrow screen.
If you're using the 'Upgrade'. fileID 74104, the loco is placed into a different folder so to use that one, you need to change the AFT Passtrain.con :
Change :

Engine (
UiD ( 1 )
EngineData ( AFT_Loco "AFT Pass" )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( AFT_tend "AFT Pass" )
UiD ( 2 )
)

to read :

Engine (
UiD ( 1 )
EngineData ( AFT4449 "AFT 4449" )
)
Wagon (
WagonData ( 4449tenderaft "AFT 4449" )
UiD ( 2 )
)

You won't find a tender listed in ConBuilder for this loco because line 4 in the 4449Tenderaft.wag file is : Type ( Freight )
It should be changed to : Type ( Tender )

Cheers,
Ged

[pcohen]

Hi Geary, Thanks for that very much appreciated.

Many thanks

Paul.

[oper190]

As supplied, fileID 61297 (American Freedom Train) works perfectly OK in MSTS and Open Rails,

Since I did not install in the default location my set installed in folder aftpass not ATF Pass. Thus the files weren't found.

[pcohen]

Hello all.

I have Removed everything related to aftspass and Reinstalled the new version of
"aftspass" plus It's New Consist File which everyone tells me now works correctly.

I don't know what I am doing different but this Is still listing as missing:-
"<missing: AFT_Loco> in the Open Rails Locomotive List.

Thanks

Paul.

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
There is no such thing as "aftspass"!
I think you're probably getting confused by the Upgrade pack so I suggest you forget it until you've got the original working properly.

So, using fileID 61297, you run AFTPassPack.exe and point the installer to your installation : C:\1MSTS\TRAINS\TRAINSET\AFT Pass
This will create a folder named AFT Pass in your TRAINSET folder - NOTE the space between 'AFT' and 'Pass'
Next, copy the AFT PassTrain.con file into your CONSISTS folder.

DON'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE!!

In Open Rails, select locomotive AFT GS4 #4449 (this is the Name given to AFT_Loco.eng); it should bring up consist : American Freedom Train and you're set to run it.
If you cannot select that loco, then you've not installed it correctly.

Cheers,
Ged

[oper190]

I have Removed everything related to aftspass and Reinstalled the new version of
"aftspass" plus It's New Consist File which everyone tells me now works correctly.

Paul - my mistake as I installed the pack differentely so it created a different folder for me, I hadn't realized it had been changed in doing so. So disregard my modified consist.
The engine file I made is only pointing to a different cabview that is in the trainset cabview folder that is working normally on my system.

Ged - you might want to try that one: CabView ( sps_700.cvf ), it runs full screen for me.

Edit - I extract my downloads to a temporary location of my E Drive, so sometimes it changes the folder names, as I have come to now realize.

[slipperman]

Hi Geary,
Thanks, but I don't want to add too much in case it confuses Paul, until he has got the original stock installed and running correctly,

Edit - I extract my downloads to a temporary location of my E Drive, so sometimes it changes the folder names, as I have come to now realize.

With respect, wherever you EXTRACT your downloads (from a .zip file), the folders will remain as the author intended. I think what you mean is that when you point the INSTALLER to a temporary folder, the folder names can be different. This is because the path you install any stock to MUST contain that part of the original path from, and including, TRAIN, if it is present. Some installers only point to the installation's 'root' folder, like "Train Simulator" or "1MSTS", in which case, the important parts of the path are re-created.
Hope that makes sense - it does to me, anyway

Cheers,
Ged