I'm putting this in Open Rails because I have only seen this phenomenon happen with my Open Rails content. My system seems to be otherwise unaffected. But this might be better off in Computer Tech, depending on how the conversation goes. So apologies if this is not correct forum....
I recently booted up Open Rails, and got an error saying that an essential folder was missing:
inc_file_error.jpg
The weird part is that the loco is CSX SD40 4606 and should have nothing to do with the missing file related to the WP_Trainpack. I would know this because CSX SD40 4606 is my own repaint and I have worked with this folder pretty extensively. 4606 is based off of a Tyler Bundy SD40 model. Many of Tyler's last creations have 3DCabviews, which required the creation of specific eng files that were place in an Openrails subfolder. So when I went to that subfolder and double-clicked on it, I get this:
inc_file_error2.jpg
You can see the file name in the upper left, which is CSX_SD40_4606.eng. But the contents of the file are all related to WP_GP40_3544, which is part of the TrainSimulations Western Pacific set (I've snipped it, but it should be clear that the contents don't match the file name). It should look like this, which is the file I pulled from my backup (also snipped, but the difference is obvious, and the contents are as they should be):
inc_file_error3.jpg
Now here's where it gets really weird. Every single locomotive that I have in this particular trainset folder ("mini routes" seem unaffected) that also has an Openrails subfolder has suffered the same fate. When I view the contents of the folder, it LOOKS like it should--the file names are all correct, just like 4606. However, when I open the files, the contents of every single one of them has been overwritten with the WP_GP40_3544 information. We're talking hundreds of files that have been affected.
I'm trying to figure out what would cause that. I purchased the WP set when it first came out, but only noticed this happening today. I didn't overwrite these things manually. But what would have the capability of replacing the contents of the file without otherwise changing the file name, etc? And what would do it globally for all **eng**/Openrails folders in that trainset? I know a program like TextCrawler can do it, but this is not something I did. Like I said, this only seems to impact OpenRails content, in this very specific way. The rest of my system seems unaffected, as well as other ORTS content outside of this specific trainset. Windows Defender finds nothing. I feel like I've noticed small things like this happening before, like consist files being modified so that an eng or wag was removed thus breaking the consist, or the name line of a wag or eng file getting modified/deleted. But that was so rare, and so one-off that I couldn't be sure if it was my own error. But this.....I'm sure.
Anyway, the only way I see to fix it is to pull up the individual files from my backup and copy/paste them. Which is annoying and time consuming, but not the end of the world. I'd just like to make sure it doesn't happen again... And am curious if anybody else has seen this phenomenon.
I recently booted up Open Rails, and got an error saying that an essential folder was missing:
inc_file_error.jpg
The weird part is that the loco is CSX SD40 4606 and should have nothing to do with the missing file related to the WP_Trainpack. I would know this because CSX SD40 4606 is my own repaint and I have worked with this folder pretty extensively. 4606 is based off of a Tyler Bundy SD40 model. Many of Tyler's last creations have 3DCabviews, which required the creation of specific eng files that were place in an Openrails subfolder. So when I went to that subfolder and double-clicked on it, I get this:
inc_file_error2.jpg
You can see the file name in the upper left, which is CSX_SD40_4606.eng. But the contents of the file are all related to WP_GP40_3544, which is part of the TrainSimulations Western Pacific set (I've snipped it, but it should be clear that the contents don't match the file name). It should look like this, which is the file I pulled from my backup (also snipped, but the difference is obvious, and the contents are as they should be):
inc_file_error3.jpg
Now here's where it gets really weird. Every single locomotive that I have in this particular trainset folder ("mini routes" seem unaffected) that also has an Openrails subfolder has suffered the same fate. When I view the contents of the folder, it LOOKS like it should--the file names are all correct, just like 4606. However, when I open the files, the contents of every single one of them has been overwritten with the WP_GP40_3544 information. We're talking hundreds of files that have been affected.
I'm trying to figure out what would cause that. I purchased the WP set when it first came out, but only noticed this happening today. I didn't overwrite these things manually. But what would have the capability of replacing the contents of the file without otherwise changing the file name, etc? And what would do it globally for all **eng**/Openrails folders in that trainset? I know a program like TextCrawler can do it, but this is not something I did. Like I said, this only seems to impact OpenRails content, in this very specific way. The rest of my system seems unaffected, as well as other ORTS content outside of this specific trainset. Windows Defender finds nothing. I feel like I've noticed small things like this happening before, like consist files being modified so that an eng or wag was removed thus breaking the consist, or the name line of a wag or eng file getting modified/deleted. But that was so rare, and so one-off that I couldn't be sure if it was my own error. But this.....I'm sure.
Anyway, the only way I see to fix it is to pull up the individual files from my backup and copy/paste them. Which is annoying and time consuming, but not the end of the world. I'd just like to make sure it doesn't happen again... And am curious if anybody else has seen this phenomenon.
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