overhead wire

[StormerDSR]

Hello,
I have following settings in trk file:

Electrified ( 00000001 )
OverheadWireHeight ( 5.6 )

but Wire is not displayed at all
I'm not planning to use it, but I'm curious what this wire looks like.
Any ideas why wire is not displayed?
I have Openrails 1.6.1
In log file there is entry:
Wire = (user set) False

[rdayt]

Did you tell TSRE the route is electric?
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Randy

[StormerDSR]

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Yes,
Eletrified= Yes from TSRE is based on parameter Electrified ( 00000001 ) from trk file
So, my settings are correct, but wire is not drawn in Openrails 1.6.1

Edit:
I made additional research and in OR/CZ wire is displayed correctly for me - based on height from trk file.
So maybe it is a bug in Openrails 1.6.1?
Can anybody provide screenshot with overhead wire visible in Openrails 1.6.1?

[kapitaen]

Can anybody provide screenshot with overhead wire visible in Openrails 1.6.1?

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Jan

[StormerDSR]

Yes, after marking these options, wire appeared corectly, but as for me in current state is not usable I hope that in the future, there will be possibility to adjust some customization for it (thickness, color or even texture).

Edit:
OK I see in manual that texture for it can be used as overheadwire.ace, but this is still not enough

[oper190]

In my version of OR 1.4 there is an overheadwire.ace file in OpenRails program folder under Documents/SamplesFile/Manual called "overheadwire.zip" if that one doesn't do it for you, you can aways make an .ace of your own, like I did.

[kapitaen]

Why don't you lay your own overhead line that meets your exact requirements?
https://www.elvastower.com/forums/in...ost__p__323675
Jan

[StormerDSR]

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I downloaded this tool and tested a little. Works correctly on Win11.
Can this tool be configured to produce overhead wire as above? I mean one line at the top but two lines at the bottom.
I'm afraid that configuration parameters do not allow it.

EDIT:
Are you a creator of this tool?

[kapitaen]

No, leo_1982 is the creator, however, he has not been active on the forum for 4 years.
Jan

[StormerDSR]

I have a problem when I was trying to use this tool for dbtrack shapes that are stored outside GLOBAL. I read the instruction but tool do not works as expected for me.
For example i have entry like this in world file:

FileName ( DB/DB3_A2t100mStrt.s )

I added to the track list:
A2t100mstrt.s

and replaced in aaa.bat to use shapes_hinzfger_offset.exe instead of shapes_hinzfger.exe
According to instruction after starting aaa.bat there should be a question now
„Please enter the Offset for the filenames to search“

but i do not have such question and new world file is not generated at all

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[kapitaen]

I can't comment on that.
DB tracks have their own overhead lines. The suffix would be DB3f_A2t100mStrt.s.
https://the-train.de/downloads/entry/11252-dbtracks/

In your case, DB3_A2t100mStrt.s would probably have to be in the track list.
Jan

[StormerDSR]

Yes I know there is "F" wariant of dbtrack with wire, but wire generated by tool is a little better.
Tool is searching shapes in tsection.dat, so when you add to list name, which not exist in tsection for example DB3_A2t100mStrt.s - the error is displayed.

g:\Strecken_bearbeiten>Gleisgeo_extractor.exe
ERROR Gleisgeo_extractor: DB3_A2t100mStrt.s wurde in der Tsection nicht gefunden