Conn river activity

[oper190]

In this case the issue is that the Consist called for engine B&M-RDC1_6133, which does not exist in the trainset folder, only B&M-RDC1_6133AI exists, so it can't be found and is thus "missing" and cannot be loaded.

[crstagg]

OR doesn't actually require a cabview for player trains, you'll just end up in the exterior camera view and pressing 1 will give a message "Warning - Cab view not available"

If you see "load error" in the menu that means something is terribly wrong and the file would have caused a crash. If it says "missing" that means the file just doesn't exist.

Missing a cabview means there is no reference line in the ENG file to a Cabview folder and file. The cabview file is needed to control the throttle and the brakes. Thus making the eng UNDRIVABLLE. Yes it also means there is no view of the cab controls, but that is not the problem that causes OR to report Load Error. The same error would also occur if a referenced CVF file were missing or if there were no Cabview folder in the folder with the ENG.

[baldwin]

There is no requirement in OR for a cabview to operate controls for an engine. Everything will work as normal via keyboard. The only job the cvf has is to carry the visual cab and controls. I agree that if the called cvf is missing on load, then the engine becomes undrivable, it will not load, but if the engine is set up as an AI it will load and run even if it is the lead engine. You will be in view 2.