Tsection.data for Mid-East Coast please?

[pcohen]

Can somebody please help with this One?

thanks

Paul.

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
MidEast Coast comes complete with Tsection.dat Build #38 already in its GLOBAL folder.
If you don't have it, I suggest you have messed up the installation!

Cheers,
Ged

[eric]

Don't forget that there's also the route specific tSection for any dynamic track that might have been used. That should reside within the route folder and have been part of the installation files. Do not ever overwrite this with a file that's intended to go in the global tSection.

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[pcohen]

Hi Ged & Eric, Thanks again for your help.

I have had the "MID EAST COAST Route Installation" saved on my External Hard Drive for some time. I have done nothing to change or alter It In anyway.

However, when trying to Install this time I am getting the following message:-

"Open Rails detected a Track Shape 19770 which Is not present in TSection.Data and cannot continue".

As said I have changed nothing.

Thanks

Paul.

[baldwin]

19770 is an A1t35mStrt.s which is a commonly used track section. I have tsection 56 in the mini Global with Mideast Coast
You would have to go back to somewhere prior to tsection 34 for 19770 to not be present.

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
You may not have changed anything, but, when you saved the MidEast Coast route, did you also save its GLOBAL AND main SOUND folders ??

Cheers,
Ged

[pcohen]

Hi Ged & Baldwin.

This Is Not a Route Save, It Is the Original Route Download Containing the
Following:- Global, Routes, Sound & Trains, so I dont understand why It Is
not Installing correctly Into MSTS.

I have Downloaded a New MID EAST COAST to Install but with the same results.

Don't know whats going on anymore!

Thanks

Paul.

[baldwin]

Hi Paul

You say it has Global, Routes, Sound & Trains. That in fact is all it needs, does NOT need MSTS. If you still have the backup you made, make a new folder, install the route into that. Then add that new folder to your Open Rails Content and try to run it.

Mervyn

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
It is a complete installation and it is not installed anywhere!
If you downloaded the .zip file, it will unpack into a main folder named MECoast which is the installation's root folder, and the one you should point the Open Rails Content to.

If you REALLY want to add it into your C:\1MSTS folder then you must copy the GLOBAL, ROUTES, SOUND and TRAINS folders from MECoast into your 1MSTS folder, allowing all overwrites, but I suggest you don't do that and keep it separate from your other routes.

Cheers,
Ged

[pcohen]

Hello again Ged & Mervyn. Your not going to believe this.

I have Tried your suggestion(s) but am now getting the message:-

"The version of tsection.dat may be out of date or this Route requires a custom tsection. Please check the Route Instructions to verify the required tsection.data".

I'm sorry. I don't understand this at all. It has always worked in the Past.

BUT, BUT, BUT.

I have another External Hard Drive for ZIP FILES where I keep all my Favourite Route & Rolling Stock Zips.

And Found the Zip for the Route. BUT, having Installed It The Route Is now working but Unfortunately It only ran for about 9 Minutes.

Thinking of leaving the Forums alone for a While, because all I seem to be Doing Is wasting peoples time. And I don't want to wind up upsetting them.

Many thanks for all help.

Paul.
OpenRailsLog.zip

[slipperman]

Good Morning, Paul,
There seems to be a problem with the sounds on your installation which is odd because MEC is complete.

Before you throw the towel in completely, may I suggest that you unpack the latest MidEast Coast you downloaded and forget about C:\1MSTS !
Put folder MECoast folder directly in your C: drive so its address is C:\MECoast. Go to the Open Rails menu, click the Content button, click the 'Manually installed' tab then the 'Add' button. Navigate to C:\MECoast and click the OK button.
Next time you start Open Rails, click the 'Installation profile' 'v' symbol and select your MECoast entry. From then on, select Explore or an activity.

I've just done the above so if you follow it exactly, you should end up with MEC running properly!

If you want to back it up, just copy folder MECoast to wherever you want to keep it.

Cheers,
Ged

[pcohen]

Having done exactly as above the 'Installation profile' 'v' now Contains MidEastCoast.

However nothing else Is Happening:- The Route box Is greyed out.

The Activity box Is greyed out.

The Locomotive & Consist boxes are greyed out. Starting at & Heading to boxes are greyed out. Time: Season: Weather: boxes are greyed out.

The Only Differnce I can see is that you are telling me to Enter "MECoast" but when Installing It goes in as "MidEastCoast".

Would this make a Difference? and more Importantly have you just shown me how to create a mini-route?

Thanks

Paul.

[slipperman]

Hi Paul,
NO Mate!!

If you had done EXACTLY as I listed, you would NOT have a MidEastCoast entry in the Profiles list, you would have MECoast and the following entries would not have been 'greyed out'!

I'm NOT telling you to enter "MECoast", that is what it shows when you have unzipped the downloaded .zip file and which I asked you to copy into C:\

No, I have not shown you how to create a mini-route, BUT that is what you are provided with when you download that route!

The path to the route should be C:\MECoast\ROUTES\MidEastCoast. If yours is not exactly that, that is your problem.
The GLOBAL, SOUND and TRAINS folders should all be in the MECoast folder, at the same 'level' as ROUTES.

Cheers,
Ged

[baldwin]

The install folder can be called whatever you like, it is the contents within the folder that matter
mideast.jpg
This is what my Mid east Coast install folder looks like. .git and Github_assets are there because I installed it from Github, and it receives updates via that source. Ignoring those, the rest of the folders are the ones required, and if present and correct, you should have a ready to run route in place. To select the route you add the top level MidEast Coast to your profiles, NOT the MideastCoast route folder.

This is how you create mini installs. If you go to the library here you can download File ID 89797 which when unzipped will set up the basic folders needed plus Atracks which is the replacement for Xtracks.

Mervyn

[slipperman]

Hi Mervyn,
Thanks, I was only trying to keep things as simple as possible for Paul and, as downloaded, the top folder is MECoast !

Cheers,
Ged