Open Rails stock mysteriously missing from Consist Editor

[klsc85]

For some reason (probably my fault but that's for another time) my Consist Editor has lost all my Open Rails trainset stock. Meanwhile, my TrainSimulations trainsets (Ruel, BNSF Scenic freebie) are just fine. My consist editor (around 600 items) had been running a bit slow for Open Rails tasks lately, but now nada, zip, zilch, nothing. My Open Rails trainset files appear to be OK; nothing missing. Has anyone else had this issue? I thought about replacing my editors with the free ones from TrainSimulations, but I don't change out rolling stock that often and it doesn't hamper my 26 routes worth of activities that much. However, I like to play yardmaster occasionally, so thanks for any advice!

Uncle E

[eric]

If you run the TSRE v8.005 Consist Editor from here and enable debugOutput, you'll get a detailed log of what might be breaking. Its usually the last file listed in the log or the very next file alphabetically.

https://trainsim.com/forums/filelib-search-fileid?fid=90489

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[kapitaen]

In the TSRE directory, there is a text file named cerecent.txt. TSRE automatically creates this file as soon as you specify a directory path for the simulator. This path is always located one folder above the TRAIN folder. You can view or edit this file using a text editor. This path—or paths, if there are multiple OR folders—is also used by the Consist editor and must be selected at the beginning. E.G: i:/train simulator 1

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Jan

[klsc85]

Eric,

This may or may not be the data I'm supposed to find...

[I] Debug: false
[I] Removal objects found: 1
[I] Symbol = true
[I] "Trainsim.Com Fork v0.8.005"
[I]
[I] Logfile Max Nbr: 50000
[I] Logfile Max days: 20
[I] Directory files found: 2
[I] Last Date Kept: QDateTime(2026-04-30 18:26:44.990 Eastern Daylight Time Qt::LocalTime)
[I] Logs Deleted: 0
[I] Run con editor
[I] /trains not exist: "/trains"

[I] creating new settings file
[I] Debug: false
[I] Removal objects found: 1
[I] Symbol = true
[I] "Trainsim.Com Fork v0.8.005"
[I]
[I] Logfile Max Nbr: 50000
[I] Logfile Max days: 20
[I] Directory files found: 1
[I] Last Date Kept: QDateTime(2026-04-30 18:24:00.008 Eastern Daylight Time Qt::LocalTime)
[I] Logs Deleted: 0
[E] QObject::connect: No such slot RouteEditorGLWidget::rebuildTDB()
[I] /routes not exist: "" "/routes"
[I] /routes not exist: "" "/routes"
[I] /routes not exist: "" "/routes"

Anyway, before I stumble any more and wind up losing Goku's Route Editor by mistake, I'm going to look into another way to change consist items by using Steve Davis' Activity Generator. Even though it's ancient, THAT program I know like the back of my hand!

Uncle E

[eric]

Lets try a different approach.

Jan's suggestion to look at cerecent.txt is a good one. Male sure your directory is listed there.

If it is... open up your settings.txt and change or add debugOutput = true

That will give a lot more info in the logfile.

[klsc85]

Sorry, but no matter where I look I can't find "cerecent.txt". I'm also sorry to say that sometime last night my TSRE Route Editor joined its TSRE Consist Editor brethren and is no longer to be found. It was working perfectly, then died. You have to understand that I'm working with a recently-bought Dell Tower PC with Windows 11, not that I think the computer is at fault. My routes and rolling stock seem to be surviving so far, so I have no issue running trains. I just don't understand how programs like TSRE Route Editor and TSRE Consist Editor can run flawlessly, then just disappear. Plus, when I download replacements, they don't work. Oh well, I need to work a bit on my train handling anyway. Thanks for trying to point me in the right direction.

[eric]

I guess it's possible that Windows 11 decided to manage your programs for you -or- moved some things to Onedrive.

TSRE and OpenRails should not be installed to drives which are managed by Windows or in Onedrive, and the desktop is one of those locations.

I have a C:\ and an E:\ drive on my PC, and everything for OpenRails goes on my e:\ drive (examples: e:\TSRE and e:\ORTSContent )

[crstagg]

I guess it's possible that Windows 11 decided to manage your programs for you -or- moved some things to Onedrive.

TSRE and OpenRails should not be installed to drives which are managed by Windows or in Onedrive, and the desktop is one of those locations.

I have a C:\ and an E:\ drive on my PC, and everything for OpenRails goes on my e:\ drive (examples: e:\TSRE and e:\ORTSContent )

Then just create one listing all your installs.

[klsc85]

Well, I'm all in favor of adding an E drive as a solution. But I think I'll ask my son to do the heavy lifting. As far as fooling with the innards of computers goes, I'm not that far removed from my long departed Commodore 64...