TSRE Changes / Wish List

[eric]

Couldn't this line be taken further?

If someone has suggestions on how to make that happen, sure.

[CSRX]

Something that constantly is forgotten with every update to TSRE, is this line

useQuadTree = false

Otherwise, you get this on certain routes if it's not in the settings file, set to true, or has a # at the beginning.



With is in place, and set to false, the terrain on certain routes will show, but I do believe distant mountains will not appear in TSRE with it set as false. A sacrifice willing to be made.



Typically, I have the useQuadTree = false placed between #toolsHidden = true and usenNumPad = true and it works just fine.

[scottb613]

Scott, is there any reason why that can't just be a JSON or DAT file with the position and elevation, and not saved within the route's normal W file?

Hi Eric,

Sorry - I don't know enough to offer any real insights on actual implementation. Pretty exciting times with all the potential we seem to have available - lately. Thanks so much for the efforts.


Regards,
Scott

[landnrailroader]

Eric,

OOps, I figured that if I just unzipped the zip file into a directory it would run okay. I have ESET as my virus program and whenever a program like TSRE shows up it will analyze it before either stopping you from running it, or allowing it. This took a few seconds and ESET was then satisfied and I found that from there on the process of gettiing it running was straight forward. Thanks for this. Have to stop & prepare myself for a church function tonight but then I will see how it handles cut/fill which was my main issue with the original.

Jerry

[eric]

Keeping each version and it's folder is probably the safest approach just in case there is a bug and you want to go back to the previous version. None of what I have released up through version 8.002 is affecting the files written out, or the tdb, so they should behave without incident.

Starting with version 8.003, however, I am starting to alter the outputs and possibly incorporate some of the functions and error correction I've done within WFH. I've put a fix in for the multiple jnodeposn parameters that were being written for junctions, and have also stopped writing the VDB ID parameter since it's not used anywhere except MSTS.

After 14 years of writing W files, I feel fairly confident that I'm not going to make any catastrophic errors with those types of modifications, but that's the extent that I'm going to go to for now.

I am not comfortable writing out Act or TDB/RDB entries just yet. Those are going to have to wait a bit.

[kennyeaton]

I don't know if this has been mentioned previously, I would like to be able to place loose consists in the route. Car strings are OK but limited to straight tracks only. I'm sure that if the loose consists can be added to an activity, shouldn't be too hard to create this addition.

Kenny

[eric]

Making it work with consists? I'll look into that.

You can already place cars as scenery objects using the "stick to track" option and saving it into the shapes and textures folder, but they will be static scenery objects only. You won't be able to couple to them.

[kennyeaton]

Hi Eric,

Yes, I understand that. I do this quite a bit in routes.

I'm talking about, for example, a two-mile-long curvy yard track, adding a consist of two units, 180 hoppers and a caboose to the track. It's just sitting there as scenery. In the Knoxville route, I added a few of these loose consists in a couple of activities. These do not show up in the explore route mode. I would like to place them in the route where they do show up in the explore mode.

Kenny

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[R. Steele]

You can already place cars as scenery objects using the "stick to track" option and saving it into the shapes and textures folder, but they will be static scenery objects only. You won't be able to couple to them.

If those scenery objects consists are on working tracks -- I always remove them. Placing working loose consists on tracks independent of the activity editor would be a plus -- imo --- you could run "explore in activity mode" and do a little switching along the way.

SO Eric ... how long is this wish list -- does it reach to the north pole, Santa? 😃 ....take it easy.

[kennyeaton]

Thank you Mr. Steele, I never thought about this." you could run "explore in activity mode" and do a little switching along the way."

[CSRX]

I also delete any "scenic" consists in the routes, as to me, it plugs up opportunities on making switch moves and what not. Maybe it could be an ORTS wish list, that even in explore mode, it could generate static consists for sidings or customers. Kind of something like TSW and TSC does, and I believe Run8 does too?

[eric]

Maybe it could be an ORTS wish list, that even in explore mode, it could generate static consists for sidings or customers

I was thinking that earlier... populate anything with a siding identifier with random cars. Or, define a default activity for explore with no AI traffic.

[NW 2156]

Hi Eric,

Any chance of a 32 bit version of your work?

Thanks.

Robert

[eric]

I might be able to compile a 32 bit version next week, but have no way to test it. Everything I'm running is a 64 bit install of either Win10 or Win11.

[landnrailroader]

Eric,

The improvements are great, especially the one you added "for Sullivan" about fills etc. TSRE has a reload function for the .ref file but I wonder if we might add a reload function
for the .mkr file. My process is to digitize a route, then add mileposts and anything that requires a change in the track, like a turnout, and sometimes I don't see these in Google Earth until I come to them while laying track. So then it is time to get out of TSRE, edit the file, and then start TSRE over.

Jerry Sullivan