Testing v8.005

[eric]

Changes in this testing version:

8.005a

• Consist Editor, skip loading of activities and/or consists by setting keywords loadActivities and/or loadConsists to false
• Consist Editor, skip loading of Shapeviewer screen by adding -S to setting ceWindowLayout

8.005b

• Consist Editor, apply setting "useImperial = true" to convert mass, length, and speed values to US Tons, feet, and MPH
• Consist Editor, fix bug where mass values were not being calculated when # character and extra data was present in Mass()

8.005c

• Route Editor, identify "underground" scenery and track nodes which are likely accidental placements
• Route Editor, enable logfile deletion using the logFileMax and logFileDays settings when set.
  • logFileDays is the maximum age to keep, logFileMax is the number of prior files to keep. These parameters are applied independently:
    • Files older than max age but under the max number kept will be deleted
    • Files newer than max age but over the max number kept will be deleted.

8.005d

• Route Editor, add "Face Down" to Camera Reset menu (right click) to make it easier to go underground and find deeply buried items
• Route Editor, improved descriptions and error messages for deeply buried items
• Consist Editor, added conversions for lengths entered in cm, ft and in for Eng/Wag size
• Consist Editor, added missing conversion displays when using "useImperial" setting

8.005e

• Route Editor, bugFix to allow MSTS shadows to be disabled (memory management)
• Allow for non-square ACE files to be rendered (goes against standard, and may not render as expected)
• New setting "startapp" which will allow for Consist Editor or Shapeviewer to be started by default without using a batch file

8.005f

• New setting "listFiles" which when set to true will generate two text files at startup which will show which files are being used within the route as well as those in the Shapes directory which are not used within the route (FilesUsed.txt and FilesNotUsed.txt) . By default or if missing, these files will not be created on startup. Also requires LoadAllWFiles to be set to True.

8.005g

• Adjusts files used/unused logic to take into account track objects, and also creates a third file (xxxxx_TrackUsed.txt)
• Prepends the three new files with the route name so that they're easier to identify which route they pertain to

8.005h

• Adds ORTSAICrossingHornPattern token for activities (this was being deleted when present, now it should be retained)
• Adjusted files used/unused logic to look for the LoadAllWFiles = true so all tiles would be visited and listed

8.005j

• Fixes ORTSAICrossingHornPattern to be a string value, was incorrectly being converted to a numeric value
• Adds the Crossing Horn Pattern to the Activity Settings panel to add or edit

8.005k

• Fixed bugs with ObjectsToRemove to prevent track shapes from being removed in error
• Added Missing Files text output when ListFiles is used with LoadAllWFiles

8.005m

• Added multi-column display for route selection and sorting
• Disabled seasonal editing in the Consist Editor
• Added contents of TSRE Appdata folder in core download, eliminating need to download from external website
  • this makes the download approx. 10Mb larger

8.005n

• Color pointers for signal objects will now turn green when linked
• Added color hints/prompts in the signal linking window
• Limiting maximum depth of objects to the DeepUnderground value

8.005p

• Preloading of terrain painting textures
• Defined brush color
• Reset button to put brushes and embankment settings back to default
• PinPoint button for precision height adjustments

8.005q

• Reposition camera to Object no longer requires selecting -- camera will move to nearest track or road object and adjust rotation
• Route Merge dialog to prevent accidental route merging

8.005r

• Page Up/Down will move camera as long as a world object is not currently selected
• Status window will now show an indicator if a world object (e.g. static or track) is currently selected

8.005s

• Support for Hazard properties
• Labels for platform, siding, milepost, and speedpost items
• Improved marker (downward pointer) for Hazard and generic TrItem rendering
• Modified shade of green for platform markers to avoid confusion with signal green markers

8.005u

• Enabling of TDB Rebuild (requires setting unsafemode=true and routeRebuildTDB = true)

8.005v

• Reverts some changes made in version S and U related to TDB checks and repairs
• Adds "viewTRLabels" token to enable labels for platform/siding/milepost/speedpost as some users reported a performance drop
• Renumber all track UID's as duplication was occurring and causing errors in ORTS
• Creates backup of all database files prior to performing a requested rebuild

8.005y

• Fixed memory issue and flickering for labels
• Reverts changes for automatic renaming Hazzard to Hazard due to Monogame incompatability

[OmenRotcod]

Thanks for the update, Eric. Just what I wanted.

David

[eric]

Testing version v8.005b has been issued and available above for download.

[gammaray84]

Sorry to report, mine still loads everything.

[eric]

You've set loadActivities and/or loadConsists to false?

Default action is to show them.

[gammaray84]

In the settings.txt the line reads as follows:
#loadConsists = false
#loadActivities = false

I did not set this, this was as downloaded.

[eric]

If there's a # or // in front of a setting token, then it's commented out and ignored, with the default setting will be applied.

Remove the # or // in front of a token, and the setting you specify will be applied.

[gammaray84]

Thank You very much. 🤝

[eric]

Testing version 8.000d is available in the first post of this thread.

[wmuzeke]

Great update. It loads a lot faster now. Would there be a way to change the way it sorts so that the lesser digit numbers appear in the correct order? On the spreadsheet program I use (LibreOffice Calc), I have to check "enable natural sort" in order to make something like this sort correctly, outside of making the numbers all the same number of digits - 011, 002, etc.

sorting.jpg

[FireEngine]

which way do you do it for it to load faster? With or without the # sign in front of the load activities and consists?

[eric]

By default, activities and consists are loaded.

If you want to bypass loading consists and activities, remove the # and set those values to true.

Personally, I don't know why you wouldn't load your existing consists, if for no other reason than to avoid duplicating one.

[eric]

Would there be a way to change the way it sorts so that the lesser digit numbers appear in the correct order?

Unfortunately, that's sorted on the "DisplayName" field, which is a text field. There's no "sort text as numbers" option in the compiler.

[eric]

A new version is up, which addresses a couple bug fixes.

• MSTS shadows weren't being disabled correctly when the settings were asking them to be
• non-square and non-power-of-2 ACE texture files (e.g. dimensions of 253 x 253 and 1028 x 1096 ) weren't rendering and were being replaced by a different texture in error

Also.... there's a new setting that will allow you to launch the Shapeviewer or Consist Editor by default without needing to use a batch file or command line.

startapp = c /// launches the consist editor
startapp = s //// launches the shapeviewer

The default behavior (for now) is still the route editor.

[yellowdog]

I'm coming from xx5b and have a question. There was another post where someone asked about spaces between an IC SD40, that was caused by the eng file size being in ft. I have that loco, but don't recall using it in sim, and did not fix the eng file. But when I checked the eng file, the size was in ft. Today after installing xx5e, I checked and the size was in m. Loaded it up in the sim and there was no space. Did TSRE auto-correct this?