Missing Track Shapes & Textures

[texascowboy]

I am actually not a novice when it comes to resolving mysteries associated w/TSRE but I certainly feel like one at times. I happened to open a route today that I have not used in several months only to discover that all of the trackwork has gone missing. I initially reloaded the Global & Shapes folders from the original d/l w/o success. I then reloaded the Textures folder, also from the original d/l, but that did not work either.
I then discovered that the problem is more systemic, in that all the routes residing in the specific mini-route folder have the same issue. I quickly exhausted what knowledge I thought I had in trying to identify what files are missing, why they disappeared and how & where to replace them. Hoping that a greater mind than mine can help me figure this out. As always, any guidance is greatly appreciated. clint

[kapitaen]

The track textures could be missing, but that's just a guess. There is a log.txt in the TSRE directory. Can you attach it here?
Jan

[Darkhorse427]

did you instal the new track shapes that Eric made into the global folder that those routes are using? is so you need to add the textures and track profile included in the package to each of the routes in question

[texascowboy]

Adding Eric's new track shapes to the Global folder solved the mystery. I had done the install on the other mini-routes but apparently failed to do so on this particular one. Thanks so much for your help. clint

[eric]

Glad to have been part of the solution if in name only... I usually just cause the problems around here.

[texascowboy]

Eric: I'm pretty sure a large part of the sim community might disagree w/you on that!

[texascowboy]

I'm updating this post from a couple of weeks ago because I have discovered the same issue w/another route, and the solution to the original missing track shapes issue is did not work on this second route. Said second route is the PRR East Route REG-2. The locations where there track textures are missing are on the southern end of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia and on the elevated tracks just to the northwest of 30th Street Station. (Screenies attached) It appears that the missing textures are mostly, but not entirely, switches. The TDB is still in place and functional, so the missing sections do not interfere w/train operations.
I have not made any modifications to any part of the route other than creating several activities, and the TDB, Shapes, & Texture files are the files included in the original download. I have, however, added Eric's updated shape files to the Global shapes folder in the root directory. Any suggestions as to a fix would be appreciated...clint

[eric]

Are you running the PRR as a mini-route as it's intended to be?

It should be loading all the track and textures as part of the installer.

[texascowboy]

The PRR East route is included in a mini-route along w/several other several east coast routes. Does it need to be a stand-alone mini-route? clint

[eric]

It can be done either way, but I vaguely recall that there were shapes I had to copy over from the mini-route installer folder.

Those should be listed in the ORTS log as a missing shape, but I'm almost certain TSRE should pick it up and flag it as well in MissingFiles.txt

[texascowboy]

You are probably correct on that. Since my last reply, I did a second install from my original d/l & placed it in its own, discreet mini-route folder & added it to the content of ORTS. Currently linking the consists & trains folders to common master folders, then will see what it looks like.

[texascowboy]

So as I mentioned above, I did a complete re-install of the route into it's own individual mini-route & added it into the ORTS content. The same track items that were missing in the previous install are still missing in the new one. I have reviewed the ORTS Log.txt file but confess I am not familiar enough w/the info to ID what files might be missing. There are A LOT of Warnings, but the majority of those appear to be related to sound files.
I've attached a copy of the most recent OR Log if you don't mind taking a look @ it & telling me where to look for missing shape files &, if they are not included in the install, where I might find them.
As always, any suggestions are greatly appreciated. clint

[eric]

It's right there in the logs, starting around line 665

Warning: w-011009+014318.w scenery object 61159 with StaticFlags 00030DF4 references non-existent D:\0.1 PRR East 2\Global\Shapes\Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv.s

Warning: w-011008+014317.w scenery object 596953 with StaticFlags 00030DF4 references non-existent D:\0.1 PRR East 2\Global\Shapes\Y1tPnt190Lft.s

Warning: w-011008+014317.w scenery object 596959 with StaticFlags 00030DF4 references non-existent D:\0.1 PRR East 2\Global\Shapes\Y1tHz190-1-9Lft.s

Warning: w-011008+014317.w scenery object 596962 with StaticFlags 00030DF4 references non-existent D:\0.1 PRR East 2\Global\Shapes\Y1tDblSlip190Lft.s

Warning: w-011008+014317.w scenery object 596963 with StaticFlags 00030DF4 references non-existent D:\0.1 PRR East 2\Global\Shapes\Y1tDblSlip190RgtMnl_.s

Warning: w-011008+014317.w scenery object 596966 with StaticFlags 00030DF4 references non-existent D:\0.1 PRR East 2\Global\Shapes\Y1tDblSlip190Xover_.s

Those are Y-Tracks, available in the library here.

https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=69398

Maybe I'll add those to the list for conversion to A-Tracks...

[texascowboy]

OK...thanks for the help. As I mentioned previously, I scrolled through the OR Log & found the missing file warnings, but did not understand the descriptions or exactly what I was looking at. Now I know what to look for. Thanks again Eric. Your help is always appreciated...clint

[eric]

Glad to help. I skipped reading the documentation, and had to fix it the same way.

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