TSRE Newbie - issues getting started

[Szlumper2]

I've only just discovered TSRE and have downloaded v7.012

However if I try to open either of two routes I've previously created in the MSTS editor:

For one route, the TSRE editor never opens at all, it just goes back to the command window.

For the other route, the editor opens but all I see are blue and white blocks.


If I try to create a new route, all I see is blue sky and I don't see any ground at all!


Can anyone tell me what is going on?

Many thanks

Richard

[pwillard]

TSRE may have some settings that you need to adjust. Have you reviewed the documentation? Personally, I'm able to open any of the default MSTS routes (you can't get older than that) and they display fine. So maybe you missed a step or 2 with the installation.

https://github.com/pwillard/TSRE5-Document/blob/master/book.pdf

[kapitaen]

It is possible that OpenAL is missing.

https://www.onrails.eu/viewtopic.php?p=38

You could also use this version; it's the better choice.
https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...e?bundle=90433

Jan

[Szlumper2]

Thanks for the pointers so far.

I have now downloaded 8.05 and can see that EUROPE1 loads OK.

However one of my home-made routes, "CWR" still crashes out rather than loading - log below:

[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(2025-10-17 13:14:54.604 GMT Summer 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] "C:/MSTS"
[I] ok
[I] "CWR"
[E] Missing texture: "c:/msts/routes/cwr/load.ace"
[E] Missing texture: "c:/msts/routes/cwr/details.ace"
[I] Local TSection: Gap found: 40000
[I] Local TSection: Gap found: 8

(My other route "Poppies Loft" (a simulation of my late father's model railway) now loads correctly, and I have also been able to start a new route and lay track.)

Any help on how I get CWR into the editor would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[rdayt]

A missing " in the .ref file will cause TSRE to crash without any explanation.
Have you made any recent changes to the .ref file?

Randy

[Szlumper2]

Not since 2016!

However on looking at the REF file, there seem to be a lot of descriptions which have no quote marks at all. Might that be the issue?

[rdayt]

if the line has a space in it it needs quotation marks.
Such as.

Static (
FileName (oilrackOld.s)
Class ("Gas Stations and Oil")
Description ("oil rack Old")
Align (None)
)

Randy

[Szlumper2]

All quotes appear to be correct, with any descriptions that have spaces in them having quotes beginning and end.