TSRE issue

[landnrailroader]

I have downloaded and installed, the latest version of TSRE or at least I think it is. In the header on the opening view it says Trainsim.com Fork V0.8.005. It seems to work okay and and brings up a route fine. I like the various colors used on some of the panels to emphasize warnings, operations, etc, but there is a problem. Comparing the startup file, which I have not edited yet, it appears similar to that of earlier versions, but for some reason, markers do not display at all. They are checked to show in the view panel but do not, so until this is resolved I have reverted to an earlier version that handles this correctly. I have never had to do anything to the startup file to get markers to show in previous versions. tsre-log-20251113-1835.txt

Another peculiar thing I notice is that whenever I open a route, several messages are added to the root directory of TSRE concerning what files were found, not used, etc. So I Ass/u/me that these can be deleted?

Jerry Sullivan

[eric]

There are four settings related to markers:

viewMarkers = true // show markers from file selected in the Navi window
markerHeight = 10 // Height of the marker stick
markerLines = true // Show markers when route loads
markerText = 2.5 // Text size for marker text

Yes those files used/not used can be deleted. It's there to help people decide what files they can remove from the route when getting it ready for distribution.

If you don't want the files to be created, set "listfiles = false"

[StormerDSR]

Will be planned in the future possibility to delete unused shapes and textures directly from editor as an additional tool?

[landnrailroader]

The startup file has those values in it but it still does not display markers. I will attach both the startup file and the marker file for the route I am currentlly working on, although I have checked and it does not show markers on any of my routes "under construction". Well it would not let me upload a marker file, i.e. .mkr extension but in any case the failure is on any marker file.

Jerry settings.txt

[landnrailroader]

Eric, Others,

Lets try this again. I have renamed the Cumberland_Valley.mkr file to Cumberland_Valley.txt and I will attach both the current settings file and that one. I hope we can resolve this issue because this later version of TSRE has some nice features, but for now it is unusable on my system. Cumberland_Valley.txt, settings.txt When I open the Cumberland Valley route at a particular location there should be dozens of markers seen, but there are none.

Jerry

[eric]

Have you selected the market file itself in the dropdown? There are a few places in the UI where items appear in dropdowns but aren't actually selected unless you click on it.

I will do a little more testing later today time permitting.

[landnrailroader]

Which drop down do you mean?

[eric]

OK, I did find the issue, which is related to trying to automatically display markers on a route load.

That change has been rolled back for the time being, and things appear to be working better now once you toggle the markers on or off.

New release candidate here:

https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=90489

[landnrailroader]

Eric,

Thanks, seems to be working now. I did notice that at first the markers did not appear. Then I toggled them on and still they did not appear. So I toggled them off and then back on and they did appear. Seems kind of odd, but it works.

I put this new release in it's own folder and kept the other one in it's folder. I have the new one pinned to the taskbar and the older one just on the desktop so that if I have an issue I can go back to the older one. This also effectively backs up the old editor that is known to work. I have a 1Tb external SSD, little thing about 1.5x3 inches & 1/4" thick that runs off my USB port and every day before shutting down the PC, I back up the route to a sequential series of folders on it. Once I use 20 folders, I burn a CD or DVD and start over. I wanted a 2TB but one was all that Staples had in stock last year when I bought it. My Win-11 machinehas a SSD instead of a hard drive and it contains the "C" and "K" partitions. "K" is my working area. Then I have one hard drive "F" where I keep such things as the edited pieces of a marker file. The plan is that when I release a route, it will have a marker file with only the essentials, mileposts, control point names, and station names, but everything else will be in a sub-folder of "documents" which will also contain the track charts (if any) for the route. One route under construction is the entire Chattanooga Div. of the NC&StL, later L&N, now CSX. I have track charts from 1940 something which show a long abandoned branch beyond Sparta, TN to Clifty & Ravenscroft. Gone since 1938. It is included.

When attending the Vanderbilt Engr. Surveying school atop the pateau in 1957, we would walk down to what appeared to me to be a road at the base of the bluffs that were around & below the school (now a pricey subdivision). This was that branch between Mine 1 and Mine 4 which died in 1936 causing abandonment of the rail line.

Jerry

[landnrailroader]

Eric,

Another issue has arisen. I cannot change the altitude of the camera. I have unlocked it from the terrain but nothing I do will raise it. When laying track, I like to raise it enough to see ahead a few markers, especially when laying sharp curves likee on this mentioned branch east of Sparta, TN. On the previous version, it was also a bit odd. I could raise/lower the camera with the up/down arrow keys for a while, but then I could not?

Jerry

[rdayt]

The period key (.) will lock/unlock the camera altitude while in TSRE.

Randy

[landnrailroader]

Thanks Randy. Well, it came from Missouri. Used to call that state the "Show Me" state, so you have showed me.

Jerry

[rdayt]

Every day you learn something new is a good day.

Randy

[eric]

I'm just glad something else didn't break retroactively...

[eric]

Will be planned in the future possibility to delete unused shapes and textures directly from editor as an additional tool?

Possibly for shape files. Not sure about textures. Either one would be for a future version, the features for 8.005 are locked down right now.