Recent content by NJCurmudgeon

Every time I start making progress with a Trainz layout and having fun, the software does something to make me hate it again... I have been working on a route and when I went to save, I get a message "Trainz could not overwrite read-only route files. Try saving with a different name." How on...

There was a thread on here somewhere where I learned there is a car where you can put together a string to measure track distances. I had downloaded it but had a hard drive failure. I am back up and running and was able to restore everything. However, it seems to have restored Trainz to just...

This isn't a question as much as sharing one of those amusing quirks of Trainz...I was messing around with a drivable U.S. Navy Seaking helicopter and when I went into one of the cab views, I found this scene... Now, I am all for women in the military, but this struck me as funny and...

I am using bendorsey's Swing Bridge 32 <kuid2:210518:1268:1> and am having an issue connecting the track. I am using JR MS Conc1 (Terrain) <kuid2:45324:38015:1> for the tracks on either end. When I attach them, however, the invisible track on the bridge turn into the JR MS Conc1 track. I've...

I have been having a LOT of trouble with Content Manager lately. I have not knowingly made any changes to anything and it started out of the blue. It starts with it stopping responding while doing basic stuff, like clicking on an asset and waiting for the details to come up. I let it sit for a...

I am trying to merge routes, but am having a problem with the "patched-up" version of T12 that I did not have previously. I select the route I want to merge into the working route. The mini-map comes up where you position where you want the added boards to go. I used to have two sets of arrows -...

I am experimenting with pre-making blocks of 20 boards long by 2 boards wide with four tracks and catenaries. The idea is I can use the merge route function to quickly create long straightaways on a fictional high speed route and then go back later to add scenery and landscaping. The problem I...

Every so often, I go to start up Trainz or Content Manager and get treated like it's the very first time I ever started the applications - I have to re-enter my serial number and re-enter all my preference settings. That's annoying, but not nearly as annoying as finding all my modified content...

I have a bunch of SpeedTreeGroup assets that according to the Content Manager appear to be loaded without any errors or warnings (see screen cap below). Yet only four are showing up in Surveyor. I have looked under all the menus in case it somehow ended up somewhere other than the Scenery tab...

I know that there is apparently no way of stopping suicidal drivers from crossing into oncoming lanes of traffic for no apparent reason on the roads in Trainz. But I recently changed the region of a layout to "Word Traffic Region Mix Std" because at least if they are going to be suicidal, they...

This is a follow-up to the question I had posted yesterday regarding running trains on canted tracks. I learned that I needed the banking rule to get the trains to bank into the curves. I have been doing some experimenting and have a couple of questions I hope someone can answer or at least...

I know this isn't necessarily what this forum is for, but these are so cool that I had to share it...hey, it might give some of you some inspiration to recreate some really imaginative old railways! http://io9.com/incredibly-strange-railway-systems-1500937101

I know that this subject has come up before, but I'm not finding the answers I need, so I am here to dredge it up again...I am building a high speed passenger route and wanted to include canted (super-elevated) tracks for the curves if possible. I found the JCS1 "twist" tracks and the nice...

For some unknown reason, my Trainz 2012 settings have lost my registration key and log-on information from settings. I don't know why since it was working yesterday and nothing else happened that could have effected it that I am aware of. It won't allow me to open either Trainz or Content...

I've been hunting for a good modern looking high speed diesel passenger train locomotive and like some of the British ones. But I would like to use them in my fictional American layout. So having the cab controls on the left side of the cab doesn't really work. I can alter the cab art files to...