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Scored a short ride in the cab of a oil fired loco today during an open day run by Mainline Steam in Auckland. Lots of fun. Run by enthusiasts who were very friendly and answered all my questions patiently. Awesome. Peter

This route looks great however I am not seeing any water. The Error&Warning screen in Content Manager comes up with: Warning: This asset uses an obsolete trainz-build number. Trainz-build numbers below 2.7 are no longer supported. Warning: Required tag 'region' was missing and has been set to...

The route East Kentucky from Check Rail looked interesting so I followed the instructions and downloaded a bunch of cdp and zipped files and proceeded to load them into Trainz12. I made sure that I followed the CheckRail instructions for the Trainz12 version. When I ran the route the scenery...

As I play around with the Appalacian coal route I wonder what processes are going on inside the computer that causes my view selections to be ignored by Trainz12. I know that the locos have Cab views (I have seen them). I know that there are Lineside views but you can click on the View menu and...

Hi, I am trying to find a suitable loco to run on the Appalacian coal route in Trainz 12. I have hunted around and found a few but they were so out of date and error ridden that they didnt show up in Railyard. I tried using CMP to download any missing dependancies but it obviously isnt that...

I am running the Appalacian Eastbound Coal scenario in Trainz 12. Using Cab Controls I am unable to get the train moving above 1 mph (using sand and no wheelslip observed) unless I select the AI driver and order Drive. For some reason he is able to get the train up to speed so once the train is...

Does anyone know how to get Favorites to work on in Trainz 12 Surveyor? It works OK in Railyard but there doesnt seem to be a way to filter out unwanted stuff in the Train and Consist part of Surveyor. The book mentions a red dot on the right hand side but I cant see it at all. Peter:(

Lately when trying to launch Trainz12 from the CM I get a message saying it is committing various assets. When this has finished I get a message saying there were two errors. I click on Details and get: a red cross with " TADTextureConvert>TrainzUtil command host terminated unexpectedly" and a...

I have been reading up on the history of the Pennsylvania RR and would love to drive some of the track in the Harrisburg - Altoona- Johnstown area. I only have Trainz 12 and a search of the DLS hasnt turned up anything. Would there possibly be something on the way from some clever builder? I...

Driving the North East Corridor I suddenly find myself entering a 20 mph zone and can not slow down in time. How would this be handled in real life? Does the driver have a track map on hand? How should we handle the same situation in Trainz? Is there some sort of map for the NEC with all the...

First go at a screen shot. Peter:confused:

Being relatively new to editting routes I chose " Heartland American Winter" which features a pretty good switching yard. Unfortunately the turnouts are not visible unless you zoom all the way out. Then you can see them and their names. I have checked that the "Hide junctions" option is not...

Can some kind experienced Trainz user explain how to place an asset, for example a tractor, on to the deck of a flat car. I have tried just adding it to the flat car on the track but the tractor's wheels are level with the track so that didnt work. The manual doesnt seem to cover this (unless I...

Can anyone recommend rollinging stock that features nice tractors, harvesters or similar large agricultural machines that would be suitable for a USA layout. I did find some John Deere tractors that were probably 1950s vintage. I am running Trainz 12. Peter:confused:

Guys, I am a bit bewildered here. I bought Trainz12 a few days ago and got round to registering the serial number this morning. Somewhere in all the various screens that popped up was a mention of a 20 per cent discount on a Lifetime FCT and even gave the price at about $AUD99.99 vs $AUD120. I...