a couple of questions on consists

[camawa]

Going though the posts I am still trying to figure out how to make a loaded consist. I can make a consist add it to my list at the time it is full. Example limesone in the virginian open hopper. When I put it on the tracks it is empty. I figured out portals easily enough were I can just send it empty and have it return in a couple of minutes full. Though it has anything from coal, iron ore, sand etc. with a few limestones sprinkled in. I get good practice at switching. I am wondering for someone who has enough computer knowledge to be a danger only to themselves and there project, how do I make loaded consists.
Speaking of switching, when I got the game I downloaded the BNSF SW1500 switcher, BN SD60 & 60M as well as the BN SD70MAC. The only one that showed up on the game was the SW 1500. I found through the content manager that the 60 series were missing a few files and I got them downloaded and got my SD60 and 60M to show up and work. However what ever I did caused my SW1500 to disappear. It is listed just in red and cant be placed and is not visible in the railyard. The 70MAC has never showed up it is missing kuid2:45324:90200:1> is unknown. I have not been able to find it so I was wondering if anyone has had ths before. I emailed Jointed Rail a week ago with no response and the author 3 days ago without reply. I bought the SP SW1500 and CR SD70MAC thinking that the file may just by default show up them. The CR 70MAC has the same problem and the SP SW1500 is just plain no where I can find. So that didn't work.

 

[Conductorphil]

Okay, I can answer your first question but I might need a while on your second one with the switchers.

In order to make a consist loaded, follow these steps.

1. Load up the route you want in Surveyor ("Edit Route" in the route selection menu)
2. Place the consist you want on the tracks.
3. From the same menu as where you placed your train, down the bottom right is a button with a "?" on it. Press that.

4. Click on the truck/coach you want to load. This will bring up a new menu detailing a few things. Several possible loads may appear in a brown box in the menu.
5. Click on the load you want in the brown box. Beside it should be the number "0".
6. Press that number.
7. Input the number you want. The unit of measurement is typically in either "units" (Number of objects, pallets for example), "tonnes" (Coal, etc) or "litres" (Oil, water, etc)

8. Press okay.
9. Done!

 

[camawa]

Yep but what I have a problem with i that when I save it to my consists for example I made a 110 unit train of corn. The first 10 cars I loaded I created a consist and then added them to the 1st ten. I did the same for a coal unit train it was there that I discovered that I save them loaded, but when I loaded them onto the track they were empty again. For the time being I have set up a portal to accept the train load it and send it back. When it sends it back though it is random what the computer loads it with. SO, out of 110 cars maybe 7 have limestone while the others all have something I don't need. Like I said I am getting switching cars down to a science just wish my switcher would decide to join the fun.

 

[danny5]

A point here is do the cars install in the edit session not the edit route.
Add the car you want then click the ? in the consist then click the car and the load you want,
if the product don't show up click on the + beside the product that showed up will give you a list
of all the commodtries you have install,pick the one you want then the check at the right lower corner.
That product will show up next to the other(s)one,click on it,then click on load amont,pust the 1 and hold it down tell it stops then click the check.this will load the car to it's max.
Now if you have more then one car at the top is a 3 cars in circles click on it. This will load all the cars that match.
While in edit session there a small box next to the main menu click it, a window will open click on driver commamds add instant load.This will give you a command to load every car in your train,But this will
only load the default product.
Just a few thing to help you get started.Any more questions please ask.

 

[camawa]

OK I'm missing some point. The random loads have stopped and I am just getting the 1st thing listed for the car. What I am trying to do is in a session that I have been playing how I can get certain loads to replenish what the industries need. I will look through the forum as I think I understand the portals and "the cloud" while online. That way I can just make up the train on a different map send it through the portal and it will come through the portal when I pick up were I left off on a session I am in the middle of driving. The other option from downloading cars on the free content I have gotten some cars that the only thing they load is corn, which I needed. I think about 24 pages down in the forum was a how to change the config. file so that I could make a copy of a car and change its default load options. The 4 bay open Virginian was a perfect car for me. It carried the limestone, quartz sand, iron ore, and clay I needed for the cement factory I set up. Now I just get coal from it. Yes I do need that also, but I have a lot of hoppers that bring me coal.
I am understanding route, sessions, and I am assuming after that a session in progress. It is the session in progress that is tripping me up. Your only option is to put consists on the map that for me are unloaded despite that I tried to save them loaded. I have a portal that I can send it through on the map and it loads the train and sends it back, it just sends the first thing the car has listed as a load option. On a map that has If I can remember about 30 different products needed only about which 6 are made on the map itself a few industries will be a little ticked off until I can work around the problem.

 

[boyerm25]

There is an instant loading command in driver called "instantload" which will do what you want when you activate it. As for the SW1500s, check if they are faulty and post the errors here. For the 70macs, you have to find that file. It should be somewhere on JR. (#45324 is Norfolksouthern37, one of JR's top creators)

 

[camawa]

As Colonel Potter once said "hot mustard" I've got the SD70MAcs working the insta load works though it loads randomly I am more than perfectly happy with that a instunload and shake the dice again. Can't thank you enough you saved me many hours of future work. I can actually drive a train now and not be stuck in building map mode forever.:clap: The sw1500took a little searching as it didn't appear on the missing dependicies. I found that the file "sw" which I quess is the strobe kuid 18:1101 is faulty. I downloaded a mrl 1500 on the download station again hoping it would fix my other 1500's. I am guessing with that they will reappear. Again thank you for guiding me to the answer that eluded me for the past 3 weeks.

 

[boyerm25]

To get the faulty file fixed you will actually have to fix it.