It is fairly easy to convert an existing locomotive to have the synchronised smoke. The steps are:
1. Clone loco, give it new name.
2. Open in Explorer through CMP.
3. Also open Blue Comet loco. Open their config files.
4. Copy Blue Comet's smoke into shunter's smoke file. Blue Comet will have "anim 2" as the mode. Experiment until you find the right smoke effect from the switcher to replace with the Blue Comet smoke.
5. Save the settings. Revert the Blue Comet loco, but Commit the switcher.
6. Make sure the switcher has the "direct-drive" tag in the bogeys. In the main bogey, set it to "1". For any bogies (trucks) set it to "0"
7. Test it in game. If it works, great. If it doesn't, try one of the following.
1. Increase the values in the "mass" tag.
2. Replace the shunter Espec with the Blue Comet Espec, and also replace to one of the three enginesounds below:
2 Cylinder Stephenson
2 Cylinder- This is the one I reccomend for the loco, and should be the one the Blue Comet has.
3 Cylinder.
I hope this helps, and good luck!
