ARN Issues In 2009
- Thread starter dej
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I believe that RRMods and JR use the same, if not somewhat identical ARN assets. Try reverting the asset to original in CMP. Right Click on it, hover over edit, and click revert to original. But first the asset has to be committed. Don't try to revert the entire locomotive to original, just the dependencies if needed. I hope this helped.
-Blake
-Blake
The question here is how did you edit it. If you opened it in Content Creator Plus (CCP) then this is whats breaking your ARN. Its pretty common. Its much easier if you simply go into it via Edit, Open via explorer and then edit the config for the hornsound you want in there ( youll need the kuid # of it though). This goes for JR stuff definitely and probably anyone else who uses ARN in general.
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
the problem with eidting old pre-2.9 configs is its strips the asset-filename tag out and does not replace it with a fonts-path tag. this is no longer a problem with items that were already created with 2.9 and up configs containing this tag.
Pretty sure you were the one who helped me out with the ARN for CNW F7A 1,<kuid:522774:100404> someplace, can't think of where the thread might be at the moment. But that one is updated to 2.9 from the original, added the ARN script and assorted kibbles & bits in the config file.
script "fx_loco"
class "FX_Loco"
And of course don't forget to add the fx_loco.gs file.
fonts 1
fonts-path "f7_drgw4s"
extensions
{
number_low "4000"
number_high "4200"
}
kuid-table
{
0 <kuid:-1:42004202>
1 <kuid:-12:2100>
2 <kuid:-1:42003101>
3 <kuid:522774:1095>
4 <kuid:-1:0>
arn_lib <kuid2:104722:2501038:2>
sfx_lib <kuid2:45324:54002:2>
}
That's all the pertinent sections AFAIK, there's also a thread somewhere describing the process of upgrading to 2.9 with ARN numbers - if they ever fix the forum search maybe it will turn up someday.
script "fx_loco"
class "FX_Loco"
And of course don't forget to add the fx_loco.gs file.
fonts 1
fonts-path "f7_drgw4s"
extensions
{
number_low "4000"
number_high "4200"
}
kuid-table
{
0 <kuid:-1:42004202>
1 <kuid:-12:2100>
2 <kuid:-1:42003101>
3 <kuid:522774:1095>
4 <kuid:-1:0>
arn_lib <kuid2:104722:2501038:2>
sfx_lib <kuid2:45324:54002:2>
}
That's all the pertinent sections AFAIK, there's also a thread somewhere describing the process of upgrading to 2.9 with ARN numbers - if they ever fix the forum search maybe it will turn up someday.
Ok if this is the case can i add that into the config? And if so how and where would i put that in?
The KUID of the loco itself?
Um, yes.
http://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showthread.php?302069-My-choo-choo-is-broke
If you select it in content manager and right click, there's a "copy to clipboard" option. Then you open a replay window here in the forum, and instead of typing you hit CTRL V on your keyboard, that will paste the copied text in like this;
CNW F7A 1,<kuid:522774:100404>
And if you download that one, you'll find a 2.9 build F7 with ARN that you can look at to see how that was done.
http://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showthread.php?302069-My-choo-choo-is-broke
If you select it in content manager and right click, there's a "copy to clipboard" option. Then you open a replay window here in the forum, and instead of typing you hit CTRL V on your keyboard, that will paste the copied text in like this;
CNW F7A 1,<kuid:522774:100404>
And if you download that one, you'll find a 2.9 build F7 with ARN that you can look at to see how that was done.
Sporbust, that figures. I know everybody thinks he walks on water, but my experience from another sim is he don't support his own creations. That KUID don't show up in content manager, so I assume you downloaded from a 3rd party website somewhere. I would suggest starting over with an SD-40 either built in or on the DLS, reskin for NS and apply the ARN to that. ATSF SD40-2,<kuid:-1:100871> for example is built in, already a 2.9, and should be easy to add the ARN script to.
Okay, let's walk through this using the built in ATSF SD40-2,<kuid:-1:100871> since that's already build 2.9.
Select in content manager, right click, select Clone.
Since it's a clone of a built in you'll get a bunch of errors, so right click the clone and select Open With, Images2TGA.bat. If you don't already have Images2TGA;
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~villaump/pevsoft.htm
Download, install, configure, you should have Images2TGA, PM2IM, and Mesh Viewer if you want to get into reskinning anyway.
After Images2TGA is done close it, open the new SD40 in content creator. That will automatically delete the obsolete name-it tag. You can change the username while you're in here, then save and exit.
Back to content manager, edit, commit, check for errors.
Now download CNW F7A 1,<kuid:522774:100404> as this will be your template to steal all the ARN stuff from. Set it up so you have both your new clone and the CNW F7A in the main list, open both for edit in explorer. Copy the fx_loco.gs file from the CNW F7A, paste into the folder for your SD40. Open both config.txt files, move and resize the notepad windows so the CNW F7A is above to avoid confusion.
Copy the two lines script and class, paste into the SD40 config in the same location, right under the interior tag.
Scroll down;
Just above the mesh table copy and paste the datablock for the extensions. Scroll to the bottom;
And copy the arn_lib and sfx_lib and insert them into the SD40 KUID table. Save the config.txt, commit, check for errors, launch game and see if you have auto numbers.
Note here for the extensions I used
number_low "4000"
number_high "4200"
You can change those to whatever number series you prefer.
Select in content manager, right click, select Clone.
Since it's a clone of a built in you'll get a bunch of errors, so right click the clone and select Open With, Images2TGA.bat. If you don't already have Images2TGA;
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~villaump/pevsoft.htm
Download, install, configure, you should have Images2TGA, PM2IM, and Mesh Viewer if you want to get into reskinning anyway.
After Images2TGA is done close it, open the new SD40 in content creator. That will automatically delete the obsolete name-it tag. You can change the username while you're in here, then save and exit.
Back to content manager, edit, commit, check for errors.
Now download CNW F7A 1,<kuid:522774:100404> as this will be your template to steal all the ARN stuff from. Set it up so you have both your new clone and the CNW F7A in the main list, open both for edit in explorer. Copy the fx_loco.gs file from the CNW F7A, paste into the folder for your SD40. Open both config.txt files, move and resize the notepad windows so the CNW F7A is above to avoid confusion.
Copy the two lines script and class, paste into the SD40 config in the same location, right under the interior tag.
Scroll down;
Just above the mesh table copy and paste the datablock for the extensions. Scroll to the bottom;
And copy the arn_lib and sfx_lib and insert them into the SD40 KUID table. Save the config.txt, commit, check for errors, launch game and see if you have auto numbers.
Note here for the extensions I used
number_low "4000"
number_high "4200"
You can change those to whatever number series you prefer.