Colorado Narrow Gauge

[Wilsongineer]

Hello All,

I am having trouble finding a good route for the beautiful Rio Grande locos and rolling stock. Do any of you have any suggestions?

Also do you know of any of the K27, 36 and 37's that will run in TRS 12?

Thanks for your help,
Wilsongineer

 

[sawyer811]

Hehe, welcome aboard mate; good thing another narrow-gauge fanatic (AKA me :hehe: ) found this eh?

Sorry, there's no K-37s for trainz period: well, there's one ancient one for Trainz SP3, but it hasn't worked in ages. the rest of your wants (and loads more!) can be found here: http://www.steammachine.com/prowler/ Sorry, they aren't going to run "out of the box" in TS12; they require some error fixing, but from memory most of it has to do with tags in the config file(s).

As for routes, my personal recommendation is klinger's Timber Ridge Line on the DLS; you can search for it either by his username or the name of the route.

 

[Wilsongineer]

Thanks Sawyer,

Have you made the fixes to the K 27's and 36's and 37's. I don't know how to do that...

 

[sawyer811]

unfortunately, no: Since I've got TS2010, I'm able to basically ignore most of the errors. I'm not the best at error fixing myself; if you can, look up a guy called captainkman, he's the whiz at error fixing. After you download the models, find the button labelled "View Errors and Warnings" in CM3.5 and write them down word for word (key part there!). They're gonna be the key to fixing what Trainz doesn't like about the engines.

Most of the errors you get are pretty easy to fix. The problem is getting over the anxiety and nervousnes about diving in initially!

 

[captainkman]

Have no fear, CaptainKman is here!

I'll get the locos and have a look at them. I don't usually get NG locos, but I found the delete button the other day...

I'm using TS2010 but I have the Multiplayer patch installed, so I don't have Compatibility mode, therefore I have to fix everything, just like a TS12 user. I have TS12, I just don't use it.

So you want the K26s, K27s and K37s from San Juan Trainz Works? Tell me which ones you get and I'll get them too, and work on fixing them.

Kieran.

 

[sawyer811]

I hath summoned thee! :hehe:

(Man, you pop in here like a genie, don't you?!!)

 

[Wilsongineer]

I have pretty much tried to download all the ones on San Juan but one from each class would suffice atleast for me. Thanks for the offer and I am sure that I ma not the only one who would enjoy them!

 

[Wilsongineer]

There are newer versions of all the C class except the C-21 and C-41. Its mainkly the K's and most of the frieght rolling stock.

 

[jjanmarine3]

Thanks Sawyer,

Have you made the fixes to the K 27's and 36's and 37's. I don't know how to do that...

90% of my 24's and 30's are lying there just waiting for me to do something to them but I don't know what and how...sigh....

 

[captainkman]

There are newer versions of all the C class except the C-21 and C-41. Its mainkly the K's and most of the frieght rolling stock.

In that case I'l download and install one of each K class loco.

jjanmarine3, you'll be able to see my advice too.

@sawyer811:

I do like to have a quick browse in the morning, and you are sometimes online then too!

 

[jjanmarine3]

In that case I'l download and install one of each K class loco.

jjanmarine3, you'll be able to see my advice too.

@sawyer811:

I do like to have a quick browse in the morning, and you are sometimes online then too!

Hi there Captain ! :wave: I will make use of your offer thanks.There is so much stuff in CM in all my versions that have to have attention that I can't see the forest for trees at the moment. You amazing guys that help us out must please have patience with us and use invisible text when you do run out.

PS : I saw it was your birthday but we are 10 hrs behind you guys you know, so happy birthday mate !..I wanted to start creating on trainz too, and I was planning to bake you a digital cake for you and Perry Platapus to eat , but there were too many missing and broken dependencies and the cake fell flat . :mop:

 

[Wilsongineer]

Great!!! Thank you!

 

[captainkman]

This is what I did for the K classes:

K-27 Driver:
Removed // before direct-drive
Removed shadow container

K-27 Enginespec:
Removed tag "epbrakes" and value

K-27 ISV Frame:
Removed shadow container

K-27 OSV Driver:
Removed // before direct-drive

K-27 Trail Truck:
Removed // before animdist

K-27 #461, #462:
Removed maxspeedmph in smoke container (1 instance)
Removed maxspeed in smoke containers (3 instances)

K-27 #462 Tender:
Changed mesh for marker lights to read "d&rgw_k-27_462_tender_body/markerlights/rearmarkers.im" (including quotation marks)

K-28 Tender Doghouse Interior:
Removed attachment tag in main config

K-28 Tender Interior:
Removed attachment tag in main config

K-28 Cabin:
Created a blue texture, sized it 64x64, saved as TGA, name waterglass.tga
Created .txt file for waterglass.tga, named waterglass.texture.txt
.txt file:
Primary=waterglass.tga
Tile=St

If you have problems with other content, let me know what the errors are and I'll tell you which example to follow, or what else needs to be done.

Kieran.

 

[Wilsongineer]

Thank you CaptainKman,

How do I make these changes. I am a complete novice here?

Did you find anything wrong with the K36's and 37's?

Thanks for all your help!

 

[Wilsongineer]

Or did you upload these on the DLS?

 

[captainkman]

Hi,

I didn't upload them to the DLS, that would be illegal.

I downloaded the CDPs from the website, installed them via Content Manager, found the faulty ones, Edited them in Explorer and opened the config.txt and made the necessary adjustments.

 

[nfitzsimmons]

CaptainKman,

I've been doing some fixing of Prowler's DRG&W stuff, and have run across a couple of other issues maybe you could help me with.

1. On all of the K-27 tenders CMP tells me Error: The primary and alpha texture are not the same size for 'd&rgw_k-27_453_tender_body/window-window.texture.txt'

I've checked both textures and resized them to the same size, just to be sure, but still get the error. I also get this error with some of his stock cars.

On several of the C-21's I get a faulty message (not a warning) that PM's are no longer supported. If I convert to IM, then some of the textures don't load. I get the same error for some of the C-16 components as well.

On the positive side I did manage to fix a bunch of other errors using your fixes. Thanks.

 

[nfitzsimmons]

Deleted as duplicate of previous post

 

[captainkman]

Hi,

Don't bother with warnings, only errors.

With regards to the texture files, they must be a power of two. Common sizes for Trainz are 64x64, 128x128 and 256x256. Also, combinations like 128x256 work as well.

Edit: The K-27 tender I got didn't have that error when I installed it. Which one did you get, so I can look at it.

Kman.

 

[nfitzsimmons]

Resized to 64x64. I always use powers of 2.

As far as the tenders, I'll need to get home from work before I can look. I've got about 4 different tenders, and each one had a different issue. The "unable to load texture" error after I convert to IM worries me more. I may just delete the ones I converted and reinstall them, leaving them as PM's. Problem is, I can't remember where I put the K-37 cdp.

Added note:
Found the K-37 and (I think) the problematic K-27 stuff on Prowler's UTC page. SI figure maybe all that stuff is a lost cause, but I figure, what the heck... I would really like a functioning K-37, even if it uses PM's.