Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway Trainz Forum is closing

[narrowgauge]

The Trainz Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway forum will cease to exist in 2 weeks time as the host site is going to be closed.

Time for last visits or a new visit if you have not been there before. Our companion web site is not affected by this so you can still go to http://darjeelingtrainz.com and find out all about the Trainz version of this historic railway.

This thread will be monitored so please ask any questions here.

Peter

 

[trainzamtrakfan]

is it closing due to the economic recession ? :'(

 

[narrowgauge]

No, that is not the reason. It has been up for two years, has been repeatedly hacked so it is time to go.

Peter

 

[trainzamtrakfan]

i feel your pain peter, i've had a trainz website up that has been hacked so many times i deleted it :'(

 

[HiBaller]

I've made a page-by-page offline copy of the Forum and a backup of the database Peter so if we need it, we can search for anything we want.

Bill

 

[robogo]

Ready for the DHR

Hi Peter, are you still here. I am a newish user of Trainz 2006. Just completed downloading the DHR over the weekend, got the code and extracted all the files into Folders which I named after the parent. I am familiar with CMP and importing Content and CDP's and Windows in general. Can you please instruct me on how to install the DHR into my version of Trainz. (I asume there is a specific order considering the Last Minute stuff).
Thank You kindly.

 

[narrowgauge]

Robogo.

The instructions on our web site stress the sequence and maybe Bill can give you more guidance. Simply it is that you unpack all the basic files to a folder that you create and then drag aand drop them across into the main screen of CMP. Commit them then do the same for the last minute files which will replace the originals. Finally do the same for the error fixed files.

It may seem tedious but it is a large route containing over 2500 individual assets.

Peter

 

[HiBaller]

Robogo:

You unpacked them just fine. Now, as Peter says, all you have to do is go through each folder (in the order named) and install the assets. The secret si to be patient. Make sure that each batch of content you install gets committed before the next batch. I've been told it works much better if you do the content in small groups of around 50 or so.

Bill

 

[UnionPacificRules]

The Trainz Darjeeling and Himalayan Railway forum will cease to exist in 2 weeks time as the host site is going to be closed.

Time for last visits or a new visit if you have not been there before. Our companion web site is not affected by this so you can still go to http://darjeelingtrainz.com and find out all about the Trainz version of this historic railway.

This thread will be monitored so please ask any questions here.

Peter

God, I thought it was april 1 all over again..........That, my friend, is saddening.....

 

[Jaymom]

Is there a list of kuid's of just the loco's and rolling stock that people like me with small computers can play with?

Many thanks,

Harold

 

[HiBaller]

Hi Harold. The best I can do is give you this link from our downloads page:

http://darjeelingtrainz.com/Downloads-Index.html

You can check the text/Excel pages for the rolling stock you want and see the KUIDs of each of them.

Bill

 

[Jaymom]

Thank you Bill much appreciated.

Harold

 

[Jaymom]

Gave up and installed the whole layout. lol

Quite the layout it is too.

Harold

 

[robogo]

I was doing this on the correct way all the time, just had to check to make sure. My problem is this though, I end up with loco's without any engine sounds and no lights. Any thoughts? I have not tried the small groups method yet.

 

[HiBaller]

Peter created two additional content files. Their names are "latest-Locos.exe" and "session_locos.exe". They were hosted on the URL that recently got closed. I'm sure he has them somewhere. He will see this post and tell you where to get them. They cure the sound problem in both the normal locomotives and the AI locomotives.

Bill

 

[narrowgauge]

Thanks for reminding me, Bill

Here are the links

http://darjeelingtrainz2.com/users/session_locos.exe

http://darjeelingtrainz2.com/users/latest_locos.exe

A reminder to newcomers to the DHR, you should all download these files.

Peter

 

[robogo]

Thank You Peter and Bill, this did it for me, everything is running smoothly. I have obviously just touched the foothills of this route and I can see all the hard work and dedication that went in to it. I will treasure it for a long time to come. Kind Regards.

 

[HiBaller]

We are happy you are enjoying the DHR. Keep in mind that consists rarely exceeded more than three cars. At times, the little four-place motorized trolley would be pushed up the hill in front of the engine.

To really get a feel for the route, take this little trolley for a spin. It is motorized so you can go uphill with it.

Another thing I like to do is start a consist and just tell the driver to "Drive". It is really something to see the train negotiate all the switchbacks with no operator intervention.

Bill

 

[hwtidd]

No, that is not the reason. It has been up for two years, has been repeatedly hacked so it is time to go.

Peter

Why would some one hack a trainz website that is so wrong dude!!!!

 

[narrowgauge]

hwtidd

There are malicious idiots every where. Why do they do it? I have no idea.

Peter