PEVSoft Tools You can't run the ARN loco's through CCP, but you can run most dependencies!
:'( :mop: Hello fellow shop mechanics....
Description, is added when packed with Content Dispatcher automatically. Most of the time when it is misspelled, it has been added manually, that means it is entered twice in the config file.
All the .TEXTURE files should be converted using Tex2tga. I found anomalies created when the .im file listed textures Capitalized. Content Manager will de-cap the item, then show an error.
The files should all be named using lower-case letters in gmax, all the way through the process including textures. It can be given a proper title when packaged.
Speaking of titles, I prefer railroad or owner name(initials), type of equipment, running number or ARN....NS SD60 ARN, or NS SD60 #6668. If not done, I do this either manually in Windows Explorer(ARN locomotives) or CCP. When updates are applied using the same kuid, the titles remain what I gave them.
If you screw-up a loco or car with ARN, you have to delete the item, do a quick TAD repair, then reinstall the asset.
Using an external hard drive, I have a folder called Auran(it's easier to find)\Downloads\Locomotives\JointedRail\locomotive name. I store all downloads in each folder named by creator, usually in it's own folder. This is especially needed where you are advised not to edit in CCP, to avoid the trouble of a re-download.
With Franks locos, you can go to other folders, such as bogeys & find missing textures. The only problems I cannot overcome are Nose.texture, specgrey & spgrey. The .im file(opened in Notepad) calls for Nose, the file is listed as nose, the texture.txt file title is nose the txt file contains Primary=Nose.tga...go figure...:hehe: :wave:
username "ATSF C44-9W"
kuid <kuid2:113556:2915:1>
category-class "AL"
engine 1
[COLOR=red]fonts 3[/COLOR]
mass 186000
enginespec <kuid2:9000:51005:1>
enginesound <kuid:126323:53056>
hornsound <kuid2:200202:54012:1>
interior <kuid:113556:3000188>
kind "traincar"
script "arn_sfx_loco"
class "ARN_SFX_Loco"
author "Frank McCall - SP_OR_BUST"
organisation "Franks Trainz"
contact-email "[EMAIL="frmccall@comcast.net"]frmccall@comcast.net[/EMAIL]"
contact-website "[URL]http://home.comcast.net/~frmccall/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html[/URL]"
license "Union Pacific:
Thanks to CSX-SD60 (Horn),Tyler (Wheels&axles), Weevil (eng Spec), Wulf (air Hose Noises TLW1089 (engine sounds), Mark Hoffman Cab interior.
This loco is reskinable if you ask me first please.
SPORBUST"
category-region "US"
category-era "1960s;1970s;1980s;1990s;2000s"
trainz-build 2.9
[COLOR=red]fonts-path "mesh"[/COLOR]
extensions
{
arn_data-113556
{
number_low "600"
number_high "699"
}
}
mesh-table
{
default
{
mesh "mesh_body/numbers/numbers.im"
auto-create 1
}
loco
{
mesh "mesh_body/mesh_body.im"
auto-create 1
animation-loop-speed 1
effects
{
0
{
kind "corona"
att "a.corona0"
directional 1
object-size 0.1
texture-kuid <kuid:113556:101011>
}
1
{
kind "corona"
att "a.corona1"
directional 1
object-size 0.1
texture-kuid <kuid:113556:101011>
}
2
{
kind "corona"
att "a.corona2"
directional 1
object-size 0.1
texture-kuid <kuid:113556:101011>
}
3
{
kind "corona"
att "a.corona3"
directional 1
object-size 0.1
texture-kuid <kuid:113556:101011>
}
}
}
shadow
{
mesh "mesh_shadow/mesh_shadow.im"
}
}
thumbnails
{
0
{
image "$screenshot$.jpg"
width 240
height 180
}
}
kuid-table
{
0 <kuid2:113556:677120:1>
1 <kuid2:113556:621800:1>
2 <kuid2:9000:51005:1>
3 <kuid:126323:53056>
4 <kuid2:200202:54012:1>
5 <kuid:113556:3000188>
6 <kuid:113556:101011>
arn_lib <kuid2:104722:2501038:4>
arn_icon <kuid2:104722:1959365:2>
sfx_lib <kuid2:104722:2502000:1>
}
bogeys
{
0
{
bogey <kuid2:113556:677120:1>
reversed 0
}
1
{
bogey <kuid2:113556:621800:1>
reversed 1
}
}
But if you put Franks Trainz or Jointed Rail locomotives into CCP, they will be broken.
If you know how to code them to work that's fine but the suggested fonts-path, arn_data-user kuid method don't work for me...but that particular locomotive works for me without the edits.
If you cannot make them work, you must uninstall-reinstall the assets...after a Quick Database Repair...:hehe:
I've now done this many times & based my statement to error to the good, because evidently not everyone has learned to archive the original files, or work on clones.
I will try to work with the edits you suggest however, thanks!
extensions
{
[COLOR=red][COLOR=black]arn_data-[/COLOR]113556
[/COLOR]{
number_low "5058"
number_high "5124"
}
}extensions
{
[COLOR=red][COLOR=black]arn_data-[/COLOR][I](your kuid #)[/I][/COLOR]
{
number_low "5058"
number_high "5124"
}
}