Giving A Locomotive Operating Cab Mode

hoborailcat

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Here lately, I've been running a lot of steam engines in cab mode. However, some of them don't have cab mode or an operating cab. The 30in Mallet from 30ng Trainz is an example. If I was to give it the e-spec and cab of Ben's 2-6-6-2 Mallet, would that give it a working cab mode, or is there more to it than that? Thanks for any help.
 
Like anything else, it depends on how much is already there and how good you are at hacking. Got a loco with no cab view at all and the mesh has no attachment for a cab, it can still be done by using PEV attachment maker to add an a.cabfront attachment. With that, or if the mesh already has a designated a.cabfront, it's fairly simple to add the interior tag - what's complicated is getting the viewpoint to match the actual model so you don't get weird stuff like the back end of the car you couple onto with the front coupler inside the cab, or a cabview that's 50 feet in the air. That usually involves cloning the cab and adding position numbers to adjust it if it's way off.

Engine specs are easier, Gumbytrains Alco RS3 spec worked fine until some idiot with the DLS cleanup project uploaded the KUID2 replacement with all the data for CAB mode removed, so it only works in DCC mode. To fix that I cloned the original and used content creator to replace the original engine spec with mine, now all my Alco RS3 and RSD5 locos run in CAB mode.
 
The engine seems to load fine in surveyor, but in driver I get a non fatal error. Unfortunately, whenever I try to hit print screen to take a shot of the message, the game crashes. You mentioned adding the interior tag, I'm not familiar with this. Could it be the reason for the error?
 
Yeesh, just took a look and noticed you have TRS2004 as your only version? Might want to ask this in the TRS2004 forum. I had 2004 for only a month before I got 2010, don't even know if it's possible in 2004 let alone what the procedure would be.
 
Ok, that'll be fine. Mods, if this could be moved to the 04 forum that'd be great, so that there doesn't end up being two threads on one topic. Thanks.
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