So much broken content

[Approach_Medium]

Hi;
Is is just TS2009, TS2006, or me?
I am looking for NYS&W locos, and found some nice ones on DLS.
But when I try to install them, there are all kinds of errors, and the assets are broken.
Some are unable to load textures (.tga files), some have progressive meshes, which apparently don't work in TS2009 (yes, I've tried converting the .pm's to .im's but sometimes there aren't any pm's to convert).

It gets really frustrating sometimes. Why is so much content on DLS incompatable, or just plain broken?
I could understand if a lot of it was created for TS2004, but TS2006 has been around long enough that I shouldn't be seeing this so often.

I'm starting to think that I need to get away from Trainz, and maybe from my computer completely for a while.

 

[johnwhelan]

Hi;
Is is just TS2009, TS2006, or me?
I am looking for NYS&W locos, and found some nice ones on DLS.
But when I try to install them, there are all kinds of errors, and the assets are broken.
Some are unable to load textures (.tga files), some have progressive meshes, which apparently don't work in TS2009 (yes, I've tried converting the .pm's to .im's but sometimes there aren't any pm's to convert).

It gets really frustrating sometimes. Why is so much content on DLS incompatable, or just plain broken?
I could understand if a lot of it was created for TS2004, but TS2006 has been around long enough that I shouldn't be seeing this so often.

I'm starting to think that I need to get away from Trainz, and maybe from my computer completely for a while.

Just ignore the errors most stuff works in TS2009 compatibility mode the default. Even .pms work in native mode. Things are reputed to be happening in the background to sort the errors out.

Cheerio John

 

[Approach_Medium]

Usually when I get an asset with a red flag, it will show up in the list in surveyor, but nothing can be done with it. No preview, and nothing if I try to place it.
Yellow flags are fine. I haven't bothered removing most of those.

I don't like running in compatability mode; It's slow, and sometimes unpredictable with certain assets. Also seems to take much longer for the route to come back after a save.