Switching locomotive cabviews not working

[FLWBStrainman]

I recently attempted to change the cabviews of a couple locomotives... I have done this before numerous times, and have never had any issues with it. I am using Trainz 2010. Recently, I have been unable to change locomotive cabviews. I have changed the kuid on the "interior" line in the .eng files (I use MSTS as well, so forgive me if I mixed the terminology up), as well as referencing the correct kuid in the "kuid table" area... but the locomotives still use the default cabview. This has always worked for me before. Am I forgetting a step here?

 

[sniper297]

Yep, looking at your station stops you have no Trainz versions registered - you need to have at least one version registered to get your unique "KUID" number in content manager, otherwise you can't create your own content in later versions. Once that's done (I'm gonna go with the config.txt since that's what you mentioned, altho it's easier in Content Creator);
1. Open the loco for edit in explorer.
2. In the Explorer window open the config.txt file in notepad.
3. Find the Interior tag, make a note of the existing KUID number, change the number to the KUID for the new cabview.
4. Scroll down to the KUID table and change the same number you just changed in step 3. Alternately you can use the replace utility in notepad to replace all if you know how to do that.
5. Save and exit, back to content manager, edit, commit.

Note you're editing the loco to change the interior KUID, not the engine spec - unlike MSTS where every engine has a .eng file which contains the physics, Trainz engines reference a separate engine spec file, to change the physics you would change the engine spec to reference a different one in the config.txt for that loco. Unless you're one of them DCC types, in which case the physics don't matter.

 

[FLWBStrainman]

Ahhh, this makes sense. I have my copies of Trainz registered to a different username... I lost a password and to make a long story short ended up using one account for these forums and the other for registering the serial numbers. Thank you for the input.

 

[sniper297]

Well, as long as you have your own KUID number for content manager it should work. Main thing is double check you're saving then committing after edit, and also make sure you're editing what you think you're editing - I've made the mistake of editing an F7 to use my lighted cabview, kept getting the default cabview in game, turned out I was editing one F7 and testing with a different F7 that had the same username cuz I forgot to change it.

 

[Deano5]

Shhhh sniper old boy, don't give our secrets to the enemy.
That old card "I lost my password". Passwords are easily retrieved using the correct method.

 

[Topham217]

Depends on the company. I haven't tried recovering a lost password from Auran yet, but with Electronic Arts it's completely hopeless if you change ISP accounts and no longer have access to the email address you created the EA account with since there are no humans at EA. In any case AFAIK there's no way to create new content without having the serial number registered under SOME name, since you don't get the author KUID number without registering. I'm currently logged in with my son's account, I registered TRS2009 in his name so we could each have our own KUID number, otherwise (aside from being illegal) if we both use the same account on different computers we get a zillion duplicate KUID numbers whenever one of us creates something new. Legal is actually simpler with Trainz, pirated copies cause more complication than they're worth for the user. Anyone who is using a pirated copy go ahead and spend the money to buy and register a legal copy, it makes the whole thing a lot easier for not much money.

 

[FLWBStrainman]

Yes, passwords are easily retrieved. And then there is the fact that I no longer have access to the email address that I registered the original account to. Thanks to all the malware. Back on topic, I appreciate your help, sniper.

 

[sniper297]

Submit a helpdesk ticket;

http://support.auran.com/

They got actual humans there instead of 'bots, so if you really do have a legit copy they'll be able to straighten the mess out.

 

[d0g]

I've got it figured out. This is being posted from my other account if anybody cares to see that I have a legit copy. Same IP address. Again, thank you for the replies.

 

[sniper297]

Woof!

I've never tried it, but from what I've heard it's also possible to change your forum user name if it's important to you. Either way, let us know how you get on with the cabview thingamy. A search for username sniper297 will get you assorted cab interiors that I think look better than the originals.