What does it mean when....

[WillPac]

...a DLS asset downloads and installs just fine, but can't be seen in Surveyor or Railyard (if motive power or rolling stock).

I have had a LOT of items I have d/l'd that have NO missing dependencies, NO errors, they download just fine, commit just fine and show up in CMP under the Installed tab (this is with TRS2006).

But go into Surveyor (or Railyard), and there is the asset listed along with all of the others, but there is no picture of it, nor can I add it to the layout. One group of assets, a handful of 1957 Chevy Bel-Airs, the tires show up but not the cars! I have had trouble with all rotary gondolas, a group of UP passenger cars, several autos, a handful of centerbeam flats, SP Daylight cars (they show up but not the trucks/bogies), etc.

This has probably been asked before, but with SO many threads about DLS and CMP, I thought a new one would be easier. If these assets show no problems, why can't I see or use them? (And in DLS, I only have assets checked to search for UTC, 04 and 06, although I have had Trainz Classic assets show up in the filter).

 

[lorenw]

Hi WillPac.
They might not show up, but there are missing dependencies and or assets that belong to other objects also. For the Bel-airs, I suspect you dl'd repaints and not the original kuid with the body. Same with the other objects. I dl'd some loco's that never showed up until I dl'd another loco that had the trucks and cab interiors they needed.
Did you search for the kuid authors? That is what I needed to do.
Loren

 

[WillPac]

Hi WillPac.
They might not show up, but there are missing dependencies and or assets that belong to other objects also. For the Bel-airs, I suspect you dl'd repaints and not the original kuid with the body. Same with the other objects. I dl'd some loco's that never showed up until I dl'd another loco that had the trucks and cab interiors they needed.
Did you search for the kuid authors? That is what I needed to do.
Loren

So when the description says it's a "reskin" of someone else's creation, I need to find and d/l that as well? Pretty sure those Bel-Airs WERE a reskin, if I remember correctly. Oh such fun...no wonder my layout is so far from done, with all of this DLS/CMP time wasting joy.

 

[4ndylloyd]

Willpac,

Yes, check to see if they are reskins but if they are not showing errors or missing dependancies then you dont need to download the original version. For reskins to show in the game though you do need to have Paintshed installed on your machine. I think that it comes with TRS06 but cant remember whether or not it is installed by default.

Andy

 

[Orloldman]

I think you can "reskin" without using Paintshed. I've been messing with a couple examples using Photoshop where I have downloaded and existing asset and recoloring it - without Paintshed.

Also, if an asset is reskinned in Paintshed, there is a column in the CM that will show a "P" to note it.

 

[WillPac]

Willpac,

Yes, check to see if they are reskins but if they are not showing errors or missing dependancies then you dont need to download the original version. For reskins to show in the game though you do need to have Paintshed installed on your machine. I think that it comes with TRS06 but cant remember whether or not it is installed by default.

Andy

Well, that IS odd then, as all of those mentioned in my first post were perfectly fine, according to CMP...no missing deps, no errors, committed and installed. And a few of those even would show images when changing from text to thumbnail view. But none of those above and others would show up in Surveyor or Railyard.

 

[4ndylloyd]

Well, that IS odd then, as all of those mentioned in my first post were perfectly fine, according to CMP...no missing deps, no errors, committed and installed. And a few of those even would show images when changing from text to thumbnail view. But none of those above and others would show up in Surveyor or Railyard.

Will, as my post said....if they are NOT showing any errors but still not showing up then it may be that they are paintshed reskins and if this is the case then Paintshed will need to be installed for them to display correctly. There will be an icon alongside the asset that will tell you whether or not they are reskinned in Paintshed. I use TRS06 so if you want to post a couple of kuid numbers for your problem items I will download them and see if I can help

Andy