What happened to the backshops for trainz website
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johnwhelan
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Usually someone hasn't paid their web site hosting fees.
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Suggest maybe asking here? https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?145844-The-Backshops-Work-In-Progress-Thread
hiawathamr
DLC developer for Trainz
I've been hearing the reason for closing down their site was due that there wasn't enough traffic to keep paying for the site.
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johnwhelan
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Could well be, payware needs a certain amount of ongoing sales to justify a site.
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kcwright_rm
Cumberland & Eastern RRTC
It was said on the FB page, the site was archived due to the fact that the other owner left (i think) and the remaining owner didnt want to pay the fees.
It looks like it's still accessible via the Wayback Maching: https://web.archive.org/web/2020021...hebackshops.com/trk_equ/freeware/signals.html
I just tried downloading some items from there. The downloads look like valid CDPs, but when I try to load them into CM, I get "Unable to open file....for reading", and they don't install. I tried looking with CDPExplorer, but it says "File format not supported for...". So apparently something has happened to the file downloads, or they are not valid for trs2019?
EDIT: Also some of the files for locos that came down saying they are .7z files, 7zip does not recognize them and won't expand the content.
EDIT: Also some of the files for locos that came down saying they are .7z files, 7zip does not recognize them and won't expand the content.
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So third party sites are a great way for creators to keep full control of their creations. And users have a choice of where to get those until the site closes and then those users are SOL, left high and dry, and any other metaphor that comes to mind.
Toolman12345
Member
wow!
Wow, I was even able to download a file via the Wayback Machine! I wouldn't have thought that possible. Thanks for that tip, I needed a resource for a route I want to download and try out.
Wow, I was even able to download a file via the Wayback Machine! I wouldn't have thought that possible. Thanks for that tip, I needed a resource for a route I want to download and try out.
I've done that, but the files in the .cdp files have not been archived, meaning the .cdp files are empty. You need to contact Trainman7616 if you need content from The Backshops website.
Approach Medium is hosting some former-TBS scenery items on his site, if that helps?
https://www.approachmedium.com/tbs-legacy-assets
Check out his other packs and assets too. He has some great stuff available.
Cheers,
Piere.
https://www.approachmedium.com/tbs-legacy-assets
Check out his other packs and assets too. He has some great stuff available.
Cheers,
Piere.
Yep, the cdp's are corrupted from the Backshops on Wayback. I have a backup of the J35 Consolidation but it's faulty when I try to import it into Trainz 22PE SP5. <kuid2:46075:10101:2> : Not a valid archive file: 'kuid2 46075 10101 3.tzarc' (error: 0) I tried importing it into Trainz 19 and no errors. Why would it be faulty in 22 but not in 19? Would there be any way to fix it to work in 22PE SP5? I'm sorry for bumping an old thread but I am stumped as to why it errors in one version of 22. I have a newer install of 22 SP6 and it has no errors there. I think that my SP5 installation of 22 is corrupted or something. I guess then I can't use the loco in my SP5 22 and will have to use it in 19 or 22 SP6. If I upgraded to SP6 in my 22 SP5 would it work then? But then I couldn't roll back to SP5. SP6 had some issues that I'm not sure were fixed by N3V.
Without any deep investigation, perhaps '19 let the errors slide whereas '22 doesn't because of a stricter enforcement of the rules. Since some errors only cause a behind the track slowdown and are not immediately fatal, they can be ignored at the cost of performance and possible instability.
If the .tzarc files can be read in TRS19 but not TRS22, this points to the changes in TRS22 regarding .tzarc files. I had the same error message when I attempted to restore a route from a .tzarc because I thoroughly destroyed the route and I had to restore it. Ultimately, I ended going back to my cloned back-up and had to go forward. This turned out to be a good thing anyway for other reasons.
Since TRS19 can read the file okay, install the asset there then export it to a CDP to back it up safely. You may want to create two CDP files; one with the asset and the other with the dependencies to be on the safe side unless it uses built-in ones.
The alternative is to use VMM's Tzarchiver utility. This will allow you to open the .tzarc file and export out its content to a trainz asset-folder which you can import into TRS22.