2: through the game (the pop up windows that show up when i click the orange icon on items that need dependencies)
OK. I have never done it that way so I just tried it after deleting some route dependencies that were downloaded from the DLS.
The orange icons are broken link symbols that appear on the thumbnail image of a route or session in the
Surveyor Select a Route screen. They indicate that the route or session is missing dependencies, as you mentioned. Clicking the route thumbnail immediately loads in
Content Manager and lists all the dependencies of the route or session that you clicked from the Surveyor Select a Route screen. You learn something new every day with Trainz.
You can reach the same point, but not as quickly, by opening the
Manage Content option from the launcher window to load
Content Manager then right clicking on the route and selecting the option
List Dependencies.
I normally click on the column heading
Status once or twice to sort all the assets into their status order so that all the "Missing Dependencies" appear at the top of the list. I then select all of them, right click on one of the selected assets and select the option
Download.
I do not know what is causing your intermittent (sometimes it works, sometimes it does not) download problem but I suspect that the problem is probably not with Trainz - so downloading the program again will make no difference. If it is the subscription version of Trainz (Trainz Plus) that you have then it automatically comes with an FCT which gives you faster downloads and no download limit. If it is TRS22 (either version) then the lack of an FCT may be the issue as you will have restricted download speeds and a maximum number of downloads per day.
and i think i might have figured it out, sometimes when it opens i need to move the window around and then it works
That makes absolutely no sense to me.
