TFX - Smoke & Steam issue - Renfe 242F 2009 Confederacion

I have a TFX issue with one of my favourite Locomotives:
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]Renfe 242F 2009 Confederacion - in Tane SP4 & TRS19 there is no longer smoke & steam.\

I did get the smoke working using another locomotives TFX but that doesn't help with the steam (even the smoke is lousy).

Any help would be appreciated shown below are the config details for smoke & steam etc.:

[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke0
{
attachment "a.smoke0"
mode "speed"
maxspeedkph 50
enabled 1
file "humofuelCONFEDERADA.tfx"
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke1
{
attachment "a.smoke1"
mode "stack"
file "humoCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
enabled 1
inherit-velocity 0
scale 0.98
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke2
{
attachment "a.purgai"
mode "speed"
maxspeedkph 50
enabled 1
file "cilindrosCONFEDERADA.tfx"
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke3
{
attachment "a.purgad"
mode "speed"
maxspeedkph 45
enabled 1
file "cilindrosCONFEDERADA.tfx"
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke4
{
attachment "a.eyector"
mode "time"
period 15
loop 1
loopdelay 80
file "silbatoCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke5
{
attachment "a.whistle"
mode "timeofday"
start 0,1
file "silbatoCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
enabled 1
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke6
{
attachment "a.steamsafety"
mode "lowpressurevalve"
file "valvulasCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
enabled 1
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke7
{
attachment "a.hogar"
mode "speed"
maxspeedkph 10
enabled 1
file "hogarCONFEDERADA.tfx"
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke8
{
attachment "a.inyecd"
mode "time"
period 20
loop 1
loopdelay 75
file "vaporesCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke9
{
attachment "a.inyeci"
mode "time"
period 25
loop 1
loopdelay 80
file "vaporesCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke10
{
attachment "a.precal"
mode "time"
period 10
loop 1
loopdelay 90
file "silbatoCONFEDERADA.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
}[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif]smoke11
{
attachment "a.smoke1"
mode "speed"
maxspeedkph 50
enabled 1
file "humofuelCONFEDERADA.tfx"
}[/FONT]
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Hello Butler57

Try this


All to lowercase and modify a pair of attachment modes.

I think works fine into TRS19


Regards

Manuel

Hi Manuel,

Sorry, Your config setting did not work for the 242 in TRS19 Plus Beta build 106291 - no smoke stack or steam anywhere.

The one below is what I put together to make it work - not great smoke and the steam effects are a bit wrong too:

smoke0
{
attachment "a.smoke0"
mode "speed"
color 10,10,10,255
accel 0,0,-0.2
start 0,2,4,6
rate 20,0,0,0
velocity 3,0,0,0
lifetime 1,0,0,0
minsize 0.2
maxsize 1.5,0,0,0
}
smoke1
{
attachment "a.smoke0"
mode "anim"
maxspeedkph 50
enabled 1
file "vapor1MS.tfx"
}
smoke2
{
attachment "a.purgai"
mode "anim"
color 255,255,255,220
start 0.306
period 0.388
rate 10
velocity 0.2
lifetime 0.5
minsize 0.1
maxsize 0.7
}
smoke3
{
attachment "a.purgad"
mode "anim"
color 255,255,255,220
start 0.056
period 0.388
rate 10
velocity 0.2
lifetime 0.5
minsize 0.1
maxsize 0.6
}
smoke4
{
attachment "a.eyector"
mode "time"
color 255,255,255,255
loop 900
start 72
period 10
rate 60
velocity 6
lifetime 0.8
minsize 0.05
maxsize 0.8
}
smoke5
{
attachment "a.whistle"
mode "time"
color 255,255,255,255
loop 90
start 72
period 20
rate 60
velocity 3
lifetime 0.5
minsize 0.05
maxsize 0.8
}
smoke6
{
attachment "a.steamsafety"
mode "time"
color 255,255,255,150
rate 60
lifetime 1.2
minsize 0.03
maxsize 0.3
}
smoke7
{
attachment "a.hogar"
mode "time"
color 255,255,255,255
loop 150
start 180
period 10
rate 120
velocity 10
lifetime 1.5
minsize 0.05
maxsize 2
}
smoke8
{
attachment "a.inyecd"
mode "time"
color 255,255,255,255
loop 250
start 140
period 10
rate 60
velocity 4
lifetime 0.75
minsize 0.05
maxsize 1
}
smoke9
{
attachment "a.inyeci"
mode "time"
color 255,255,255,255
loop 600
period 60
rate 30
lifetime 0.3
minsize 0.03
maxsize 0.2
}
smoke10
{
attachment "a.precal"
mode "time"
period 10
loop 1
loopdelay 90
file "cyldraincocks.tfx"
color 0,0,0,0
}
smoke11
{
attachment "a.smoke1"
mode "speed"
maxspeedkph 50
enabled 1
file "cyldraincocks.tfx"
}

Regards
Heinz

Hello Heinz.

Curious, the previous video from 242 loco was made into my TRS19 with the config listed and works fine for me.

But, I'll try to use your last config for testing too, I know where is "vapor1MS.tfx" file, but, where is the "cyldraincocks.tfx" file from? that you use it.

Regards.

Manuel

Hi Manuel,

Thanks for helping out - I might try your config in a TRS19 SP1 105096 and see if it works there

I got the

Hello Manuel

Thank you very much for the adapted config.
The smoke is running fine in TRS 2019 Plus, build 106291.

Regards
Swordfish

Hi Manuel,

I have now tested your adapted config in Tane, TRS19 SP1 and in TRS19 Plus Beta - still no smoke or steam effects.
And Swordfish found that it worked in his copy of TRS19 Plus , build 106291 - very strange???

I have read that there have been issues with TFX in current versions of trainz - until now I had not had any issues.
Perhaps there is an issue with my install(s) but for it not to work in 3 installs is strange.

I have not changed anything in the loco files or config to cause the problem - other than to experiment with a working smoke & steam effect in a cloned version.

A real conundrum!

Regards

Heinz

Hi All,

Well decided to re-download the authors asset from trensim and reinstall - now all works again - I suspect a corrupted file or files (TFX) caused the problem of no smoke & steam effects.
Special thanks to Manuel who came to the rescue (I will try his adapted config to the new install and see which effects are better).

Hello Heinz

butler57 said:

Hi Manuel,

Thanks for helping out - I might try your config in a TRS19 SP1 105096 and see if it works there

I got the

"cyldraincocks.tfx" by edh6 from:

<kuid2:403746:2057:11> LNER Gresley A3 Flying Scotsman - 2016 Wartime Black

Regards
Heinz[SUB][/SUB]​

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Thanks to you for the reference from edh6 loco.

Swordfish said:

Hello Manuel

Thank you very much for the adapted config.
The smoke is running fine in TRS 2019 Plus, build 106291.

Regards
Swordfish

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You're welcome

butler57 said:

Hi Manuel,

I have now tested your adapted config in Tane, TRS19 SP1 and in TRS19 Plus Beta - still no smoke or steam effects.
And Swordfish found that it worked in his copy of TRS19 Plus , build 106291 - very strange???

I have read that there have been issues with TFX in current versions of trainz - until now I had not had any issues.
Perhaps there is an issue with my install(s) but for it not to work in 3 installs is strange.

I have not changed anything in the loco files or config to cause the problem - other than to experiment with a working smoke & steam effect in a cloned version.

A real conundrum!

Regards

Heinz

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Heinz, sending a pm now for you.

Regards to both of you.

Manuel

Hello, my Renfe 242 is faulty for tender and loco can someone download it for T:ANE SP4 and take a look at it, please post your answers to my thread titled “Renfe 242” without quotes, I am desperate to have this loco.
Your regards. Ieatfardsohard14.