Okay, so I downloaded the PAYWARE F40PH, and though I like the textures and scripting, I'm a bit disappointed. That is because...
(get ready for a long back story...)
When I was a kid, I had to share a family PC with my parents and my sisters. Because train simulation games take up an un-godly amount of space on computers, I could only chose one. My choices were MSTS (Microsoft Train Simulator) and TRS2004. I chose TRS2004 for three reasons:
1) You could make custom routes easily in TRS2004
2) Paintshed. (While MSTS also had Paintshed, TRS2004 had a better roster for my purposes)
3) I grew up near the Netherwood Station in New Jersey and an NJ Transit train driver gave me track schematics and a signal guide. With these, I was determined to make a good NJ Transit route (which I'm still working on)
(the back story continues...)
Now, when I got TRS2006, I felt even more like I made the right decision because I discovered you can swap engine sounds, cabs, horn, etc. AND you can make your own replacements.
Now fast-forward to today. I purchased the F40PH on the N3V Games store and while running it, I realized a few issues. Now don't get me wrong the horn and enginesound are nice, they just aren't perfect matches to the ones the real locomotive has.
"No problem," I thought, "I'll just swap them with the horn I made and a custom enginesound I found on the DLS." But when I tried, this happened...
"Open... show in Explorer"
"ERROR: NOT AUTHORIZED TO OPEN KUID (kuid-number) FOR EDIT"
"FAILED TO OPEN KUID (kuid-number) FOR EDIT"
Now I could rant on for a while about what a ridiculous idea it is to make it so you can't customize content in a game where one of the main selling points is how customizable content in the game is, but instead, I'll just ask where I can find a decent EDITABLE Amtrak F40PH. I tried the freeware one on the DLS (<kuid2:58843:72:5>), but for some reason, the numbers won't appear on it. (In "Preview Asset," the numberboards only display "M-4, M-5, M-6," the sides only display "222" and the back says "206." In-game, the numbers won't appear at all, but if I manually give it one, it looks exactly like it does in preview asset. )
So in short, I'm looking for an Amtrak F40PH. It doesn't have to be freeware, it just has to meet these minimum specs:
1) Running numbers
2) EDITABLE
3) EDITABLE, I can't stress this enough!
(get ready for a long back story...)
When I was a kid, I had to share a family PC with my parents and my sisters. Because train simulation games take up an un-godly amount of space on computers, I could only chose one. My choices were MSTS (Microsoft Train Simulator) and TRS2004. I chose TRS2004 for three reasons:
1) You could make custom routes easily in TRS2004
2) Paintshed. (While MSTS also had Paintshed, TRS2004 had a better roster for my purposes)
3) I grew up near the Netherwood Station in New Jersey and an NJ Transit train driver gave me track schematics and a signal guide. With these, I was determined to make a good NJ Transit route (which I'm still working on)
(the back story continues...)
Now, when I got TRS2006, I felt even more like I made the right decision because I discovered you can swap engine sounds, cabs, horn, etc. AND you can make your own replacements.
Now fast-forward to today. I purchased the F40PH on the N3V Games store and while running it, I realized a few issues. Now don't get me wrong the horn and enginesound are nice, they just aren't perfect matches to the ones the real locomotive has.
"No problem," I thought, "I'll just swap them with the horn I made and a custom enginesound I found on the DLS." But when I tried, this happened...
"Open... show in Explorer"
"ERROR: NOT AUTHORIZED TO OPEN KUID (kuid-number) FOR EDIT"
"FAILED TO OPEN KUID (kuid-number) FOR EDIT"
Now I could rant on for a while about what a ridiculous idea it is to make it so you can't customize content in a game where one of the main selling points is how customizable content in the game is, but instead, I'll just ask where I can find a decent EDITABLE Amtrak F40PH. I tried the freeware one on the DLS (<kuid2:58843:72:5>), but for some reason, the numbers won't appear on it. (In "Preview Asset," the numberboards only display "M-4, M-5, M-6," the sides only display "222" and the back says "206." In-game, the numbers won't appear at all, but if I manually give it one, it looks exactly like it does in preview asset. )
So in short, I'm looking for an Amtrak F40PH. It doesn't have to be freeware, it just has to meet these minimum specs:
1) Running numbers
2) EDITABLE
3) EDITABLE, I can't stress this enough!