mfgman
07-03-2002, 02:30 AM
I previously posted this in the general forum with little response so thought maybe one of the activity experts might have some ideas or suggestions.
This is a really great route! There is no need to ever build another HO or N-gauge train layout again. Its all here.
However, When working with the provided activities I found some problems that I wondered if anyone else had found a solution to. I am using build (beta) 8. Didn't see anything else on this in the forum so far.
#1 Couldn't find the freight consist that HMRR-2 asks you to go pickup at the beginning of the activity. I searched not only yard #1, but the whole Hoboken section and none to be found. I believe the missing freight was to be numbered 32785-x according to the manifest. If it is a mistake in the manifest, can one find out what the car numbers should have been and change the manifest accordingly?
#2 I skipped the first pickup and went direct to the HBS Floatbridge and picked up the 6 cars there to return them to the HBS Yard -6 and to Standard Brands spur. When I got the load to the yard, no matter what I did, I could not get the cars to decouple. When I double clicked the coupler it would decouple for a second or so and then recouple. I tried dropping cars in motion with the engine accelerating in opposite direction, tried uncoupling while stopping with engine brake applied, and tried it at a stop. Same problem. I was doing this just South of the Standard Brands spur, attempting to drop car 5 and 6 on Yard track 6. Obviously couldn't begin to finish the activity.
Other than that it is beautiful. Does anyone know of any user generated activities for this route? I found the Sightseer activity, but its pretty sparse with no AI, just a tour?
BTW, absolutely no speed problems on curves or "unusually" jerky motion in any view (except for a periodic swap file burp as the HD takes another bite when a bunch of new objects come into view all of a sudden). <1 ghz AMD, GeForce3, 128 bit., 384 mb RAM, everything maxed in MSTS graphic setup). Pretty slick.[P>Anyway, great fun.
Sincerely
mfgman (Doug)
San Diego, CA
keene2608@adelphia.net
This is a really great route! There is no need to ever build another HO or N-gauge train layout again. Its all here.
However, When working with the provided activities I found some problems that I wondered if anyone else had found a solution to. I am using build (beta) 8. Didn't see anything else on this in the forum so far.
#1 Couldn't find the freight consist that HMRR-2 asks you to go pickup at the beginning of the activity. I searched not only yard #1, but the whole Hoboken section and none to be found. I believe the missing freight was to be numbered 32785-x according to the manifest. If it is a mistake in the manifest, can one find out what the car numbers should have been and change the manifest accordingly?
#2 I skipped the first pickup and went direct to the HBS Floatbridge and picked up the 6 cars there to return them to the HBS Yard -6 and to Standard Brands spur. When I got the load to the yard, no matter what I did, I could not get the cars to decouple. When I double clicked the coupler it would decouple for a second or so and then recouple. I tried dropping cars in motion with the engine accelerating in opposite direction, tried uncoupling while stopping with engine brake applied, and tried it at a stop. Same problem. I was doing this just South of the Standard Brands spur, attempting to drop car 5 and 6 on Yard track 6. Obviously couldn't begin to finish the activity.
Other than that it is beautiful. Does anyone know of any user generated activities for this route? I found the Sightseer activity, but its pretty sparse with no AI, just a tour?
BTW, absolutely no speed problems on curves or "unusually" jerky motion in any view (except for a periodic swap file burp as the HD takes another bite when a bunch of new objects come into view all of a sudden). <1 ghz AMD, GeForce3, 128 bit., 384 mb RAM, everything maxed in MSTS graphic setup). Pretty slick.[P>Anyway, great fun.
Sincerely
mfgman (Doug)
San Diego, CA
keene2608@adelphia.net