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    Merging Routes

    This subject having been in the news lately I had another look at the merged by me Thomas Bontempo CSX-Mainline route from Cumberland to the Washington Potomac yards and his Connellsville to Baltimore route, then ending at Martinsburg, him no longer working on this route now.

    These 2 routes not sharing common Start Tile co-ordinates it was an achievement I do not think anybody else has been able to do !

    DTG also doing their best to make it difficult for users of TS-2015 to modify it I can not see many other routes being merged !

    It having had many downloads from my web site since 2013 until I withdrew it, needing more storage space then, it was running in TS-2014 without problems.

    Testing it with the updated and patched TS-2015 I noticed some scenic glitches it did not have in TS-2014 and have fixed them. Any more, users of it can not take care of themselves, please let me know.

    My supplied with it SR-Tracks Changer can be used running it on capable computers which can handle their increased 3D graphics demand.

    I am going to re-upload its 1GB RAR complete with all Freeware assets it uses to my web site, having 3 GB unused storage space left and 1000GB monthly Bandwidth, only 170GB having been used this month to date.

    Will upload it using my slow coach UK BT Broadband Internet connection while I am in bed and hope that there will be no time-out during the night, there being less traffic on the UK Internet.








    Web site: www.otto-wipfel.co.uk

    #2
    Here is it for those who are interested in running it, have a good Internet Broadband connection and an at least WIN-7, multi-core CPU, min. 8GB RAM, nVidia GTX 560Ti or better TS-2015 computer to run it on !

    http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/downloads/rw-connellsville-washington-cumberland-routes-merger-complete.rar
    Web site: www.otto-wipfel.co.uk

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      #3
      Here is a scenery glitch I have just noticed, apparently caused by TS-2014 having been updated to TS-2015, I may have to try and repair in a future update, plus anything else major new users of it could find !

      The terrain height between the 2 merged routes not sharing common Start Tile co-ordinates varies between 30 to 100 meters !



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        #4
        So I had a go at fixing that bridge in the patched TS-2015 running on my WIN-XP SP3 i5, 3.9GB usable RAM. nVidia GT-640 computer, the TS-2015 Editors in the patched version not working on my WIN-7 64-bit i5, 8GB RAM, GTX 560Ti computer, not letting me touch any route running in it, the TS-2014 copy has no problems with, except with the SL-Network and West of Scotland Lines assets.

        All done I decided to close down TS-2015 and my WIN-XP computer and after starting it again and checking my edits of that bridge found that some parts of it have disappeared and show only when the mouse pointer is on top of their invisible objects.

        http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/video/cwc-disappearing-objects.wmv


        Now how is that possible ?

        They have been saved and are obviously stored in those updated Scenery and Terrain tiles but do not show normally ?

        Neither do any of my modifications show running it in the TS-2014 copy on my WIN-7 computer !

        The C-W-C on my web site will have to stay as it is, the only major cosmetic glitch being that bride, but the rest of this merged route is enjoyable to drive in, as one can expect from Thomas Bontempo !

        But I shall have to give doing this up, all that stress winding me up !
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          #5
          If i may ask, while this isn't on the topic of this route, it is on the topic of route merging. Any possibility of someone attempting to merge the Northeast corridor routes so we have a run from Phil. to New haven? I would like that a lot.
          Tom
          I am no longer active.
          PM me if you have a specific question.

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            #6
            Not known for giving up easily and after getting up this morning, having a clearer brain, I decided to have another go.

            That is the only location in the merged route where the 2 merged into one route tracks cross each other and being at different altitudes their somehow overlapping scenery and loft tiles were not properly replaced by me.

            So I deleted all structures of that bridge and rebuilt it my way !

            Routes that do not have the same Route Starting Tiles Compass Co-ordinates can not be merged.

            Despite that I have managed to merge these 2 routes Thomas Bontempo has created, although being in the same geographical areas they can not be merged so that their tracks can be joined.

            That being the case, when I tried to join my clone of the RSC/NEC with the DTG\New York to New Haven route there is no way that it can be done.









            Last edited by OTTODAD; 11-25-2014, 17:28.
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              #7
              Hey Otto, I know your not one to give up. I am downloading this as I post here. Thank you so much for all your effort. I hope you don't stress yourself too much as this is just a kind of simulator and although it is frustrating we certainly want you to have time to relax also. Wishing you all the best during this holiday Season.
              HP Omen Obelisk Desktop, i7-8700, GeForce RTX 2080, Windows 11 Pro

              Dave Horton
              Las Vegas, NV

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                #8
                Hi Dave and others who have already downloaded it, here is the small fix for this bridge that has lost some of its objects and textures in the move from TS-2014 to TS-2015, my previous post's updated screenhots show !

                http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/downloads/rw-connellsville-washington-cumberland-routes-merger-update.rar

                That was healthy stress, being able to cope with a problem, which keeps my adrenalin flowing !

                Last edited by OTTODAD; 11-26-2014, 19:22.
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                  #9
                  Thanks Otto !!!!
                  Just like old times !!!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by flatbush71 View Post
                    Thanks Otto !!!! Just like old times !!!
                    Yes, I have just remembered that I still got this video on my web site.

                    A long freight train having left the Potomax yard crosses the Potomac river South of Washington and then climbs up the new incline to the Martinsburg to Connellsville route, passing over that bridge I have just reconstructed !

                    http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/video/c-w-c.wmv

                    I have ran it halfway to Connellsville yesterday, using the TS-2015 Time Acceleration Launch option, the TS-2014 also used in that video and am going to finish running it now !
                    Web site: www.otto-wipfel.co.uk

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                      #11
                      Have finished running this saved Potomac freight train Freeroam scenario and have arrived in Connellsville, taking just under 5 hours in real time, but am running it 40 MpH speeded-up 5 times, talking less time.

                      http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/video/c-w-c-connellsville-end.wmv

                      The drawing distance of remote scenery has been improved, but not the one of shadows cast by passing hills and mountains or stand-alone trees and buildings.

                      If your computers and TS-2015 can handle it then loose consists and other player trains can be added
                      anywhere and multiple AIs run on tracks not likely to be used by whatever Freeroam player train is running.

                      However AIs can still not be spawned when their Freeroam Spawn markers can sense a player approaching and start one running, to disappear again when it is out of sight of the player !


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                        #12
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Traverser\Fixed network blueprint000.bin
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mtu rntable\30mturntable.bin
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Traverser\Fixed network blueprint000.bin
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mcs xturntable\30mcsxturntable.bin
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mcs xturntable\30mcsxturntable.bin
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mtu rntable\30mturntable.bin
                        Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Traverser\Fixed network blueprint000.bin
                        Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\Signals\US Modern\Post\smm_uss_CnO_G2 H2 T2.bin
                        Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\TransferPo ints\Yards\LumberYard\LumberYard.bin
                        Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\TransferPo ints\Yards\LumberYard\LumberYard.bin
                        Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\Signals\US Modern\Post\smm_uss_CnO_G2 H2 T0.bin
                        Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\TransferPo ints\Yards\LumberYard\LumberYard.bin

                        Any idea where to get these Otto ???

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by flatbush71 View Post
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Traverser\Fixed network blueprint000.bin
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mtu rntable\30mturntable.bin
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Traverser\Fixed network blueprint000.bin
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mcs xturntable\30mcsxturntable.bin
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mcs xturntable\30mcsxturntable.bin
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Turntable\30mtu rntable\30mturntable.bin
                          Assets\Developer\Addon\RailNetwork\Traverser\Fixed network blueprint000.bin
                          Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\Signals\US Modern\Post\smm_uss_CnO_G2 H2 T2.bin
                          Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\TransferPo ints\Yards\LumberYard\LumberYard.bin
                          Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\TransferPo ints\Yards\LumberYard\LumberYard.bin
                          Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\Signals\US Modern\Post\smm_uss_CnO_G2 H2 T0.bin
                          Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailNetwork\TransferPo ints\Yards\LumberYard\LumberYard.bin

                          Any idea where to get these Otto ???
                          They are supplied with the download and no other downloader of the C-W-C has reported them missing since its first release in 2013 !
                          Web site: www.otto-wipfel.co.uk

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                            #14
                            I did a rebuild and lost all the old stuff. I got it back in the P&LE assets.
                            I got everything but the lumberyard.bin.
                            Is that some of Sniper's work ??

                            Never mind, I got it.
                            Last edited by flatbush71; 11-28-2014, 13:13.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by flatbush71 View Post
                              I got everything but the lumberyard.bin. Is that some of Sniper's work ??
                              Not unless it is in his Port Ogden folder.

                              I have supplied 3 versions of it with the C-W-C download.


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