.sms errors found by MSTS _Check

[unicorn]

MSTS_Check v2.0b 2018-12-31 8:49:03 PM
Missing Sounds Report (smsReport.txt)
For installation :- T:\1MSTS

Using suggestions based on downloads for North American stock.

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++ NOTE : Most of the suggested sources will require some file/folder name
editing or aliasing/re-aliasing
Key : '+' between sources indicates that both are required.
'/' shows options from which a selection may be made.
Key to Sources :
Where only a zip file is shown, it may be downloaded from trainsim.com
SLI = streamlines.ca/trainsimulations.net
UKTS = uktrainsim.com

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Error number : 1
Stock Folder : PA-PB-UP
Stock Item : PA_UP_1.eng
File Line : Sound ( "..\\..\\Common.Snd\\CLW.Sounds\\alco_244\\alco244 eng.sms" )

.wav files folder/s not found.
Missing folder : T:\1MSTS\TRAINS\TRAINSET\Common.Snd\GP38\SOUND
.sms line No. 130 : Discrete_Trigger ( 10 StartLoopRelease ( 1 File ( "..\\..\\GP38\\SOUND\\x_gp_bell1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod ( SequentialSelection ) ) )
Suggested Source/s : MSTS Default
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Error number : 2
Stock Folder : PA-PB-UP
Stock Item : PA_UP_1.eng
File Line : Sound ( "..\\..\\Common.Snd\\CLW.Sounds\\alco_244\\alco244 cab.sms" )

.wav files folder/s not found.
Missing folder : T:\1MSTS\TRAINS\TRAINSET\Common.Snd\GP38\SOUND
.sms line No. 133 : Discrete_Trigger ( 10 StartLoopRelease ( 1 File ( "..\\..\\GP38\\SOUND\\gp_bell1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod ( SequentialSelection ) ) )
Suggested Source/s : MSTS Default
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Any suggestions for correcting this.

[ebnertra000]

It seems pretty self-explanatory - you need a bell sound. If you don't have the default GP38 installed, you'll have to tweak the .sms file to point to another sound file

[slipperman]

Hi unicorn,
You may well have the default GP38 installed, but there are aliasing errors in the .sms files. I believe the lines should be :

Discrete_Trigger ( 10 StartLoopRelease ( 1 File ( "..\\..\\..\\GP38\\SOUND\\x_gp_bell1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod ( SequentialSelection ) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 10 StartLoopRelease ( 1 File ( "..\\..\\..\\GP38\\SOUND\\gp_bell1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod ( SequentialSelection ) ) )

Cheers,
Ged

[ebnertra000]

Ged,

I don't think it actually needs to be three "..\" combos deep. Probably all of my alias strings have only two and they work fine. I'm not saying it couldn't be the problem, I just have my doubts

[slipperman]

Hi ebnertra000 (sorry, I don't know your name!),
Normally, .sms files are in a subfolder of common.snd/common.sound but in this case they are in a subfolder of a subfolder of the common folder, hence the extra level to be traversed.

Cheers,
Ged

[baldwin]

The GP38 is normally a sub folder of Trainset, but in this case the sms file is actually looking for the GP38 sounds as a subset of common.snd and if they are not there, the error is generated. Two steps up and back down are all that is needed, unless you are looking outside of the trainset folder structure.

So either modify the sms file to look in the GP38/sound folder, or make a gp38/sound folder in common.snd and copy the files from the GP38/sound folder to the common.snd/gp38/sound folder.

[crstagg]

Since that SMS file has only 2 back folder symbols (..//) then forward to GP38//sound indicates to me that it was written to be copied to a folder such as RR_GP38/Sound rather than being aliased to run.

Found the Problem. Those files came from CLW_PA.zip at http://columbuslocomotiveworks.com/p....php?f=22&t=37
The files are installed by an EXE. The EXE creates two folders in ones TrainSet folder: AlcoPA and CLW.Sounds

CLW.Sounds should be a subfolder of Trainset NOT the Common.Snd folder!