Testing v8.005

[eric]

Changes in this testing version:

8.005a

• Consist Editor, skip loading of activities and/or consists by setting keywords loadActivities and/or loadConsists to false
• Consist Editor, skip loading of Shapeviewer screen by adding -S to setting ceWindowLayout

8.005b

• Consist Editor, apply setting "useImperial = true" to convert mass, length, and speed values to US Tons, feet, and MPH
• Consist Editor, fix bug where mass values were not being calculated when # character and extra data was present in Mass()

8.005c

• Route Editor, identify "underground" scenery and track nodes which are likely accidental placements
• Route Editor, enable logfile deletion using the logFileMax and logFileDays settings when set.
  • logFileDays is the maximum age to keep, logFileMax is the number of prior files to keep. These parameters are applied independently:
    • Files older than max age but under the max number kept will be deleted
    • Files newer than max age but over the max number kept will be deleted.

8.005d

• Route Editor, add "Face Down" to Camera Reset menu (right click) to make it easier to go underground and find deeply buried items
• Route Editor, improved descriptions and error messages for deeply buried items
• Consist Editor, added conversions for lengths entered in cm, ft and in for Eng/Wag size
• Consist Editor, added missing conversion displays when using "useImperial" setting

8.005e

• Route Editor, bugFix to allow MSTS shadows to be disabled (memory management)
• Allow for non-square ACE files to be rendered (goes against standard, and may not render as expected)
• New setting "startapp" which will allow for Consist Editor or Shapeviewer to be started by default without using a batch file

Download ---> TSRE-Testing-v8.005e.zip

[OmenRotcod]

Thanks for the update, Eric. Just what I wanted.

David

[eric]

Testing version v8.005b has been issued and available above for download.

[gammaray84]

Sorry to report, mine still loads everything.

[eric]

You've set loadActivities and/or loadConsists to false?

Default action is to show them.

[gammaray84]

In the settings.txt the line reads as follows:
#loadConsists = false
#loadActivities = false

I did not set this, this was as downloaded.

[eric]

If there's a # or // in front of a setting token, then it's commented out and ignored, with the default setting will be applied.

Remove the # or // in front of a token, and the setting you specify will be applied.

[gammaray84]

Thank You very much. 🤝

[eric]

Testing version 8.000d is available in the first post of this thread.

[wmuzeke]

Great update. It loads a lot faster now. Would there be a way to change the way it sorts so that the lesser digit numbers appear in the correct order? On the spreadsheet program I use (LibreOffice Calc), I have to check "enable natural sort" in order to make something like this sort correctly, outside of making the numbers all the same number of digits - 011, 002, etc.

[FireEngine]

which way do you do it for it to load faster? With or without the # sign in front of the load activities and consists?

[eric]

By default, activities and consists are loaded.

If you want to bypass loading consists and activities, remove the # and set those values to true.

Personally, I don't know why you wouldn't load your existing consists, if for no other reason than to avoid duplicating one.

[eric]

Would there be a way to change the way it sorts so that the lesser digit numbers appear in the correct order?

Unfortunately, that's sorted on the "DisplayName" field, which is a text field. There's no "sort text as numbers" option in the compiler.

[eric]

A new version is up, which addresses a couple bug fixes.

• MSTS shadows weren't being disabled correctly when the settings were asking them to be
• non-square and non-power-of-2 ACE texture files (e.g. dimensions of 253 x 253 and 1028 x 1096 ) weren't rendering and were being replaced by a different texture in error

Also.... there's a new setting that will allow you to launch the Shapeviewer or Consist Editor by default without needing to use a batch file or command line.

startapp = c /// launches the consist editor
startapp = s //// launches the shapeviewer

The default behavior (for now) is still the route editor.

[yellowdog]

I'm coming from xx5b and have a question. There was another post where someone asked about spaces between an IC SD40, that was caused by the eng file size being in ft. I have that loco, but don't recall using it in sim, and did not fix the eng file. But when I checked the eng file, the size was in ft. Today after installing xx5e, I checked and the size was in m. Loaded it up in the sim and there was no space. Did TSRE auto-correct this?