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Today, 01:51 PM

niknak replied to a thread Open Rails Activity Pack for BNSF Scenic Sub (Starter Route) in Open Rails Discussion

Many thanks for this. I'm looking forward to running the activities.

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Today, 01:19 PM

adreid replied to a thread Open Rails Activity Pack for BNSF Scenic Sub (Starter Route) in Open Rails Discussion

Hi Everyone, Peter Murdock & I have just finished adapting the tutorial package for the most recent version of the route. I have just uploaded the...

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Today, 10:52 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

Jerry, the spacing on M-Tracks and Scalerail Yard tracks is essentially the same -- SR yard spacing is 4m track centers, which comes out to 13.12...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Today, 10:12 AM

eolesen replied to a thread New version of WorldFileHacker available in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

It was a way for MSTS to load some areas of a tile before the rest of the tile back in the days of Windows XP with Pentium and lower chipsets. ...

2 replies | 86 view(s)

Today, 09:56 AM

csx8851 replied to a thread track sounds in Microsoft Train Simulator

I agree, NAV sounds are the way to go. I have increased the volume on the wav files making it sound even more realistic

11 replies | 350 view(s)

Today, 09:54 AM

landnrailroader replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

I don't use scale rail. What I do use a lot is M-tracks because the turnouts are accurate for US routes. And you run into some oddities. For...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Today, 09:52 AM

csx8851 replied to a thread Various Screenshots with no particular theme - Part 2021 in Open Rails Screen Shots

This is revolutionary, amazing work. This can take OpenRails to the next level :cool:

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Today, 08:39 AM

ideaman replied to a thread track sounds in Microsoft Train Simulator

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions.Greg

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Today, 08:22 AM

jonpd replied to a thread New version of WorldFileHacker available in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

What is a "viewDB"?

2 replies | 86 view(s)

Today, 06:40 AM

scottb613 replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

Hi Eric, Perfect - thanks so much - the examples are precisely what I needed. I had read a note in Marc's README that said that Scale Rail...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Today, 03:19 AM

eolesen started a thread New version of WorldFileHacker available in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

It's been a couple years since I updated WFH, but there's now a new version available at DigitalRails.com for a $10 donation. Updates in Version 3...

2 replies | 86 view(s)

Today, 03:13 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Question about modifying a current existing route. in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

Probably a bit late for your project, but I did confirm that WorldFileHacker's strip/convert interactives can be somewhat safely used in combination...

13 replies | 1099 view(s)

Today, 03:08 AM

R. Steele replied to a thread Make Ace not working right in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

I think it might depend upon where you install your TS utility programs. On my laptop -- Win10 --- everything from OR Profiles, Master Trainsets,...

24 replies | 2736 view(s)

Today, 01:58 AM

rt35ge replied to a thread Make Ace not working right in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

A word of warning. Windows 10 updates hate old programs that were run on XP up to Windows 7. The update tends to outright delete the program or...

24 replies | 2736 view(s)

Today, 01:29 AM

SD40-2 replied to a thread track sounds in Microsoft Train Simulator

I'd suggest using the more subdued NAVS track sounds, and directing your sound focus to the rolling stock. Most track sounds tend to focus on...

11 replies | 350 view(s)

Today, 01:13 AM

muskokaandtahoe replied to a thread Scenes Without Trains - 2021 in Open Rails Screen Shots

Beautiful sky Neil!

42 replies | 3338 view(s)

Today, 12:20 AM

dcarleton replied to a thread track sounds in Microsoft Train Simulator

If I recall correctly, a route set in Argentina called Ferrocaril General Roca, found at Trensim.com, came with some very interesting track sounds.

11 replies | 350 view(s)

Today, 12:16 AM

eolesen replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

re:WFH and MSTS directory.... if you have the registry entry it will default to that without prompting for the directory... If the MSTS registry...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Yesterday, 11:47 PM

joe_star replied to a thread track sounds in Microsoft Train Simulator

The clickety clack sounds from ET are for wagons, but perhaps with some small modification to the sms can be used for general track as well Other...

11 replies | 350 view(s)

Yesterday, 11:09 PM

eolesen replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

Standard 06d (not ext or long) switches separated by y_000_2m on the diagonal, and 025m on the straight will line up with 3TStr_y sections ...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:48 PM

scottb613 replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

Hi JH, Thanks - yeah - I think I'm going to re-lay the track and I may attempt it with Scale Rail. I've got all the stuff loaded now and I've laid...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Yesterday, 09:02 PM

landnrailroader replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

I use dynamic track only as much as is absolutely not avoidable. And the comment about the local tsection.dat file is correct, but I never have...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Yesterday, 08:23 PM

R. Steele replied to a thread Make Ace not working right in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

Certainly open source tools would be preferred.

24 replies | 2736 view(s)

Yesterday, 07:52 PM

SantaFe801 replied to a thread Various Screenshots with no particular theme - Part 2021 in Open Rails Screen Shots

It's a 3D cab I've been playing around with that I'd like to release sometime. ...

149 replies | 14375 view(s)

Yesterday, 07:12 PM

scottb613 replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

Hi Eric, Worked like a champ - deleted all the interactives as far as I can tell - in a matter of seconds vs many many hours of doing it manually....

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Yesterday, 06:40 PM

pwillard replied to a thread Make Ace not working right in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

This is kind of why I've always been wary of tools where the source code was not shared. There is no good reason that any of our free tools were not...

24 replies | 2736 view(s)

Yesterday, 06:34 PM

scottb613 replied to a thread Out of my comfort zone - laying tracks. in MSTS Route Design

Hi Eric, Thanks for checking - I think I’ll give it a try - there are a lot of interactives and it would take forever to delete manually. I’m...

18 replies | 480 view(s)

Yesterday, 05:32 PM

csx8851 replied to a thread It's the Most Wonderful Time for Mactier in Open Rails Screen Shots

Will you be releasing this as an activity pack? Screenshots look superb

12 replies | 2474 view(s)

Yesterday, 04:35 PM

landnrailroader replied to a thread North Coast Route about to become historically important in MSTS Route Questions

I haven't got the route (yet) but this idea of "historical significance" is a good one. There are a number of lines that fit the category. For...

2 replies | 230 view(s)

Yesterday, 01:10 PM

R. Steele replied to a thread Make Ace not working right in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

Christopher, I've been following this thread -- and others like it regarding troubles with train sim utility programs and new Op systems --- my...

24 replies | 2736 view(s)