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Today, 01:37 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread Mullan Timetable consists?? in Open Rails Discussion

There is no rush for fixes, let folks poke around a bit more. I also tried to run the empty coke train U-RBOLAU, it was 3rd in a parade of 3...

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Yesterday, 08:19 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Mullan Timetable consists?? in Open Rails Discussion

Running the H-PASNTW, the run starts with a non-clearing jackpot at the shorty Avon siding. 2 EB's waiting on a WB that doesn't fit between switches,...

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04-08-2021, 11:04 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread My Updated Site in RW/TS2015-TS2020 General

People can speak the truth around here. Balance matters. And I've read comments here where people were encouraging you, channeling you towards a...

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04-05-2021, 03:31 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Can't get Microsoft Train Sim to start up after install in Microsoft Train Simulator

Just a suggestion: There is a time to savor the improvements of MG, but Day One for any potential new user being sent to a cryptic-looking website...

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04-04-2021, 10:44 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread Various Screenshots with no particular theme - Part 2021 in Open Rails Screen Shots

Revised beet cars. Aliased to current TS sounds. Roughly 50% of the loads were aliased to "old_freight.sms" to get ample random flat wheel sounds

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04-01-2021, 02:54 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread Map Window option in Open Rails Discussion

I, too, would like to know if they intend to return the <Cntrl+9> open/close toggle ability.

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03-31-2021, 08:58 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread "Load Error" issue in Open Rails Discussion

I tested that theory, Ged, by editing a .pat file manually to empty the brackets for the start and end locations, but not only was I able to load...

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03-31-2021, 04:56 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread "Load Error" issue in Open Rails Discussion

That's what it said in the afternoon log. Earlier that morning everything was located in Program Files Error: Orts.Parsers.Msts.STFException:...

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03-31-2021, 04:14 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread "Load Error" issue in Open Rails Discussion

Sounds like that durn security regimen of the program files folder is interfering with many-a-files not being read correctly

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03-30-2021, 07:58 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Trouble with GM&O Northern Lines in MSTS Route Questions

This route is 95% track, signals and terrain only. Signals were installed prematurely without tracklaying loose ends tied up. GMONL incorporated the...

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03-30-2021, 03:17 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread BNSF ES44AC 25th Anniversary Units in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

I saw that a couple weeks ago with both the Trailer Train yellow lo-pac 2000 well car from the ATSF C40-8W set and the BN caboose from Scenic 2 (it...

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03-29-2021, 02:01 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread New TSRE5 version? in Goku's Route Editor

I just set up my batch files to call TSRE5 (with no version number), so when a new version comes out, I just download, strip the version numbers off...

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03-28-2021, 11:43 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread BNSF ES44AC 25th Anniversary Units in MSTS Engine And Livery Skinning

I don't bother with include files because I don't like the cookie cutter physics approach where one centralized file makes an entire fleet of similar...

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03-27-2021, 10:54 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Various Screenshots with no particular theme - Part 2021 in Open Rails Screen Shots

Overland Mail East

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03-23-2021, 04:01 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Zero Degree Node Removal for OR? in Open Rails Discussion

I wonder if the issue here is because this particular Starter route has 2 zero degree node pairs spaced roughly 4.5 miles apart on a 13 mile single...

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03-22-2021, 04:55 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Zero Degree Node Removal for OR? in Open Rails Discussion

https://www.msts.steam4me.net/tutorials/xtracks_zero_node.html Basically you are building a small 1m long passing loop. The two 'invisible...

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03-22-2021, 03:22 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread Canadia Pacific and Kansas City Southern to Merge in General

KraftHeinz was probably the biggest non-productive dud of a merger to date. Mergers like that one were all about job eliminations, nothing else...

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03-22-2021, 11:13 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread Open Rails vs Windows 10 in Open Rails Discussion

And by the way, you cannot upgrade from that distance away, you must delete the old and run the whole installer for the new. More recent versions...

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03-22-2021, 10:50 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread Open Rails vs Windows 10 in Open Rails Discussion

Do yourself a favor and start with a version that is 4 years more current than 1.1. And THEN worry about the performance on Win10 thereafter.

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03-22-2021, 07:43 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread New activity - Amtrak Empire Builder for Trainsimulations BNSF Scenic Sub in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

It would appear that the TS folks used some automated process to decompress all scenery-related shape files and convert references from .ace to .dds....

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03-22-2021, 03:46 AM

geepster775 replied to a thread load error help in Open Rails Discussion

Why are we busy tilting at windmills again?

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03-21-2021, 06:08 PM

geepster775 replied to a thread New activity - Amtrak Empire Builder for Trainsimulations BNSF Scenic Sub in Open Rails Route Projects and Questions

I've seen that, too. The difference between Starter versions was the wholesale conversion of ACE scenery items to DDS, and I think they missed a...

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