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Hi John,
If your problem is with the upper lights on the long-nose end of 2206/2240, the reason is that those lights have a "Coupling ( 1 )" condition. That has never worked in MSTS, but looks as...

Hi John,
I have downloaded and installed both versions of the GP38-2 2006/2240 (gp38nl2p.zip & gp38h312.zip). Both have identical .eng files and, to me, as a 'foreigner' (!!), the lower lights on...

Hi Paul,
If all is working OK now, that's great, mate :)

Cheers,
Ged

Hi Paul,
If that is exactly what is inside the C:\1MSTS folder, it looks perfectly OK

Now, please tell us what you see when you start Open Rails, press the Options button, then the Content tab.
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Paul,
You don't have a problem running MSTS because you installed it from its CDs. It doesn't matter what 'custom' location you selected because it created its own Registry entry. Therefore, it...

Hi Paul,
If you've got MSTS properly installed, you can use it run any route NOT specifically designed for Open Rails.

You DO NOT run MSTS through Open Rails - you run MSTS routes and stock...

Hi Paul,
Sorry, mate, but it doesn't help one iota!!

BUT - where is your MSTS routes folder?? It's obviously not where you've told Open Rails it is.

Have you been able to try GMONEW in MSTS? ...

Hi Paul,
Very simply, you haven't told Open Rails to look in the correct place!!

I believe you when you say that folder GMONEW is in a ROUTES folder (so's mine!), but where is that ROUTES folder?...

Hi,
You might also find lights-tutorial.zip helpful :)

Cheers,
Ged

Hi Daniel,
Thank you :)
I have located the source of the problem. As I expected, it is a bug in the program which should be fixed in the next few weeks.

Cheers,
Ged

Hi Danial,
Hmmmm ....
I have just been able to reproduce the error you got, but haven't yet sorted out the cause.

It's the stock in folder UTKRISHT MEMU - in particular, UTKRISHT_MEMU_TYPE1.eng...

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the update, BUT, it wouldn't have any bearing on the error reported by MSTS_ActMan.
Even if you added the activity to a different route, you'd just get a 'legitimate' error...

Hi Daniel,
I seem to have spent all of today trying to track down all the stock required for this activity - even though most is in this site's library, they are not very easy to find!! I'm still...

Hi Don,
Not true, Sir! For members of the ValleyPass Club, there are several VIA coaches and locos, including RDC, for free download.

Cheers,
Ged

Hi,
The TrainArtisan_VIA_Pass2_020303.zip file is available from the Wayback Machine - https://archive.org/web/ - if you enter trainartisan.com into the address box and select a 2005 capture.
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Hi Daniel,
I'm 75% certain that the problem lies in one of the .eng files.
When the OpenRails box isn't ticked, each .eng file in a 'normal' consist has two checks performed :
(i) if it's the...

Hi Daniel,
Thanks - that should be very helpful :)
Very few checks are missed when the OpenRails tick is present, so you've given me a good starting point.
I won't promise a timescale, but I'll...

Hi Daniel,
Thanks, mate, but, to be honest, there IS something wrong with MSTS_ActMan because that type of error should not be displayed to the user, whatever the cause!

Maybe you could help me. ...

Hi Daniel,
I have added the activity to another route and modified its RouteID value.

Neither the current version , nor the previous 2 versions, of MSTS_ActMan gave that error message.
It may be...

Hi Daniel,
I'm sorry that you got that error with MSTS_ActMan. It's, obviously, some condition that I've not allowed for!!

Thanks for the .act file. I don't have the route, but have downloaded...

Hi,
@Aiden09 : Does your "train database error" box also show "Line 157" ? If so you DO NOT have the Bin patch correctly installed.
You may have Open Rails, but this error is ONLY displayed by...

Hi Aiden09,
As you say you've installed Bin 1.7, I'll assume that you're NOT running Open Rails :)

You didn't include the full "train database error" message in your original post. I'm hoping...

Hi Doug,
That's good news, mate :)

Glad to be able to help!

Cheers,
Ged

Hi All,
This thread has gone a little off topic!!
I hope Doug has been able get the hoppers displayed and consist/s created :)

Cheers,
Ged

Hi Gerry,
The instructions supplied with each pack specify which 'base' pack is required, together with the sounds pack.
The trouble is that I didn't read the instructions properly!

The RDG pack...