Generator/Master using BX car as Eng? Options

[Bear]

I have run AM and set up the types for all my stock, Created a group with only the stock I want used, and ran it.
Everything seemed to go swimmingly.

Opened AG and created an activity, using the same act/template.
I'm now getting this...see pic.

as you can see, there is no .eng file for this stock. see pic.

and the .wag file has it named properly. see pic.

any idea whats causing this?

[jrmeindl]

What program generated the 'missing consists.txt' file? That doesn't look like anything that Activity Master produces. Have you tried to run the activity, and if you did, where there any errors?

Jim

[Bear]

What program generated the 'missing consists.txt' file? That doesn't look like anything that Activity Master produces. Have you tried to run the activity, and if you did, where there any errors?

Jim

Route Riter produced the missing consist file...I just saved it.
I tried to run the activity and received "unable to find Julbox40.eng file" and of course the others listed, and all kinds of missing sound errors and eventually a fatal crash to desktop.
While I contribute the missing sound errors to some of the stock not having sound.(intentionally) And all stock has been run through RR to find any Sound or Name errors. Initial results were clean...or fixed.
I can't figure why AG/AM and Route Riter are calling for engines I don't have.
I have tried to get rid of all rolling stock with freds and "no sound" and will attempt to run this again.
I didn't run Route Riter until the activity wouldn't run...as I assumed that I had done everything right.
I will also try this template again with all default stock and hopefully narrow down the culprit.
I know one of the errors (error 5 or 6), had something to do possibly with not having enough room on sidings. The only setting left to use in AG is NO added stock to the scenario.(I've tried to lower the settings). Kinda sad, as that is part of the reason I purchased it. (This may be the fault of the Template designer though.)

[jrmeindl]

Route Riter produced the missing consist file...I just saved it.
I tried to run the activity and received "unable to find Julbox40.eng file" and of course the others listed, and all kinds of missing sound errors and eventually a fatal crash to desktop.
While I contribute the missing sound errors to some of the stock not having sound.(intentionally) And all stock has been run through RR to find any Sound or Name errors. Initial results were clean...or fixed.
I can't figure why AG/AM and Route Riter are calling for engines I don't have.
I have tried to get rid of all rolling stock with freds and "no sound" and will attempt to run this again.
I didn't run Route Riter until the activity wouldn't run...as I assumed that I had done everything right.
I will also try this template again with all default stock and hopefully narrow down the culprit.
I know one of the errors (error 5 or 6), had something to do possibly with not having enough room on sidings. The only setting left to use in AG is NO added stock to the scenario.(I've tried to lower the settings). Kinda sad, as that is part of the reason I purchased it. (This may be the fault of the Template designer though.)

I took a look at this template and didn't see any of the rolling stock, that you are having trouble with, in the original templates or template files. I'm not sure what files those are from, but suspect that they have some problems.

Activity Generator will create an activity even if you don't have the stock required installed on your hard drive. It uses the information from the activity template and the corresponding CSV files. If you used Activity Master to change out the cars in the original template, that could have created some issues. One thing you have to be careful of is what stock you choose for replacement. If the template author used 50 foot box cars, and then you replaced them with 60 or 85 foot cars, that would be a problem. Changing the stock, in the activity template, can create issues with the amount of cars that are allowed on a siding if you do not choose cars that are approximately the same type and length.

Jim

[Bear]

I took a look at this template and didn't see any of the rolling stock, that you are having trouble with, in the original templates or template files. I'm not sure what files those are from, but suspect that they have some problems.

Activity Generator will create an activity even if you don't have the stock required installed on your hard drive. It uses the information from the activity template and the corresponding CSV files. If you used Activity Master to change out the cars in the original template, that could have created some issues. One thing you have to be careful of is what stock you choose for replacement. If the template author used 50 foot box cars, and then you replaced them with 60 or 85 foot cars, that would be a problem. Changing the stock, in the activity template, can create issues with the amount of cars that are allowed on a siding if you do not choose cars that are approximately the same type and length.

Jim

Valid points, all.
I don't have the rolling stock that this template requires....The list is half a mile long. (It may be freeware - but I've only got a few downloaded stock and I'm already running into issues.)
I'm pretty sure one of my problems is that I loaded all the templates for this route at one time. Maybe I should just load this one.
I don't know how familiar you are with AG/AM but I have one other question that is bugging me.
Once I change/set the car types in the "database"...And, I name 40' Boxcars to say "BX40" and 50' Boxcars to say "BX50"; How can I tell AG to use "BX40" instead of BX? (They are separate in the designation screen.)
Ok, this is getting to be a pain...I tried to download all the required stock....one site requires admin approval...so I must wait.
The reason I ended up trying this is that his "Template" contains about 9 act templates and 9 .csv files.see image I was going to attempt to just load one but it is so confusing. He also included(I guess normally), about 150 paths and services. IF I'm only wanting to use one Template...I'm at a complete loss. (Unless I add everything, and then I end up with a butt-load of consist that have no matching stock...and a butt-load of error messages.) I'm I over complicating this?